cayenne15
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Registered: 28th Sep 08
Location: Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire
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Right then guys, some of you may remember me from when i had a silver corsa b
this one
well some of you may remember that i scraped a perfectly good corsa for a volvo c30
I had that for 3 years, but during that time, my partner (Martella) fell pregnant and we had a beautiful little girl named, Adelphie Rose, she weighed 7lbs 4oz.
This is her at about 1 years of age.
The Volvo served us well, was annoying to get the car seat in and out of the back but we struggled on, i got rid of it last year as it was quite thirsty being a 1.6 petrol. i didnt need a car after that as i could walk to work, etc. We moved house earlier this year and we needed a car to get about in and get me to work so i picked up a red corsa b with a 1.2 corsa c engine in.
i got to work straight on away on it, i think everyone knows Shaun off here, well he came round to give me a hand in cleaning it, we snow foamed it and gave it a good polish and we protected it with auto finesse tough coat and we coated the wheels in swissvax autobahn.
i had that for a about a month before the lad that bought fruitbooters old red corsa, contact me asking if i wanted any bits as he had decided to split it as it had about 4 engines in it and he couldnt be arsed with it. he said he wanted £40 for the front bumper so i snapped his hand off, it was in condition with a few stone chips  i got it fitted one night i got back from in the dark as i couldnt wait to get it on 
i then went over to Shauns for a quick photoshoot and it was an excuse for him to get his out as it hadnt been out in ages 
Then the day after that i went to work and someone decided to leave me a nice present for when i left work
Lucky enough there was someone that was at the cash point and he got his reg plate and its all on cctv so i got the police involved as he drove off from the scene of the accident, cut a long story short, he was messing me about so i went through the insurance and got a nice payout. i then lost interest in the car and it stayed like that until i got my current car.
You can see it lurking in the background of this picture, which is when i sold the red one
I drove the silver C for about a week standard until i saw a for sale thread for some wheel, it did mean a road trip but it was worth it 
so with this in hand
Me and my partner got up at about 6 to take to the road
i went and picked up Naths D90s which i then spent most of the night coating in swissvax auotbahn
its gives some epic beading and awesome protection
Then the following day i went over to Shauns with a car full of wheels and FK AK suspension to get it all fitted
backs done
Adapters on
wheels on
i think Shaun has the pictures of the front being done. we had a bit of a game doing the fronts as some of the bolts were really tight, but we got the breaker bar out and they were soon off, and the new coilovers were on in no time.
so then what else to do but go and get some pictures
So this is the car that some of you may have seen at Trax but not ever seen it on here
i gave it a thorough clean/detail before trax as it was very much needed.
i gave my partner a job as she wanted to give me a hand
Whilst i did all the bodywork. She also did some of the interior. i then finished it and left the tyres and trim until we got to trax. i went out to check i had loaded the car up and make sure i had everything in there i needed when it had rained which can only mean one thing, epic beading!!
I dont have much planned for it i dont think, i am getting an exhaust on it on saturday which it needs as it lets the rear end down. Other than that i think i want to get the paintwork in pristine condition theres a few stone chips and car park dents i want to get sorted, then i might look at an irmscher splitter and wind deflectors.
Thanks for reading, and im sorry if ive bored you
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Joey 1.6 sport
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Looking good mate I'm loving d90 on c at the minute think the mini wheels looked quite good on the b to keep up the good work 
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Christopher
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 Had a quick chat with you at Trax  glad you finally got a thread up! Looks awsome buddy! I wish I had my camera I would of loved some snaps of it and maybe even some together
[Edited on 12-09-2013 by Christopher]
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cayenne15
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Alright Chris yeah i forget my camera too yeah that would have been great.
Cheers Joey yeah it was the first time id seen mini wheels on a b its just a shame they werent wider
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Christopher
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Theres always next time
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flybikeslee
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corsa looked good on mini wheels
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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You already know what I think of it Luke Love how simple it is at the minute!
Few half decent pics I've got of it
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cayenne15
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Cheers dude!
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cayenne15
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quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
corsa looked good on mini wheels
Yeah it was the first corsa I had seen with them on, now everyone wants to do it, there's a lad that's put them on a C and it looks horrible
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Jamie-C
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Registered: 3rd Jun 08
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That red B looked great with the Mini wheels, never really liked the newer Corsa but that looks spot on, simplicity at its best, don't go ruining it with smoothed bumpers etc
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vx-scottw
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Registered: 8th Feb 11
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Good seeing you again mate car looks mint keep it up 
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cayenne15
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
That red B looked great with the Mini wheels, never really liked the newer Corsa but that looks spot on, simplicity at its best, don't go ruining it with smoothed bumpers etc
Cheers Jamie nah I'm keeping most of the body work as it is but just tidying it up abit. I like the fact the bump strips etc break the silver up.
Scott was good to see you too dude, cheers mate. Yours looks spot on just need to go a tad lower 
[Edited on 13-09-2013 by cayenne15]
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Paul W
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C looked tidy at Trax man Good to see you and everyone as always
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ArdenblueDan
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Looks great buddy wish I had a corsa c 
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