Jekyll's RB182 Progress Thread

Looking good Mark. Can't wait to see the pics of it finished and back out on the streets.

Give you 2k for it

OssPoop said:

Looking good Mark. Can't wait to see the pics of it finished and back out on the streets.

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I'll be sure to post up loads beforehand most definitely afterwards too!

James said:

Give you 2k for it

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Hmmmm, I'm contemplating it.

More done on the RB. Starting to take shape now.

Few more pics of the wiper delete from Kill all wipers. I really like it.





This means that my painted wiper delete will be up for sale.

New plain number plates turned up from Fancy Plates. Rear is perfect but the front is wrong. I asked for 94mm high and i got sent 85mm high, like my old one. Not happy as 85mm doesn't fill the recess, 94mm does. I've tried calling them but get no answer and i've sent them an email, to which i got no response. I didn't even get a email confirmation when i ordered. Hopefully they will have seen my issue email and rectified it. @182_steve did you have any issues when you did yours with them?



Stayed late friday and did more bits.

Gave the rear lights a quick polish up with the mop. These were in good condition but a little spruce up wouldn't hurt, especially next to new paint.

Unpolished on the left vs polished on the right. It actually has cleaned them up more than i thought. They look deeper and have more clarity now. Was worth doing i think for what time it took. You can see the difference on the tops with the left ones looking a tad dull compared to the right ones.





While in light mode, i changed the the xenon bulbs that i got off @Craig on the headlamps. You can see upon comparison that the glass looks cleaner and has more clarity on the new ones compares to the old ones on the left. The new Ring ones are longer too, although i don't know if this makes a difference? Nice easy job, made easier when the headlamps are off the car.





Cleaned lights lineup.



While i was doing that, Will was continuing to do the cutting/polishing.



Painted the new fuel pipe/hinge/thingy! (dont know what its called!) The old one is blue but this just looks like overspray from the cap. We used the last of the blue when we did the last bits of painting, so we decided to use black as it ties in with the fuel lock and surround. TBH you dont see it when the cap is shut, and although i was unsure at first, it looks better than i thought so i'll stick with it. I used a bit of ali strip to wedge up the spring so i could paint as much as possible, so i had no beige plastic showing.









We had a stop break and ate some much needed food. Burgers with gherkins, red onions and melted cheese, with onion rings and fresh orange juice! Was sooo good!



After that we went back to it. I started fitting the fuel bits up and tidied up the workshop, while Will continued the polishing.





I will clean up the rear of the cap next week.

Sides, boot and spoiler all polished!











We both came in on saturday to continued the work and @MrBlonde came down to do a few bits on his car and help us out too on bits.

Will polished the front bumper and i did cleaning bits ready to fit up. He then moved onto polishing the bonnet while i did the bumper work.







Washer blanks fitted





New fabia splitter fitted. I though about riveting it, but decided on using self tappers just incase it needs to be removed.





Go the bumper stickers fitted. Got Will to do it as he has a steadier hand than me. The insert was degreased before the sticker was applied. They are not exactly cut to shape, but will be fine once the car is outside. This was the best option as renault dont sell them anymore and they still look decent and OE.









Then the lower grill and badge was cleaned and fitted along with the new upper grill.







I might get a new lower grill soon. I was going to GTechniq all the plastics at a later date but unsure if the lower grill will come up decent? But that can wait for now.

Gave the front end a clean up to remove all the old wet and dry residue and old polish and then we was ready to fit the headlights and front bumper. Headlights was plugged in and fitted and we fitted the front bumper but then we realised that we forgot to fit the bumper protection pads so it had to be removed, pads fitted and then the bumper refitted!









Was very happy to see this at this point! After that we did a little bit more then called it for the day. Scuttle panels cleaned. Cleaned up the scuttle area also to remove old residue and fitted them up with new clips. We noticed that i was missing one clip. I'm unsure if it ever had one on the drivers side so we took one off the passenger side and fitted it where it was missing. Thankfully the wipers hold it all done anyway.





Wipers was fitted and lights/wipers tested and all is good. Refitted all the washer pipes and jets. Then we gave the RB a quick wipe down and we was done. I cleaned out the booth then got some pics!















Very happy at this stage. More to come but today we are having a day of rest!

That looks stunning. That is by far the cleanest RB I've seen. Great work mate ?

The new paint helps mate!

