chumbly_warner
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Registered: 22nd Aug 03
Location: Leicestershire
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Hello All 
I thought i would post a log of the progress of my car as it was getting built.
Original:
Here is the car when i brought it, a standard 1.6 16v Corsa Psort on a V-Reg.
Bodywork:
After a few weeks i had already got the kit and set about fitting and spraying myself with the help of my dad:
Taking the car apart.
Test fitting the kit.
Our spray booth, lol.
Cutting the lip off the arches.
Fitting the kit.
I drove about over the winter with the car sprayed by us, but i wanted to get the car sprayed properly for Max Power 2004, so i sent the car into CMR for a respray.
Bodywork:
Badboy Bonnet.
Badboy Boot.
Smooth grill on front bumper.
Then i had the whole car resprayed in Black.
Chroming:
While the car was in having a respray i had some chroming done.
Rear Drums.
Calipers.
I then had to get it ready for Max Power 2005.
Engine:
I had the manifold, inlet manifold and some other little things chromed to bling my engine bay.
When they cam off the car:
After being polished:
After being chromed:
Bodywork:
I had the door handles removed.
The door welded:
The door with smoothed:
The door primed:
I had the roof smoothed.
The roof welded:
The roof smoothed:
The roof primed:
I had a customised front bumper:
I had the arches smoothed into the sideskirts and smoothed into the bumpers:
Front bumper smoothed in:
Rear arch smoothed:
Sideskirt smoothed:
I then had a full respray in black with rage mercury metalflake.
The roof:
The car:
The bonnet:
Interior:
I made some new door cards to house the JL 3 ways and then smoothed the handle and the lines off the top section.
Bottom:
Together:
I removed the speedos off the dash, smothed the passenger side to match the drivers side, removed the handle off the govebox, smoothed the heater vents, made a custom mount for the screen, mounted a slot load dvd drive for the pc.
Dials removed and smoothed:
Slot load dvd drive mounted:
Glove box modded for heater controls:
Passenger side smoothed:
A sub box was built to house the 13w6 and a 6.5" screen:
The whole interior was then sent to the trimmer to have a ful retrim in lemon leather.
Dash:
Bits:
Seats:
Headrests:
The whole car was covered in Ivanhoe Sound Deadner.
Back:
Door:
The car was then assembled:
Front seats:
All the screens:
Speedos:
Amps on back panels:
Door poper and window buttons:
Finished:
Here is the car all finished:
I then had two features.
Redline Feature:
Total Vauxhall:
Spec:
Engine Mods:
1.6 16v, K&N Induction Kit. Engine Cover, Inlet Manifold, Manifold, Alternator, Cam Cover, etc, All Chromed. 70amp Up-rated Alternator. Chrome Calipers and Drums. Custom Made Straight Through 5" Exhaust System.
Transmission:
Standard 5 speed manual.
Suspension:
Spax 60mm Shocks and Springs.
Bodywork:
Full PSG Wide-arch Kit, Extended Front Bumper, Badboyed and Extended Bonnet, Flushed and Badboyed Boot, Modded Front Bumper, Smooth Roof, De-handled, De-Window wipered, De-Washerjetted, Totally Smooth Scutter Panel, Smoothed Filler cap, De-Arialed, Fully Smoothed-In Bodykit, Full Respray in Black With Rage Mercury Metal flake. Ultra Clear Lexus Rear Lights. Electric DTM Wing Mirrors With Custom LED Indicators mounted On The Underside.
Interior:
Isotta Modena Corsa 330mm Steering wheel, Momo Steering Wheels Boss Kit, Custom Smooth Dash, Relocated Speedos With Camera On Them, Custom Boot Build, Custom De-handled and Smoothed Door Panels, Custom Smooth Rear Quarter Panels. Front & back seats, 4 headrests, Front doors, including speaker pods, Back panels, Dashboard, Center console, Boot build, Gear and Handbrake covers, Steering Wheel, Roof Lining, All Plastic Panels re-trimmed in lemon leather, all double stitched with gathered leather on the seats.
