NathanR
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Looking for a white corsa to buy atm , preferabally a nice clean shell .
Was wandering why white ones are not so common as other colour's like arden or silver . And also did they make white corsa witha 1.2 16v engine as all the ones I've looked at are 8v ?
Also could you post some pics up of some white corsa's if you got time
Nath!
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AndyCorsaSport
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Dont think they did 16v's apart from the 1/4 and 1/6 Sports, could be wrong though, they do look smart in white!
I had a white 1.4, no pics though, blew it up after 5 mins of owning it
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mattant
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White ones aren't as common because from new you could upgrade to fancy colours like metallic arden blue for free, and white wasn't as popular in the 90s as it is now, which is a pain because I have a white one and finding things like bumpers takes forever
Most are 8 valves because they are Merit models from the early 90s, I don't think had much choice in colours with them as they were the basic model
[Edited on 15-02-2011 by mattant]
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shaunmods
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I think its because back in the day white was seen to be a cheap, poverty colour imo so maybe they didnt make/sell as many as they did with other colours. Now though white is all the rage on new cars
Edit damn mattant beat me to it
[Edited on 15-02-2011 by shaunmods]
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Darryl H
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NathanR
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Its annoying as its the colour I want !! And don't particularly an 8v . Are the 8v easy to convert , to say an x16xe ? As that is what I will want to do after say a year or so ?
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bazzaa
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bally2010
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wouldnt say its clean but heres my old one
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bally2010
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mine was converted to a x16xe from a 1.2 8v mate
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Christopher
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There are 1.2 16v bud because i was going to get one but i got a atlantis blue instead!
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NathanR
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bally2010 did you do the conversion yourself ?? If so was it easy enough ?
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Ian
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You could get white ones for the whole time you could get Corsas, just not many people chose to.
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Haimsey
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Pics in my thread.
Marcy Marc
White Sport Progress Thread
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bally2010
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quote: Originally posted by Reeves16v
bally2010 did you do the conversion yourself ?? If so was it easy enough ?
me and a friend did it wouldnt say it was hard doing it but as mine was a L reg and unimobilised and the x16xe being imobilised , my mate had to make a wiring diagram to make it all work which i couldnt understand as im not very good with wiring but IMO x16xe are wanky oil burning engines . i went straight from that to a e16se nova gte 8v engine went straight in no problem and ran perfect whilst i had the car , ive just converted mine to the c16se engine and not had a problem with the engine at all if i was you i would go 8v mate as the 16vs always fuck up in the end
hope this helps
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NathanR
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Thanks bally !! Is there a build thread for yours that I can have a look at ??
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JaffaTB
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djgritt
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It's a shed. But it keeps me entertained!
[Edited on 15-02-2011 by djgritt]
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bally2010
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HERES THE WHITE ONE MATE
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=571335&page=1
AND HERES MY NEW 1
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=588276
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c20let
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My old LET corsa
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mattant
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That's lovely, exactly what a white GSi should look like
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mantamark
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Be rude not to post dave's...
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