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DansCorsaSXi
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29th Aug 11 at 18:02   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'd love that saloon and stick some softstars on.

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nova ftw
kev
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Dan did You buy that from my grandads garage in dunston? Sure it's the same one? He got off a old bloke who's owned it for years!! Looked really clean when I seen it like

What's the plains on it?
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Na Kev been asked by a few people now got it from cowgate 380 quid lol.

Slammed on speedlines or astra sport steelies and just bit and bobs
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Always had a soft spot 4 these after a freind had one...
He put his on Coilovers, 9x14Banded steels in black and GSI lights all round, HID kit and it suited it really well, Handled like it was on rails!

[Edited on 30-08-2011 by Pridzz]
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I'm thinking of spax rsx coilys with 100mm rear springs with either White speedlines or astra sport steelies
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Have a parcel waiting for me at royal mail so guessing it's Opel grill for the astra.

ALSO iv just bought some 100mm rear springs off Shaun for the nova
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The parcel was the Opel grill so fitted it:
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Was bored after fitting the grill so fitted the gsi bumpers aswell lol

Rear on



Front

Huge intercooler :L



And a couple with the nova







And the novas heart
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Astra coming along. Nova saloons are cool.
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Astra update:
It's booked in tuesday for rear bumper painted, sideskirts,door strips, door handles, mirror covers and roof rails all colourcoded.

My exhaust tip came 3" outward rolled off to get that welded on now


And won a set of astra gsi snowflakes on eBay for 97 quid!! They were in my street aswell lol
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The novas new rear springs
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Pic of the zorst
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Glad the springs arrived ok mate Should look sweet with them fitted!
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Looking well mate
vaux.dan
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Cheers lads
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astra is looking very good mate will look ace when painted up nova has great potential too, how you find all these bargains like a mile away from your house n on street etc is crazy lol
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Wasn't keen on it at all to begin with since I'm not a fan of white cars and it's like an Envoy spec or something?

But I must say that looks absolutely spot on from the front.

Can't wait to see what it will look like once the rest has been painted.



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Cheers lads. Yeah it's a envoy will be changing the interior. Hopefully have flocked dash with gsi wheel and seats in by next year.

Can't wait until it's painted. Pics will be up straight away
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just realised too your car is a 4 stud and GSi alloys are 5 stud guessing a GSi disc rear axle and front hubs is on the cards ?
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Looking good Dan
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quote:
Originally posted by AshWatson
just realised too your car is a 4 stud and GSi alloys are 5 stud guessing a GSi disc rear axle and front hubs is on the cards ?


Yep I did say somewhere above that i was 5 studding it.
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Shame its a 5 door but im sure it will look great when done!
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Did you get GSI bits off a big lad called John from Ayr ?
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Looking better everytime dan.

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