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Jekyll's RB182 Progress Thread
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Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Cheers mate. Was a great car to own.
Sometimes, when i see pics of it. But then i always look at yours and Lee's to get my fix!
Thanks @Lewigi_69 Its getting there!
Its a great combination that works well!
I had a PH1 itch that needed scratching. Sold this to a chap in scotland who flew down and then 6 weeks later i bought a ph1.... from scotland and flew up!
Thread can be found here:
https://www.cliosport.net/threads/dr-jekylls-ph1-172-progress-thread.723270/
More bits done on the RB. Main bit is done, now its onto the smaller bits now.
Door shuts prepped
Took the doors off then took some sunset shots, mad max style!
Prepped the bot and boot shuts
New paint
All masked up (will do the boot at a later date when doing other parts)
And got the RB blue again. Big thanks to Will again. for the paintwork.
It looks amazing. Happy Jekyll ?
massiveCoRbyn
ClioSport Club Member
Several
Looks lovely there!
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
Got to love fresh paint ?
andy_coops
ClioSport Club Member
172, VRS, Clio 5
Wowza. Looks seriously good. And it’s making me want to start on the 172 now. Damn you ?
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
It looks so wet and slick.
Oh yes my friend.
Yeah indeed!!
I hold no responsibility! It's taken some man hours so far though, so worth it seeing paint being added now.
Got more bits painted on the RB tonight.
The finish is superb.
Hopefully get the doors and bonnet painted tomorrow. They have been final prepped tonight, masked up, degreased and are ready to go, so fingers crossed.
Clio 183
Excellent, although this will be the beginning of big bucks, once the paint is mint you will be chasing the dragon for the rest of the car to be mint, from a new shiny handbrake cable to a new shiny lambda sensor.
well this has taken a MASSIVE leap since I was last in here!!!!!
Jesus it looks so good when its naked in them sunset photos!
won't be long no though and it'll be back together!
Jesus it looks so good when its naked in them sunset photos!
won't be long no though and it'll be back together!
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Thanks bud.
This is still my only car so once it's all back together, it'll be back to the duties of being used daily. I've been using my wife's cars and riding to work while the work has been getting done (2 months now) but it's getting darker earlier so she'll have her car back (she's been walking as her job is 1.5 miles away) and I'll be driving the RB again.
We are in the middle if buying a property so after this is done, it'll take a back seat as such for to the property project.
I'm a realist. I know it's going to get chipped, scratched, etc, but I'm not in a position to have 2 cars, so this will be used and driven on a daily basis, just fresher looking.
Hopefully mate. We are away in Portugal next week so trying to get the big bits done beforehand. Will (painter) said he'll do the little bits while I'm away so it's just a case of cutting up when I'm back and then flatting and polishing. In theory.
Yeah I was done with the shuts and the sun was awesome that night so it would have been rude not to get the sunset pics. I think they came out really good.
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
The car, right?
I know mate. He said he'd get a good finish as you can't really polish in there and he has!
I've spoken to @LeeRS about the sticker. I'll hold fire until he can or can't do one and then I'll look further into it.
Wings fitted loosely this morning. Those shuts look amazing!
andy_coops
ClioSport Club Member
172, VRS, Clio 5
Brilliant. Getting a perfect finish in the areas where polishing is almost impossible once assembled is bang on - and way better than the factory to boot. Nice one.
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
I want it.
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Coming along nicely
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
100% agree. This is why he did it. I never even thought about it till after they was painted and he mentioned it. Glad he did it.
You have the same wheels so your halfway there!
It certainly is now!
Indeed it is Ant. He has done great work and i'm very happy so far. This is even without flatting and polishing, so it'll look better after that.
Have to mate. Not getting a 2nd car. This will be used as before. No volvo for me.
Haha, it seems that projects get done then weeks later they go up for sale so watch this space.
(I'm joking btw!)
It does mate, and its not even done yet. I have to say, im well impressed/happy!
Steve, i currently have 1766 pics of this car in my flickr album, and thats from april 2016! I think its fair to say i have a few!
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
More bits have been painted. Bonnet and doors are now RB.
I fillered the center caps too as they have a little indent in them as standard and i wanted them flat in the middle. I just have to find a bright white to match my white 2118's but its hard to find the colour. Mine was slightly creamy and i want it bright white.
And this morning we got the boot painted.
The plan is to fit the doors after work and possibly the bonnet too. Fully fit the wings if we have time. And i think we may get a few more bits painted in between that but we will see what we are like for time and energy. Then Will is going to paint the rest while im away. Good stuff!
