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Cheers for all the comments guys.
Jonesy, thanks mate .. possibly the bug lives in rushden but is off the road atm due to being a complete rust bucket  how unfortunate for hayley 
the tyres are 185/45's so no stretch on the wheels but a good fitting tyre & i may go another 20mm lower at the front .. it shall have to wait till after mot in a couple of weeks.
as for the rubstrips i would like to remove them but it depends on the paint underneath if its pretty bad some post 97 ones will be fitted, along with post 97 gm mudflaps on the rear.
Cheers for the photoshop mk4_boy looks good, nut due to my job the car needs to stay practical 
more photos from yesterdays trip out to ultimate dubs in a mo
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danward
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Looks ace mate well impressed - maybe take it a tad lower.  You going Fast Show mate?
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Minty_Fresh
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sorry just another pshop.. (not the best)
door strips removed, smoothed petrol cap and proper de-locked handles..
looks alot smoother..
[Edited on 09-03-2009 by mk4_boy]
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Danny W
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Dan, thanks mate i might be it depends really as i am meant to be going gatecrasher on the 21st think fast show is on the 22nd? i may be able to turn up for the afternoon depending what time i get back.
Mk4_boy, i like the look of it without the rubstrips & with a smoothed petrol cap 
only got one pic from yesterday, damn camera is playing up again lol
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M Sutton
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Looks good Danny, better in the flesh imo. Shame you lost one of the centre caps.
I think if you lower the front a few more mm it will be just right
Smooth petrol cap and de-rub strips will look good i recon!
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Danny W
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Thanks Mark yep tis a shame i lost a badge .. been looking everywhere to get a new one but it looks like i have to buy a set of 4 at £35
just spent this morning taking the rubstrips off the car, only issue i have is the drivers door has a white mark where the strip was .. but the rest are fine is there anyway of sorting this without re-spraying it?
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marklawton
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wheels look great.
i got told recently, that that white mark is condensation so if you use a heat gun (not to close) to warm it up it should disapear
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Danny W
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Ah i see, i need to heat gun the arch's so i shall give it a go on the door while 'm at it, cheers dude
just took a few pics now the rubstrips are off
this is the mark on the drivers door, all the paint is intact and theres no 'fade' as such .. the rest of the doors are fine tho
[Edited on 14-03-2009 by Danny W]
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M Sutton
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Looks sweet mate, much better without them!
Any problems with getting the mark off feel free to pop round mine and il have a look and see if i can do anything.
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Ben G
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coolest 5 door corsa ever  looks so good mate
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liamgallagher1994
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Looks Way better pal
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Danny W
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quote:
Originally posted by M Sutton
Looks sweet mate, much better without them!
Any problems with getting the mark off feel free to pop round mine and il have a look and see if i can do anything.
Nice one, i might have to take you up on that offer heat gun didn't seem to work .. i was playing it safe tho as didn't want to blister the paint.
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Nick A
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awesome looking 5 door!!!!!
Same happened to my old corsa when i removed my side strips but it was alot worse then that. Not even a body shop could remove it without having it resprayed - something to do with the laquer iirc.
Got the strips painted then placed back over the top 
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Danny W
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Thanks Nick, yeah had a few people look at the door now and nothing budges the white marks.
well had MOT this morning.. it failed. Chasis legs rotten/Hole on drivers side, hole in sill, hole in the inner rear arch 
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i realy realy like this !
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LukeD
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wow.. the removing of rubstrips have made sucha big difference.
Looks amazing mate. shame didnt speak to you at UD... crap weather.
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Danny W
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Thanks guys, Yeah shame i didn't have a word with ya mate .. like you say crap weather & out on the beer the night before makes me quite unsociable
right so at 8am this morning the corsa was an mot fail. while it was up on the ramps me and the ol man decided to start cutting & welding, which to tell you the truth was a bit daunting at first .. as of now she curently has new plates welded in on the chasis legs, the inner arch and sill's have been patched & rear drums adjusted just got to underseal to protect it & change the rocker gasket .. re-test in an hours time.
I'll put a few photos of the repairs up asap
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Danny W
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Righto, im Back & the corsa has now passed its MOT 
a few pics of the repairs,
Wheels arch:
Chasis:
Engine before:
Engine after clean up & gasket: (work in progress)
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No Mudflaps? !
Still a lot more ideas and things i'd like to change so a few more updates shall be happening over the next few weeks
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maberz
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as said on sl dude looks awesome!
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LukeD
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good choice on removing the flaps
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Danny W
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cheers guys.
Just wound the front end down -20mm on the coilovers i couldn't do this before due to the flaps and the sxi wheels catching the coils. As the BBS's are a low offset its given me a lot more clearance.
Also today i've just started to smooth the petrol flap.. currently waiting for the filler to set
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M Sutton
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Looks good mate, glad youve got it sorted with an MOT
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looks a lot better without the flaps. Really like this car!
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Danny W
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Yeah glad i got the mot done, was a bloody good job my dad knows what he's doing when it comes to welding lol i'd have been stuffed without him.
Thanks Shaun, it does look a lot cleaner now .. less tat stuck on it an all
Today i finished smoothing & spraying the petrol flap, its a nice touch imo but im not happy with it at all.. had to re-paint it 3 times today due to the paint reacting .. once i'd finally got a nice finish & offered it up .. it turns out the paint is a slightly darker shade
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looks better without side mouldings
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