Fantastic work Mark, this is getting really close now

Re. the plates I didn't get an email confirmation or invoice either which was poor and really pee'd me off as I wanted it for the file, I had to just print out the order screen at the end of the order if that makes sense? No invoice anyway - more importantly, I can't believe that with the size!! I got mine through, exactly as I ordered them mate at 94mm with no issues. Any email back yet? I would be angry at that as that's waaay smaller than you spec'd

182_steve said:

Fantastic work Mark, this is getting really close now

Re. the plates I didn't get an email confirmation or invoice either which was poor and really pee'd me off as I wanted it for the file, I had to just print out the order screen at the end of the order if that makes sense? No invoice anyway - more importantly, I can't believe that with the size!! I got mine through, exactly as I ordered them mate at 94mm with no issues. Any email back yet? I would be angry at that as that's waaay smaller than you spec'd

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Thanks Steve. Yes it certainly is. Few more evenings after work and it should be done.

Yes, i should have printed off the order screen too but clicked off it as i thought i'd get a email regarding the order but nothing. I cant even go into my order history as there is no setting for that, or no email to check my order so i'm kinda screwed. I was hoping that i'd get 94mm but i knew as soon as i opened up the jiffy envelope that it was wrong. Disappointing as it was the last piece to finish off the front end.

No email return as of yet. Delivery too 6 days too? Seems a lot for £7 delivery? Call just goes through. Didn't try today, but will try again tomorrow. Will send them another email if i haven't heard back mid week.

Dr Jekyll said:

Thanks Steve. Yes it certainly is. Few more evenings after work and it should be done.

Yes, i should have printed off the order screen too but clicked off it as i thought i'd get a email regarding the order but nothing. I cant even go into my order history as there is no setting for that, or no email to check my order so i'm kinda screwed. I was hoping that i'd get 94mm but i knew as soon as i opened up the jiffy envelope that it was wrong. Disappointing as it was the last piece to finish off the front end.

No email return as of yet. Delivery too 6 days too? Seems a lot for £7 delivery? Call just goes through. Didn't try today, but will try again tomorrow. Will send them another email if i haven't heard back mid week.

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No something's up there if it's taken 6 days to get them AND they are wrong, that's one thing I have to say for them, they send them out same day (ish) depending on when you order them on the work day - I know I had them very quickly and have a set on the Clio AND my Lexus daily

Hmm, hopefully they have got my email request and are sending out the replacement then. Will give it a few days then re-email them. I did think it was odd when it says on the site that it takes 48 hours to deliver.

Dr Jekyll said:

Hmm, hopefully they have got my email request and are sending out the replacement then. Will give it a few days then re-email them. I did think it was odd when it says on the site that it takes 48 hours to deliver.

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To combat credit card fraud, Hermes drivers are instructed to be aware of unlikely delivery details.

I pulled five parcels from Next addressed to M`s Componentsolid this week.

If your plates are addressed to [U]Dr Jekyll[/U],

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Bloody hell mate, you're putting some hours in on this.

Will look mega when it's all back together!

More done.

Door handles all built up and refitted. I somehow deleted my pics of the stripping down so it was a bit of a guess but sorted it in the end.









My polished lock looks good fitted too.

Rear boot catch fitted





Found this beast in the boot when removing parts:



Ain't going to lie, i s**t myself. I hate spiders and this thing was huge! Unfortunately as much as we braved it trying to remove it, it snuck away down the rear seat belt panels and now is lurking deep down in somewhere unknown. Im now wary everytime i look in the car!

Painted my center caps. Still not a colour match (they look a little creamy, but fitted they dont look as bad as the picture makes them out to be, which you can see on the shadow on the top) but i will fit them for now and try and find out a closer match later on.

Painted center caps by Mark Abbott, on Flickr





Bootlight refitted to the spoiler and the spoiler all plugged in and refitted. I bought some new button head bolts as the old ones where manky. I also used some new penny washers to replace the old ones. I may get some slightly smaller ones at a later date as these look a bit big, but will do for now.









Boot panel all refitted



Then got the door rubbers refitted. Drivers side went on lovely, but the passenger side has a slight kink in when we fitted it. Not a major issue as it all back as it should, but i'll source another one anyway.





All the door electrics, speakers, handles and cards all refitted. Needs a good clean mind, where they've been sat for weeks! Will do that next week i think along with the rest of the interior.





Left it like this last night



Tonight, more was done. Cut out some rubber and stuck it on the rear bumper to act as a buffer against the rear arch. Should help it rub less.





Fitted the new rear number plate bulb hold i bought ages ago, along with the led bulb from my old unit.



Old above the new fitted one



The side mouldings was polished and fitted along with my iceberg silver bullets. When i did my "old" ones Nissan Techno Grey, i really like the look of them. Will said i should do my "new" ones silver but i was unsure. I took he's advice and glad i did. I think they look great and fresh next to the new paint. They look nice with the white wheels too so a good choice i think.









