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Dan295

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3rd Jan 12 at 16:22

To tell the story from the top. Years ago i March 2009 I bought a empty shell with an xe engine off a bloke on MIG. he had the shell from a salvage yard and with the shell having done 24k it was clean as a whistle and he bought it and stripped it out with the intention of putting the xe in and running a fuel cell etc. He changed his mind and for a tidy sum it all swapped hands

It arrived like this looking a bit of a mess and I found a place to have it stored

I promptly got to work stripping it down and removing everything i could and cleaning it up

i painted it a ridiculous silver colour which i kind of regret right now but anyway, bought loads of parts to rebuild it

then threw it all back together

all ready to find its new home

modified and painted the rear mount

painted and new hubs

and then in

removing all the old exhaust studs was a biiitch

fitting exhaust

all sitting in the right place

front brakes with Ferodo pads and 256mm stoppers

put some calibra leathers in it which were awful

but finished off the interior with stuff that i had

then i pretty much didnt touch it for about 6-8 months so it got a bit dirty

then it came the time to get it finished so it went off to lee mitchell to sort out the electrical gremlins, althernator was bust, crank sensor, loom was a mess and some other stuff which i cant remember now

then back it came about 2-3 weeks later and it was awesome

Got it all MOT'd which it went through first time. Then it later developed a nice oil leak from the oil pump, turned out the housing had cracked

which then got replaced by me on the drive

then it was running again for a short while before the clutch bolts came out of the flywheel, even though they were torqued up to required strength. made a right mess of the box and screwed the release bearing, took a lump out of the clutch as well.

that was the end of the trouble for now really, wrapped the manifold and got an ashley exhaust which frankly sounds awesome

last weekend it threw a throttle position sensor which i replaced and then it got post 97 bumpers

dash then got removed to fit epas

now its all pretty much back together, epas doesnt seem to be playing ball so need to get the multimeter out.

[Edited on 16-01-2012 by Dan295]

Generation

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3rd Jan 12 at 16:33

Them stickers are terrible, other than that its a standard corsa which are everywhere in the UK..

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3rd Jan 12 at 16:34

quote:
Originally posted by Generation
Them stickers are terrible, other than that its a standard corsa which are everywhere in the UK..

but with a xe, so slightly less common, and therefore likley to take people for suprise, miuns the stickers

JM_16v

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3rd Jan 12 at 16:36

dent in the bonnet

the stickers make it look like a 17 year old has jsut bought it.
Steelies also are to much of a sleeper
apart from that looks good

ignore that thou, as long as you like it. be happy

sc0ott

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3rd Jan 12 at 16:38

Check out generations girlfriends car for sticker bomb approved stickers.

Generation

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3rd Jan 12 at 16:41

lol^ Little less random though..

My point was I can't even see the engine bay, all we have there is a corsa that looks standard and somebody saying it has a 2.0... ok, next..

Need before pics, engine mods, details etc etc

Corsa_Sport21

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3rd Jan 12 at 16:44

If thats it "nearly there", you must not have had much of a goal for the car.

I hope its cost you pretty much nothing to get all the bits its needed.

Ojc

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3rd Jan 12 at 16:48

Watch out for Dan he's fucking well hard

Darryl H

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3rd Jan 12 at 16:52

I'd personally take the stickers off.

Otherwise if you are looking to suprise people I think you'll pull it off pretty well

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sc0ott

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3rd Jan 12 at 16:53

Looks like a good sleeper if its kept like that on the outside.

willay

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3rd Jan 12 at 17:22

Sort out that bonnet and get some new plastic arches, then take your birds hair dryer to the bumper plastics, would be delicious.

[Edited on 03-01-2012 by willay]

Dan295

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3rd Jan 12 at 17:26

New arches all round, new bonnet. But first to wire up epaasss.

Its nearly there as I'm constantly fixing it, clutch, box etc.

willay

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3rd Jan 12 at 17:28

sexy mate

Dan295

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3rd Jan 12 at 17:43

quote:
Originally posted by Generation
other than that its a standard corsa which are everywhere in the UK..

I'm glad you've fallen for it. Its far from standard, its everything put together which I've picked up over the years, black interior, sport seats, 15" steels powdercoated matt black. Whiteline rear arb. Sport wheel. 300lb gaz coilovers.

Chris F

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3rd Jan 12 at 17:48

quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Watch out for Dan he's fucking well hard

--ToM--

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3rd Jan 12 at 17:56

looks a nice project mate lets face it... it could be worse... could be a 5 door

Generation

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3rd Jan 12 at 18:37

quote:
Originally posted by Dan295

quote:
Originally posted by Generation
other than that its a standard corsa which are everywhere in the UK..

I'm glad you've fallen for it. Its far from standard, its everything put together which I've picked up over the years, black interior, sport seats, 15" steels powdercoated matt black. Whiteline rear arb. Sport wheel. 300lb gaz coilovers.

That's fair enough, and sounds good. How can anyone appreciate te work done, with pics of just the outside and no write up

3CorsaMeal

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3rd Jan 12 at 19:11

is that a chris_uk trackday splitter in the 1st pic?

Tomnova16

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3rd Jan 12 at 19:25

Dan you need to make another visit to Lemass

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter

Tomnova16

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3rd Jan 12 at 19:30

His old one

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter

Tomnova16

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3rd Jan 12 at 19:30

Hmm. Hope I got the right dan

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
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Daveskater

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3rd Jan 12 at 19:37

That's the right one, Tom

Did you do that work on the bonnet/bumper extension?

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

Tomnova16

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3rd Jan 12 at 19:38

Yeah
Did all the colour coding and smooth rear bumper too

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Tomnova16

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3rd Jan 12 at 19:38

Think the wheels were powder coated but can't remember

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Dan295

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3rd Jan 12 at 20:33

quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
His old one

Oh waaa, she gone

Yeah I'm probably going to do the grey bits in anthracite soon and a new bonnet and osf wing. It will be round your way august some time.

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