Nasher
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after a few years away from vauxhall i decided to find myself a nice little run around. Found this one with 63000 miles on it in total vauxhall. Car wasnt as immaculate as it was written up as, but non the less its still a great example. Paint wasnt great on it and needs some odds and sods sorting, trim clips etc, but its a great starting point for it to be fantastic again.
So far its had new mats, battery, and gsi badges. also got vauxhall badge for boot but decided not to fit it. Its taken a lot of polishing to get car looking bright again and a very good clean inside and out.
Nice touch that it still has the original spare unused from 1994 in it!!
few pics
Next up i will try and track down some pirelli p600's as fitted when these were new, also looking for an original cd300 headunit from 1994. Will get paintless dent removal done on rear quarter and may fit new mudflaps as old ones i removed due to being tatty, not sure on the mudflaps though!
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ryan docherty
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Registered: 27th Aug 09
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looks like a good buy to me minter of a l reg
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Mark.W
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 Where is everyone getting these mint gsi's from? 
Speedlines - dropped -60mm all round = SORTED.
[Edited on 05-07-2010 by wooly101uk]
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Nasher
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it taken lot of effort to make it look mint again though!
staying standard, maybe some astra gsi fans but pretty sure its staying standard
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ryan docherty
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Registered: 27th Aug 09
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ano man a dnt think ave eva seen a really really good example down ma way all mingers either got a set of lexus lights or dAFT wheels haha original is the way forward
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Nasher
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true say its hard to find one standard and reason im keeping it standard is loads of people who saw it at pvs said the same and it made me realise it would be a shame to modify it due to the rarity of standard ones now
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LukeD
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thumbs up for keeping it original, looks lovely
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belton
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Registered: 23rd Jul 09
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Keep it standard and the same as it was in 1994, you would get respect from everyone in the know. Not just other corsa gurus lol
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ar corsagsi
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Good buy there 
Few pics i took at PVS
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Nic Barnes
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looks great that. pretty sure you cant get p600 anymore sadly.
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kin9y
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looks spotless that mate
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Efckitson
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Looks spot on!.. Look after that and it will only go up in value IMO.
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Nasher
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nice to see photos of it from pvs! i'd only had it a couple of days before going
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Nasher
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
looks great that. pretty sure you cant get p600 anymore sadly.
yep you're right, had this from pirelli this morning
"They were on phase out in 2005 and made obsolete in 06/07"
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vaux.dan
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looks amazing mate !
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Nasher
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does anyone know what brand the cd300 head unit was in 1994 as vauxhall used blaupunkt and philips and as far as i know both have a cd300 model but want to get the right one for the year of the gsi
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Archie
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Thats really tidy.
I've got a 93 L reg at the back of my drive just now for a restoration.
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Mark.W
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Definetly keep it original mate & get some genuine mudflaps tho.
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Nasher
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i'm not keen on the mudflaps though, thats why i removed them
heres next purchase (however i believe this version of the cd300 is uber rare!)
[Edited on 06-07-2010 by Nasher]
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philip2
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ive got a 94 gsi, i could have a look at the headunit if wanted....was completly stock then fitted inlet and did the head on it after burst a pipe, now its got rsx spax, building a pretty tuned bike carbed c16, but bodywise it will look stock, even keeping the stock wheels...sleeper ftw.
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Nasher
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yep any help with finding this head unit would be great. afaik it was a no cost option from new but think most people would have bought gsi with tape player
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Nasher
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after a trip to vauxhall dealer i have bought new front splitter for car to tidy up the front
also the search is over for the elusive head unit, bought for £5 at billing, bought code online for £8.99, bargain. back to standard without it being a useless tape player!
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Corsa_Sport21
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Is this the 1 that had the big write up in last months T.V??Looks nice and original.Also,as hard as it may be,try and keep it original.No Speedlines and lowered etc.Just ruins the standard look.
Paintwork looks a bit shady though,arches etc look a different colour.
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SeanXE
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Registered: 17th Jan 09
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Minter!, will be looking out for this, im from houghton regis and in mk quite alot 
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Nasher
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Is this the 1 that had the big write up in last months T.V??Looks nice and original.Also,as hard as it may be,try and keep it original.No Speedlines and lowered etc.Just ruins the standard look.
Paintwork looks a bit shady though,arches etc look a different colour.
if you see photos from pvs the paint was in a whole lot worse state than it is now! its taken a hell of a lot of effort to bring it round but well worth it. rear arches are brighter but considering how it looked before then i'm ok with it!
defo staying standard
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