Tom_Coe
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Registered: 9th Sep 07
Location: Rainham,Kent
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Been on here a while and not started on of these so thought i'd give it a go.
Got the car with the usual sxi trim (irmscher front splitter and skirts and also the sport interior) its a 1.2 16v so performance is the least of my worries so I just set about tidying the car up and being a lazy poor student its taken me almost a year to do so 
Here's some pictures of when I first got the car on the road:
I took off the crap lexus lights he day after I got it on the road as the embrassment was too much to handle, the first thing I did was upgrade all the speakers in the car (I like my music) and then lowered the car 40mm. from the day I got it I was adimant I wanted new wheels but until now I havent had time. I ran the car on how it was for many months, lost all interest in ever wanting to do anything to it again and then it paid me back for not bothering to clean it for months; the lower ball joint decided to give way and with that pushed my wing up and cracked the paint on the side skirt:
I got it fixed as soon as I could my uncle an ex mechanic did the work for me and we got the parts reasonably cheap.
Now to the most recent additions to the car, I got some depo headlights for free, some wind deflectors and some cesearo wheels in gloss black for £100 which I thought was very cheap as they come with tyres butare 50 profile and will be getting swapped in the week for my 45 profile tyres so heres a pic for now until during the week when the new tyres are on them:
Future plans are:
Coilovers
Repair some damage
New bonnet
and give it a good clean as its filthy
Thanks for looking will keep this updated as often as I can.
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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looks decent minus the bonnet and the bump strips
best to either take them off or get them sprayed silver IMO
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Tom_Coe
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Registered: 9th Sep 07
Location: Rainham,Kent
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yeh bonnet is bad, under the bump strip its had a dodgey repair and not been sprayed so i think id have to get them sprayed either that or wait till i can get the poor repair work re-done
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Tom_Coe
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Registered: 9th Sep 07
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Just a quick photoshop of what i want it to look like eventually:
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GSi Nicey
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Registered: 1st Mar 09
Location: Sudbury, Suffolk
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That is looking like a serious project! nice one mate keep up the good work 
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Minty_Fresh
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Registered: 1st May 08
Location: westmidlands
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photoshop looks very nice..
i would keep the handles though but colour code them 
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Adam C
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Registered: 10th Jan 07
Location: Cornwall UK Drives:Arden Blue Gsi T
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Looks like a good project, love the look of how it is now.
Makes me want to keep mine
My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
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Tom_Coe
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Registered: 9th Sep 07
Location: Rainham,Kent
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youre's is so nice love that colour too, yeh I got a bit carried away with the door handles, I'm skint at the moment but as soon as my student loan comes back in i think a trip to the body shop may be in order
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