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Robby_W
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10th May 08 at 17:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I have been bullied into making another one of these so here it is.
I have now got myself a 98 Arden blue 1400 sport after my last ocrsa was written off, some of you may already know about this.

This is how my old one ended its life:



And this is my new one:






It consists of a 1.4 sport with all the luxury toys like remote central locking, leccy windows and mirros, electric sunroof and pwersteering.
But its also had some other fun bits like lowered 60mm on G-max shocks and springs, K&N induction filter, sports cat, straight through centre pipe, a 4" jap can exhaust (which i want to change but dont have the money atm) and 2.0litre front brakes, this all came with the car.
Once i got it i de-badged and de-stickered, put my old 15"alloys on and colour coded the engine to match the car with an opel badge for personal touch:




In the near future i hope to change the backbox, tinted windows, de-badged grille, either standard or black rear lights, get some sort of sound system sorted then do some bodywork stuff like semi-smooth boot. Also i need to get some new plates made up

Hope you all like, any comments and suggestions would be helpful


[Edited on 10-05-2008 by DMRrhythmRW]

[Edited on 10-05-2008 by DMRrhythmRW]

[Edited on 11-05-2008 by DMRrhythmRW]

[Edited on 12-05-2008 by DMRrhythmRW]
DannyB
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10th May 08 at 17:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Not a fan of the wheels but each to their own
little_duke
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10th May 08 at 17:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

got potential,agreed not a fan of wheels but its your car
Robby_W
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10th May 08 at 23:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

you're not going to like what i swapped for them.......15" tigra 5spokes, to much of a boring look, also the profile on tyres was too big and scrubbed on the wheel arches badly but cheers for the comments guys, much appriciated

what do people think of the engine cover? My first time spraying
B3KAN
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11th May 08 at 03:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Danny_v6
Not a fan of the wheels but each to their own
Archie
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11th May 08 at 09:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Holy shit what happened to your old one ?

Like the engine cover
DannyB
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Engine cover looks good mate, you did a good job by the look of it
Robby_W
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11th May 08 at 10:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Archie - my old one got sandwiched on a downhill pile up

Cheers guys, im really pleased with the engine cover
Ste L
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11th May 08 at 19:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Bret's old motor, AndyRS1800 used to own it, who sold it to another lad, who fitted an new engine in it

i''ve got the heated seat switches,and cdx panel that used to be in that corsa


quite a tidy shell that one





[Edited on 11-05-2008 by Ste L]
Robby_W
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11th May 08 at 20:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

woooh, so those are the angel eyes the guy was telling me about.

Yea its a very clean shell and im extremly pleased with it,
What engine was it beforehand?
Ste L
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11th May 08 at 20:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

always been a 1.6 iirc
Robby_W
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11th May 08 at 20:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

im not really liking the plates though, too small and odd looking for my liking
xa0s
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11th May 08 at 23:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by DMRrhythmRW
im not really liking the plates though, too small and odd looking for my liking

+1
Corsa_Scotty
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12th May 08 at 17:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Stunning mate very nice Arden Blue Corsa's FTW
Andyrs1800
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Cheers for the PM with the link dude,

Oh aye, Looks a bit diff now...

When i bought this it had a dodgy engine that turned out to have a burnt out valve, plan was to chuck a redtop in but i ended up buying my old corsa back,

When i got it...

-60mm Gmax,
16in Speedlines,
Cat back stainless,
K&N (still in my garage)
Ally strut brace (still in my garage)
2.0 brakes,
mantzel inlet (thats what killed it)
Heated unknown seats fully working with rear armrest also, V-comfy seats,
Random steering wheel,
White dials,
Opel badges all round,
etc...






Shame i never got it on the road, but i am glad to see its back again, I'll also let brett know also, i know he misses this car,

Keep us posted
Andyrs1800
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PS, my garage is tidy now
Robby_W
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lol, yea i was going to say, looking a bit messy in them pics
Robby_W
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12th May 08 at 20:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Just a quick update, had a little car wash session today then went up epsom downs for a little photoshoot, will have the pics up soon, just need to sort through the good and bad
Andyrs1800
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Get The Pics up...

[Edited on 12-05-2008 by Andyrs1800]
Corsa_Scotty
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12th May 08 at 21:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I love this so much mate Very smart

(p.s are you on msn?)
Robby_W
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12th May 08 at 21:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Some pics of our little photoshoot (Sorry about poor quailty, i only have a phone camera ), well all the pics























sorry theres so many but we just went a bit mad
Corsa_Scotty
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12th May 08 at 21:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Lovely Mate
Hamish
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12th May 08 at 23:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Epsom Downs
Andyrs1800
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Lookin good dude...
Robby_W
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13th May 08 at 21:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Yep, good old epsom downs, tis a nightmare getting up there though from the effingham way, lots of speed bumps

Cheers for the comments guys, glad you like it.

Quick question, Do you think i should get german style plates like my last ones, or just plain standard size ones???

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