brynalar
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Registered: 24th Jan 12
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Hider guise! It's been a while since I've been on here but I've not had a lot to say - apart from my poor B just getting worse, 70mph at a push, wobbly steering at around 50mph onwards and then occasionally a sound that may well be the wheel bearing but the final straw was then my mum used it to pick me up from work - I drove back and went round a bend and hit a puddle and then it started to lose power  then kept slowing and slowing and eventually died out in the country side! But I managed to get home after leaving it for 15 mins or so - thankfully!
The next day I got on the hunt looking for cars and found a few and then when I was at work my mum text me saying she found me a corsa c and the guy will take £600 and we were going down to Suffolk to buy it, ha! So off we went down to Bury St Edmunds to pick it up and I was impressed with how clean it all was  had all the manuals in a little Vauxhall pouch thing, receipts for work and tax and mot, so I am happy! and she was a reeeally nice drive back 75 miles no problem, sat nicely at 70 and the wheel stayed still haha!
Anyways enough of my nattering - here's a few pics! Oh and I shall be putting the Sxi rims off my B onto this soon and a few bits and bobs as I go along, I'll try keep it updated as and when I can!
Then I spend today taking off the rub strips - one side was easy peasy with no glue left over just the out line and the other was a right pain lol!
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DanCobb
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Registered: 14th May 11
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I have a space green c too 
What are your plans for it?
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brynalar
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Oh bugger, sorry only just saw the size of the pics! I'll try sort it asap!
Thinking for now lower it and spray my sxi's I reckon and then little bits like sxi skirts and that :-)
Would buying say 60/40mm springs on the standard shocks be okay?
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
Location: Glasgow City
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ive upgrading the brakes on mine so have 1.8 sri front brakes if your looking for an upgrade
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Gareth T
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Registered: 14th Feb 06
Location: newcastle
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good buy, very cheap
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vx-scottw
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Registered: 8th Feb 11
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nice colour c seen some good euro styled in this
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brynalar
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Cheers lads but now for the down side...
I think it might need a new engine as it is using a lot of oil like topping up every other day and the power feels weak in 1st and second gear then this morning noticed an oil patch on the ground.
I went to the garage and he and another guy said new engine so I suggested maybe just the 1.2 as I hear 1.0 have problems and he starting saying no must be a 1.0 cos of ecu and the numbers/ codes or something lol and quoting £180-200 to fit a 1.0
Anyone around Northants area able to fit a bigger engine for the same price lol...
Bad times, but am gonna get in touch with the seller as he must of known that it wasn't right.
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DanCobb
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What did they say was wrong with it? They can't just say "needs new engine" 
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brynalar
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He said it was burning oil cos I said about it needing oil every other day and there being no evidence of it on the ground so he said it must be burning it but then this morning I noticed a patch where some had leaked... I feel like a right n00b out here lol.
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davieslim
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is it burning the oil or leaking it out?
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brynalar
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This is the thing, it was getting through it very quickly with no evidence on the ground but only recently I noticed a patch on the ground... There was a few dots where I had slipped and it hadn't went in the engine but on the outside lol but yer a patch on ground now other than that there was nothing ?
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vx-scottw
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Registered: 8th Feb 11
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Have u tryed oil pressure sensor can leak n are common to just had to change mine
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DanCobb
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I'd have a look under the engine and see if there's any obvious signs of oil coming out of any gaskets. Or take it to a diff garage see what they say
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brynalar
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Started it yesterday and it had the famous blue smoke
Anyone know of any Corsa C 1.0 engine for sale? Seems I'm gonna have to settle for a replacement 1.0 defeater lol
On the up hand at least it looks nice now ha
[Edited on 31-07-2012 by brynalar]
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davieslim
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any luck?
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brynalar
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New engine jobbie mate
Can anyone tell me if the facelift corsa c projector's are a straight swap or if I have to mess with wires etc. ? and I do take it they don't give off a the halo effect ?
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
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standard headlights or angel eyes?
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brynalar
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Location: Kettering
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The standard 03-06 range silver projectors.
Cheeeeeers
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Chris1.8SRi
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Straight swap, buy angel eyes for halo effect
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davieslim
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my headlights looked terrible on mines so when it was getting repaired i asked the guy to flatten and polish the lights as well to get rid of the scratches and yellow colour
i just bought the front mudflaps for mines, i hope they will be useful to hold my arches on as i keep getting out the car and there hanging off after going through puddles
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