xtremewheels
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
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Making a new project thread as i'm going to post everything in here.
When i first brought the car it was a little rust bucket with dents all over the place!
She cost me just under £700 for a 1.4sri 8v with around 60000 miles. Engine was fine and nothing wrong with her in those terms, just needed a little TLC 
The day i picked her up it got a new dent in the boot (people at the place i brought it from crashed her into a post  )
We thought time to get an exhaust! so end result was a remus pipe with a magnex oval back box 
Great sound was happy with the result
Then it came time to replace old body work with newer parts!
List :
New boot
Bonnet
M3 eleccy mirrors
Offside wing
Lights
boot popper
So went to wrok with taking it all off
*old bonnet/boot*
Old boot with new boot and boxing for new bonnet
new mirrors
Well they all went on and i thought great! looking abit smarter.
Sadly during the next stage i didn't get many photos as the kit was fitted almost the same time as the alloys!
Anyway the alloys came 17" black ice TSWs on a near 8" wide wheel base.
We then got the wide kit off ebay and got that fitted asap!
End result i came back home with a car half primer and paint! great!!!! filler all the way and a crap job on the car!
But those pics where taken on a car that wasn't even running!
On the way home from collecting the car the front crossmember gave way and dropped the radiator out onto the motorway! amazing day
We then spent the next month getting parts to repair it costing well into a £1000! new cross member, better raid, fitting costs etc.
The person who fitted it then wired my rad wrong and blew my head gasket up! another £200 in repairs.
It meant my car sat on the drive for a month nearly two with primer fully covering the car, rusting away and being a pain in the arse!
But after months we got it back on track 
So got the alloys fitted at long last, another step in the right direction!
Well, as you can see! the primer was basically falling off the car and rusting away
We then found our next problem! the exhaust...Burn baby burn
Yes the exhaust was burning the kit away!
So spent 2/3 weeks looking for a company to move it, no one would do it...
Anyway! after a long wait of nothing going on with the car we got the spray date! WOOHOO!
so the lorry comes to collect the car, in the mess shown above!
So off she goes, gone for a month!
Anyway! i got pics from the company doing the work, 1 girl and a lad worked on the car both around 19 years old.
So off with the old primer!
and on with the new look! bring back paper!
Anyway! she started to take shape and they spent weeks taking back layers, re doing them etc!
The had some problems, heat welding a toll out the door, someone tried to break into it! Needed new door pins, and alot of work to repair the front bumper.
The took out almost all of the filler which is great from my point of view!
So damage to the front bumper, alot, due to repairs and the lorry driver!
Some pics of the damage + filler!
I love filler
Anyway! 2 weeks later i get the phone call!
So i went to pick it up and didn't waste any time to get pics!
I also got the new suspension kit fitted to lower the car -35mm
We then had a problem with the front lights, crap angel eyes, the blew and messed up so i thought i'd treat myself to a new set!
Thats it i believe for the time being!
Still a couple of things to be done, spacers etc and i will update once thats on.
I'd like to give great credit to a couple of corsasport members who even tho knew my car wasn't euro still gave great comments and support.
Robin, always seemed willing to help and gave nice constructive replies thanks.
Dave A - By far the most helpfull member on CS for me, great comments and support during the total progress of the car, also got me a great deal on the spax suspension kit, did alot of running around, thanks for the support and help dave.
Roadrunner motorsport, quick and fast supply of the total exhaust system
Corsasport website as a total, great help in questions and comments towards anything to do with cars.
halfords - where i work, good help and got alot of bits and bobs from there.
Most improtant.
Beeson & Galloway LTD, did my respray and repair work. Great company!
Tel: 01335342808
Facts about the car
1.4 sri 8v.
Prowler wide kit
New bonnet/boot/offside wing.
Black ice 17" TSW, wide profile alloys.
Angel eye front lights
Meshed grills and panels
Lexus rears (going depo smoke or jdm's)
Magnex oval exhaust
Remus center pipe
smoothed boot
M3 mirrors
smooth scuttle pan
Spax adjustable suspension kit
New offside rear end-ball joint
New rad
New crossmember
head gaskit repairs
Sony head unit
jbl sub/amp/6-9's
From an 8 tone messed up corsa to a ford panther metallic black with a hint of gold flake valued at £3500 work.
Thats all i can think off at the moment in time! sorry for spelling errors etc its half 1 now been doing this for over an hour
Enjoy it.
[Edited on 01-06-2007 by xtremewheels]
[Edited on 04-06-2007 by xtremewheels]
[Edited on 06-06-2007 by xtremewheels]
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Rallycorsa
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Must be honest big modded kits etc are not my thing but this looks superb , well done now get a cage in it and go rallying!
