Corsa_Scotty
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You will be able to live with bucket seats mate as long as your not massive built  Mine are comfy as fook! 
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shaunmods
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Originally posted by Corsa_Scotty
You will be able to live with bucket seats mate as long as your not massive built Mine are comfy as fook!
Im only little so no problems there ....stop tempting me with these expensive ideas lol 
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SamCorsaB
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Hope you like it with what your doing other wise it will be a ball ache to sell and change back. 
[Edited on 19-09-2010 by SamCorsaB]
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shaunmods
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Originally posted by SamCorsaB
Hope you like it with what your doing other wise it will be a ball ache to sell and change back. :thumbs
Yeah thats why I've taken the seats out now, before I order the cage incase it starts to piss me off lol. Its not bothered me at all though so the cage will be ordered at the end of the month
Got a few bits and bobs done today. Nothing too exciting, just some things which have needed to be sorted.
Ever since I first finished the conversion the coolant temp has always been very low. When driving to work and back the temp wouldnt go above 85. Its been worrying me for a while and I wanted to get it sorted before the weather started getting colder. So I asked on here and I was told it was probably the thermostat. So I got a new one of those ordered along with a new CTS as the new one I bought from Vaux had the wrong connector on it and I had to bodge it on which wasnt the best.
The thermostat didnt look the best so I gave it a light rub down and a couple of coats of silver hammerite Looked loads better after! So today I decided to crack on with getting them both changed. I drained the coolant out and started to undo the thermostat bolts when two of the buggers snapped off  argh. So we ended up taking the whole thermostat housing off, whacking it in the vice and getting them out that way lol. Thank god we didn't have to drill them out! Got it all fitted back on with new gaskets, sealant, nice shiny bolts etc and the new CTS fitted -
Sorted the problem completely!  It now runs at a much better temperature of 91 degrees. Chuffed!
Next up was my exhaust again! This has been driving me mental since I've had the car back on the road. no matter what I did the exhaust would keep knocking against the rear bumper. I've trimmed the bumper, raised the bumper up, moved the exhaust brackets etc and the bugger still did it! Made me going mental with the saw and cutting a big fuck off hole in the bumper might have stopped it then lol!
I didn't want to go cutting anymore of the bumper off so I decided to try some new exhaust rubbers I went for some nice powerflex ones with multiple height settings
All fitted!
Excuse the little bit of rust above the tailpipe lol. Need to get that sorted at some point.
The exhaust is nice and stiff now  + its moved it over that extra few mm so it doesn't rub anymore touch wood! Just need to fit my mid box ones now
[Edited on 20-09-2010 by shaunmods]
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AlexW
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Evetually you sorted the pics lmfao
You still havnt changed the cts plug 
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shaunmods
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Originally posted by AW06
Evetually you sorted the pics lmfao
You still havnt changed the cts plug
lmao it took me 3 goes to get them right
I knoww Reckon vaux will sell the plugs seperate? Its alright for the minute though.
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AlexW
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They will do the plastic bit without the pins i bet. Catch my arse on msn and il sort ya
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Dale
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looking good shaun 
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barney1.6sport
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Can't get over how clean everything is on this car :O:O
So much work put into it!
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shaunmods
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Cheers guys
Also, the bloody exhaust has started hitting ths bumper again FFS! It was fine yesterday but today is back to its old ways Im going to sort this once and for all tomorrow. I don't care how long it takes me Its literally driving me mad lol.
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DansCorsaSXi
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Nice little update Shaun,hope you sort that exhaust out!!
Star silver C20XE SXi Project thread
Smoke Grey Corsa GSi Project thread
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thegsi
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"excuse the bit of rust near the exhaust"
Only on CS will you find someone with a car as mint as this needing to appoligise for a tint bit of rust where no one will see to avoid being ridiculed by idiots!
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Sean-B
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Shaun your display picture is amazing.
You really have the best looking corsa I've ever seen. It looks too perfect
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AlexW
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Shaun did you sort the exhaust?
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shaunmods
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lol jay I thought I better post something or someone was bound to say something about it
Cheers Sean I do aim to please lmao
Alex its sorted now yes! I tried messing about with the rubbers to try and get it to sit different but I couldn't get it right. So I ended up enlarging the exhaust cut out with the dremel slightly and its sweet now!
Almost finished running it in now as well finally lol. I've got about another 100 miles max to go so fingers crossed it will be ready for its first oil and filter change next weekend. I've opened it up a couple of times this week for the first time as well. Goes well! Can't wait to try it out properly now.
The plans for the weekend are to change my drive belt. I've got a cheap one on their at the minute and its started squeeking so I've bought a GM one Might have a go at fitting my black carpet as well if the weathers nice!
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Piér
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Registered: 4th Jan 10
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I would love to come to some of the west mids meets just to see your car, and if sean still had his, his as well! Some of the cleanest corsa's on here and in the west mids!
Everytime I see one of your updates I'm impressed! so much attention to detail
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wantsacorsachris
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Registered: 12th Sep 10
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Well only been on the site a couple of days and just finally finished reading your thread
and what a inspiration made me want a corsa even more.
will have to save first though.
It will be my first car at 22 lol
had company cars sp this will be my first for my self.
keep up the good work and even if you swap cars i can tell the next car will be as good
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taylor2008
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looking nice shaun, havent sein it for a while looks spot on tho mate
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John G
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i voted sports seats retrimed centres white, bolsters black like marklawton had in his rio verde corsa, but id do the headrests black too
[Edited on 26-09-2010 by John G]
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shaunmods
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Thanks for the comments lads
Piér, We've got a WM meet coming up soon mate! Check the region for some more info. Would be great to see some new faces
wantsacorsachris, cheers for taking the time to read it. I'll have to keep an eye out for your future project dude!
Thanks Taylor, Yeah its been a while ain't it! Glad to hear your carrying on with yours btw! Just had a quick look at your thread and the updates look great!
Liking that idea john! - Would love something like this -
Expensive stuff though Maybe one day when I win the lotto 
[Edited on 26-09-2010 by shaunmods]
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John G
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all in due time mate, no rush
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12valver
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An interior like that would top it off... Would look fantastic done like that
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FruitBooTeR
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Looking good Shaun!
Done so much since I last saw this car in person..everything looks great and plans for the interior sound brill!
Do you know you first started this project 3 years ago the other day? Been working on it non stop aswell lol
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marklawton
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quote:
Originally posted by shaunmods
Liking that idea john! - Would love something like this -
Expensive stuff though Maybe one day when I win the lotto
[Edited on 26-09-2010 by shaunmods]
just keep an eye out for a second hand set mate, i manage to win my set off ebay for £117. was in good condition aswell
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rickiek123
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quote:
Originally posted by marklawton
quote:
Originally posted by shaunmods
Liking that idea john! - Would love something like this -
Expensive stuff though Maybe one day when I win the lotto
[Edited on 26-09-2010 by shaunmods]
just keep an eye out for a second hand set mate, i manage to win my set off ebay for £117. was in good condition aswell
sure there my old seats!
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