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horner_boi

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2nd Jul 08 at 21:17

quote:
Originally posted by kangaroojack
ermmmm you did mask the tyres of right ?

maybe i just forgot to do that, im gettin new tyres soon anyway, these are too big for me, there 195/50/15 i need at least 195/45/15

get my springs and shocks fitted over the next few weeks so going to get the tyres then, currently changing jobs though and going from weekly pay to monthly pay is going to slow things down for a bit, but im sure i can find a few little things to do

i was thinking, full color code the bumoers and arches, spray the bonnet gloss black get the wheels refurbed proper and get windows tinted along with the -60mm grop

aron

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2nd Jul 08 at 21:20

permanent back to black

horner_boi

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8th Jul 08 at 09:37

quick update.....

wheels fitted, had to get one replaced due to a wonderful pot hole

also the post man knocked on the door this morning to hand me a few things, hopefully get them fitted soon...

had a go at removing the badges off the boot, they were a pain in the arse but used the color restorer and looking nice now, also fitted my bonnet strutts, which for some reason are making it hard for me to pop the bonnet, guna have a look and see if i need both on there

here is a quite photo update of how it stands at this moment in time....

and this is what arrived in the post, anybody in the west midlands/warwickshire area know of somewere cheap to fit the springs?

Haimsey

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8th Jul 08 at 09:41

Fitting the springs isnt hard at all you know.
You not considered doing them yourself?

Marcy Marc

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horner_boi

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8th Jul 08 at 09:43

hmmm yea, ive ordered spring compressors but they arnt going to arrive for about 10 days and i dont want to just do the back and then wait for the compressors to arrive, ive had the springs sat in my room for about a week, there starting to bug me and im gettin impatiant (SP)

Haimsey

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8th Jul 08 at 09:45

I waited months to get mine on so i know how you feel atm.
If i were you i would wait and do them yourself

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horner_boi

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8th Jul 08 at 09:53

ahhh ive found a garage to fit them for £40

simple, i will just return my srping compressors when they get here because they cost £30 so in theory its only cost me £10

B3KAN

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8th Jul 08 at 10:36

£40 isnt a bad price for fitting all 4 springs

Haimsey

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8th Jul 08 at 11:37

Fair enough, thats not a bad price at all really

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tom-corsa

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8th Jul 08 at 12:53

what are the springs mate 40?

MatthewR

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8th Jul 08 at 17:09

I like this..............good to see some members who arent rich feckers and just throw shitloads at their Corsas, i did mine up bit by bit and the way this is going its making great progress, very best of luck with it mate i look forward to seeing it develop

[Edited on 08-07-2008 by MatthewR]

horner_boi

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8th Jul 08 at 20:35

cheers guys, the springs are -60mm drop, had a few problems with the garage, they cocked it up, but my mum onto trading standards because they fitted it and within a 100 yards the springs were knocking because they hadnt fitted them properly so might be getting all the springs fitted for free or at least my money back

Dan Lewis

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9th Jul 08 at 08:05

are you using shorter shocks? also it may be your exhaust knocking not the springs.

james_suffolk1

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9th Jul 08 at 09:54

yea my exhaust was knockin not ma springs so i tiad the exhaust solid.

if ya need any help with anythink give me a u2u i only live in nuneaton.

horner_boi

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9th Jul 08 at 20:52

right my springs are off, got standard springs back on there now, need to find somewere that isnt going to do it wrong

im not going to mention the company but i can assure you im not going back there and my mum is putting in a formal complaint because they took the piss out of her which i struggled to take, but like a man had to bite my bottom lip

if somebody near me would like to fit my springs and make £50 i will pay somebody to fit them, anybody as long as
you do it properly

mikesc20let

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9th Jul 08 at 21:43

yeah but if you havent fitted shorter shocks then the springs will bang about as they will be loose because the original shockers are too long

horner_boi

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9th Jul 08 at 21:47

ahhh ok, so i need to buy new front shocks, do i need the rears also? or can i get away with having the standard shocks on there?

harrisp

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9th Jul 08 at 21:53

quote:
Originally posted by horner_boi
ahhh ok, so i need to buy new front shocks, do i need the rears also? or can i get away with having the standard shocks on there?

If you get shorter shocks, i will fit your springs and shocks for you.
But £50 is too much as it is a piece of piss to do.

horner_boi

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9th Jul 08 at 21:55

quote:
Originally posted by harrisp

quote:
Originally posted by horner_boi
ahhh ok, so i need to buy new front shocks, do i need the rears also? or can i get away with having the standard shocks on there?

If you get shorter shocks, i will fit your springs and shocks for you.
But £50 is too much as it is a piece of piss to do.

U'2'U'd

mikesc20let

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9th Jul 08 at 22:36

no you dont need rear shocks you mite get away with them as they sit seperate to the spring

horner_boi

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12th Jul 08 at 13:45

right rear springs fitted then mother nature decided to turn up and th heavens opened so had to stop, going away tomorrow so dont know when the fronts are going to get done as i start my new job on monday

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