Bits left to paint are:
Front bumper
Washer blanks
Fuel cap
Door handles (possibly)
Side mouldings
Boot badge housing
Spoiler
Wing mirror caps
Im also after some new side badges as im having a change in colour and i rubbed my old ones down, but the lettering decided to chip off in 2 places. Only small, but enough to notice. I was thinking of doing them Polaris grey but Will has suggested to go for a bright silver as it'll look fresh next to the fresh RB paint. Im tempted i must admit.
I fillered the center caps too as they have a little indent in them as standard and i wanted them flat in the middle. I just have to find a bright white to match my white 2118's but its hard to find the colour. Mine was slightly creamy and i want it bright white.
And this morning we got the boot painted.
The plan is to fit the doors after work and possibly the bonnet too. Fully fit the wings if we have time. And i think we may get a few more bits painted in between that but we will see what we are like for time and energy. Then Will is going to paint the rest while im away. Good stuff!
Bits left to paint are:
Front bumper
Washer blanks
Fuel cap
Door handles (possibly)
Side mouldings
Boot badge housing
Spoiler
Wing mirror caps
Im also after some new side badges as im having a change in colour and i rubbed my old ones down, but the lettering decided to chip off in 2 places. Only small, but enough to notice. I was thinking of doing them Polaris grey but Will has suggested to go for a bright silver as it'll look fresh next to the fresh RB paint. Im tempted i must admit.
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Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
I hadn't thought about that but I could do tbh. We do have some here so it makes sense.
De-masked it and got out this morning. Had to take a couple of pics!
De-masked it and got out this morning. Had to take a couple of pics!
It looks so smooth and perfect there. It'll look awesome when it's put back together mate. For the bullits how about some gris titane (697 titanium to us!) as it's a lovely metal shade and sparkly too??
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Thanks Paul. It'll look much better once it's flat and polished. It feels good now seeing bits painted and going back on. Still a few hours to do though, but at least the worst bits are done now.
I like that grey too. Looks darker than titanium in the pic?
I like that grey too. Looks darker than titanium in the pic?
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Ordered another pair of 2nd hand bullets today for painting. Should be here in the next few days and then i'll decide what colour to do them.
After work we stayed on and got the doors, bonnet and wings fully fitted. The door catches, door looms and interior light sensors fitted. Boot rubbers, door rubbers and door seals fitted also.
Then grabbed a few pics as it was getting dark.
The shuts are perfect and it all looks good. I have somehow deleted all my removal pics from when i stripped the car so its going to be a bit of guessing. Im not happy with with the wing bolts so i will look into getting some of those but other than that, its all good.
After work we stayed on and got the doors, bonnet and wings fully fitted. The door catches, door looms and interior light sensors fitted. Boot rubbers, door rubbers and door seals fitted also.
Then grabbed a few pics as it was getting dark.
The shuts are perfect and it all looks good. I have somehow deleted all my removal pics from when i stripped the car so its going to be a bit of guessing. Im not happy with with the wing bolts so i will look into getting some of those but other than that, its all good.
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Thanks guys.
It's hard fitting up now as things take longer due to being cautious with the newly painted panels.
It does feel good knowing that we are bolting bits on now. Still got a fair way to go. It's also highlighted a few things that will need to be sorted after it's all back together. A few that spring to mind is the wing bolts that are mentioned above. I'm sure I can source another load from somebody breaking. Doesn't even need to be a sport.
Secondly, I've scuffed the rear glass when I was using the DA. It's only at the bottom and most people probably wouldn't notice it, but I do. I will try and look into sorting this out but being on glass, I'm unsure how good it'll be.
Thirdly, the rear quarter glass seals have got bits of RB on them. Although we did the best we could when we masked it up (we lifted up the seal and taped from behind) some has got through. This isn't really and issue as I'm sure a small brush of black will see that gone. It's just another thing to do, post fitting up.
I still have my gearbox leak. Once it's all fitted up, and we move into our place, I may look into getting a spare engine and gearbox and doing both up over time. This is long term, but I just get reminded when I see a patch of gearbox oil on the floor. It would be nice to refresh a spare engine and gearbox with new parts and paint.
Fourth, my engine paint has chipped/flaked in a few places. This was another reason to do the above, but I probably will just repaint the inlet and other bits when I get a spare moment.
I'm missing the some wing clips (well actually both broke) so I'll need to sort some new ones out. Anybody know what these are actually called?
We go on holiday as of Wednesday, so that's it for me now for working on the RB. Got day off tomorrow but not doing RB work. Will has said he will get some more bits painted while I'm away so if I get pics of work being done in the next week or so, then I will update in here.
