Withoutabix's Shared Flamer

[withoutabix]

Well after being on CS for 3 and abit years I've finally got hold of a 172 albeit its not actually mine and legally belongs to my GF its more likely to be my little project that she uses on the weekends etc

The car is question is 2002 Flamer, formally owned by chris (aka eightyeightyMPH on here) has been very well treated during his ownership and looked after properly which made a change from most of the cars i looked at or enquired about during my search for the right car.

It came with a folder full of receipts and most important a Cambelt receipt from Mr BTM so i felt much more confident in purchasing this car compared to others id enquired about. Car is currently on 57,000 and feels awesome to drive I've kinda forgot what its like to have a nice 2.0 n/a to rev the b****cks off as I've been spoilt by turbos and chargers somewhat in my last few cars!

Car currently sits on eibach sportlines and seems to swallow up the bumps pretty well i was worried they would be crashy but them seem okay for the moment it also has a K-tec super stealth exhaust and chris fitted some 3/4 plates which look much better then the standard size!


Anyway heres the pics

first night in the snow

Representing

and the main thing that needs sorting is the drivers side which has a fist size dent in the rear quarter and a dent in the door.

I've been already been and booked it into the body shop for tomorrow so its having to have the whole drivers side sorted along with the front bumper resprayed to fix a few marks on that.

Future plans are just a skoda splitter, cup spoiler and if i can convince the other half some silver Turinis or 2118's

All in were both very happy with the purchase and can now see what all the fuss is about!

 

[Riad]

Nice!

 

[withoutabix]

Nice!

cheers riad lad

 

[Stefan.]

looks odd without a splitter, lovely colour though :approve:

 

[Matt W]

BTM Perfopmance.

Looks very nice!

 

[leeds_182]

Looks nice pal.

 

[chris_p]

Flamers are cool

You a gas engineer for bg? My RB matches my van haha

 

[Will.]

Looks nice. Looks more inferno than flamer in the pics lol.

 

[withoutabix]

Flamers are cool

You a gas engineer for bg? My RB matches my van haha

Im in smart energy dude, electrical specialist apparently lol

 

[JamesBryan]

Looks very tidy Neil :approve:

Flamer FTW!

 

[johnbryan45]

Looks like its been kept well. Cant wait for this project to blossom!

 

[withoutabix]

Looks very tidy Neil :approve:

Flamer FTW!

Looks like its been kept well. Cant wait for this project to blossom!

cheers boys has been well kept unfortunately the dent was done by a white van man, but they'll be sorted by thursday hopefully!

secretly i want ITB's but keeping that quiet for the moment lol

 

[theduck]

I thought it was you that was being talked about Saturday when this was mentioned ;-)

 

[withoutabix]

I thought it was you that was being talked about Saturday when this was mentioned ;-)

hmmmm im confused now dude lol you know chris i take it?

 

[Naith]

nice!!!

lows, btm zorst and splitter, job done.

 

[theduck]

hmmmm im confused now dude lol you know chris i take it?

Was over at BTM and lad with a silver meg came in for a service and mentioned you/this

 

[withoutabix]

nice!!!

lows, btm zorst and splitter, job done.

cheers Naith I was actually more excited about getting it than ellie lol

steves flamer has got to be my final goal!

 

[withoutabix]

Was over at BTM and lad with a silver meg came in for a service and mentioned you/this

ooohhh fair enough couldn't work that out lol

 

[Cub.]

Looks nice. Flamer FTW everytime, I am a little biased though. What you doing to sort the panel? Agree in keeping it OEM, same as Steve's and mine really. Only add on to Steve's that I've done which I'd recommend from a looks perspective are spacers. Chippens is a great OEM example aswell. Looking forward to how the project progresses.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?612638-Cub-172-s-Flamer-Project

 

[withoutabix]

Looks nice. Flamer FTW everytime, I am a little biased though. What you doing to sort the panel? Agree in keeping it OEM, same as Steve's and mine really. Only add on Steve's that I've done which I'd recommend from a looks perspective are spacers. Looking forward to how the project progresses.

Tbh i love the colour altho RB was our first choice just couldn't find one that ticked all the boxes

The panel is being pulled as much as possible I believe then probably gonna get some filler, the whole side is being blended and the front bumper is getting a full going over to remove a few marks. I'll just leave it down to the bodyshop to sort tbh they are very keen on doing a good job tho which is good and were more than happy to show me the level of finish they achieved on car there currently working on

 

[Cub.]

