Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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Thought id post this project as it is a repaint and it is a corsa.
Its my brothers girlfriends brothers first car, a 1.0l 12v 3dr in pretty good condition.
started it this afternoon.
first job was to get the dents in the bonnet out a bit, i couldn't get behind them and didn't have a rothenberg with me so i drilled a hole put in a screw and pulled it out with a pair of molgrips.
then started on the bad boy extended bonnet
also noticed that a previous body shop had done some shabby repairs on nearly every panel and had also left the bent bumper reinforcer in place, their name and number is on the number plate if you want to avoid them.
he is having the arces slightly smoothed in and because of the 17"s i have removed all the studs. then bonded the arches on with tiger seal so they are on nice and solid.
next is the semi smooth boot, pretty simple weld a plate then fill it, removed the rear wiper too
trial fitted the kit quickly
the skirts don't fit too well at all so will need some major fettling
the bonnet with the first skim of filler
notice ed was constructive with the graffiti on the walls
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
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Done a lot in a day to be fair 
Whats that hiding in the background 
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Tomnova16
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its eds beast carefully paintbrushed so it doesn't show the colour
[Edited on 07-05-2007 by Tomnova16]
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ed
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I think I did the Lee too big 
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Wonderboy
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Nice work there, you both seem to do everything at a really high standard.
Good work
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Warren G
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nice work, but the body kit not to keen on that, smooth post 97 bumpers would look so good! go for the euro look
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ed
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That's not even close to what the customer wants though.
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Tomnova16
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yep eds right, im doing what the customer wants, should look ok though. its gonna be straight black too, nice and shiney
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K3 VMU
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I have the exact same kit, kingdom front and skirts, psg combat2 rear, and i m selling them
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Tomnova16
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are your skirts a really dodgy fitment too
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K3 VMU
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front and rear are a piece o piss, but the skirts arent too bad, jus cut the plastic arches and iirc a little at the front of the skirt.
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Bram
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Is that Eds yellow corsa in the background 
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Graeme
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thats what i was gona say, looks yellow to me! 
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ed
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Zut alors, you found me out. Whammy...
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paul.mitchell1984
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can i ask, somebody may know, i want to bond my arches on, back simple enough, but the front bumper needs to go under the trim how have ppl done this? any advise apreciated,
sorry to steal the thread, looks good though keep up the ggd work
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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not done much tonight as i have got to repair and paint the quarter ,door and arch on a ford KA. I got some fibre glass on the arches only a littlethough as they are only going to be slightly blended in rather than fully smooted in like eds. i rubbed the boot down and got another coat of filler in it
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Tomnova16
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quote:
Originally posted by paul.mitchell1984
can i ask, somebody may know, i want to bond my arches on, back simple enough, but the front bumper needs to go under the trim how have ppl done this? any advise apreciated,
sorry to steal the thread, looks good though keep up the ggd work
basically you just take the front stud out so you can just slide the bumper under the arch when its fitted, you could screw it from the inside also
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Chris F
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its yellow, orange or red for sure!
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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check the first pic, you can see the yellow colour behind the window of the green corsa
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ed
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No, this car is going black (Tom has even said this) and the Ka looks like it's dark blue 
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expire
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Registered: 24th Jan 06
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i have tried to look so hard to see whaqt colour it is. I dont think you actually can see tho.
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Tomnova16
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managed to get some more done today
finished the ford Ka this morning
then bonded the sill skirts on with tiger seal, i cut loads out as i think it will look much better like this, i've screwed it all down to hold it in place while it dries overnight then ill remove all the screws except the ones in the sill. Will also need to make a bracket at the ront as is a little flimsy.
Should get loads done tomorrow though, been doing my brothers Viva also today
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ed
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They are going to look a lot better with that whole section removed from them on the rear quater. They look like they are sitting far more flush.
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Tomnova16
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yeah matey thats the plan, i can't leave a body kit in off the shelf mode, hopefully will have them nearly done tomorrow
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Tomnova16
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got the skirts fibre glassed on today and got the bonnet and boot primed up too.
tried the bonnet and bumper on for fitment too
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