It's hard fitting up now as things take longer due to being cautious with the newly painted panels.
It does feel good knowing that we are bolting bits on now. Still got a fair way to go. It's also highlighted a few things that will need to be sorted after it's all back together. A few that spring to mind is the wing bolts that are mentioned above. I'm sure I can source another load from somebody breaking. Doesn't even need to be a sport.
Secondly, I've scuffed the rear glass when I was using the DA. It's only at the bottom and most people probably wouldn't notice it, but I do. I will try and look into sorting this out but being on glass, I'm unsure how good it'll be.
Thirdly, the rear quarter glass seals have got bits of RB on them. Although we did the best we could when we masked it up (we lifted up the seal and taped from behind) some has got through. This isn't really and issue as I'm sure a small brush of black will see that gone. It's just another thing to do, post fitting up.
I still have my gearbox leak. Once it's all fitted up, and we move into our place, I may look into getting a spare engine and gearbox and doing both up over time. This is long term, but I just get reminded when I see a patch of gearbox oil on the floor. It would be nice to refresh a spare engine and gearbox with new parts and paint.
Fourth, my engine paint has chipped/flaked in a few places. This was another reason to do the above, but I probably will just repaint the inlet and other bits when I get a spare moment.
I'm missing the some wing clips (well actually both broke) so I'll need to sort some new ones out. Anybody know what these are actually called?
We go on holiday as of Wednesday, so that's it for me now for working on the RB. Got day off tomorrow but not doing RB work. Will has said he will get some more bits painted while I'm away so if I get pics of work being done in the next week or so, then I will update in here.
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Been off the clio for a week or so. Will did mention that while i was away the booth was busy and he needed to sort out his motorbike (He's not obliged to do work on my car while im not there and work does come first) so no more had been done since the last pics.
Portugal was nice and it was good to have a week off. It was needed for both of us. Was awesome swimming in the sea at 7am and watching the sunrise too.
I got back to work thursday and we stayed on in the evening to paint a few more bits.
Front Bumper and spoiler ready for paint
Side mouldings and fuel cap ready for paint.
We decided to use the original cap for now as it needed no primer. The new one comes unprimered and it was only the mechanism that was broken which needed replacing. Plus this has the stickers on the inside which are no longer available. Im still going to keep the new cap, just in case but there was noting wrong with this ones and it meant it could go RB with the other bits.
While Will was painting, i took apart my door handles and gave them a quick prep. They was actually decent condition and i thought about just polishing them up, but we have the paint so makes sense for them all to colour match.
Replacement door bullets came while i was away. Gve these a prep up too, ready for paint. Still undecided what colour yet.
Painted bits done
I decided a while back to go wiperless, but i left the hole in the spoiler and im just going to add a grommet in there. I didn't want to take the risk of adding filler in the hole. You don't really see it as its curved round so less work that needed to be done.
Very happy with the results. The front bumper and spoiler especially look slick. The spoiler had been painted in the past but not that great and i had scuffed the front bumper, and it had stone chips and grazes, so now it looks ace. He also got it looking really smooth around the fog light areas and the strip/grill under the badge, on the hard to reach to polish areas.
Then last night, i stayed behind and gave my headlights a polish with the mop. I did 2000, then 3000 on a trizac pad, then green, yellow and blue polish. They have come up great. I didn't think they was that bad at all but wanted them looking fresh next to the new paint work. You can see on the comparison, that it looks better. They are not "brand new" looking and still have imperfections, but they are 14 years old so that's to be expected but they look great now i think.
Original on the right, not that bad tbf.
Polished vs Unpolished
Have also bought a new DA from @Craig which came super quick. Great to deal with, thanks mate. Ive never got into detailing, or even car cleaning as such as i always do stuff by hand. (Apart from the headlights above!) This will be a great way to start and keep on top of the new paintwork. And a good learning curve for me.
Have just ordered the "Kill all wipers" glass for the rear. It looks a nice looking kit, and i will fit it if i dont like my wiper blank. I feel my wiper blank should be textured black, but haven't got any. I will fit both and see what i prefer and sell the one i dont use.
Im going to look into getting some new plates made up too. The front has always been too small (85mm x 520mm) so im looking at getting 90-94mm if i can. I'll get a new rear, just so i have new clean plates. They will be plain too.
Going to buy these too once they come back in stock. The output is better than what i have, so im thinking the will be a brighter white. I will order the 5500k temp.
