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gsiwannabe
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30th May 09 at 16:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
very nice mate. what colour is the rocker cover ????
grimmy
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30th May 09 at 16:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
might be mercury grey i think can't remember lol, it's just a standard vauxhall colour tho.
Corsa_Scotty
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30th May 09 at 16:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sound. I'll buy it off you if i dont already have on by then
grimmy
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31st May 09 at 13:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
painted powercap same colour as rockercover

also gave gearbox quick lick of paint to freshen it up an got drive shafts built up.


just waiting to get lend of the tool to tighten up the clips on the cv's now
Corsa_Scotty
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31st May 09 at 14:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Love it! you putting it all in yourself yeah?
grimmy
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my dad mainly but i'll be the labourer an do most of the easy bit's ha
Corsa_Scotty
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Well you can put one in mine aswell
grimmy
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get a z20let stuck in your's, be cheap insurance for you ha
Corsa_Scotty
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31st May 09 at 14:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wonder how much work it would be to get an X16XE in...
grimmy
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31st May 09 at 14:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
put an sri engine out a corsa c in would be alot easier
Corsa_Scotty
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31st May 09 at 14:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It would work out easier just to buy a 1.8 SRi C tho
K-B1990
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31st May 09 at 14:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats nice, pretty much how i want mine to look!
K-B1990
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give me a shout if you change your bumpers and arches over to the gsi ones you have, i want some colour coded ones like yours!

and i might be interested in your old engine too...
grimmy
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31st May 09 at 15:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
to be honest bumpers have a couple of marks on them an could probably do with a respray
blue corsa
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5th Jun 09 at 17:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
looking no bad grimmy lol
grimmy
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22nd Jun 09 at 15:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
got a set of coilovers now shud hopefully be on by the end of this week, starting to rebuild engine now so hopefully all goes to plan when it goes in, in july.
Corsa_Scotty
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22nd Jun 09 at 16:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Nice one grimmy. what springs you got on it just now?
grimmy
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22nd Jun 09 at 18:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
it's got a full gmax kit on, not sure on drop as it was on when i got it.
grimmy
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7th Jul 09 at 16:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
todays efforts,
out with the old

gonna tidy up the bay before fitting new engine,

anyone no what this bit on the right strut is for, do you need it when fitting the xe
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9th Jul 09 at 19:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
engine built up now, pic's of bottom end, fitted new oil and water pump an new timingbelt kit along with all new gaskets and tx auto sport dipstick bit and water bar.taking it from shed to garage in pic's lol.
adam2598
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9th Jul 09 at 20:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
that looks spot on mate....but why have you gone for red hoses and not blue??

oh and those avos u have are wicked, they get you nice and low. ive had to buy new shorter springs from avo though to get the front down abit more bt apart from that theyre spot on


nice project mate and keep it up
grimmy
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9th Jul 09 at 20:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i bought the engine complete and it already had the red hoses on, but maybe blue hoses would be too much blue on it.
blue corsa
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b smart when its all finished grimsdale
scaron5188
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12th Jul 09 at 18:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wicked mate, i want to put an xe in mine to

think the red hoses will work spot on
grimmy
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should hopefully work alright, engine is now built an gearbox is on, shouldn't be too long now hopefully

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