Lewis’s ultra red 200

Hi guys,

Thought I’d get a progress thread started as I’ve had my 200 a fair few months now! Progress will probably be slow as I’m pretty happy with how the car is already but we all say that at the start so who knows [emoji23]

As most of you will know this car was purchased from Chris who owned it from new and did a great job of looking after it and getting it to how it sits today. I had a 200 before, a 59 plate deep black 200 which I bought from Ktec a fair few years ago which was also on this forum, that replaced my old arctic 182, so pretty familiar with the RS’s by now [emoji14] And in between the 2 Clio’s I had a brief stint with a Uk model Subaru Impreza STI which left in place of an e92 320d whilst I saved up some money to move out.

No doubt the car will always be known as “Chris’s old car” but at least it’s for all the right reasons! Handful of things I’ve done so far are just black badges front and rear and a bit more noise coming from a Ktec induction kit and a scorpion non res decat. Also fitted some hid’s in place of the standard halogens which are much better. I also had the front bumper resprayed due to a fair few stone chips from track days and now the car looks 100% and just generally keeping it clean, here’s a few pics of the 200 and a couple of the old cars.

Cheers :smile:a775c43d8e31a2183eb58f03cd118e94.jpgbc56d7ef818aade406e74aa6e0c75247.jpgf03588f3ca95ebbfee13ac79cf5af1da.jpg799b57851d8521b779233392df207ba5.jpgdb07d1d44f51489d4c749949f6005ae3.jpg98315c915412e09214748e626fe741e1.jpg


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Hi guys,

Thought I’d get a progress thread started as I’ve had my 200 a fair few months now! Progress will probably be slow as I’m pretty happy with how the car is already but we all say that at the start so who knows [emoji23]

As most of you will know this car was purchased from Chris who owned it from new and did a great job of looking after it and getting it to how it sits today. I had a 200 before, a 59 plate deep black 200 which I bought from Ktec a fair few years ago which was also on this forum, that replaced my old arctic 182, so pretty familiar with the RS’s by now [emoji14] And in between the 2 Clio’s I had a brief stint with a Uk model Subaru Impreza STI which left in place of an e92 320d whilst I saved up some money to move out.

No doubt the car will always be known as “Chris’s old car” but at least it’s for all the right reasons! Handful of things I’ve done so far are just black badges front and rear and a bit more noise coming from a Ktec induction kit and a scorpion non res decat. Also fitted some hid’s in place of the standard halogens which are much better. I also had the front bumper resprayed due to a fair few stone chips from track days and now the car looks 100% and just generally keeping it clean, here’s a few pics of the 200 and a couple of the old cars.

Cheers :smile:a775c43d8e31a2183eb58f03cd118e94.jpgbc56d7ef818aade406e74aa6e0c75247.jpgf03588f3ca95ebbfee13ac79cf5af1da.jpg799b57851d8521b779233392df207ba5.jpgdb07d1d44f51489d4c749949f6005ae3.jpg98315c915412e09214748e626fe741e1.jpg


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Very nice 200, do love UR. Nearly bought this myself from him but the seats wouldn't work for the missus haha!

Look forward to seeing what you have in store :smile:


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Very nice 200, do love UR. Nearly bought this myself from him but the seats wouldn't work for the missus haha!

Look forward to seeing what you have in store :smile:


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Yeah my girlfriend can’t stand the seats but oh well haha says they’re in comfy yet she’s literally half my size
 
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Forgot to chuck in some pics of my old 200 which may still be on here but now on a private plate I assume.
Went a similar route with the old one. Ktec induction, h and r’s, recaros etc and an akrapovic evo exhaust (wouldn’t bother again) but ended up selling when I had my Subaru which I regretted.

Only issue I’m getting from the current one is a slight knock from the rear, did chuck a thread up about it but running out of ideas as to what if could be, adjusted the boot latch more times than I care to remember so ruled that out, checked all exhaust mounts when fitting the scorpion and beam bushes and shocks LOOK ok but it’s hard to tell. Any ideas [emoji23]?

Cheers!


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Why did you get rid of the STI? If you don't mind me asking?

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Think I had it about 6 months before I got rid, main reason being we’d started saving to move out and was just costing too much to run/maintain whilst trying to save, I do about 45 miles a day for work minimum so filling up every 3/4 days wasn’t ideal awesome cars though and only going up in value, made a fair bit of money on it even in the short time I had it
 
Yeah my girlfriend can’t stand the seats but oh well haha says they’re in comfy yet she’s literally half my size

I loved them, they crumple my missus though so was a deal breaker instantly haha


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Lovely car you’ve bought and I don’t know Chris!!
Look forward to watching it progress
 
Lovely looking UR, I did see this for sale but don't know Chris.

I can imagine it's been well looked after being 1 previous owner.
 
Cheers guys yeah been really happy with it apart from the slight knock at the rear, drives really well and I don’t like to use the word mint as it’s 6 years old but it’s pretty close. Hopefully can keep it this way :smile:
 
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