A few of you have asked about it, so I thought I'd put up a proper thread, from the beginning, of my 2001 RSC 172 track car.
I had had my 182 since Nov '06 and had been slowly modding it for track days/fast road. It was also my daily driver. A cheap 172 came up for sale nearby @ the end of May 2009 and my Dad and I went to check it out. Paint was mint, drove pretty well, had recent 100k km service (both belts changed). We could tell it needed new engine mounts, something was making noises in the exhaust & the front left shock was a bit off.
We decided to go halves and share it as a track special (still road registered) and save our respective Renaultsports from track abuse! So we paid cash & took it home then & there. It's a December '01 build and one of the early 172s to come to Australia. Mileage when we picked it up was 98 500 km.
Timeline
30th May: Picked up 12/01 Iceberg Silver 172 w. 98 900km
2nd June: Ordered K-Tec group N engine mounts & Compbrake solid strut tops
9th June: Bought Anthracite stripes from Grafico
10th June: Booked in for check-up service
20th June: Washed, clayed & waxed. Removed centre caps. Added anthracite stripes
23rd June: Engine mounts arrive. 1x upper engine, 1x upper gearbox, 1x twisted rear gearbox
25th June: Bought new SSW S093 16" rims + fitted to left-over Kumho v700 205/45/16
1st July: Car serviced + engine mounts fitted - things noted: front left shock stuffed, timing & AUX belt not fitted properly (need to be redone). Booked it in again, for 11th August
5th July: Painted front and rear calipers red
11th July: Ordered KW Variant 2 coilovers from Demon Tweeks
24th July: Picked up new DBA slotted rotors
27th July: Fitted DS2500s (from my 182) and slotted rotors. Fitted new rear springs & shocks
28th July: Fitted front coilovers
29th July: Fitted SSW 16s
11th-14th August: Marathon PaulV service to redo timing & AUX belts
23rd August: Started stripping interior + de-wipered rear
A few pics from after we picked it up:
Have since done a few mods, have ordered some bits & have some bits waiting to go in!
Lots more to come!
Cheers,
Alex
PS. All pics can be found here!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkie86/sets/72157619178697812/
UPDATE: 22 June 2009
First mod was a wash/clay/wax & a set of Anthracite stripes. Mind the photoshopped n'plates!:
UPDATE: 25 June 2009
Joey (FIR.26T - legend!) dropped off our new rims (SSW S093 in matte black) & we got them fitted straight away with spare Kumho v700 205/45/16 seis that we had. Also picked up our Corbeau racing buckets that we had from another car that we got retrimmed in black leather (luxury all the way here! lol)
UPDATE: 5 July 2009
Painted front & rear calipers red - makes them stop faster?:
UPDATE: 24 July 2009
Picked up slotted DBA rotors:
UPDATE: 27 July 2009
KW Variant2 coilovers arrived from Demon Tweeks UK:
So we (Chris-172 and I) fitted the rear shocks and springs, and new front discs & DS2500s from my 182 8)
Rear shocks & springs
Brakes
Chris' patented "corking-gun caliper pusher"
DS2500s from my 182
I had had my 182 since Nov '06 and had been slowly modding it for track days/fast road. It was also my daily driver. A cheap 172 came up for sale nearby @ the end of May 2009 and my Dad and I went to check it out. Paint was mint, drove pretty well, had recent 100k km service (both belts changed). We could tell it needed new engine mounts, something was making noises in the exhaust & the front left shock was a bit off.
We decided to go halves and share it as a track special (still road registered) and save our respective Renaultsports from track abuse! So we paid cash & took it home then & there. It's a December '01 build and one of the early 172s to come to Australia. Mileage when we picked it up was 98 500 km.
Timeline
30th May: Picked up 12/01 Iceberg Silver 172 w. 98 900km
2nd June: Ordered K-Tec group N engine mounts & Compbrake solid strut tops
9th June: Bought Anthracite stripes from Grafico
10th June: Booked in for check-up service
20th June: Washed, clayed & waxed. Removed centre caps. Added anthracite stripes
23rd June: Engine mounts arrive. 1x upper engine, 1x upper gearbox, 1x twisted rear gearbox
25th June: Bought new SSW S093 16" rims + fitted to left-over Kumho v700 205/45/16
1st July: Car serviced + engine mounts fitted - things noted: front left shock stuffed, timing & AUX belt not fitted properly (need to be redone). Booked it in again, for 11th August
5th July: Painted front and rear calipers red
11th July: Ordered KW Variant 2 coilovers from Demon Tweeks
24th July: Picked up new DBA slotted rotors
27th July: Fitted DS2500s (from my 182) and slotted rotors. Fitted new rear springs & shocks
28th July: Fitted front coilovers
29th July: Fitted SSW 16s
11th-14th August: Marathon PaulV service to redo timing & AUX belts
23rd August: Started stripping interior + de-wipered rear
A few pics from after we picked it up:
Have since done a few mods, have ordered some bits & have some bits waiting to go in!
Lots more to come!
Cheers,
Alex
PS. All pics can be found here!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkie86/sets/72157619178697812/
UPDATE: 22 June 2009
First mod was a wash/clay/wax & a set of Anthracite stripes. Mind the photoshopped n'plates!:
UPDATE: 25 June 2009
Joey (FIR.26T - legend!) dropped off our new rims (SSW S093 in matte black) & we got them fitted straight away with spare Kumho v700 205/45/16 seis that we had. Also picked up our Corbeau racing buckets that we had from another car that we got retrimmed in black leather (luxury all the way here! lol)
UPDATE: 5 July 2009
Painted front & rear calipers red - makes them stop faster?:
UPDATE: 24 July 2009
Picked up slotted DBA rotors:
UPDATE: 27 July 2009
KW Variant2 coilovers arrived from Demon Tweeks UK:
So we (Chris-172 and I) fitted the rear shocks and springs, and new front discs & DS2500s from my 182 8)
Rear shocks & springs
Brakes
Chris' patented "corking-gun caliper pusher"
DS2500s from my 182
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