Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
Location: Bradford Drives: LET Vectra B
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OUCH!!!!!!!!!!
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
Location: Bradford Drives: LET Vectra B
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I know I've hit a few big stones with my exhuast but damn mine nothing compared to that!
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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lol. beer bottles do alot of damage to a nice hot manifold. i had just driven about 100miles back from lincoln when i hit it
abt of an update today, i dropped the car off at carerra to get a few bits done. will be collecting it either mon or tues, then its time for a realy good clean,mop and polish i think!
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00fergie
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Registered: 24th May 06
Location: Paisley-ish
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how did the bottle damage it ?? is it bad???
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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hot metal vs glass bottle at 70mph, made a big bang and alot of broken glass lol. its a deep dent but can get repaired for nothing with a welder and a slide hammer
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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seeing as the car is at the bodyshop and im not driving it about, ive been getting on with sorting out my gf's corsa and finally got round to finishing my centre console. i made it cause i got bored on evening about 6months ago and found it again the otherday
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
Location: Marbella,Spain Drives: C63
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looks ace mate
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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bit flash, but get rid of the voltage for oil temp!
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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no can do im affarid willay, there the std dials from a calibra. other dials are planned tho for the passenger side in the panel above the glovebox
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 04
Location: Wigton, Cumbria
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Looks pretty nifty does that James
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car  | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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Jon_C
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Registered: 7th Dec 05
Location: Suffolk
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Looks good dude. Thought you were sellin up
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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keeping for abit longer now. the reasons will become clear soon to you all
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Jon_C
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Registered: 7th Dec 05
Location: Suffolk
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Good boy. Would of been a shame to sell it after all your hard work
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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its still for sale as everything has its price lol, just its staying for abit longer as looking into getting myself a run about so this doesnt cost me as much on fuel
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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back from the bodyshop and looking better than ever!
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
Location: Liverpool
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hope the bumper sits flush now!
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Chris F
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Registered: 26th Dec 05
Location: Newmarket Drives: Escort Van 1.8
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That center console looks ace!
And.. where are the pics i really wanna c and i kept a secret
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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bumper always sat spot on fly, it was the arches lol
no pics yet as its too dark to get em atm. mayb some this weekend
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
Location: Liverpool
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quote:
Originally posted by jamesvalver
bumper always sat spot on fly, it was the arches lol
no pics yet as its too dark to get em atm. mayb some this weekend
im sure you told me that a million times im jus a tard
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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heres a few pics. i finished work 3hrs early today as we had nothing to do so spent those 3hrs cleaning my car instead.
a couple taken from the other nite
no dent! (finally)
underside of bonnet after 2hrs of cleaning and a coat of polish (shit photo)
and my new rocker cover bolts, stainless steel to go with the new rocker cover (coming soon)
and a few from today, just after i washed it before the polish
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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its dead. if u get nethin shot blasted and painted, make sure u clean it thorougly before fitting it!!!
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craig_s
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Registered: 5th Mar 06
Location: Birmingham Drives: mk4 astra gsi
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engine seized mate?what a b*stard.
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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not seized, just bits of shit got in the engine from the camcover and jammed one of the inlet followers in the head. no telling what other damage there is yet but looking at 16x followers, new cams and poss new cyl head
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Essex Drives: GLC63S
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 shame looked so nice a the SE RR
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Thats what happened to fads engine IIRC and he's always been telling people to be careful when shot blasting rocker covers
Sad to hear the news
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