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K-B1990

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Registered: 2nd Feb 09
Location: Peterborough
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28th Apr 09 at 13:22

hi, im karl. i live in peakirk (between peterborough and the deepings) and this is my car. it was owned by a woman in melton mowbray when i bought it in 2007.
all comments and suggestions welcome.

heres what she looked like when i got it.

yes, thats me on the bonnet

then i painted the calipers red! simple effective job.

my mates copied my idea

next i discovered you cant fit a universal backbox to a corsa very well...

looks cool though.

debadged grill ftw!

then some tool in a dark blue 106 mkII hit me!

new bumper, lights and wing from 'Av It', thanks again mate!

easter 2009 pictures.

hitting the ton...

i painted my console and blower surrounds on both sides, but i dont like it. its come out badly too. im thinking satin black over the top?

strut brace

Me and the same mates again. the guy who had the carisma at the top now owns the green 106 with morettes and the guy with the blue old swift now owns the white new swift. the clio is another mate who never comes out, lol.

i forgot my handbrake... lol

more photos

[Edited on 28-04-2009 by K-B1990]

[Edited on 12-05-2009 by K-B1990]

[Edited on 19-05-2009 by K-B1990]

flybikeslee

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28th Apr 09 at 13:53

needs lowering and those calipers painting black

K-B1990

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28th Apr 09 at 13:55

yeah, new wheels, springs and exhaust is next on the list.

but black calipers are boring.

flybikeslee

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28th Apr 09 at 14:18

calipers in general are boring, why attract attention to the fact you ave diddy brakes?

what wheels you thinking?

K-B1990

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28th Apr 09 at 14:42

yeah, but it still looks good.

16" allesio speedlines, maybe in white

flybikeslee

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28th Apr 09 at 14:47

debatable, please not speedlines, try something new, true they look good on corsas but are done to death and dont set you apart from the rest

K-B1990

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28th Apr 09 at 14:49

nah, i like them. and you dont ever see them round here.

Ben-B

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28th Apr 09 at 14:54

quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
..needs lowering..

no need, its been parked on grass

K-B1990

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29th Apr 09 at 11:32

tbh it desperately needs lowering.
but im worried tthat if i do, the exhaust pipe will sit on the torsion beam and rattle like a bastard :/

flybikeslee

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29th Apr 09 at 11:43

corsas dont have a torsion beam

K-B1990

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30th Apr 09 at 16:42

well haynes manual calls it a torsion beam.

john_c20xe

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30th Apr 09 at 19:52

axel

flybikeslee

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30th Apr 09 at 19:58

if they called it a penis, doesn't mean its correct

lwigmore

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30th Apr 09 at 22:13

quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
if they called it a penis, doesn't mean its correct

LukeS

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30th Apr 09 at 22:39

quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
if they called it a penis, doesn't mean its correct

Also made my night

*JonnyG*

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30th Apr 09 at 22:42

quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
if they called it a penis, doesn't mean its correct

Neil Dagens

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1st May 09 at 07:58

quote:
Originally posted by K-B1990
tbh it desperately needs lowering.
but im worried tthat if i do, the exhaust pipe will sit on the torsion beam and rattle like a bastard :/

when my corsa wasnt lowered and i had 3 people in the back the exhaust used to hit on the axle, but new exhaust mounts solved this. then i got it lowered by 60mm and it started banging again so i took it to kwik fit

and they just put in new mounts and it never made a noise again

i may know someone selling 60mm springs too

K-B1990

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3rd May 09 at 00:12

i havent looked at the mounts properly, im guessing they dont weld in then or anything...

K-B1990

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6th May 09 at 12:05

is there any way you can get another set of hangers mounted further up the pipe past the "AXEL" beam? it would just hold the whole pipe up much better so there isnt a lot of weight on the backbox and it would lift the bend in the pipe off the beam.

Markus

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6th May 09 at 12:38

juibile clip and a l shape bracket

jobs a good en

K-B1990

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12th May 09 at 13:34

is that the little clip on the end of the bars? i had to take them off becuase they were actually touching the backbox!

plan atm - wait till im back from my 10weeks in greece. then buy wheels, engine, springs and full race system all in one go and fit it all over 2-3 days.

good plan yes or no?

l15ter

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12th May 09 at 13:51

quote:
Originally posted by K-B1990
buy wheels, engine, springs and full race system all in one go and fit it all over 2-3 days.

whatt engine you going to fit?

K-B1990

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12th May 09 at 14:23

ive settled on the 1.6 16V but im not doing anything till im back from my gap (10 weeks) year because i cant afford it.

l15ter

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12th May 09 at 14:25

quote:
Originally posted by K-B1990
fit it all over 2-3 days.

whats the rush

K-B1990

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12th May 09 at 14:38

because if i put the race system on now it would be fine, if i put new wheels on now it would be fine but id be able to smuggle immigrants in the arches, so when i lower it the pipe will rattle on the axel beam.
if i do it all together then i can have the hanger mountings moved to the right amount because the car will be sitting where i want it and the exhaust wont rattle on the beam.

the reason i need the engine doing at the same time is because ill want a 1.6 system which is no good on a 1.4 which im getting rid of. so it all needs doing together.

making sense?

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