Cheese Man Chris
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Registered: 25th Sep 07
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So.........This is my third Corsa, owned two 12v's before which i did some crazy stuff to. I turned 21 and baged a bargain on a Corsa Sport 1.6 1999. It cost £1000 and was in almost perfect condition. This time im keeping it almost standard 
Thought i would start a build thread so i can see the progress myself and get some constructive comments off you guys 
So these are pics of the car the morning after I got her,
So the car sat in the garden at my student house for about a month whilst i tryed to sell my old car and try and get a good insurance quote (£650 btw) (oh and my old car is still for sale god damn it 
If your interested - check it out
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=424435
Whilst it was in the garden i did a few mods. Janspeed exhaust, grey side repeaters, Depo's, smaller arial, and also a new wing mirror. (Which i stole of the car for sale  )
...and some new number plates:
finally got her on the road
Haven’t done much to her since shes been on the road, tried to clean up the engine bay lol......the results:
Not allot of difference there!
Finally i got a few weekends to fit my head unit in (Fli Swat5) then this week/weekend installed my amp and sub.
With the help of some cardboard
The result is quite good:
As you can see.......the earth is bodged, but i purchased a 1/2" ratchet of ebay today then i need to buy a big enough socket so i can earth the amp onto the seat belt bracket.
Plans for the car are:
*Refurb the alloys
*Punto Rear wiper
*Sort the front wiper arms out, as the paint is pealing
*Re-route the Amp + cable through the bulk head rather than around the wing (lol)
*Source a new steering wheel, and drivers seat
......Basically turn it into a minter  we will see LOL
[Edited on 27-05-2008 by Cheese Man Chris]
[Edited on 21-07-2008 by Cheese Man Chris]
[Edited on 03-10-2008 by Cheese Man Chris]
[Edited on 03-10-2008 by Cheese Man Chris]
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marklawton
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looking good, there is a big rubber bung behind the battery to the left a little bit that you can put the power cable through, wil come out just under the glove box 
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danward
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Looks tidy that. Should've took the earth cable under the plastic to tidy it a little more.
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Corsa_Scotty
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Thats nice  Arden Blue Corsa's FTW
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Cheese Man Chris
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A few minor updates here:
I got some of that clay bar stuff and tested it on a front wing, i was pretty impressed with it:
Then I spend a few hours t-cutting the roof and rear, then doing some clay bar, and then a polish and it was mega shiney:
Then i got some new wiper arms as old ones were shabby:
Heres a pic of the smaller arial i found (i dont know what car it is off):
Got my sub some better vibe cable, rather than the crappy wilkoes stuff i was using before:
Got a new punto rear wiper:
This is a pic of the damaged steering wheel, so im lookin for new air bags on ebay:
A picture of my car on a hill, it dont look that bad, but it felt like it was about to topple over in real life. lol:
This is a pic to prove my car does 70mph!
lol, really i was driving along and the clock turned to 990000 so i thought id take a pic.
I saw someone on here, that changed their 5th gear so their car would have lower revs in 5th. So i took a pic of mine doing 70mph and there was the fraction of differnce (so seems pointless to me, i think that was a 12v tho)
[Edited on 15-05-2008 by Cheese Man Chris]
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Cheese Man Chris
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Registered: 25th Sep 07
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Ahhh here a good 1. Has anybody heard that rumour that if you "take your hazard switch out and put it back in upside down, you can start your car and take the key out and it will carry on running"
Well it a pile of shit, and i broke my hazard switch in the prossess. lol
Myth busted!
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VegasPhil
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You can do the hazard switch on Novas 
Old prank on a mate with a nova has been done a few times
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Tom
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quote:
Originally posted by Cheese Man Chris
Ahhh here a good 1. Has anybody heard that rumour that if you "take your hazard switch out and put it back in upside down, you can start your car and take the key out and it will carry on running"
Well it a pile of shit, and i broke my hazard switch in the prossess. lol
Myth busted!
