Graeme
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Registered: 26th Jul 04
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sounds like your having fun with it though 
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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I'm just not going to drive it (unless I have to) till next Thursday when I get the track rod done, then go straight to the tracking place afterwards.
Fun? That's not quite the word I'd use 
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Dale
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Registered: 7th Oct 07
Location: Swindon
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looking good rich, really like this car
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Well it was all booked in for new track rod arm to be fitted today and then I planned to take it to get the tracking and balancing sorted properly, but those plans went out the window at 7.30am with a phone call to say they won't be able to fit me in till Monday  Annoying as I also kept the day free of bookings.
Anywho, spent all of 10 minutes slicing my wrists to hell fitting a new grille courtesy of Mr Skater:
Done for 2 reasons - main one being that I broke the other one whilst getting pissed off with the car during last months thermostat issues (and it was already broken anyway) and also because it's part of my slightly back to standard / sleeper look I'm going for.
Not entirely sure on it yet though - is the only bit of chrome on the car and now stands out a bit too much! Thinking chrome griffins on the centre caps will do the trick 
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.dean.
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Registered: 21st Sep 07
Location: Hindley, Wigan Drives: Like Its Stolen!
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matt blck the grill! it will never look anymore like a sleeper!
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Can't be doing with painting the V - did that on my old C and it just stone chips too quickly 
If I don't grow to like this I'll get another badgeless one, at least you can't release my bonnet without using the catch now anyway
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StueyBoy1989
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Registered: 22nd Feb 07
Location: North West London
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So is Jamie (Shrek) working as a mechanic for Tom now? or just doing the odd job here and there for friends and using Toms place as a workshop?
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Not sure on the exact in's & out's but Jamie does a lot of work @ Lemass / with Tom. Not just mechanical stuff
He has a proper day job too though lol.
[Edited on 18-03-2010 by Rich H]
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StueyBoy1989
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Registered: 22nd Feb 07
Location: North West London
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Ahh i see, might see if he wants to do some work on the golf for me.
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Dale
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Registered: 7th Oct 07
Location: Swindon
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looking good rich, if it was mine i would change the number plates too if your going for the sleeper look!
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Neil Dagens
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Registered: 14th Apr 07
Location: Fareham, Hampshire
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Looking good mate
Grill looks good, as you say it will look a lot better when you get chrome griffins on the wheels 
I think you should get black platic bumpers like i used to have 
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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Grill looks fine mate,i fitted my v-grill back in a a couple months ago to reduce all the shite getting through from the winter weather.
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Cheers chaps.
Dale - My mate said about plates too Hmmm maybe...
Neil - Cheers mate I have thought about the bumpers, but tbh I don't want to spend much more money on the car - worked out the other day that so far I've spent £1 per mile I've driven it fixing it + fuel costs (so over £1100 atm!!) TBH if anything else major happens I'll be seriously considering selling / splitting.
Wooly - Cheers mate. yeh I noticed it has more plastic behind it so hopefully it'll keep the bay a bit tidier - seems to get dirty so quickly atm!
Vague future plans for it once the tracking issue is finally sorted:
Full new exhaust system with new tip and generally quieter - had enough of how loud it is
Refurb wheels either in silver or same colour as arches, but with chrome griffins
Give full machine polish to remove swirls, marring etc
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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stuey jamie does work part time for me yes, and rich i really dont like that grill, it really hurts my eyes, please put a badgeless one back on
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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StueyBoy1989
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Registered: 22nd Feb 07
Location: North West London
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So tom if i wanted something fitted i could contact you for a price?
sorry for hi-jacking rich.
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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New track rod arm finally fitted to the drivers side today after much delay and 2 cancelled appointments 
Also fitted a small Vibe sub which I got from a mate for peanuts and wired it in this morning - I was missing the punch from bass too much
Also ordered some Eibach EZ Camber bolts for the front as there is a lot more camber since fitting the B10 set up than there was on the old FK's. Hopefully they will arrive Wednesday when the car is going to be laser tracked and all the wheels balanced. Fingers crossed the car will be driveable by the end of the week again!
Exhaust is starting to blow again though, so looks like that will be next on the list to replace properly this time!
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aron
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Registered: 10th May 07
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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i can't believe how much has needed to be done on this, bit of a money pit?
so much time and effort put into getting the shell nice, i'm surprised it wasn't as tidy underneath
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Jenko_Sport
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Registered: 25th May 06
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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Ive been thinking the same Aron, i thought this was done mint throughout.
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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I've spent around £1100 on it so far, new exhaust will take it up to around £1500 
Was pretty thorough checking it out before purchasing it too - but it's all been things that weren't immediately obvious tbh.
Put it this way, by the time I'm finished with it, it'll be in far better shape mechanically, paintwork will be ok too as I just need to find time to give it a good day or two's worth of detailing.
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Jenko_Sport
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Registered: 25th May 06
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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When there all fully working xe corsa are a hoot
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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It's likely to be up for sale come end of show season anyway - not because of the issues I've had, but because I need to start saving money to move out, and want to upgrade the van. So will sell this and my current van, get a new van then sit on the rest of the money and knuckle down saving.
Should have this all running sweet as a nut for the next owner, and hopefully in time for me to enjoy it over show season at least
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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quote:
Originally posted by aron
i can't believe how much has needed to be done on this, bit of a money pit?
Put a 20+ year old engine into a a shiney 14 year old shell you kinda got to expect some bad times unfortunately
I owned an XE corsa for 7 years can you begine to imagine what I spent
I know this doesnt help Rich but I feel your pain
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Well that's one more thing ticked off the list at least...
Tracking is finally sorted, car now steers in a straight line with the steering wheel in the right place, opposed to this! :
Certainly rides a lot better on the Bilstein set up, felt good round roundabouts etc on the way home.
Eibach camber bolts also turned up today but my tracking guy didn't have time to fit them He also said that I may find the wheels will scrub anyway if he adjusts the camber due to how low it sits at the front. It isn't so bad now the tracking's right anyway tbh. So I'll sit on those and wait and see!
Pics to come when I find time to clean the car and can be bothered to get some pics!
Next up, exhaust seeing as this one is blowing.
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Neil Dagens
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Registered: 14th Apr 07
Location: Fareham, Hampshire
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that was how bad it was? christ. glad its slowly getting there mate 
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Dale
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Registered: 7th Oct 07
Location: Swindon
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keep at it rich, glad your looking after it
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