That's all for now, but more will come.
https://www.hids-direct.co.uk/yeaky-lighting-d2s-35w-hid-xenon-bulb-set/
Portugal was nice and it was good to have a week off. It was needed for both of us. Was awesome swimming in the sea at 7am and watching the sunrise too.
I got back to work thursday and we stayed on in the evening to paint a few more bits.
Front Bumper and spoiler ready for paint
Side mouldings and fuel cap ready for paint.
We decided to use the original cap for now as it needed no primer. The new one comes unprimered and it was only the mechanism that was broken which needed replacing. Plus this has the stickers on the inside which are no longer available. Im still going to keep the new cap, just in case but there was noting wrong with this ones and it meant it could go RB with the other bits.
While Will was painting, i took apart my door handles and gave them a quick prep. They was actually decent condition and i thought about just polishing them up, but we have the paint so makes sense for them all to colour match.
Replacement door bullets came while i was away. Gve these a prep up too, ready for paint. Still undecided what colour yet.
Painted bits done
I decided a while back to go wiperless, but i left the hole in the spoiler and im just going to add a grommet in there. I didn't want to take the risk of adding filler in the hole. You don't really see it as its curved round so less work that needed to be done.
Very happy with the results. The front bumper and spoiler especially look slick. The spoiler had been painted in the past but not that great and i had scuffed the front bumper, and it had stone chips and grazes, so now it looks ace. He also got it looking really smooth around the fog light areas and the strip/grill under the badge, on the hard to reach to polish areas.
Then last night, i stayed behind and gave my headlights a polish with the mop. I did 2000, then 3000 on a trizac pad, then green, yellow and blue polish. They have come up great. I didn't think they was that bad at all but wanted them looking fresh next to the new paint work. You can see on the comparison, that it looks better. They are not "brand new" looking and still have imperfections, but they are 14 years old so that's to be expected but they look great now i think.
Original on the right, not that bad tbf.
Polished vs Unpolished
Have also bought a new DA from @Craig which came super quick. Great to deal with, thanks mate. Ive never got into detailing, or even car cleaning as such as i always do stuff by hand. (Apart from the headlights above!) This will be a great way to start and keep on top of the new paintwork. And a good learning curve for me.
Have just ordered the "Kill all wipers" glass for the rear. It looks a nice looking kit, and i will fit it if i dont like my wiper blank. I feel my wiper blank should be textured black, but haven't got any. I will fit both and see what i prefer and sell the one i dont use.
Im going to look into getting some new plates made up too. The front has always been too small (85mm x 520mm) so im looking at getting 90-94mm if i can. I'll get a new rear, just so i have new clean plates. They will be plain too.
Going to buy these too once they come back in stock. The output is better than what i have, so im thinking the will be a brighter white. I will order the 5500k temp.
That's all for now, but more will come.
https://www.hids-direct.co.uk/yeaky-lighting-d2s-35w-hid-xenon-bulb-set/
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c4pob
ClioSport Club Member
A terrible one
Great job in the headlights. Think the replacement bulbs would be awesome if they throw off more light. Good job on buying the DA, if only I didn’t have my eyes on a drone!
I’ve always liked the standard colour on the bullets, be interesting to see what you end up choosing.
I’ve used proplates for mine, they’ve been pretty good and will cut to any size.
The weather is going to turn soon, you’ve got to get it finished!
I’ve always liked the standard colour on the bullets, be interesting to see what you end up choosing.
I’ve used proplates for mine, they’ve been pretty good and will cut to any size.
The weather is going to turn soon, you’ve got to get it finished!
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Thanks mate. The headlights always make these cars look so much better from a polish/refresh.
I'm in no rush for the bulbs and there not hard to change so it'll wait for now. Although, I do have a few spare 5000k bulbs so I might revert back to this as I don't like my colour output on these 6000k one's.
I saw that you wanted a drone, so I thought I'd grab the opportunity seen as you didn't want it. Was too good a deal to miss I thought and came at the right time for me.
I have just ordered the new plates. I got them from Fancy plates and have ordered 520mm x 94mm front, and the standard 520mm x 111mm for the rear, both just plain.
I know. I'm hoping that it's a few weeks away now. I have insurance renewal this month so it would be nice to get it on the road for then.
I did see you had some. I'll be honest, I don't want to spend loads of money just yet. As mentioned above, I have some spare 5000k one's which I'll put in as I don't like my 6000k bulbs. But I may hit you up at a later date if I change my mind.
Thanks Steve.
All that needs to be painted now is:
Door handles
Boot catch surround
Washer blanks
Wing mirror covers
Spare fuel cap
Side bullets
Center caps
