dmn1989s Trophy

Hi guys, as some may remember i had the LY R27 and had to sell because of my points, and i bought the polo? well that never lasted very long and i got very bored, very quick.

so as the title says i bought myself a little 182 trophy.

Heres my thread from my forum, hope you like:

yeah so kinda got bored (very easily) of the polo so treated myself to this bad boy!

pics taken with my phone camera so not the best of quality so bite me :wink:

much love

so its a 55 plate, 40k with FRSH

the splitter has been lost so ive bought a carbon one from ktec

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new pics:

fitted front tow eye.

still waiting on carbon splitter coming from ktec!

ordering front and rear strut braces at end of the month along with ktec panel filter

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So thanks to Mick for fitting my Splitter in the pishing rain yesterday, he also fitted my ITG air filter too <3

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also decided ive had enough of listening to the same cds and radio stations so i fitted my dvd player earlier on
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Not really the biggest fan of vibe but found a set of Vibe SEK50s lying about in my garage from my black clio (2cars ago) so decided just to fit them to add a bit more sound quality than the paperthin renault ones:
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also just agreed a price for a set of 4 Toyo R888s so just need to get them here now from England.

so arrived home to this nice little box:
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wonder whats inside? Brembo discs and ferodo racing pads maybe? :smiley:

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discs are brembo high carbon vented discs.

Stayed at my gfs house last night and went down to my car this morning to go get my phone upgrade and found this, not very happy as you'd expect!
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Just a wee pic of the new track day tyres :smile:
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also ordered some Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2s in black for la track.
 
spoke to mark @ mark fish racing

he said trophy suspension would be fine with R888s however i've decided to upgrade the rear suspension instead of gettin the adjustable rear anti roll bar.

Koni adjustable Shocks and springs, he's also going to unpin the fronit dampers to make it abit stiffer

my brake lines arrived thursday morning

Just had pads, discs, brake lines and my belts changed.

Car feels so much better now with the cam,aux and timing belt been changed, almost feels faster? or am i triping?

went and ordered my wheels should be here tuesday and i'll go pick them up! Gloss Black Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2. 4 16x7s for £305 brand new

picture of new brakes:

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Wheels arrived today:

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Also took out rear seats and put in cage; needs to be bolted in properly, and i need to order harnesses too, opting for red i think!



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so set off last night at 6pm to head to Mark Fish Motorsport. got to the hotel room at 1:30 am, alarm went off at 7:45 and straight to Marks workshop to get the following done:



De-Pin front dampers

Replace all "road" springs

Replace rear dampers with Koni Adjustable Dampers

Set up front & rear camber

and wheel alignement.



Honestly can not praise mark and the boys at his workshop for the work they done, car feels fantastic and definately worth the long long long journey to his work shop.



will post up pics when i have a chance.



Currently sitting with 2 degrees negative camber.



just about to order front & rear strut braces and getting the car booked into Kenny Browns to get the cage properly fitting, harnesses fitted and the strut braces fitted also.



the exhaust has slightly dropped at one side so will need to get sorted but waiting on the Yozza system being back on order and will just get that.

Pics of Exhaust:
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Some Pics of how the car sits with the new suspension:
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Harnesses:
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Bought the Mrs a helmet for the track also:
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And random pic of the dog:
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Sold the cage

picked the slag up from Kenneth Brown Motor Engineerig at Hillington.

What i was meant to be getting done was fitting cage, removing rear interior and fitting the harnesses.

Decided to sell the cage instead and considering getting a full cage, not sure tho.

Pics of the work done:
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Also picked up the helmet i ordered:
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roll on ists!
 
here is some pics from ISTS. thanks to the people that took them



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Car is booked into rstuning for catcam 421s next month, and will be getting booked into c+c exhausts for custom decat and removal of midsection silencer on exhaust

todays little jobs, took off old "Renault Sport" badge and replaced with the current "Renault Sport" badge from the 197/200:
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Also removed the cover of the boot lid and the little plastic bit on the inside of the boot:
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and a few more random pics:
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Total work so far:

Sparco Harnesses
Mark Fish Suspension Upgrade by Koni
Full Janspeed/K-tec exhaust system
ITG Panel Filter
Custom Tow Eye
Rear Stripping
Alpine DVD Player
Vibe Components
New Windscreen.

Cars booked into RSTuning for CatCam 421s and maping, and booked into C+C Custom exhausts for decat and removal of middle silencer

hope you like

Many Thanks
Darren
 

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WOW you dont mess about either mate,

cars looks great,

i do think the old wheels suit the 182 so well, (Turini,s i think).

keep up the great work.
 
wow took ages for all pics to load but well worth the wait lol love the trophys id have one as a track car if i had the money
 
Absolutely love it mate, trophies are amazing and looks like you have done a top job, i think its the only 182 i would swap for the 197 purely because of the seats, wheels and suspension.
 
197/R27/200 recaros are comfier :worried:

its a great car, more happy to do things to this than i was with the R27

thanks for comments
 
Very nice, good work.

Notice the back end becoming a little more lively with the half strip? The 182's like to cock a wheel at the best of times.
 
its not that bad since ive had the suspension all uprated

might take it a good wee blast tonight, only issue is im looking after the dog tonight :worried:

yeah Mark you know me :tongueout:
 
latest little goodies;

Carbon Diamond and Exhaust surrounds:

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Rear strut brace:

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Ordered this today also, cant wait!

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Looks awesome mate! Does really look good! No messing about there!

I love these just wish alot of examples didnt have so high of mileage (for myself).
 
Little Update:

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Its been sprayed Halfords High Heat Red Paint, but it looks a bit orangey so going to respray it in capsicum red. Not the best but good first attempt.
The Renault on the engine is going red and the Sport yellow i think