That's in old nova's and it works as I had to do it on mine years back
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Cheese Man Chris
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Registered: 25th Sep 07
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Hello,
Got this little chap in my car aswell what me mum got me:
Notice the IAM tax disk holder aswell, im like trying to do advanced driving, but usually miss da lessons as im too hungover. lol
Got a flash bottle and filled it with gunk so i could spray it nicely over my engine bay and clean it all up
Soapy:
Still isnt very clean
So i took a wire brush and gunk to my top inlet manifold to bling it up and
my mate SEZ gave me his red rocker cover:
Im not to sure on it, what do people think?
Would it make more sence to paint it blue?
Either way in gonna get a vauxhall decal for it and the vauxhall logo make it look like a c16xe
Then paint my manifold black. YES OR NO?
[Edited on 27-05-2008 by Cheese Man Chris]
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Cheese Man Chris
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The mirror that i knicked of my old car was a manual mirror and this car has electric ones so to sawp them over i had the keep the existing mirror internals, and because the world worst spray job had been done on it, it looked like this:
So i restored it with some sandpaper:
The result was ace:
Me and my mate SEZ took some desent ish pics of our cars aswell:
And i did some back to blacking last night and had a BBQ:
Them chairs look like they could be back to blacked, lookin abit grey there.
[Edited on 15-05-2008 by Cheese Man Chris]
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Cheese Man Chris
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quote:
Originally posted by marklawton
looking good, there is a big rubber bung behind the battery to the left a little bit that you can put the power cable through, wil come out just under the glove box
Cable was too thick to get through, it is AWG4 tryed WD40 and everything, i couldnt even get the coat hanger through the drag it through.
Im not really to botherd as im gonna sell the sub and amp asap, think iv grown out of it, even tho' it sounds nice.
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danward
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Inlet manifold looks like it came up pretty well! May have to try some gunk on mine.
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Cheese Man Chris
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A few minor updates:
Just a clean pic of my car on holiday
Also tipped it over 100,000 whist on holiday
Got a new bump strip as mine was scratched.
Got a 5th wheel of ebay, and im going to refurb my alloys 1 at a time then keep the 5th as a spare. Started it, but along way off.
Then we slammed it 
Before,
During,
Break time,
Then the front,
After,
Job done
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sport16v
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looks cool; decat would aid clearance
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col
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looks well
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Cheese Man Chris
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The final pics were the ultimate test, to see if i could get on my mates drive. To which i couldnt so im just forced to get a de-cat now.
Not that im ever going to want to get on his drive. lol
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flybikeslee
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much better
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Pete_vxl
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nice car, is it 60mm?
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Cheese Man Chris
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60mm at the front, and 40mm at the back.
Looks abit lower now as its had time to settle. and those pics were taken straight after.
I think its awsome now
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Pip308
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looks good, i like it
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Adge
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very nice, any wheel plans?
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Cheese Man Chris
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Wheel plans are....
To keep the 3 spokes and in silver.
Going to refurb them all myself (they arnt to bad at the min, but its somthing to do with my time i guess and i want them mint
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jamez_zz
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quote:
Originally posted by Cheese Man Chris
Plans are....
To keep the 3 spokes and in silver.
Going to refurb them all myself (they arnt to bad at the min, but its somthing to do with my time i guess and i want them mint
Buy a new BBQ. As mine is shit!
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Cheese Man Chris
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Small update, nothing interesting
Won this little kid in a grabba machine in Scarborough:
Got maself a full set of the corsa car mats from Vauxhall, around £35 on trade. which i lied about:
This is the reason i want a new drivers seat, everytime i sit in the car get a metal rod up my ass. quite annoying:
This is a pic of a lock thing in my car. Im not sure weather to keep it in or take it out. and use a normal handbreak/gear leaver lock which i can remove. What do you think? Cuz it kinda looks a mess!
[Edited on 26-06-2008 by Cheese Man Chris]
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Haimsey
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Looks smart, looks miles better sitting lower
Marcy Marc 
White Sport Progress Thread
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