j87tbh
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Just a quick one to say hello.. names Jay, drive an ultra blue C which i have owned for a couple of years now, mods have come and gone, parts have been replaced here there and everywhere, and i tend to change my mind a lot 
Been using cc|uk for the last couple of years now, and never really got round to getting myself on other forums. I know Warren G uses this a fair bit and he has done a lot of work for me, and some more to come in the future 
Will let the pics do the talking 
*pic heavy*
All started off as a 1.2 sxi capitol edition
[img]http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/jay87sxi/waxed.jpg[img]
my first mods were the Irmy grille and Heko wind deflectors
then de-badged the rear and bought a set of 17" Lenso alloys with the intention to refurb them in gloss black
also bought an Irmscher lower splitter and eyebrows in ultra blue, but unfortunately lost my job shortly after, so sold these on
started practising Detailing, and bought a silverline machine polisher along with some nice products. This was later replaced with the DAS 6 machine, with compounds, Dodo juice, collinite, menzerna, Poorbotys and many other top rang prodcuts
New job, more mods
car ast like this for a month or so
didnt really like how she looked, so decided to basically turn it into an SRi, with the immediate purchase of some fcuked SRi alloys - refurbed them myself in gloss white
sri's done and on.. then off to elite direct in Essex for some Toyo's fitted and balanced
Gloss white center consol to match and blue led bulbs
more to follow
[Edited on 11-08-2010 by j87tbh]
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j87tbh
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aswell as a read OMP strut brace - second hand and fadded into a lovely pink.. i stripped it down and preped it to continue my white/blue theme
was a bitch to remove the powder coated red lol
got round to refurbing the lensos
needed a fair bit of filler, high build primer and some fresh paint
a couple of random pics of how the c was looking. down 40mm, 8k HID's fitted and white side led bulbs
expensive pair of sri mirrors lol
decided to colour code the bump strips too.
flat wiper blades, mirrors on
wanted to start making the c different to others, so started with the Interior
orange camo.. :\
i liked it at first, but after about a week i thought twice about it lol and off it came. nice sticky residue all over my pillars
i arranged a meet down Waterloo's graffitti tunnel for some funky pics
and at another local meet.. got my ramps out and i fitted an exhaust system in the middle of a multi story car park for a mate
and fitted a laguna splitter to mine. poor pic but meh
sold the lensos
customer wanted me to smooth his center consol for him too and spray it in gloss black
a bit of a clean
then the fun stuff started to happen when i decided i wanted a 'Euro style'd let'...
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j87tbh
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smoothed german Opel front bumper
smoothed rear 
FK highsport coilovers.. bought second hand.. which i leter regret 
meh! GAZ ones will be on come the end of the month i hope!
a bit of negative camber 
VXR carriers and callipers with 280mm discs fitted by Warren G 
refurbed some exclusive alloys for another lad
before;
after;
sparkling graphite
and then 1.8 bits and bobs
cams
knew the engine i was picking up had no cams, hence why i bought them!
engine picked up (was pretty heavy lol)
needed to upgrade the rad as the 1.2 is too small, ordered one online, alone with the relevent pipes and hoses
engine cover wasnt the best of paint jobs as you can see..
so instead of working, out came the wet and dry preped it up, needed filling in some areas!! smoothed down, and primed up
next day was flatting the primer, degreased and sprayed up
i'll most likely take this off and have the rocker cover powder coated that colour instead and have a coilpack cover made up for me
i dropped the engine off to mr warren g.. after he inspected it closely.. found a lot of parts that needed replacing
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j87tbh
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needed both matrix coolant pipes, headertank coolant pipe, a few other hoses... then found that the rocket gasketwas split AND the tb gasket
to go along with the non A/C belt
rad
pipes for the rad
fuel hose connector
servo connector
breather pipes
baibai 1.2 ecotech
fcuked cam pulley aswell..
broken rocker cover gasket, and new cambelt kit and cam seals
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/6790/IMG_0180.JPG
1.8 going in
cams going in
every other 1.2 - 1.8 conversion i've seen in the c, the interior loom has been changed.
but warren re wired and re pinned the 1.2 loom and got it all working
only fault codes reading were air con, as he had taken the pump and rad off, along with hoses and replaced the belt for a shorter one
after fitting everything, then noticed coolant leaking
inlet gasket needed replacing
and both of the 02 sensors need replacing soon too. but she runs, and runs really well!
