gianluigi
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Right decided to make a thread. The work is not complete just yet, but its looking ok now, but will keep adding to this post as things happen.
got it from colchester auction for £1325, bit of a bargain i thought.
got it cleaned up as soon as i got it
there were loads of bits wrong.... such as the bumper being broken...
which you can see in this pic
which needed sorting, but my laziness promted me onlt to debadge it......badly
Showed will94, he liked it, and suggested i buy an induction kit...so off to halfords to buy a ripspeed £26 jobby  (what was i doing?)
you can also see in this pic the strut brace i bought from the lovely Richard (P1CK4D)
after a few months of doing sweet FA with the car apart from adding a few thousand miles. i decided to take the piece of shit air filter off, because, frankly it made me sick. put the stadanrd air box back on. and it was loads better. (despite what ryb would tell me on msn)
there was some laquer damage on the bonnet and boot, so got that done by a pro (no pics)
a few weeks later, the stuff i'd been buying was building up in my bedroom, so done something about it. Fitted the remus center section, and peco back box, also the 50mm Pi springs curtosy of another lovely lad, richard_cooper. we can see both mods in 1 pic 
Loud 
Steve had a Carbon induction kit that he bought from Dave A laying around, so i decided to take it off his hands.
so, after months of nagging my dad to do the body work, a week before pvs we got down to business.
so made a start
got the skirts and grille off and got them ready for a re spray
got the new bumper primed and ready....and the other bits
got the bits sprayed up,
fitted
few finishing touches, gave it a clean and i was ready for PVS 
thanks to the guys on here that sold be there bits, and a big thanks to my dad who put most the effort in 
[Edited on 05-06-2007 by gianluigi]
[Edited on 05-06-2007 by gianluigi]
[Edited on 14-02-2008 by gianluigi]
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JonnyJ
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Mint Nice progress luigi.
Future plans?
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gianluigi
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new wheels next i guess. but defo giving the sides a re spray. might smooth the arch into the bumper....dunno
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Joe
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Do I spy Marcello (that was your dads name?) in one of them pics?
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SAL
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you where lucky to find a model with irmy bits allready looked lovely and very tidy at pvs.
its
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gianluigi
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FPMSL you remember?!
yes, that is him
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Joe
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Awesome, what a guy. Seriosly though, car looks great at PVS and your dad has done some nice work.
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Liam
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What wheels are you thinking of getting?
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xtremewheels
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Lovely car 
looked clean at pvs
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Hamish
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looks good, although one thing, why cant you/the bodyshop be bothered to take off the lower grille when spraying. It looks sooooooooooooo gash painted the same colour was the car
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gianluigi
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my decision to paint it the same colour. lots of people suggested keeping it black, but i like it colour coded
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Whittie
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I love you, and your corsa
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STEvieXE
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quote:
Originally posted by Hamish
looks good, although one thing, why cant you/the bodyshop be bothered to take off the lower grille when spraying. It looks sooooooooooooo gash painted the same colour was the car
and its hassle to prep it also,
ur choice tho
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flybikeslee
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the dice set it off a treat
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gianluigi
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the dice make me fucking sick but i put them on there because a friend who's in zambia bought them for me, she requested i put them on at PVS as she'd miss the show 
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willay
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lovely car luigi
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gianluigi
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thanks will!
i have an idea regarding wheels for my car...but not sure if i want to share it or not 
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P1CK4D
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Yeah, Share!!!
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gianluigi
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these wheels (on Dave A's car)
with yellow calipars?
*runs and hides*
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corsaaa_16v
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will look awesome with those wheels mate best wheels for a corsa
IMO do the callipers silver, more subtle and in line with styling of yoru car
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gianluigi
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The reason i said yellow, was because i have those irmy motorsport flashes, so blue and touches of yellow would be better. if not i'll just do the calipers black
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Hamish
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personally i wouldnt say they suit your car as its not a track slag
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gianluigi
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yeah, i thought that too. i dont want usual soft stars though, too predictable
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Bendy
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quote:
Originally posted by gianluigi
these wheels (on Dave A's car)
with yellow calipars?
*runs and hides*
I sold him those wheels!!!
Ben
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jamesvalver
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luigi - how about bbs rx211's so i can get some mo's for mine lol rest of the car is looking mint mate. its come along nicely! did ya dad do all the spraying aswell?
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