NathanR
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Corsa looks sweet mate , love the colour . Do 1.2 8v have power steering ?
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Raz18
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Originally posted by Reeves16v
Corsa looks sweet mate , love the colour . Do 1.2 8v have power steering ?
Cheers mate, nah mine dont have power steering,not sure if other trim models did though.
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12valver
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Like the idea with the wheels, should look sweet when done  ! Are you going to PVS this year, would be good to see it up close  ... As for power steering as far as im aware, no 1.2 8valve had it due to sapping power out of the engine, although if you were really wanting it. Im sure the pump off a 1.4 8valve along with rack and pipes would fit on a 1200 though
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M Sutton
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Nice motor,looks very clean!
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Raz18
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Originally posted by 12valver
Like the idea with the wheels, should look sweet when done ! Are you going to PVS this year, would be good to see it up close ... As for power steering as far as im aware, no 1.2 8valve had it due to sapping power out of the engine, although if you were really wanting it. Im sure the pump off a 1.4 8valve along with rack and pipes would fit on a 1200 though
Yeah im hoping the wheels look good,I am most likely going to be at PVS again this year. Power steerings not really an issue tbh, just something extra to go wrong.
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Raz18
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Originally posted by M Sutton
Nice motor,looks very clean!
Cheers mate.
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Raz18
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Just been and bought the paint for my wheels, i went for bmw sparkling graphite in the end after searching various forums for a good looking anthracite-ish colour
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Raz18
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finished painting my wheels today, had a few problems, such as paintined two and then ran out of paint then bought some more of the same colour and it was a lighter shade so bought some ford sea grey and went over all 4 wheels to get them to match.
Im taking them to college tomorrow to laquer them and they shoud be on the car wednesday at the latest.
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Raz18
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Had some problems today with laquering at college, got them in the booth this morning and painted them, then put it on a bake cycle then come back tot them and they had started drying as a matt finish which was really wierd as when i left them they were really glossy.
Even the tutors were stumped as to what it was so ive left them at college overnight to dry properly then see what they are like tomorow and if there the same then they will be getting re-laquerd.
Might have a pic on my mates fb as i was too busy to take any pics.
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Raz18
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got some pics of the laquer
some how it was before it started drying
heres how they dryed
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Christopher
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What the hell? Lol did you use the wrong mixing ratio? :/ Although its quite a cool look mate 
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Raz18
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nope, it was mixed correctly 2:1, not got a clue what happened really, even the tutors didnt know what had happened, getting them redone tomorrow.
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corsasportsam
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Registered: 29th May 10
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the matt finish still lloks really nice tbh... colour of car is nice too
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Raz18
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Originally posted by corsasportsam
the matt finish still lloks really nice tbh... colour of car is nice too
it does look quite cool but not what i wanted really. Cheers
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Raz18
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Waheyyyy...
Done my wheels today again and they turned out mint.
Only got two quick pictures, these were also before i put the centre caps on, will be giving it a good wash, polish and wax in the next few days and will go some where for a little photoshoot.
The black on the back tyre is tyre dressing by the way.
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Raz18
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Currently watching some 60mm springs on ebay and getting my wiper hole welded on wednesday, then filler and primer over the end of the week and then monday or tuesday it will be painted.
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DansCorsaSXi
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Nice one Ryan!  Will look sweet with the wiper hole done
Star silver C20XE SXi Project thread
Smoke Grey Corsa GSi Project thread
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Raz18
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I cant wait to get it done now, there was a small bit of rust as there is on most corsa's but over the winter it got worse so though this was the time to get it sorted, might try and give it a wash tomorrow and chuck some fresh pics up
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DansCorsaSXi
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Yea nice one,mine's same  Keep us updated
Star silver C20XE SXi Project thread
Smoke Grey Corsa GSi Project thread
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Raz18
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Got my sub wired in, Still need to put the rca and remote wire under the carpet but ill do that another day and need to sort the wires in the boot.
The wires for the 6x9s need sorting aswell
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
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Looking good mate
Nice to meet you today! I'll be keeping an eye on this project from now on, looks lovely in the flesh!
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Raz18
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Originally posted by shaunmods
Looking good mate
Nice to meet you today! I'll be keeping an eye on this project from now on, looks lovely in the flesh!
Cheers, Was good to meet earlier. I found the bung, it was under the battery.
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Raz18
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Been on abit of a trek today to pick up some 60mm springs i won for 99p, also had my boot welded this morning.
pics up tomorrow.
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DannyB
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Love that, colour combination works very well
[Edited on 05-03-2011 by DannyB]
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Raz18
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Today i fitted the rear springs, didnt take any pics as they hacnt settled yet and the car is disgustingly filthy, driving along country lanes yesterday in the rain made it very dirty.
Also bought a tub of filler from halfords so i could start filling my boot.
First off all, use a wire brush on a drill to remove some surface rust from overnight
Then got a skim of filler on it
Then another very even and thin skim to remove some holes left by air bubbles
Then while i was waiting for it to dry i found two dents and a small bit of rust just underneath the bootlock
Then after they were smooth i masked up ready for some primer, used some aerosol primer just until tomorrow when i can get some proper high build on it
And was then left with this
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