liamcorsa
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Registered: 29th May 04
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Hers the story of my wee lil corsa. Theres definately been a few 'oh dears' and a few other choice words. So heres the history....
Jan 2004 brought it from a local dealers for the pricely some of £2495. No pics from the day I brought it but only a week later it looked like this as I had already brought the filter and the wheels I brought off a Gsi that sat in the scrappy! oh and the exhaust was off my old car.
The car remained like this for a long time whislt I was saving for some wheels. Unfortunately I didn't have enough for the suspension I wanted so It rode like a 4x4 for a while. Here she is at pvs'04
Shortly after I think I lost the plot a bit a decided to hack my front bumper to pieces! ops!! Oh yeah and brought a carbon bonnet too!
Anyways moving swiftly on... I then found enough money to purchase my suspension. -60mm Venom dropshox.
At this point I decided I wanted to strip the rear and put some buckets in. Buckets from a friend for £50!! And belts from local Corbeau/Luke. Also my girlfriend brought me a wheel of the 'bay for me birthday. Ace. Also brought a sub and amp of a mate for £50.
I then stumbled upon a smoothed boot and rear bumper in the local scrappy whislt looking for my a set of wheels for a mate. £70 later they were loaded up in me car and off to the bodyshop where I had the front end erm.... tidied up.
Here she is at Fast and Furious '05 in Brighton.
Then some where I'm sure a few other things were added, fell off stuck back on etc.
I then decided to refurb my old wheels myself but had no spares!! So a quick trip to the bay and I found these....
Put some toyos on and then on the car.
The old BK's returned looking like this...
Then the last visit to the bodyshop it came back looking like this....
So there she is.
As always comment etc welcome.
Thanks for reading.
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SAL
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Registered: 19th Dec 05
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good project there mate i saw it at the rr day and was very clean! NICE
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Hoddo
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Registered: 7th Nov 06
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it looks at its best now, looked a bit mad during its whats the word erm.. metamorphisis?
nice work!
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liamcorsa
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quote: Originally posted by stavs
good project there mate i saw it at the rr day and was very clean! NICE
Cheers mate. It snearly at the point where I need to start focusing on the performance side of things.
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ash87
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Registered: 26th Mar 05
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looks much better now, you ever thought about a smaller normal shape plate on the back?
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Hoddo
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interesting place to put the tax disc!
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LAMM13
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Registered: 15th Dec 05
Location: Towcester, uk
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loving the black roof nice car mate
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liamcorsa
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quote: Originally posted by ash87
looks much better now, you ever thought about a smaller normal shape plate on the back?
No not unless it's legal. Cheers for comments guys.
Please note the '16v' badges have been removed.
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Graeme
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Registered: 26th Jul 04
Location: Northampton
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looks very nice, just needs a standard rear bumper IMO and then it will be all done!
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Matt L
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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is that the rs apron or bumper??? im getting the apron early next year.
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liamcorsa
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Its the apron.
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gianluigi
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Registered: 9th Mar 05
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
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few cringe moments, but looks ace now
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liamcorsa
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quote: Originally posted by gianluigi
few cringe moments, but looks ace now
totally agree.
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liamcorsa
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A few bits added nothing exciting. Got front and rear omp strut braces on. Resprayed to match the roof colour. Also got the CS stickers on (Willay ) Oh and the cool headlamp covers.
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SAL
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the mini cs stickers rule! willay
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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
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like the front but theres sumthin about the back that puts me off think its the bumper and exhaust
i big improvement tho matey, you gotta have cringin moments, its all good as long as you come out the other side
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liamcorsa
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quote: Originally posted by John G
like the front but theres sumthin about the back that puts me off think its the bumper and exhaust
i big improvement tho matey, you gotta have cringin moments, its all good as long as you come out the other side
No one seems to like the rear bumper for some reason. Whats wrong with it?
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powey
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Gwent, South Wales
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perfect mix match of colors they both compliment each other well.. cool car
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liamcorsa
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***UPDATE***
Again nothing major but hey, some smoked depo headlights, from ebay.
Before.....
After...
Ta.
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loz@sussexcarz.com
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Registered: 7th Oct 04
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nice 1 liam its come a long way since i 1st saw it parked next to me at pvs 04,much improved since we were at fast n furious too lol
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cheshiresport
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Registered: 5th Nov 06
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Loving the carbon bonnet
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liamcorsa
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quote: Originally posted by loz@sussexcarz.com
nice 1 liam its come a long way since i 1st saw it parked next to me at pvs 04,much improved since we were at fast n furious too lol
Cheers buddy.
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thecorsaal
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Registered: 27th May 06
Location: Tyne and Wear
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nice car matey, massive improvements over the years!
where did you get the headlight covers from? ive looked all over for some
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liamcorsa
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quote: Originally posted by thecorsaal
nice car matey, massive improvements over the years!
where did you get the headlight covers from? ive looked all over for some
Found them on ebay for a tenner.
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thecorsaal
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bugger
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