Robby_W
Member
Registered: 10th Dec 07
Location: Effingham, Surrey and Coventry
User status: Offline
|
I have been bullied into making another one of these so here it is.
I have now got myself a 98 Arden blue 1400 sport after my last ocrsa was written off, some of you may already know about this.
This is how my old one ended its life:
And this is my new one:
It consists of a 1.4 sport with all the luxury toys like remote central locking, leccy windows and mirros, electric sunroof and pwersteering.
But its also had some other fun bits like lowered 60mm on G-max shocks and springs, K&N induction filter, sports cat, straight through centre pipe, a 4" jap can exhaust (which i want to change but dont have the money atm) and 2.0litre front brakes, this all came with the car.
Once i got it i de-badged and de-stickered, put my old 15"alloys on and colour coded the engine to match the car with an opel badge for personal touch:
In the near future i hope to change the backbox, tinted windows, de-badged grille, either standard or black rear lights, get some sort of sound system sorted then do some bodywork stuff like semi-smooth boot. Also i need to get some new plates made up
Hope you all like, any comments and suggestions would be helpful
[Edited on 10-05-2008 by DMRrhythmRW]
[Edited on 10-05-2008 by DMRrhythmRW]
[Edited on 11-05-2008 by DMRrhythmRW]
[Edited on 12-05-2008 by DMRrhythmRW]
|
DannyB
Premium Member
Registered: 6th Feb 08
User status: Offline
|
Not a fan of the wheels but each to their own
|
little_duke
Member
Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Tamworth,staffordshire Drives: rover coupe
User status: Offline
|
got potential,agreed not a fan of wheels but its your car
|
Robby_W
Member
Registered: 10th Dec 07
Location: Effingham, Surrey and Coventry
User status: Offline
|
you're not going to like what i swapped for them.......15" tigra 5spokes, to much of a boring look, also the profile on tyres was too big and scrubbed on the wheel arches badly but cheers for the comments guys, much appriciated
what do people think of the engine cover? My first time spraying
|
B3KAN
Member
Registered: 15th Feb 07
Location: Inverness, Highland
User status: Offline
|
quote: Originally posted by Danny_v6
Not a fan of the wheels but each to their own
|
Archie
Organiser: Scotland Premium Member
Registered: 18th Dec 07
Location: South Ayrshire
User status: Offline
|
Holy shit what happened to your old one ?
Like the engine cover
|
DannyB
Premium Member
Registered: 6th Feb 08
User status: Offline
|
Engine cover looks good mate, you did a good job by the look of it
|
Robby_W
Member
Registered: 10th Dec 07
Location: Effingham, Surrey and Coventry
User status: Offline
|
Archie - my old one got sandwiched on a downhill pile up
Cheers guys, im really pleased with the engine cover
|
Ste L
Member
Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Manchester Drives: 106 16v Rallye
User status: Offline
|
Bret's old motor, AndyRS1800 used to own it, who sold it to another lad, who fitted an new engine in it
i''ve got the heated seat switches,and cdx panel that used to be in that corsa
quite a tidy shell that one
[Edited on 11-05-2008 by Ste L]
|
Robby_W
Member
Registered: 10th Dec 07
Location: Effingham, Surrey and Coventry
User status: Offline
|
woooh, so those are the angel eyes the guy was telling me about.
Yea its a very clean shell and im extremly pleased with it,
What engine was it beforehand?
|
Ste L
Member
Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Manchester Drives: 106 16v Rallye
User status: Offline
|
always been a 1.6 iirc
|
Robby_W
Member
Registered: 10th Dec 07
Location: Effingham, Surrey and Coventry
User status: Offline
|
im not really liking the plates though, too small and odd looking for my liking
|
xa0s
Banned
Registered: 4th Mar 08
Location: Dartford, Kent Car: Turbo'd Fabia vRS
User status: Offline
|
quote: Originally posted by DMRrhythmRW
im not really liking the plates though, too small and odd looking for my liking
+1
|
Corsa_Scotty
Member
Registered: 8th Aug 07
Location: Scottish Borders
User status: Offline
|
Stunning mate very nice Arden Blue Corsa's FTW
|
Andyrs1800
Member
Registered: 15th Oct 03
User status: Offline
|
Cheers for the PM with the link dude,
Oh aye, Looks a bit diff now...
When i bought this it had a dodgy engine that turned out to have a burnt out valve, plan was to chuck a redtop in but i ended up buying my old corsa back,
When i got it...
-60mm Gmax,
16in Speedlines,
Cat back stainless,
K&N (still in my garage)
Ally strut brace (still in my garage)
2.0 brakes,
mantzel inlet (thats what killed it)
Heated unknown seats fully working with rear armrest also, V-comfy seats,
Random steering wheel,
White dials,
Opel badges all round,
etc...
Shame i never got it on the road, but i am glad to see its back again, I'll also let brett know also, i know he misses this car,
Keep us posted
|
Andyrs1800
Member
Registered: 15th Oct 03
User status: Offline
|
PS, my garage is tidy now
|
Robby_W
Member
Registered: 10th Dec 07
Location: Effingham, Surrey and Coventry
User status: Offline
|
lol, yea i was going to say, looking a bit messy in them pics
|
Robby_W
Member
Registered: 10th Dec 07
Location: Effingham, Surrey and Coventry
User status: Offline
|
Just a quick update, had a little car wash session today then went up epsom downs for a little photoshoot, will have the pics up soon, just need to sort through the good and bad
|
Andyrs1800
Member
Registered: 15th Oct 03
User status: Offline
|
Get The Pics up...
[Edited on 12-05-2008 by Andyrs1800]
|
Corsa_Scotty
Member
Registered: 8th Aug 07
Location: Scottish Borders
User status: Offline
|
I love this so much mate Very smart
(p.s are you on msn?)
|
Robby_W
Member
Registered: 10th Dec 07
Location: Effingham, Surrey and Coventry
User status: Offline
|
Some pics of our little photoshoot (Sorry about poor quailty, i only have a phone camera ), well all the pics
sorry theres so many but we just went a bit mad
|
Corsa_Scotty
Member
Registered: 8th Aug 07
Location: Scottish Borders
User status: Offline
|
Lovely Mate
|
Hamish
Member
Registered: 4th Apr 05
Location: Ashtead, Surrey Drives: 100bhp Mint with Hole
User status: Offline
|
Epsom Downs
|
Andyrs1800
Member
Registered: 15th Oct 03
User status: Offline
|
Lookin good dude...
|
Robby_W
Member
Registered: 10th Dec 07
Location: Effingham, Surrey and Coventry
User status: Offline
|
Yep, good old epsom downs, tis a nightmare getting up there though from the effingham way, lots of speed bumps
Cheers for the comments guys, glad you like it.
Quick question, Do you think i should get german style plates like my last ones, or just plain standard size ones???
|