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Author Arden GSi
Martin W
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Registered: 10th Aug 09
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   26th Sep 10 at 20:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hi all , so this is my second project log, ive bought a 1.4 corsa sport as my 1.0 was getting a bit slow. here is my other one while i was changing the door:


so i went to clacton on sea to pick this up. bodywork is in good contion , interior is also good, just needed a new steering wheel as the horn buttons are ripped and a new drivers side front door car as somehow it had a whole in . its done 80,000 miles as soon as we get it back it will getting a proper service.
heres the car:


so today i swopped all the suspension over from the old to new, forgot how some of it came off .



got he calipers and the drums painted gold.



fitted my german style lights on the back alng with the suspension.



heres how it stands so far with the suspension transplant:



and heres the one i took it all off of, my first project, deadliner, which happens to be up for sale if anyone is interested.






also today i managed to get the oil changed, looked at the clutch and sorted that , got the temperature gague working with a new thermostat. so its running all good now,

next up:
- new exhaust system
-find out where i can get the wheels machined to the correct offset so i can lower the back more.
-engine work
-new disks.

so theres plenty to be getting on with

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12valver
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26th Sep 10 at 21:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Awesome, i did wonder if you were getting something bigger and better and you certainly did that lol ! Welcome to Sport 1400 ownership lol
nathan87
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26th Sep 10 at 21:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you live round the corner from me lol
connollygt30
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26th Sep 10 at 21:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The sport looks clean,no clean ones left up here really,how much did you pay for it?
Martin W
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Registered: 10th Aug 09
Location: Welling, Greater London
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26th Sep 10 at 23:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
12valver: yes sport 1400 ownership is good lol, nathan87 yes mate, just noticed your from welling too, where abouts? and connollygt30 , it may be clean but it wasnt cheap, £1500
nathan87
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27th Sep 10 at 06:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i live up by the train station, i live in the road opposite the car audio shop
Ingham
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27th Sep 10 at 07:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Fuck me that sits high at the back!
Martin W
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27th Sep 10 at 20:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah it does sit way too high at the back, i need to get the wheels machined slightly so i can lower the back more, atm its on 60 from 40 rear, bought 50mm for the rear a little while ago and it rubbed so its either get the wheels machined or roll the arches. do you know if you can roll the arches and still have the normal plastics still on?
nathan87: cool mate, only a couple of minutes then, we should meet up some day.
nathan87
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27th Sep 10 at 20:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah mate

i had mine on 60mm and it didnt rub?
Martin W
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27th Sep 10 at 23:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its the offset of the wheels, ive either gotta get them machined out or the arches rolled.
Martin W
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2nd Oct 10 at 18:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i had a day off work today so i thought id finish transferring stuff over from the old one into the new and get to work on some other stuff on the new one. manged to take a look at a dodgy rubble strip today, went to vauxhall last week to pick up a new one, got the one off the door to find that the person before hand hadn't removed the glue and stuck the new one on top, hence why it wasnt sticking. managed evenuatlly to get the glue off and level, ready for the new rubble strip to go on tomorrow.



this is what someone had stuck the rubble strip onto . the glue from the ruble strip stayed on the rubble strip when i pulled it off
MarkSport
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2nd Oct 10 at 19:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
toffee wheel mate, it works wonders
Martin W
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2nd Oct 10 at 19:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ive looked at it on ebay, how does it work?
Martin W
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3rd Oct 10 at 11:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
finally got my carbon fibre effect heater panel in after hours of it not fitting, couldnt manage to get the vents to line up with the controls etc.. but its all in now. havent put the new strip on cause the weather is a bit shite today.



i also took the radio out today, some idoit had wired it in to a constant live feed so it drained the battery. anyway got it out to find it had been wired in like this, when the block connectors fitted :S
Martin W
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3rd Oct 10 at 17:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the silver one was sold today :
dazzamarazza
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3rd Oct 10 at 19:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
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the silver one was sold today :


Blue ones my old car!
Martin W
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3rd Oct 10 at 19:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
haha really? thats funny looks good mate
dazzamarazza
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3rd Oct 10 at 20:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah thanks mate kinda miss it now lol
Martin W
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3rd Oct 10 at 21:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol the kid whos got it now has kept it nice, its got cav slabs on it now.
dazzamarazza
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3rd Oct 10 at 21:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
has he good! should get pics up! i used to have ronal turbos on it.
Martin W
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3rd Oct 10 at 21:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hes a user on here , he had corsa sport stickers but i dont know the name.
Martin W
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13th Oct 10 at 15:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
newly refurbed cav slabs are here! gonna look quality. going out tomorrow to get some vectra calipers for it aswell along with a couple of other things. ive booked up powerflow for a whole system on friday which will be good.


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8vcorsa
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13th Oct 10 at 17:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nice that m8 id take the boot lock surround off your silver one and out it on your blue one and blue on on the silver and the blue will look nice then and how much was the mud flaps on the blue one
nathan87
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14th Oct 10 at 10:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
will look good with the slabs on
Martin W
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15th Oct 10 at 20:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
today i went to powerflow to get the exhaust done , cat back, now sounds very loud and raspy , which is good, cav slabs are on, fitted a new lamba sensor because i think mine was playing up. so ive been spending a lot of money in the last month, luckily it was payday today
ive also got some 60mm rear springs which i should be picking up tomorrow some time.

im gonna be doing a vectra front brake conversion aswell, got the carriers , just need the capliers and ill be ordering the disks and pads! a easy think to do , which will have its benifits.



nice and low.




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