Fitted the new fuel stem and cap. I like the black and dont think it looks out of place. The back of the cap will be touched up, but not to much as it rubs, hence the paint missing. Will clean up the dirt too so its all clean inside. As i mentioned, the stickers are no longer available and this is the main reason i decided to keep this cap. All im missing is the 2x rubber stoppers. Need to look into getting some but don't know where i can get them from. Any suggestions welcome.





And last job was getting the rear bumper fitted





Starting to really take shape now. Hopefully the last bit of fitting up tomorrow and then a final polish (we bought some sonax stuff which is meant to be decent) and clean of wheels, rubbers, seals, etc and then hopefully it'll be driven home for the weeknd.

That's all for now but will keep you all posted ?

Looks alright that. Do mine next?

OssPoop said:

Looks alright that. Do mine next?

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You can have the spider for free? Is that what you meant?

Beauty!!

Like new

With the little rubber stoppers on the fuel cap, I've always been missing them too, seems VERY common!

Wow................???

Is it bad that I tried to double tap all of the photos ???

Looking superb Mark

Looks absolutely fantastic, great work Mark!

Dr Jekyll said:

You can have the spider for free? Is that what you meant?

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If I knew that c**t was lurking in my car I'd sell it sharpish. Fresh paint or not! ?

That's looks great. Brilliant work ?

This Idea with the rubber Tape at the side on the Bumper is so welcome!!!

Absolutely outstanding!!! Damn!! ???

Looks awesome mate! Well done! ?

Thanks all.

Will do a bigger update, but for now I'll just leave this here.....



Very happy!

Oh yes!!!

Yes yes yes yes yes yes and finally YES!

So much awesomeness. Looks brand new!

Think the colour choice on the bullets is spot on. Silver works perfectly and iceberg silver is a great colour. Looking forward to seeing this in the flesh.

To be fair, it's probably BETTER than brand new lol!

Seriously, probably one of the best cars on this site. Amazing work you have done here! Legendary status achieved!

It.

Is.

Amazing.

Will has done a great job. Make sure he knows we all appreciate his skills. ??

Wow! Huge lot of love coming from you guys! Its always nice to read positive comments and kind words, so thank you all for doing that.

I got excited and wanted to drive it home, hence the short post, but i'll backtrack from the last update to continue here now.

So with the main body panels back on, the car was polished with the finer stuff. We used Sonax with my new DA and it looks good.





I replaced the drivers side wing mirror clip housing to replace the old one i broke when i stripped it.





After that, the wing mirrors was fully fitted, including being plugged in and the newly painted caps fitted.





Then the side skirts was fitted both sides







Removed the old poppers from the old clio badge and then fitted them along with the new clio badge





Took these then called it a night







The next day my new plates arrived. I ended up ordering from someone else as Fancy Plates not only didn't get back to me via email or call, and they didn't send me the correct size after they fucked up my order. Really disappointed with them as thats bad service. Admittedly, this one isn't as good quality as the Fancy Plates ones, but it is the right size of what i wanted and i just wanted to fit them. The service from the guy was spot on. He asked me the size i wanted the writing and even gave me a preview of how i would look before i bought it.

Stayed on after work and did the last of the big final fit. New plates fitted front and rear, with velcro coins.









Then gave the inner arches a clean



Touched up the side skirt rivets in RB so that they blend in with the side skirts







Fitted the inner arches with new inner arch screws and push clips. Got a bit confused on how one of the spire clips went on but after a quick few messages to @Louis and replies from the facebook group, i figured it out. It was such a simple thing, but for some reason it baffled me. Guess the late nights are catching up!





Gave the wheels a clean and fitted my new valve caps as i lost one of the visors on one f the old ones. Plus i wanted new caps seen as i've just had new paint!









Then i was ready to drive it home. Got the car out, cleaned the workshop and headed home.





After driving Emily's car for so long (think its been 10 weeks since i started the refresh) i forgot how different the clio feels. Its stiff, heavy, low, loud, rattly, etc but i have missed it. Having done this work makes me realise that i love this little car!

I've got more to do still on the bodywork. I've still got to fit my new 197 Renault Sport badge, fit the kick plates, clean the rear window seals, another polish and give it a major interior clean as there is dust everywhere! But at least its now driveable and certainly looking fresh!

Yipeeee!!..

Have did you get on using the DA?

I must admit Steve, that will did it while I was doing other bits.

I had a go o the wing and it felt good. No snagging and was smooth. Might use it again tomorrow.

That looks amazing mate. Hats off to you ??

Wow!
It's like a new car, what an incredible project and well worth it.

Amazing work, and the end product looks spot on.

I want to buy this car so badly