STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
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biggest regret of my life was buying this car. bought it as a ls 1.2 8v. Fully resprayed it and smoothed the bumpers, semid the tailgate, put rgm skirts on, 17" dares (from the other car), lowered it 60 mm with a gmax kit, put buckets and harnesses in it and a rear strut brace, m3 indicator mirrors, smooth fuel cap door, vectra pass handle.
didnt want to screw the skirts down in the door jam so bonded them, a few weeks l8r the bond lifted and hit the freshly painted doors. marked it and i really couldnt be arsed fixing it. a year l8r they r rusty (obviously)
the car was to low for the splash guards at the front and all the shit gets into the door jam
the rubber was taken off from the fuel door cap which now lets water in and lie in the recessed bit where the filler is. consequently it has rotted
car was sprayed by my dumbass mate who didnt have a water trap and has started small blisters over it
suspension is wrecked after a years drivin on our shite roads
mot wouldnt pass me with the buckets as the inner part of the harness was mounted to the seat subframe so told me i would have tp strip the interior and weld brackets to the floor to pass so i chucked them in favour of 2 gsi front seats
rear strut brace was painted mg zr gunmetal grey fading to white in the middle. looked ace for ages till i scored it one day and then it was wrecked any way so stoped covering it when i put stuff in the rear so it got totally mullered so i took it out.
pre 97 bumper grill was cut out to fit a kamei which wouldnt fit unless the bumper was cut to suit, i didnt know this and didnt want to cut into a freshly painted bumper so bought a plastic grill to mod to fit. by the time i got it the doors were mullered by the skirts and i had lost all interest in the car so left it grill less
its the slowest car ever and costs a fortune in petrol, get soemtimes as little as 250 miles to a tank. Terrible
IT will be going to a new home shortly
i hate this car.
enjoy the pics..
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STEvieXE
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CorsAsh
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Looks nice and tidy actually, bumpers look great smoothed and sprayed 
[Edited on 21-11-2006 by CorsAsh]
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STEvieXE
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doesnt look too bad altho look at the front edge of the door, other side is the same. bumpers came out lovely, just a shame that the grill didnt fit. tailgate is lovely. just not happy with the car, so slow and hard to fuel.
anythign wrong with the car to be honest i could have fixed but i just lost interest, worked on this at home for a couple of months after work etc while the other one was sittin neglected and money that should have been going into it was going into this one. then it started to go pear shaped and i lost interest big time.
colours worked well together imo, made a nice change to the normal white colour coding...
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SAL
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it looks  why not change the wheels to some 15's that would save some fuel!
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STEvieXE
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dont wanna spend any money on the car. recently for mot i put on
2 new tyres
water pump
timing belt (in conjuntion with the water pump- timing was done about 10k before hand also)
steering arm
2 track rod ends
full wheel alignment set up (camber etc)
balljoint
been toying with the idea of keeping it, stripping it and doing a 2.0 8v conversion and going for some severe weight reduction but dunno, spent way to much on the other on already... time will tell...
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Bri-SRi
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
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Look well needs a spoiler IMO.
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RobHayes
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your moaning at 250miles to a tank?
i regularly get 160-170 miles to a tank from mine 
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Bri-SRi
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I got 320 last week from mine.
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Ian
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On the plus side, it looks absolutely fantastic in the first pic in your second post.
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Lee Wilson
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Registered: 20th Feb 06
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: XE Corsa
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Love the theme, think it looks ace
Shame you lost intrest, I like it
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Gaz F
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Registered: 19th Feb 06
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I think this car looks class
Stevie send me a wee u2u of how much you would have in mind for this car with no wheels 
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Liam
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Looks nice 
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STEvieXE
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quote:
Originally posted by RobHayes
your moaning at 250miles to a tank?
i regularly get 160-170 miles to a tank from mine
wot engine tho?? this is only a 1.2
thanks for all the positive feedback lads..
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RobHayes
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quote:
Originally posted by STEvieXE
quote:
Originally posted by RobHayes
your moaning at 250miles to a tank?
i regularly get 160-170 miles to a tank from mine
wot engine tho?? this is only a 1.2
thanks for all the positive feedback lads..
1.6
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STEvieXE
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well least u got abit more go...
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jamesvalver
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i love it! looks soo nice!
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STEvieXE
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quote:
Originally posted by jamesvalver
i love it! looks soo nice!
wanna swap??
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westy313
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Registered: 7th Sep 06
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alright m8 just wondering what offset are ur wheels?
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jamesvalver
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lol. na wont be swapping for the valver lol. used to have those wheels on my old nova, only i didnt have the centre caps and mine were anthracite
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Wonderboy
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
On the plus side, it looks absolutely fantastic in the first pic in your second post.
Yea i agree. I like the indicators on the mirros. Everything looks nice except the back bumper looks a little strange.
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Robbo_Corsa
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Registered: 5th Jul 06
Location: North Lincolnshire
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how much you going to look to sell for? and whats the original plate? what year is it?
How about a swap for a standard Corsa Breeze 1.2? good on fuel?
Just really like this car!
Drop me a U2U if you don't wish to share anything on here! lol
[Edited on 17-01-2007 by Robbo_Corsa]
[Edited on 17-01-2007 by Robbo_Corsa]
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STEvieXE
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@westy313 -wheels are et45
wonderboy - wot about the rear bumper??
robbo - its a northern irish car, that is it original plate. it is a 1.2 also
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STEvieXE
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james - i saw ur nova pics, was nice
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Robbo_Corsa
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so not interested in swap?
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