-wylo-
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Alright folks, not been on the site properly in ages! For those that remember, I sold the Crx siR i bought due to moving into a flat in edinburgh with uni mates next month! Thought i'd sort out the priorities and I bought a cheaper car to run about in 2 weeks ago!
So here it is, a 1.5 corsa deisel You may laugh, but i get 135miles to a tenner of fuel Its pretty tidy on the outside considering age and drives like new, well happy with it
I dont have any pics from the day i bought it, i'll just pretend it has a standard grille and merit badges on the side...
First step was to remove the badges from side and tailgate. (side shown above)
Next step was to sort out the dent in the tailgate. Little bro is apprentice panel beater so brought a plunger home from work and sorted it out!
Before:
After:
Then we took the bumper off and i got the jigsaw out to make the badgeless grille i bought, fit.. (ish)
Note gimpy bro/dent wizard standing at side
Once that was done we ripped out the shiity standard oil stained interior and replaced it with some nice gsi seats, door cards and plastics I bought from adamc20xe.
Note the rear headrests! Also for those unaware, the car adam was breaking is mavs old red XE! Whoever thought part of it would live on in a diesel
When i went to collect the interior from adam, a guy from a local site text me to say he still had the wheels he was selling. So off i went in my dad's motor/hearse (306estate) filled with a corsa interior to squeeze 4 15" wheels and tyres in...
The wheels were already painted white but were a state so i've rubbed them down (only took me 8 hours ) ready to be re-painted white. Heres how they sit at the moment ready to be painted!
Some cesaros, all with good tyres
And thats it so far, will update the post as i get things done to it! Should have some suspension sorted out soon and gonna get the timing belt done very shortly too.
Facelift bumpers and gsi/sri spoiler are also on the list, the grille looks ok from a distance but really needs the bumpers for me to be happy with it.
All comments welcome
[Edited on 17-08-2007 by -wylo-]
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Looks like a good project, luuuurvley alloys
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Ste L
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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Manchester Drives: 106 16v Rallye
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should be nice, i got cesaro's on my corsa..
but are sprayed rover hurricane grey
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-wylo-
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Registered: 4th Oct 04
Location: Dunfermline
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Ste, i spotted your corsa the day after i bought this one and I was gonna go for the same colour of cesaros but im not gonna copy at least if white looks shite i know what colour to change too....
Cheers whittie. should look good when its done.
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Ste L
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could of copied, i dont mind
was temped by white, but wasn't keen on the idea, due to the black bumpers, and my lazyness of not washing car, so they would end up looking black
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Neil Dagens
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will look good mate. love the alloys! how bad is the fit of the grill and how did u attach it? tempted to do it to mine too
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Seany
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Registered: 13th Dec 06
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im sure ive got a spoiler in the garage mate its yours for £10 will deffo need painted tho as its black and scratched to fuck, just let me know,
car is looking get the cesaros on
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-wylo-
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quote: Originally posted by Neil Dagens
will look good mate. love the alloys! how bad is the fit of the grill and how did u attach it? tempted to do it to mine too
The fit is pretty pish to be honest, u can see the gaps at the bottom of each side. I attached it with a couple of tech screws but u could drill a couple holes and use some self tapping screws.
quote: Originally posted by Seany
im sure ive got a spoiler in the garage mate its yours for £10 will deffo need painted tho as its black and scratched to fuck, just let me know,
car is looking get the cesaros on
sound, u2u me your mobile no. mate and ill fire round for it. The cesaros will be on once they're painted and ive got some suspension
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Seany
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u2ud
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TheCam
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Looks good mate.
think I'll have to buy a white corsa next.
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adamC20xe
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looking good mate any other plans, i still have ma suspension,
will do it for cheaper if u swap me your standard suspension so i can keep mines mobile for pushin in and out of ma garage,
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-wylo-
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Update:
Had the day off work so thought id finally finish off my wheels. This is how they looked earlier today..
Next thing on the list was to head round to adams to get some more goodies off his car. Done a deal with his koni suspension against my standard stuff. Didnt take any pics when we were swapping them over but heres the result...
Car was in bad need of a wash so i got out the autoglym and also fitted some clear side repeaters adam donated to me
Then finally, i put my wheels on before it got dark! 100X better than before. Chuffed with it! Just need some white post 97 bumpers now..
Also cheers to adam
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Seany
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wheels look top banana mate
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jamesvalver
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so much better. even looks finished!
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Ste L
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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
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any better pic's of the wheels?
temped by some white one's now
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
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leave it looking the way it is
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-wylo-
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Cheers folks! It will be left how it is for a while!
Seany i meant to text you about the spoiler but been busy all week! I finish work at 4 tomo so will give u a shout then?
I'll get some closer pics of the wheels for you Ste
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Ste L
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didn't mean closer pic's of the wheels,
i ment different angle's of the car, so you can see the wheels better
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-wylo-
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ahright! yeah sure man, the pics i took are wank. was gettin dark so just rushed them. i'll get a couple of good ones tomorrow if its a nice day
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fuju64
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Registered: 17th Aug 06
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i want sum white cesaro's i got sum white team dynamic rims but there the wrong offset so it rubs abit and i cant slam it
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little_duke
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
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wheels lok spot on.think thats my next purchase
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adamC20xe
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lookin good now mate
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-wylo-
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cheers folks
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Seany
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quote: Originally posted by -wylo-
Cheers folks! It will be left how it is for a while!
Seany i meant to text you about the spoiler but been busy all week! I finish work at 4 tomo so will give u a shout then?
I'll get some closer pics of the wheels for you Ste
just give me a shout when your not working because im nightshift all week so will be in mst f the day anyway
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marklawton
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looks good, not too sure on the cnetre caps, think they look better with out them like on my brothers car
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