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Here is a little project that me and two mate decided to pick up and see if we could make something special.
We wanted this corsa a good 3 months ago but the guy wanted 150 for it and it didnt seem like a good deal to tell the truth so we waited and i kept driving past it sat on his drive way. Eventually i asked him if he wanted me to take it off his hands and he said "give me 40", so i couldnt refuse such a good deal. He hadnt changed anything to the car since he wanted 150 hahaha.
He didnt think the engine worked, it had no alloys, the door was bent, window smashed and there where a couple of dents around the car. General clean up needed.
This is how we got it.
Then we went to work on it. There isnt many interior progress pictures but thats boring so heres the aftermath, all took place within 3 hours on a windy tuesday.
Smashed Window
Today (wednesday) we started the bodywork taking all the bumpers, arches and getting the dents out. Went something like this.
Got the semi smooth going
Dents
THE TENDER TRIO (city of god quote)
Heres the plans:
- Semi Smooth Boot
- Get engine running perfect
- Redo all interior parts black
- Leather
- De Lock Handles
- Cav Gsi Alloys Matt Black with Polished Lip
- Fully Matt Black RESPRAY
- GSI spolier
- 2ltr Brakes
- Stereo
- Sell It ??
THE MURDERED OUT TEAM!!!
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no one got any opinions on it?
Joe
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Jules
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Good plans and will be interesting to see what happens, but:
"The Murdered out team"?
Teh fuck?
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mattfiesta
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i cant see that filler taking well.
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flybikeslee
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for £40 you can't really go wrong 
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quote:
Originally posted by Jules
Good plans and will be interesting to see what happens, but:
"The Murdered out team"?
Teh fuck?
Its a joke really, its cos its going matt black
hahaha dont worry im not serious
You have to have seen Rob and Big on MTV
Joe
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quote:
Originally posted by mattfiesta
i cant see that filler taking well.
Taking pretty well my end
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martferguson
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I'm involved in the project too...not sure what Joe was on when he wrote the title of the project though... not even i understand it! lol.
Can't wait for it to be sprayed, less than two weeks now!
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you have to have seen Rob and Big,
he has a Cevy Suburban with he has done matt black and they refer to it as being "murdered out" hahahaha
I can change it if everyone feels storngly about it.
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martferguson
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haha, was just kidding but find it funny that its gone from 'murdered out' to 'matt black baby'!
Can't wait till its actually matt black...gonna be so nice.
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martferguson
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Had 5 litres of matt black paint arrive yesterday.
Hopefully the high build primer will arrive today too and the new passenger side door.
Interior parts have started to be sprayed already too.
Dash board is black and the whole centre is going the become matt black to match the outside of the car and to get a cool contrast inside with the interior.
Still struggling to find cav slabs (hint hint) and leather interior (hint hint  )
Budget looks to be blown too but it'll be worth it to see the finished article.
More pics of resprayed interior to follow.
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quote:
Originally posted by martferguson
Had 5 litres of matt black paint arrive yesterday.
Hopefully the high build primer will arrive today too and the new passenger side door.
Interior parts have started to be sprayed already too.
Dash board is black and the whole centre is going the become matt black to match the outside of the car and to get a cool contrast inside with the interior.
Still struggling to find cav slabs (hint hint) and leather interior (hint hint )
Budget looks to be blown too but it'll be worth it to see the finished article.
More pics of resprayed interior to follow.
Matt black will look 
I have some cav slabs with proxes T1-R. Yours for £5K   
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ok how you want me to pay........ NOT
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Graeme
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have u keyed the 1/4 up at all where u have put the filler in?
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quote:
Originally posted by Graeme
have u keyed the 1/4 up at all where u have put the filler in?
yeh yeh keyed it up totally and area around it dont worry hahahah
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UPDATE
Got the drums all sanded down and painted up today.
Also got it on the stand and wheels off so i can get to work cleaning out the insides of the arches and painting them up nice a new.
I also spent like 2 hours cleaning the engine but i didnt get any pictures of it.
Changed:
distrubtor
dizzy cap
leads
plugs
and rocker gasket
Engine runs smooth as a nut with only 64,000 on the clock and only for £40 hahahahha
Oh yeh and all the paint arrived (high build primer and matt black)
Joe
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Drums look good, that's what i did to mine, then hid them behind the Cav wheels
Drums are embarrassing lol.
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martferguson
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Progress:
Ok, so progress since the last thread is as follows.
- Both doors removed, replacement door has arrived which is a bit damaged but nothing which can't be repaired.
- Bonnet removed
- Completly stripped out not except dash board and engine
- Engine now runs VERY smoothly thanks to a complete new spark system and a rocker cover gasket now keeping the oil in!
- Gunk'd the engine so thats looking a lot better now too!
- Smashed window passenger side rear window (thanks to Joe )
Just need to key up the whole car by friday for the re-spray now...gonna be a bit of a mission!!
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gianluigi
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i love matt black cars
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Graham88
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Can't wait to see it Matt Black, they look wicked
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martferguson
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Car was totally key'd up today...well the outside was anyway!! lol.
Took ages...as well as finishing off the semi-smooth boot and a small dent in the bodywork.
Car is now basically ready to be put into primer and painted...cannot wait. Hopefully more pics to come shortly...watch this space on friday for pics of the car in primer.
Going to get the cav slabs tonight, come with 195/45/15 tyres. Going to be sprayed matt black also but with a polished rim...gonna be SO nice!
Still to do...
- Central locking
- Vectra door handles
- Leather interior (seats, roof lining, etc)
- Sort out new front bumper (still waiting on it to arrive...needs to be ready and smoothed by friday...bit worried right now!!)
- wheels painted and polished
- car painted
- umm...
- car all put back together
- Tax'd and MoT'd
- Then we cry when its sold!!!
Going to look amazing when it done.
Will be up for sale within 3-4 weeks if all goes to plan might be before that!
So start saving your pounds up!!
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woodwardsbodyshop
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so do you have thinners and hardener for the primer and paint?
where is it being painted? and how?
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quote:
Originally posted by woodwardsbodyshop
so do you have thinners and hardener for the primer and paint?
where is it being painted? and how?
Yeh yeh got all the shiz you need mate dont worry.
thought you could catch us out on something to poo on our party hahahahah joking
All ready.
It is getting sprayed at my house.
Joe
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Adam C
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This should look evil as hell when done, good on you for attempting it all yourself.
Reading this thread makes me want another project.
My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
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martferguson
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Green thing - here is some encouragement to get another project...
...been so much fun, wish we'd started earlier to be honest and done a few more!
You could always buy the corsa off us when its done and put a 2.0L in it? Would totally finish it off and would suit the car.
Matt black, smooth, 2.0L...we'd have done it but we had a budget!! lol.
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