David`
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Hello, I decided I'd start a project thread of my 1 litre corsa. I'll let the pictures do the talking.
Here's the original advertising pictures of the car when I bought it:
After a good wash and polish:
Before the bodyshop:
Pictures of the car after some minor mods and painted steelies, also tidied the interior up:
Colour coded roof rails and spoiler fitted:
Started work on the de-locked handles:
Vectra light and 3rd brake light wired in:
Here it is working, using a normal LED festoon and 2x SMD 5 LED sidelight bulbs
Gave the engine bay a good clean:
Recent pictures after a good wash & polish:
And last but not least, dash mat fitted: 
Comments welcome
[Edited on 01-03-2011 by David`]
[Edited on 06-06-2011 by David`]
[Edited on 08-06-2011 by David`]
[Edited on 10-06-2011 by David`]
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David`
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[COLOR="Red"]Things i've done:[/COLOR]
Fitted new front door speakers
Cleaned and polished engine bay
Fitted OEM CD player
Fitted new rear arch
De-badged boot
Sorted out and primed all rust spots: Bonnet, drivers door, boot
Got all primer'd rust spots and the rear panel professionally resprayed
Smoked side repeaters
Aero wipers
Front mudflaps
Rear mudflaps
Re-sprayed hub caps
Fitted black door cards
Fitted black door pockets
Seat covers
Changed interior rear panels
Tailored black floor mats
Resprayed steelies
Had a new cutch, clutch cable, battery and exhaust fitted.
Fitted an LED dash kit
Colour coded roof rails
Sport spoiler
Third brake light
Vectra light with LEDs
Dash mat
Rev counter
Fitted interior SMD LEDS
Undersealed arches
Things that need fitting/to do list etc:
Spray irmscher sideskirts Satin black
Smooth arches and spray Satin black
Satin black bumper tops
Satin black bump strips
Paint remaining interior grey plastics gloss black (sills etc)
Refurb my alloys
vectra chrome door handles
central locking kit
Re-do front door speakers
Re-trim door cards black/flocked
Dye grey carpet black
Fit black side reps
Wire in electric window kit
Get various things into the bodyshop:
Smoothed arden blue mirrors
Smoothed arden blue boot lock surround
Smoothed arden blue de-locked door handles
Irmscher splitter
Front & rear bumper bottoms smoothed and sprayed arden blue
Things that need to be bought for the future etc:
Make stealth shelf
Vibe 6x9s
Sport seats
Micro light fogs and wiring kit
Smoked MHWs
Possibilities:
Alarm system
Boot release for central locking kit
[Edited on 26-04-2011 by David`]
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brebaz
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Looks good pal, im sure iv seen you on allcorsa??
And where did you get the dash mat from??
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David`
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quote:
Originally posted by brebaz
Looks good pal, im sure iv seen you on allcorsa??
And where did you get the dash mat from??
Yeh, pretty much pasted from Allcorsa.
I got the dash mat from Fulton on here 
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brebaz
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Ahh right, i want one but there isnt any on ebay 
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alex1983
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Plans sound good David Just get them done faster, lol! 
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David`
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quote:
Originally posted by alex1983
Plans sound good David Just get them done faster, lol!
Thanks, yeh, the weather isn't ideal for spraying at the minute. Getting something sorted out soon though.
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David B
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Looks like a very clean car sounds good with the plans love the colour.
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David`
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quote:
Originally posted by David B
Looks like a very clean car sounds good with the plans love the colour.
Thanks alot mate, appreciate that.
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corsamon
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Tidy car mate, like it alot.
Surprising what subtle little bits can do to a car  I wants me a dash mat too :-( Badly
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David`
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quote:
Originally posted by corsamon
Tidy car mate, like it alot.
Surprising what subtle little bits can do to a car I wants me a dash mat too :-( Badly
Thanks, yeh I think I was lucky to get that mat
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Chris F
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Very tidy mate, i like it!
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rickish1
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quite like the steelies on this tbh 
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David`
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Just an update on plans and some of the progress I've made. 27/03
- Delocked handles and boot lock primered and awaiting paint for respray in satin black.
- Side skirts half way through the rubbing down stage, need to be primered and sprayed satin black.
