dale87
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Right the time has come to finally show you my corsa. I bought it off neilm on here in Jan/Feb 2006. And now it's finished, well I say finished I mean the bodywork.lol. It is currently sitting in my garage waiting for my freshly rebuilt c20xe to be fitted.
This is how it looked when i bought it (could only find this pic)

Then i changed the bodywork quite a bit. I wanted to be different but subtle at the same time.



I soon decided I wanted the smallest wheels i could fit over my brakes to improve handling and stopping power so I fitted some 15inch comp MO's. And here is how she stands today










Any comments welcome good or bad. Apologies for pic qualty. They were all taken on my phone.
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SAL
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that look's the nuts now done a good job there
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Warren G
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Registered: 14th May 06
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smooth 
only just noticed where the side repeaters are!
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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Mesh needs to be black IMO
otherwise looks good
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Tom
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Not sure wheels suit the rest of the car tbh.
I'd have something a bit more special tbh. MO's are the nuts but not in 15" on not on a corsa which has had so much body work.
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Tom
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Yeah black mesh also a good idea.
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Jakey
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That is gorgeous, personally one of the nicest i've seen
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dale87
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Stavs
warreng-side repeaters are morette covers specifically made to fit over standard corsa mirrors, i just smoothed them in
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dale87
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I agree with the comment about the MO's but it just drives soo much better with them. And it feels like the calipers are on the actual wheels when braking from high speeds abs goes crazy
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
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pro race 2 wheels would have looked the nuts if they were smaller. needs a proper grill and black mesh otherwise
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ash87
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Registered: 26th Mar 05
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rear end is nice 
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TheCam
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Registered: 16th Mar 07
Location: Kirkcaldy
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looks lovely, agree with some comments, needs black mesh and grille imo
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Looks good that.
Very similar to TomTom's if his was finished
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corsa_nation
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Registered: 27th Dec 04
Location: Wiltshire
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Looks lovely, just not a fan of the bad boy boot.
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T21SVJ
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Registered: 14th Sep 06
Location: formby Drives: Company Cars
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looks nice, agree it needs black mesh
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Jamie
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That looks very nice - but the boot lets it down slightly
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Steve
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quote: Originally posted by Jamie
That looks very nice - but the boot lets it down slightly
i agree, and the car is way too low
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cesil
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looks gorgeous mate
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Matt L
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that looks agree its a little too low for my liking. but tbh if you like thats all that matters
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dale87
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Thanks for the comments people. I was never sure about the boot either but decided to go with it as it's different and not really done alot, but it turned out to cover the irmscher logo on the back lights.
The car is lowered on FK coilovers (they were on when i bought it), the rear is all the way down with the seats removed so its about -75mm. The front would be lower if I could get off my driveway
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nova_gteuk
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Registered: 15th May 02
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Like everything about that except the badboyed boot
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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Love it all except the boot
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marklawton
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Registered: 24th Apr 05
Location: Pensby, Wirral Drives:Golf mk4 GTI
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very nice, as said get an fk grill and spray mesh black
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Dean_W
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Stunning. Well done.
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dale87
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Few more pics
1.6 engine (soon to be replaced with c20xe)


And some pics of the body mods you can't see in the other pics;
Custom scuttle


close up of mirror

Smoothed roof rails (never seen it done like this before)



And a few more pics of the front



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