02 sensors lol
the FK highsports at the front had leaked a lot of oil, on the way home from picking her up it was bouncing all over the place
so i managed to get some sri shocks for the fronts with 40mm springs
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j87tbh
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awesome meet up London/Waterloo's graffitti tunnel that i arranged off cc uk
my c was looking odd.. so i didnt really want pics taken of her lol had just started to refurb my sri's in anthracite.. aswell as my center consol
as i was going anthracite, i went to see someone with a bit of vinyl..
Ace of hearts playing card, nice and subtle. will probably change my mid about it soon though
face refurb of my alloys
took her up USC the weekend just gone, good weekend up there!
had her dyno'd..
not bad!!
the ecu i had with the engine had a remap on there, the only mods i have are the lightened flywheel and shortshifter!
random pic...
white pressed plate on the rear with bright white led plate bulbs
off to warrens later to have the inlet gasket replaced
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corsa_chris_w
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looking very nice pal
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connollygt30
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What are the 1.8's standard mate?
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Firestate88
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Registered: 10th Jul 08
Location: Northampton England
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1.8 standard is 125 bhp
car looks sweet btw
[Edited on 11-08-2010 by Firestate88]
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spikedjack
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i shall keep an eye on this, drop me a pm or get warren to text if i can help in anyway 
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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Nice project mate, good power output too
I might give mine a good service before having it dyno'd then, hopefully it will make good power like yours! I doubt it though if yours has been mapped 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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j87tbh
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ta lads
yeah standard 1.8 is 125bhp, pretty much down to the map why im running just shy of 134bhp tbh
a good service is always a good thing, i check my car every two weeks if i get the chance, oil, coolant, filters etc.. which brings a bit of sadness to the car tonight
burning oil much quicker than it should be, so its obviously been ragged like fook by the previous owner, add that too the long list of parts he fooked up/broke/didnt replace/sold and didnt tell me
inlet gasket was replaced this evening, a thicker oil was also put in, fingers crossed it doesnt burn through as quickly as it had been
and cheers jack, hopefully see you again soon at the next big show/event, didnt really chat much when i met you at TFS!
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Warren G
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1.8 brap brap
Dave, Jay has 1.9 intake pipe, panel filter, straight though and irmy backbox, and a remap suited to a 170bhp spec, so figures about right
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
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Ahh cool, cheers. I keep forgetting to get the 1.9 intake pipe, will it go straight on? I think I remember someone saying it needs an adapter or something.
I have the straight through now but it's not on yet Rusty clamp is a bit of a show stopper at the mo.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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j87tbh
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It needs an adaptor off an Astra Dave, jubilee clip them together!
went to Southend last night, no problems there or on the way back, just when i was about 5 minutes from home.. she died on me
no power what so ever, totally died on me while i was driving! had to push it through a tunnel, up a hill and into a secure car park where it stayed over night. heading over there soon to have a look at a few things - battery, alternator, sensors.. i hope its not any wiring issues!
sad times, fingers crossed its something simple
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Daveskater
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Cheers mate, I'll get one of them too then 
That's not good Hopefully it's nothing massive!
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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j87tbh
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she runs again
was just a battery fault, not supprised seeing as its the orriginal battery from 2004
warren kindly replaced it for one he had with him
<3 lol
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Daveskater
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Good news
I replaced the battery in my old B last year, it was the original from 1999
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Warren G
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just call WG break downs eh!
got new plans Jay, better and bigger
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j87tbh
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lol! i now have break down cover as of today
re-newed my insurance with everything decalred for a change!
new plans?? for moi, your yourself, or the turbo conversions?? lol i see the mani and turbo you put up for sale.. text me bitch lol
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j87tbh
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car was dropped off to warren g last night for a re build
damn things doing my head in now
need to sort out some new coilover still!!
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Cle
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Really like this, The graphite 5 spokes look good
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j87tbh
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cheers buddy. i've just refurbed another set for someone else in gloss black with a sparkling finish, looks neat!
i'll get up a few pics before/during and after in a mo
re build sounds like its going well, should be back on the road in a few days hopefully
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j87tbh
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before
during
primer
painted up and a coat of sealent
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Warren G
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some pictures, or should i say memories
oh and the reason the inlet gasket was leaking coolant! been left out side and has corroaded, and not even cleaned up when put back on - another bodge by matt
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Warren G
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few more pics from the rebuild
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