corsa120
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basically as it stands its in extremely good condition and the xe is running sweetly after a failed afm, i decided that after buying some tb's for my 2.0 i sold them and put the money towards my mk4 astra gsi, so my decision for this is i really do believe the corsa has enough power, its the handling and braking that i want to sort out. anyways my astra is now running 240bhp with turbo manifold to go on which should see it past 250 mark so that suits me for outright speed.
my plans are,
4-pot brakes either reyland/wilwood/hi-spec
kw coilovers, or koni fixed 40mm with adjustable dampers
poly bushes front and rear
whiteline f+r anti roll bars
ball joints/track rod ends etc
btb manifold and 2.5"exhaust with 3" tail
i may consider some cams for the engine, and mappable chip of some sort but thats undecided.
relocating battery to the boot
carbon bonnet
standard rear bumper flushed to match the front airdam
powder coating, battery tray/lower arms/rear axle/drums/hub carrier/and lots of other various parts.
as it stands now.
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Mark330d
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very nice, spoiler, filler cap an 16v badges are a bit gay though.
Im thinking some smoked headlights would suit it
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SAL
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corsa120
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yes 16v badge is going, and sorry you dont like fuel cap but it is a proper avgas cap which cost 150quid so not a fake stick on version lol
heres said bumper to be smoothed which i collected today
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
Location: Ballymena N.I.
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engine looks great..
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corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
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just got lower arms back from powder coaters, done these as a test of there work and it semms ok and cheap as its through work so thats kool
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Jimbo
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Registered: 17th Feb 07
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I love that engine bay, top notch!
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SAL
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Registered: 19th Dec 05
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are you keeping the saxo spoiler ?
i like the idea of smooth rear
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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quote:
Originally posted by stavs
are you keeping the saxo spoiler ?
i like the idea of smooth rear
Me too 
Looks good mate not keen on the saxo spoiler though but each to his own
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corsa120
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no saxo spoiler will be departing the car dudes as well as 16v badge
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SAL
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sweet its goin to look lovely mate...you goin to keep the wheels that you have ?
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corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
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just ordered my lower arm bushes and rear axle bushes from powerflex so these should arrive next week.
and i shall soon be starting to strip parts of the beast like fk coilovers and v6 brakes in preperation to advertise them for sale
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J100RSA
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Registered: 4th Mar 01
Location: Thornhill, West Yorkshire
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the best valver conversion i ever did even better than my own (not for long )
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broster
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quote:
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the best valver conversion i ever did even better than my own (not for long )
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what............. better than joffs!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
Location: Ballymena N.I.
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pics of joffs??
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corsa120
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lol dan my conversion is bein changed slightly by me all mounts are being took off and powder-coated, as well as gearbox painted to.
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Nice car mate! Love the Bay! 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
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track control arm bushes arrived today awaitng rear ones now to, need to wait til 21'st of april til i can do much to the car as i need it upon axle stands and dont have the spce til after this date so loads to come after then
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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my engine iirc too glad its still going strong
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M Sutton
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Registered: 11th Jan 03
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good to see your corsa is still around mate, progress looks good!
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corsa120
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bin a while but i can now start with the corsa proper, stripped alot off last couple of days, brakes are off and hopefully sold now so will buy 4-pots soon.
heres tie bar/lower arms/ball joints off, tie bars goin to powder coaters, and old anti roll bar is going in place of a whitleine version
and the underside , new manifold and sump needs to be re-powder coated also
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corsa120
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bin bit busy heres my latest on the corsa, i have removed the sump and had it powder coated, and ive removed the CV joints to make way for new cv boots and just a good general clean.
heres pretty much where iv started
heres hub carriers removed and small sand blast in tank at work
heres them painted in black satin enamel paint
then i set about removing all gubbins from arches, and mainly the cv joints which all need new boots
and just for starters driverside ball joint and 2 new gaiters and wax oil, pas side to follow with same and new track rod ends to.
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
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work seems good.
are they apex coilovers? don't like the look of the thread on them.
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corsa120
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the thread is ok there just packed in grease so look shocking, will be for sale soon, they are fk highsports but i painted them arden blue to protect them from environment
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
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oh, fair play.
it looks like the threads are about to fall off in the picture though
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