In Car Entertainment:
Kenwood Touch Screen TV/DVD (KVT920DVD), Kenwood Hideaway Processor, Kenwood 6 Disk CD-Changer, 5 x Kenwood Widescreen Screens (LZ651W), 1 Touch Screen PC Screen, JL Audio 3 Way Components (XR653CS), JL Audio 13w6v2, JL Audio Mono Amplifier (500\\1), JL Audio 2 Channel Amplifier (300\\2), Phoenix Gold Pro Line Driver (PLD1), JL Audio 2 Gauge Power Cables, JL Audio 3, 5 and 7 foot RCA\'s, JL Audio 8 and 12 gauge Speaker cables, In-Car 2.4Ghz PC with 80gb Hard disk and Slot Load DVD drive, Optima Yellow Top Battery, 20 Rolls of Dynamat.
Security:
Toad A606I Cat 1 Alarm
Wheels & Tyres:
Mille Miglia EVS (18 x 8 ET 49) with Falken FK451 (215/35)
Thanks To:
My Dad for all his help during this project, from building the install to running me around.
Bodywork - Chris, Richard & Andy @ C.M.R Motor Works, Unit BB1, 155 Countesthorpe Rd, South Wigston, Leicester, Tel : 0116 2784455.
Chroming - Kelvin @ TriHex Auto Chrome, Main Building Unit B, Clarkes Road, Wigston, Leicester LE18 2BG, Tel: 0116 2570005, www.minichrome.co.uk.
Leather - Jim @ J.P.King, Dukes Close, Earls Way Ind Est, Thurmaston , Leicester LE4 8EY, Tel : 0116 2697939, www.jpking.co.uk.
Ice - Andy & Paul @ Car Electronics Ltd, 9 Oakland Road, Leicester, LE2 6AN, Tel : 0116 2449846, www.cel-direct.com.
Ashley 
[Edited on 15-01-2007 by chumbly_warner]
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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Very nice ashley, but how do you respray something leather 
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Novaneil
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Registered: 26th Oct 06
Location: Leamington Spa
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I think this is a very well put together car!!! Only bit that doesn't suit my taste is the Bumper meeting the bonnet (i'd have put a grill in it) but each to their own.
Well done mate on a cracking build!!!
Neil
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Haimsey
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Registered: 8th May 05
Location: Nottingham Drives: Corsa B
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Looks really good  
Marcy Marc
White Sport Progress Thread
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P1CK4D
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Around Essex Somewhere
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Looks well comfy inside! Alot of hard graft, well done mate!
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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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feckin lovely got some good pictures of this at pvs!
1 question? how the hell do you wipe the front windscreen you have no wipers??
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chumbly_warner
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Registered: 22nd Aug 03
Location: Leicestershire
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I had another scutter panel sprayed the same colour for the winter so i can have the window wipers on:
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Without a doubt, THE best interior I have seen in a Corsa.
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JayCarr
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Registered: 19th Dec 02
Location: Cambs Drives:M3 & X3
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You gotta love that interior. As Robin says, the best interior in a corsa 
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Wonderboy
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Registered: 30th Dec 06
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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That interior looks really nice and comfy. Great work on the car!
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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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is the interior calibra leather retrimmed?
is prob my most favourite kitted corsa b
only bit i would change is the steering wheel, that one would get on my nerves
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
Location: Ballymena N.I.
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great write up and fantastic car. proof imo that f/glass can still look great...
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M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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one of my top 3 cars
i just always thought a 2 tone interior would have looked nicer imo
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SAL
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Registered: 19th Dec 05
Location: Radlett, Hertfordshire
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great thread and nice corsa mate
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Without a doubt, THE best interior I have seen in a Corsa.
Couldnt have put it better myself! Mint interior!
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Northampton Drives: Audi wagon
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love the interior, really individual
love it
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