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xtremewheels
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quote:
Originally posted by Rallycorsa
Must be honest big modded kits etc are not my thing but this looks superb , well done now get a cage in it and go rallying!
Thanks, still some little things to really finish off the look, but it will be done soon
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Rob R
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Not my cuppa tea but the work thats been done looks A1! Does make a change from a bloody gsi kit on speedlines lol
Also...you sure thats a magnex backbox? Looks more like the old rage one to me...
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expire
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Registered: 24th Jan 06
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nice work bet your glad its all finally done.
we going to see it at pv?
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xtremewheels
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quote:
Originally posted by expire
nice work bet your glad its all finally done.
we going to see it at pv?
I was going to PVS, but i got paid two days after the stopped selling + i had no internet, may pay on the door but means i won't be on the stands.
Yes its magnex.
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
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quote:
Originally posted by Rallycorsa
Must be honest big modded kits etc are not my thing but this looks superb , well done now get a cage in it and go rallying!
can you imagin rallying that, k smash....all hard work gone 
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xtremewheels
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
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Anyway, just working out what size spacers to put on today.
Back light thoughts still going Black JDM's or Smoke rears with gloss finish.
hrm...
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damandblast
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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quote:
Originally posted by xtremewheels
Anyway, just working out what size spacers to put on today.
Back light thoughts still going Black JDM's or Smoke rears with gloss finish.
hrm...
Got a pic of the smoked Jay? I like the JDM's but can't visualise the smoked on it at all.
Don't forget your 3pm appointment either
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xtremewheels
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a link 2 the black lights
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=360434
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
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nice
i just think wider wheels or spacers to make them sit wider
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Adam C
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Registered: 10th Jan 07
Location: Cornwall UK Drives:Arden Blue Gsi T
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very nice car mate, looks great, love the colour.
With the rear lights i would go for mhw or if you want to match the look of your car go for the LED ones.
Didn't know you worked in Halfords, i do aswell, the place has its uses lol.
My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
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xtremewheels
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quote:
Originally posted by Green Thing
very nice car mate, looks great, love the colour.
With the rear lights i would go for mhw or if you want to match the look of your car go for the LED ones.
Didn't know you worked in Halfords, i do aswell, the place has its uses lol.
lol! it has more than just uses
Not seen any pics of the LED ones, someone got any?
Spacers are coming soon as well 
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Adam C
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how long you been working there, been there over a year now.
I think theres 2 different types of LED ones, chrome and non chrome.
There decent pictures on ebay
My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
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xtremewheels
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I've been there 6 months give or take.
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Adam C
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Ideal.The place does have it uses, i have learnt alot from there so im happy to work there.
Anyways here links to the pictures of them lights.
Non chrome
Chrome
My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
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xtremewheels
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Hrm, i think jdm's are better, remind me to much of lexus
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Adam C
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fair enough mate, goe with what you like best as it seems you've done that so far and your car has come out very nice.
My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
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Ben G
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what are jdm? are they lexus lights?
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P1CK4D
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
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JDM, Japanese Domestic Market??
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Ben G
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i thought jdm were lexus lights? like these i had on mine
took them off because they looked shite.
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damandblast
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quote:
Originally posted by Green Thing
Ideal.The place does have it uses, i have learnt alot from there so im happy to work there.
Anyways here links to the pictures of them lights.
Non chrome
Chrome
You might need to save up a while for the LED's Jay. Just looked at the price. Still think the black JDM's you showed me the other day look the nicest. Not keen on the smoked tbh.
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damandblast
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JDM's are a different shape to lexus, similar finish in ways but by far a better shape.
Still unsure.
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xtremewheels
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Well, work starts soon on touching the car up for PVS.
Fitting the mesh to the back bumper, cleaning drums, maybe new front brakes, new rear lights, fitting front door cards, trying to fit the cd player correctly again, cleaning wires up inside. Building a hold for the amp in the boot so it doesn't slide all over!
This starts monday, so ill get some pics of everything i buy/do over the next week!
bring on pvs!
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xtremewheels
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Update!
Started cleaning the engine and drums! drills ran out of power now tho lol.
Some pics of the engine bay and found a hole in my air filter! woohoo!
looks like ill be getting the bmc cda ealier than i thought
Some pics of the engine anyway it was...yellow
Sadly rear lights wont be here in time for pvs!
Still needs a clean
Getting there, need some more wire brushes so i can get in and out!
More pics coming!
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