John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
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wel after about a month of finally searchin for a nice tidy 1.6 sport i stumbled acoss hoppers old car in derby so took a trip to see if and he assureed me it was mint and once i got there i realised he wasnt lying so i snapped the offer up
it looked like this when i bought it
the 1st thing on the list was to lower it went for 70mm front 60mm back
then can a few little touches
boot gromit
headlight protectors
painted v-grille
next was a trip up to burnley to pick up a set of cav gsi wheels
next thing was up to shropshire to iaz house for a bit of refurb on the wheels
also got vectra handles and roof rails painted brocade yellow
then came the big change all the plastic bits painted the same as the wheels an a nice set of 90mm rear springs
then in the last 2 weeks i had my spare wheel wel taken out and lawrence and the boys did me proud with an uber tidy centre exit exhaust (sorry about the dirt exhaust) 
all in the last 4 months 
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00ironst
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Registered: 17th Jul 06
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john mate looks quality, all that dun in only for months to!
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marklawton
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Registered: 24th Apr 05
Location: Pensby, Wirral Drives:Golf mk4 GTI
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looking good mate,
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Liam
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
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Looks quality, nice and low
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marklawton
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Registered: 24th Apr 05
Location: Pensby, Wirral Drives:Golf mk4 GTI
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love the centre exit, keep the good work up dude
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jimmy 2.1
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Shipley, West Yorkshire
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where did you get those springs from?
looks ace by the way!!!
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Love your car John. Liked your old green one, but this one is awesome. Not technically quite as Euro as you originally planned though is it?
Any further plans for it?
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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 as fuck.
That centre exit is gorgeous, i like the way its discreetly cut into the bumper 
Did you remove the wheel well?
Tigra scuttle looks the bomb
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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
as fuck.
That centre exit is gorgeous, i like the way its discreetly cut into the bumper
Did you remove the wheel well?
Tigra scuttle looks the bomb
cheers jambo, yeah we cudnt cut it any further into the bumper as the metal chasis was behind it, an didnt want the rear of the car to loose any strength
my mate removed the wel as he works in a bodyshop, was a fun day making sure my interior didnt go on fire whilst he was welding
yeah tigra scuttle panel was already on it when i go it but colour coding it has just given it that clean edge
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Originally posted by Rich H
Love your car John. Liked your old green one, but this one is awesome. Not technically quite as Euro as you originally planned though is it?
Any further plans for it?
na not goin euro on this one rich just low as fuck an tidy the other one was all about the colour and the kit, this one is clean as a whistle inside and one 2 tiny dots of rust about the size of a 5p piece but they should be getting buzzed down an sorted out soon
got a few plans but stayin in my head for now, not much bodywork wise love the look of it at the moment as it is
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
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Nice one  Will definitely be keeping an eye on this! Have kept meaning to speak to you about it on MSN but never got round to it! 
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Amazing car John. I'm a massive fan of it!
Keep up the good work!
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
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cheers rich, yeah havent spoke to you for ages on msn but your always online
philly cheers for the comments, ill do my best to keep up the good work, got me smoke lights coming tomorrow they should make a different, no the mhw's but never the less i stil like them, had them on the other corsa and they looked spot on
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Nick A
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Looking awesome mate
What have you wrapped round your rear axle beam in the exhaist picture?? - is it knocking??
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John G
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doesnt knock anymore used to knock with the standard exhaust on, stil need to take it off might do that tomorrow after work
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mav
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Looks love it....
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John G
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quote:
Originally posted by mav
Looks love it....
you should be happy, u seen the repeaters just for you mav
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Nick A
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What is it exactly, mine currently knocks and is pissin me off!!
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John G
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u know that thick material old people put on dining tables to stop hot things markin the table its that stuf, its heat resistant so when your exhaust hits it, it wont hap potential to go on fire
iv always used in on both my corsas wen they were knockin the old corsa exhaust used to rest on the axle on the 17s so every few months id have to turn it round cos it would burn thro but it was no hardship
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Nick A
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cheers mate
mines currenlty knocking, was all fone until i had a new exhasut system fitted by National, now they cant get enough clearence over the rear beam, so when i have 1 other person in the car i get a horrible noise.
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ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
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that centre exit looks top, im planning one in the new year when the old xe is in
who cut out the bumper ?
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John G
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quote:
Originally posted by ed_jones
that centre exit looks top, im planning one in the new year when the old xe is in
who cut out the bumper ?
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i took it to top gear up in burnlet they did it all proper gud job
do you know josh an mol from wrexham josh with the red gsi and mol with the nova?
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Martin_C
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Registered: 27th Jun 03
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your corsa is superb, top banana
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John G
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quote:
Originally posted by Martin_C
your corsa is superb, top banana
cheers ears, havent spent that much on this one at all compared to the other one but im just as proud of this as i was of that, totally living up to what i wanted from it
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Martin_C
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so much more subtle but still as aggresive i think, nice mods.
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John G
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will be better when i get the smoked lights on and maybe the light tints, just aiming for the yellow to dark scheme give it that discreet look
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