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Author Project ACZ XE! Breaking for parts.
Jamie-C
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7th May 11 at 22:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by mike56gte
looking good jamie

its coming along nicely. you enjoying doing the conversion?
Cheers. Yea definitely mate, its been the best thing I've done with my time in ages. I wake up and think what can I do today , its crazy how much you learn when you get stuck in. Before doing this I'd never really worked with engines and I was a bit worried, but my dad and people I've met while doing have helped me a lot along the way including members on here, if it wasn't for them it would still have a 1.0 in the bay! Its been a great experience I must say

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Originally posted by Piér
Looks good Jamie Can't wait to see this finished! Will look good once wheels and bumpers are done
Chuck me a PM will ya havent heard from you for a while!
Cheers matey. Yeah it should, I mean I hope it does , can't wait to get started on the bodywork

I'll send you a PM in a bit

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Rocker looks minted mate lovin those slippers, i have a pair but the burd wears them haha
Cheers pal. Slippers are the biz, comfy as hell
AlexW
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7th May 11 at 22:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ME.

Anyway, This not finished yet.
Jamie-C
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[/gay] , you've cleared so much things up for me and pointed me in the direction so much its unbelievable, you were probably thinking to yourself why am I even doing this you've been a massive help, even when you've told me off , your a star [/gay]

And no , timing belt and stuff hasn't showed up yet and I don't want to fit the engine until there on as you know its much easier while the engine is out
mike56gte
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8th May 11 at 13:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
good to here! had great fun doing mine even just the wee bits like cleaning and painting parts.
Jamie-C
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9th May 11 at 20:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yea I enjoy the cleaning and painting too, its nice when you step back and take a look at how much better it looks

Still not getting any closer to getting the engine fitted as the parts still haven't turned up , will be giving them a ring tomorrow.

Decided I'd see if I could make the paint on the rocker look a bit better as there was no shine to it, got some 2000 wet and dry and flatted it back then got the buffer and some cutting compound, came out pretty if I do say so myself

Before, can just about see my reflection over it.



After, shining much better , I made a mistake though with not using high build primer in the prep work stage as there's some marks showing through. Not bad a first timer though

DansCorsaSXi
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9th May 11 at 20:42   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looks brill mate in my eyes,good work fella

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Darryl H
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9th May 11 at 20:46   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thats come out really well Jamie

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Jamie-C
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9th May 11 at 20:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cheers lads, I'm trying to find anything at all that I can be getting on with while I'm waiting on the parts, but there is nothing which is why I ended up doing that

I'm getting impatient now
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9th May 11 at 21:01   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You painted the inlet up mate,black or chrome?

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M4RSH4LL
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9th May 11 at 21:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
put it in!!
AlexW
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9th May 11 at 21:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
At least your get to do it again when you scratch it working on the engine, I've gotta do mine again where I ignored my own advice

Chris F
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9th May 11 at 21:57   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looks nice, very classic
Jamie-C
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9th May 11 at 22:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by DansCorsaSXi
You painted the inlet up mate,black or chrome?
Haven't touched the inlet yet. Do you think I should paint it?

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Originally posted by AW06
At least your get to do it again when you scratch it working on the engine, I've gotta do mine again where I ignored my own advice
I've got a black bag over it atm, I might just leave it like that until everything is done and then bolt it on. I should've waited but I'm too impatient

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Looks nice, very classic
Thanks x
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9th May 11 at 22:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yea my mate's just painted his inlet black,looks alot cleaner

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Jamie-C
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9th May 11 at 22:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I never thought about painting it tbh, I'll take a look at it tomorrow
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Here's his thread :

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=556283&page=4

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Jamie-C
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Ta, I'll try and clean it up and see how it looks, if it comes up ok I'll just leave it, if not I'll paint it
AlexW
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Watch out, I'm being an arse again... OH no I'm not.

I don't like black, Silver would be cool, Or just clean it up, Depends what kinda look you want.

and lols at bin bag, But I get the impatient thing, I was the same.
Jamie-C
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9th May 11 at 22:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Why are you always out to be an arse!

If you haven't anything good to say,don't say anything at all!! Thankyou!
AlexW
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LMFAO.

I Always have something good to say, Its just lost.
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Must say that cutting compound really brought up the rockercover real well! I just bought a 2000 White 1600 sport there on Sunday with no mot (I'll get a project thread created in the next few days) Body works abit rough but what can u expect for 320 quid wit a full tank of fuel! Went and priced parts today for servicing realised I can save £50 by buying from autovaux.co.uk!! Head gasket went on the way home from picking it up but autovaux dnt seem to have x16xe cylinder head kits :/ anywer else u know? Also I'm gona need to sort this head out now you know anywhere good for this local (Lisburn/Belfast) ??
Jamie-C
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It did yea mate, I was actually surprised at how good it brought it up! I'm well pleased with it now.

Nice one mate, did you buy that from a lad in Belfast? My mate was selling one, don't know if hes sold it yet or not though, but it was a white 1600, great price you got it for too

Autovaux are good for saving a few quid, I bought all my bits from them as it was working out cheaper. Thats a bloody shitter about the HG though I don't know who would be best to try, the lad who commented above you (AW06) would be able to tell you though

As for the head skimming, have you heard of Peter Taylor? Him and his brother do all that stuff, hes a few mins away from Sprucefield. Can get his number for you if you want.

And if you need someone to change the HG for you my mate will be able to do it for you
Jamie-C
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10th May 11 at 00:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Or even grahamengineering to get the head skimmed, I've heard there prices aren't to bad but I have no experience with any as I've never had to get a head skimmed There based in Lurgan.
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I got it up in Cookstown my cousin works for a local paint shop so he can get me the car tidied cheap enuf no mate never heard of them? They near sprucefield umm I go through sprucefield every day goin to tech. Hah. Yea I decided to go for sumthing different I think with the x16xe instead of the usual c20xe :/ so timing belt kit plugs filters gaskets water pump etc to be changed. Only thing I won't be touching is the timing belt nd hg. Wouldn't wana fuck them up haha.

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