Good stuff mate. You got any shots of the GP? I had a JCW (non-GP) before the flamer. Loved it. Two lovely cars you have on the drive there.

 

[withoutabix]

just search my threads dude got a whole project thread up!

 

[withoutabix]

well time to update this somewhat

The cars is going grand, have a few niggles that should be sorted soon hopefully mainly

Engine and gearbox mounts feel like they might need changing
Xenons not adjusting and blinding other road users as I'm constantly getting flashed when driving at night
Need an original ariel as the smaller one is messing up the radio
Brakes gonna be painted silver instead of the dark red they currently are.
General Going of from Fred hopefully

Anyway some pics, the 250 has been turfed out of the garage so the 172's paint can get some decent attention, Im only about half way through ATM so should be done before the weekend.

Tried some new stuff from the shinearama meet

Onto the IronX but no too bad

And into the Garage to be taped up

And some of the before and afters on half the car, The roof tbh is shocking i think its been attacked with one of those long reach brushes, I've had a right good go at it and i think it needs wet sanding .

Before

After

and some of the general before and afters

and what happens when you let a Megs microfibre pad get abit excited and spin at speed 6 on the DA it nearly took my head off when it let go...

will update tomorrow when most of the car should be corrected and can get the 250 back in its rightful home!

 

[JamesBryan]

Nightmare with the pad Neil!

Speed 6 is too fast for these those. The instructions say 4800rpm which is roughly speed 4 mate.

 

[withoutabix]

Nightmare with the pad Neil!

Speed 6 is too fast for these those. The instructions say 4800rpm which is roughly speed 4 mate.

i know dude i was getting annoyed at one spot so upped the speed then made the mistake on lifting it off the paint for a split second then then Boom!! scared the s**t out of me!

 

[JamesBryan]

Ahh right! That'll explain it then.

Looking forward to testing out my microfibre pads on Brett's Black Gold 182 on Sunday hopefully.

 

[Cerrone]

Pics of the 250 needed <3

 

[withoutabix]

Pics of the 250 needed <3

I've got some new ones coming soon hopefully!

Spent another 3hrs on the 172 today, managed to finish off the correction but still need to get it Amigo'd up with the DA and protected with Zainio Z2..

I've had the wheels off and painted the callipers

Before

The paint

The result

Also noticed that the front grille had seen better days had faded terribly and i didn't fancy wasting a tonne of Gtech C4 just to get it upto standard so decided to get out the matt black paint.

Before

During

and after

its hard to see but looks so so much better


Another update tomorrow no doubt

 

[JamesBryan]

Grille looks good Neil!

I don't think it would have used a lot of C4 tbh, just time consuming really.

 

[withoutabix]

Finally got the car finished

Had some right fun with IronX on the wheels never seen bleeding like it!

This was with the new Carpro TRIX

This was with just IronX

Decided to use up the last of my Gtech C4 Anybody needing to improve trim then this is for you!

Before

and 50/50

The wheels were sealed with Zainio Z2

And finally the car got a Coating of Prima Amigo by DA then that was followed up with a layer on Z2 and a wipedown of Z8

and finally i love this pic as it shows off the flake pop and the true colour of Flame red - such an awesome colour!

 

[Jordi17]

Nice fleck in the paintwork!

 

[R-Sport.]

NICE-

every bit as good as mine

 

[JamesBryan]

Nice Neil!

Those wheels with IronX

 

[Chris205]

Did you use anything to agitate the ironX? I've found just applying and jet washing off really isnt doing any good for me

 

[withoutabix]

NICE-

every bit as good as mine

i doubt it very much steve, this car has a few paint work issues that need sorting, the bonnet is a right mess along with the roof! Wet sand time soon me thinks

Nice Neil!

Those wheels with IronX

never seen anything like it dude, it literally turned purple as soon as the IronX hit the surface was crazy!

Did you use anything to agitate the ironX? I've found just applying and jet washing off really isnt doing any good for me

I agitate with a detailing brush chris, i treat it as a wheel cleaner TBH i spray on, leave to dwell for 5mins then agitate with a brush they usually come up sparking then

 

[Chris205]

Think I need to get a decent brush mate, what do you recommend? I use an E-z detailing brush when the wheels are on the car but really need something to get in the nucks and crannys

 

[withoutabix]

something like this Chris is perfect for wheels and Grilles etc

http://www.shinearama.co.uk/product.php?id=VAL-BRUSH-DASH-L

 

[withoutabix]

hmmm shiney

 

[Stefan.]

holy s**t!! that is so nice. flame red is just amazing