sand-eel
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Well it all started 3 years ago when i got a bog standard 1999 1.2 16v sxi with 40000 miles on the clock sadly now 78000miles. I have not had much luck as in damage to the car and engine sensors goin wrong here's the story's
-1- a few weeks after i got it oh whats that the bloody engine management light is on and now the car has hardly any power, well after it got fixed at vauxhall "that will be £280 please" whaaaaaaat the problems were allegidly air mass meter and crank sensor but £280 jeeez.
-2- i was having a nice drive and bang a woman in a ford Ka drives into the side of me at a junction, just as i was thinking please don't pull out pleeeeease, at least i got to see in the rear view her bumper rolling down the road lol, her insurance payed for that.
-3- college car park someone put a big scrap in the side (PIC) don't know who.
-4- I was parked in inverary (if ya know where that is) PARKED and then some git reverses into the side of me and keeps reversing because he's so retarded and didn't realise, but then phoned his insurance company before me and said it was me, i didn't know corsa's were fitted with sideways driving capabilies. so lost my no claims .
-5- rear plastic wheel arch thing fell off somewhere within a 120mile drive, got a new vauxhall one £30
stuff done see pics!!
(lexus lights have been removed)
needs reprayed
K+N silver tape is because pipe is slightly split
damage
used to have a blue gearknob but kept falling off so a red sparco that was lying around will do
clear side repeaters
modern wipers
old centre section
new remus centre section
new reducer needed welded on to the magnex backbox pipe because old one rusted through
TO-DO
respray bonnet and wings and possibly astra gsi vents
get wheels refurbed gloss black
gsi side skirts
gsi front bumper with steinmetz carbon fibre splitter
cheers
[Edited on 15-11-2007 by sand-eel]
[Edited on 21-11-2007 by sand-eel]
[Edited on 01-02-2009 by sand-eel]
[Edited on 18-07-2009 by sand-eel]
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Hamish
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you went to vauxhall to get sensors replaced and an arch trim
I have high expectations for this thread
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Ben G
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looks alright that does mate, few chavvy bits but not bad tbh.
-4- I was parked in inverary (if ya know where that is) PARKED and then some git reverses into the side of me and keeps reversing because he's so retarded and didn't realise, but then phoned his insurance company before me and said it was me, i didn't know corsa's were fitted with sideways driving capabilies. so lost my no claims .
^^ a bloke in a van drove into the side of my old corsa and wrote it off. he told his insurance company i drove into his car.. i simply said, ''well fuck me, i never knew my car could drive sideways''... what idiot in their right mind would possibly say i could put the side of my car into the front of their car without doing any damage to the front of mine?
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sand-eel
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also got quoted £500 for the damage no way is it worth that!!!
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sand-eel
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what should i do after those things?
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Nic Barnes
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would you change the colour of the wheels or have them re-done the same colour?
car looks alright indeed
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sand-eel
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maybe the same or slightly darker
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Theham85
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I used to drive that machine back when I were a lad lol
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Calum
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Got bored so did a quick photoshop
Really should be out looking for a job
[Edited on 12-09-2007 by complex_maze]
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sand-eel
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wow that looks quite good, defo black wheels are on the cards.
on the "damage photo" that is a two in one damage the scrape and the door and quarter panel is creased in several places from the reverse incident!!!
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sand-eel
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maybe one day!!!
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Calum
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^^^ Looks good!
Nice shop as well!
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Nic Barnes
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pretty amazing shop to actually get the much on the smoothed boot to look right aswell.
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jonnysri
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looks gd mate, but whateva you do get rid of those bloody lexus lights!!!!
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sand-eel
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mmm they don't seem to be in fashion any more, got them when the craze started
[Edited on 12-09-2007 by sand-eel]
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sand-eel
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NOTE:- K+N window sticker now removed, yo
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flybikeslee
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twin exhausts look poop smooth boot looks good though
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sand-eel
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poontan wiper
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sand-eel
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oh yeah i put these on about 2 years ago, sorry about the poor quality pic, is was cold outside ie shivering and it wasn't 6.5 degrees
the led's are in the ashtray aswell
[Edited on 12-11-2007 by sand-eel]
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Otc87
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Is the single exhaust you have currently got fitted a magnex?!?! looks mint anyway...
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sand-eel
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indeed it is
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Otc87
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k cheers m8. thinkin of investing in one sometime in the future, dont want it drowning out the sound of the engine though
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sand-eel
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mine has a remus straight through aswell but it's a nice note and not too loud
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Otc87
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might have a gander then, dont want some chavvy exhaust like my last one !! think it must of been an age thing lol
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jamesvalver
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plans look good!
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