- Mirrors nearlly finished being prepped ready for bodyshop.
- Irmscher splitter arrived, needs to be prepped ready for the bodyshop
- Bought a set of post 97 bumpers in a fair condition for £30. Bargain, especially since they were arden blue.
Once they arrived all seemed ok, on closer inspection the rear one has a slight crease in and the front one looks to be an aftermarket ebay style bumper. Resprayed poorly with paint peeling, also the splitter is hard plastic and built into the actual bumper itself...?
Plan of action is to get these on the car asap as a tempory thing. Get mine off, smoothed, primered and into the bodyshop to be colour coded. While I'm taking them off, I can get my arches smoothed and sprayed satin black.
Lots going on. I'm also on the look out for some bump strips, I think these will look alot better considering i'm going for the black/blue theme.
I need thoughts on the grill, I don't like the debadged grill, so I'm thinking either doing the 'V' bit satin black or get it colour coded. Comments welcome.
Also 28/03
Well after a few problems getting the rear bumper off, I've finally got them swapped over and the tempory one put on. It gives me a good idea of what it will look like once i've got the others resprayed and i'm liking it! Notice the crappy boot lock surround that i've got on, no matter how much I back to black it, it still looks grey. Should have the original resprayed and put back on soon though.
This is how i'll be driving around for a few months untill I've got the black ones prepped and resprayed, no arches for the win.
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Jamie-C
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Nice Corsa there mate  Wheels are surprisingly cool
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David`
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Got the temporary front bumper on today. I knew it was gonna be a pain to switch over but taking the weather guard off from around the front arches was a joke. All that just to get at the bolts behind the arches, which I eventually pulled off because all the bolts had rusted and snapped. Once the arches were off the bumper came off pretty easily.
Its pretty clean underneath too tbh, no rust that I can see.
Had to stick the number plate on with double sided pads for the time being, I knew it wasn't going to be a great fit because its a rep, but the fit is shocking to be honest, glad it won't be staying on for that long.
Been quoted £260 to get my bumpers, splitter and mirrors rubbed down/sprayed at the body shop, so once I've got the money I'll get the black ones sprayed and put back on.
Still need some ideas on the grill, not sure whether to satin black the 'V' bit or colour code it.
Comments welcome.
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Jamie-C
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You don't have to take the arch liner off to remove/fit the bumper. Theres a little plastic flap that you pull back to get access to the bolt 
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David`
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
You don't have to take the arch liner off to remove/fit the bumper. Theres a little plastic flap that you pull back to get access to the bolt
I know, had to take that off to get the arches off aswell. Need to get them prepped ready to be sprayed.
[Edited on 04-04-2011 by David`]
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David`
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Done quite a bit without updates.
These are waiting for the bodyshop
I have the arches fully smoothed and in primer waiting to go satin black.
Bump strips are waiting their final coat of satin
Rear bumper smoothed fully and in primer
Started rubbing down the irmscher splitter.
Just need to crack on with the front bumper and get it all in the bodyshop.
ALSO
SMD heater bulbs fitted, much brighter which is good.
Red LEDs replaced in MFD since the white ones blew after about 4 months. Lets face it, they are rubbish, good thing I have 10 SMDs coming soon.
Clipped my front fog switch in lol. Hopefully It'll have more use than an ornament soon.
Got my bumps strips sprayed and lacquer, will probably redo them without lacquer as they are a bit too shiney for my liking.
Also rubbed down the rust bubbles and undersealed the arches
Pretty pointless updates, but important ones I think. Hopefully more cosmetic updates will follow soon.
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David`
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Clocks changed to the correct milage and a 3 cylinder rev counter now fitted
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billy_t15
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where did you get the heater bulbs from mate?
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David`
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Heres a link to the ones I bought, fiar price I guess
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190508368469
[Edited on 19-04-2011 by David`]
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David`
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Gave the car a wash, polish and t-cut yesterday and finished it off today. All the marks on the doors are now out. I also popped most of the dent out of the rear quarter. The paintwork has kept well over the winter. Its once again spotless. Just need to get the stuff into the bodyshop and get it finished now.
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Chris F
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Looking good mate!
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Li4M
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looking good david
have you decided what you're doing with the bumpers colour wise or still undecided?
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