N3lly
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Hi everyone,
My name's James, I turned 17 back in June and was lucky enough to get a nice little Corsa for my Birthday 
It's a 1.2 8v Merit 5 door and had only 58,500 miles on the clock! The cambelt and water pump had been just before I got it as well which was a big bonus. Anyway, got my insurance and provisional licence sorted ready to take it out on my birthday before work, I backed it off the drive and as I went to pull away it stalled, wouldn't start again all day and then ran lumpy as anything. So a major service was first on the list; replaced the Rotor Arm, Distributor Cap, Plugs, HT Leads, CTS, Oil Filter, Oil, Fuel Filter and did the Brake Fluid just for good measure. After this the car ran great again. Been a happy 6 months since then!
I've waffled on enough, time for some pictures!
This is how I got it, completely standard with Tigra alloys:
Next I decided to paint my calipers and drums red:
Thought the alloys could do with a respray (Don't worry I needed new tyres):
Also thought the sound system could do with an upgrade; Vibe Edge 12" Sub, 2 Vibe Edge 6x9s, 2 Vibe edge Coaxials and a Pioneer headunit:
With the alloys fitted:
Then I kind of went through a stage of several mods without taking any pictures. In this time the car has been:
- Lowered 40mm all round on Jamex Dampers & Springs
- Sportex Cat to Back Exhaust System with 3" outward rolled tip
- Debadged sides and rear
- Tinted rear lights with FlyEyes Kit
- Drilled and de-restricted airbox
- K&N Panel Filter
- Smoked side repeaters
- New number plates
- Sport interior
And here's how she sits and the moment (sorry for the dirtiness in the first pic!):
[Edited on 15-12-2011 by N3lly]
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3CorsaMeal
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Looks so much better now, nice job 
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Jamie-C
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Welcome  So simple yet it looks great  Looks like a minter too!
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DansCorsaSXi
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Good work on that mate.
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N3lly
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Thanks guys! I'm trying to go for the 'less is more' approach 
The only other thing I want to do now is get some depos which I should be sorting out soon
[Edited on 15-12-2011 by N3lly]
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Christopher
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I like this photo mate
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N3lly
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Thank you, it's one of my favourites too
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Darryl H
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Looks good buddy the only thing I'm not so keen on is the tint on the rear lights, makes them look a bit faded but if you like them then that's fair enough after all it's your car
Keep the updates coming
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shaunmods
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Agree with chris those last few photos are ace! The looks really tidy and liking what you've done with it so far
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TwinFlow
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Nice one James, It's Adam from AC
Photo christopher quoted...
AMAZING! Massive improvement with the lowering. Shame I hear your going to get rid of it soon 
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N3lly
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Thanks again everyone.
Darryl - It only cost me 9 quid to do so I thought why not, I think they look better than just standard rears
Shaun - Thanks, I'm open to any suggestions on other mods but I want to keep it as clean as possible
TwinFlow - Hey Adam, glad you like it! I've got it for at least another 6 months, I might even keep it until the end of show season next year, I'm tempted to keep this when I get a new one anyway as it doesn't cost that much more for me to insure two cars
Cheers all, any further suggestions? Depos should be on the cards fairly soon
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D0NN3R
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looks really tidy for its age
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N3lly
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Cheers! I'm surprised how well the paint has kept, I thought it would have easily have been Flame Pink by now but there's no signs of fading yet
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N3lly
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Just a small update, no pictures yet!
Things I hope to achieve over the next few months:
- Full colour code
- Depos (bought)
- Smoothed post 97 front and rear bumper (bought front)
- Lowered 80mm on the rear to hopefully sort out the slight dragster look
- Sort out rattle from heat shield
- GSi Skirts modified to fit my 5 door
- Possible respray as the boot has some white marks where the badges used to be, also the near side front wing is slightly faded (a T-cut may sort this)
I'll update as I go along, just wanted to update as it's been quite a while!
[Edited on 26-01-2012 by N3lly]
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Mark.W
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Looks like a nice clean base Nelly.Nice and simple mods is the way forward.
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N3lly
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark.W
Looks like a nice clean base Nelly.Nice and simple mods is the way forward.
Thanks Mark, my friend Adam (TwinFlow on here) did me a photoshop of the planned mods the other day and it looks great, just got to pull it off in real life now!
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Danny W
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Such a clean and tidy looking 5 door, your doing well with it so far, love the less is more approach
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FAZ
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like alot, but maybe the drums should be black?
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vx-scottw
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looks realy nice body work looks mint
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N3lly
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Danny - Thanks mate, I've just got to be careful not to overdo it!
FAZ - Glad you like it! Despite highlighting the fact that I don't have proper brakes on the rear, I quite like them red
Scott - Cheers! I'm very pleased with the bodywork, just the odd stone chip here and there
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Haimsey
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Looks really smart! Very clean.
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N3lly
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Right well it's certainly been a long time since I updated this thread! So I thought I should stick something in here.
The plans have changed a bit, I now have a smoothed post 97 bumper with an Irmy splitter also smoothed in, I'm picking up morettes at the weekend and I've also purchased some 100mm rear springs.
Here's a couple of pictures for people to look at, ignore the car on the right, that's the GSi I'm currently restoring :
Just needs the grills...
How it will be at PVS...
[Edited on 04-05-2012 by N3lly]
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Christopher
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Front end looks smart! Look forward to seeing this at pv!  Also get a project up for the gsi if you havent
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Space Cadet
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Think I've already commented on this on AC but front end with the smoothed bumper looks spot on!
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D0NN3R
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front end looks awesome
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