FlamingCorsa
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local ish lad called shane dropped his car off with me on wednesday and ment to be having it for 2 weeks or so, already not started it till yesterday cos painted the VX on thursday and painted parts of the astra on friday which i got deposit for today so will be going in next few weeks!!!!!
so the corsa anyway!!! finally spend half hour yesterday on it and had few hours today after work, just given up now!!!! stripped it pretty well, least i have made a start, gonna pop pictures up everyday or other day so u can c progress of the car in time:-
wot i need to do in the 2 weeks( which not sure is possable really)
smooth number plate reces
smooth wiper and boot lock
fit solonoid
get rid of dents
repair bumper
fit front and rear bumpers
fit skirts
smooth side reapeaters off
smooth passenger side door handle off
bad boy bonnet
wire in new mirrors and fit
its getting paints in black again with flakes........not sure which flakes, just ordered pack from ebay of selection of 25 different flakes maybe can try summit different than normal ones on it!
day one pics:-
front bumper, put fibreglass behind cracks to strenghten and grinder off loose fibreglass
wings off the car ready for side repeators to be welded up
the car with lights covered up ready for badboying bonnet and cover windscreen so dont get and weld on it also
the skirts to go on
the back with rear bumper to go on, pretty sure it not gonna fit well also
the old bits off the car
door handle off ready for plate to be welded in
all interior door parts stripped ready for painting etc
keep an eye for more progress pics, iaz
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Matt H
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Daniel_Corsa
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Should look pretty good when its done.
Black metal flake will look sexy in the light also.
Keep the progress pics coming
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FlamingCorsa
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it was nice car to start with, he is mate of the lad i did astra for so once he saw that he wanted his car done!!!
little dents on the wing not sure if to pop to scrappy and get wing from there and do job properly!! instead of filling this one
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Haimsey
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this will be another interesting thread
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A2H GO
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Im sure it will look when youve finished with it!
Be sure to let me know when you have time for my Lupo
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VegasPhil
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Fuck Yeh! I love your projects
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Icy
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i like black with red flake
makes it look burgundy/purply/dark red
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John G
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ur life is def cars cars cars cars
i duno how u mange to do so much ur doin work to that car that a bodyshop would take to do about a month on!!
out of curiousity how much are you chargein him to do all this??
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Jamie
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And your still chefing for this two weeks or are you off?
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FlamingCorsa
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quote: Originally posted by J-Me
And your still chefing for this two weeks or are you off?
me time off yea right..........last time i had a whole week off was the first year jagcorsa went to max power live!!! so thats over 18months ago!!!!
not had full week off since then, so na still working 5 days a week split shifts and doing car when i can! c me gf everyother day after work also!
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FlamingCorsa
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quote: Originally posted by John G
ur life is def cars cars cars cars
i duno how u mange to do so much ur doin work to that car that a bodyshop would take to do about a month on!!
out of curiousity how much are you chargein him to do all this??
have been getting meself down little recently cos of so much work will have to cut down in summer cos we get REALLY busy at the pub! can get away with doing alot with cars at the min cos its pretty quiet! got bout 3 little jobs of painting that i should be doing at same time as this but wanna get this done first!
its costing £800 for all the work! wot u think to that??? good or bad price?
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Corsa_Carl
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bloody cheap price ! but if u charge more then u might not get many people wanting work done, so charge abit cheaper and more and more people want work doin so it all adds up in the end
and looks like a top job each time so the customers should be really pleased
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Liam
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thats a pretty good price imo
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FlamingCorsa
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quote: Originally posted by Corsa_Carl
bloody cheap price ! but if u charge more then u might not get many people wanting work done, so charge abit cheaper and more and more people want work doin so it all adds up in the end
and looks like a top job each time so the customers should be really pleased
well i will charge more cos i dont have time to do any cars really!!!! hehe
still got few of my own to sort.......lol
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a_j_mair
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looks like you are going to be busy.
did you get the vx paint finished?
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ed
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Do you not get ill doing so much work
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FlamingCorsa
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quote: Originally posted by a_j_mair
looks like you are going to be busy.
did you get the vx paint finished?
yea its painted now......just waiting on vaux getting me a break pipe so then i can get sill back on then clams on after that
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Blonde16vCorsa
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Alright iaz, keepin yourself busy again by the looks of things!
In that picture of the side skirts, is that manifold and cat of a corsa by any chance???
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jonnysri
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its a flaming corsa job so its bound to be good
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FlamingCorsa
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quote: Originally posted by Blonde16vCorsa
Alright iaz, keepin yourself busy again by the looks of things!
In that picture of the side skirts, is that manifold and cat of a corsa by any chance???
its tigra one!!!!
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Blonde16vCorsa
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Do you need it?
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Graeme
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that is stupidly cheap!
If it was a private job myself i would of charged around £1300 cash, alot of work involved which sum ppl dont realise!
will be nice to see the end result!
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FlamingCorsa
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quote: Originally posted by Blonde16vCorsa
Do you need it?
not sure, think prob will to be honest unless new engine we get comes with that also!!! will let u know if it going spare ben
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FlamingCorsa
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quote: Originally posted by C4 WLK
that is stupidly cheap!
If it was a private job myself i would of charged around £1300 cash, alot of work involved which sum ppl dont realise!
will be nice to see the end result!
yea i thought it was good price, alot of work i agree!! need to do it fast!!! i know i ask u about everything............but............
how wud u weld plate in to smooth the boot recess, never done one on corsa and wanna leave it so there is not to much filler needed!! wot u think?? how wud u do it? just plate over and bend bottom over to meet the old part of boot!!!
was even thinking of cutting recess out and putting metal in to cover it all then wud be good fit and right angle for the curve etc??
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