ed
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I heard that you can make your own driveshafts and hubs, or mod them to fit from the donor car... Is this true? And use an Eco-Tec pipe instead of a powercap... Any other cost saving tips? 
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ed
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2.0 16v btw
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AdamF
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Location: Bexhill, East Sussex
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i made my own driveshafts and adapter plate for the ecotec pipe, however you need to no what your doing for the shafts you cant just cut them down the middle and mig weld the two bits togther
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astravanman
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i am doing it at the mo mate i got the normal shafts and machined the astra gte hubs or cav gsi ones 2mm and used them on my corsa all should work and u can use a eco tec cap off a veccy
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ed
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Oh ok... But paying somone to do it for me will still work out less than buying a kit wont it?
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AdamF
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dont no mate i would have thought so though
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corb
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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I used astra gte shafts, cossvaux hubs, coulda had astra ones machined, wouldve been cheaper, inlet adaptor plate £60 from vtuning, lee mitchells mounts, cossvaux power steering mount (damn cossvaux  !!)
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millsey
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Registered: 26th Apr 01
Location: Devon-Drives: BMW 318iS Coupe, 1.0l 12v Corsa,4.1l
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just buy the kit
if ya not going to do it proper dont bother its not worth it cuase u will just distroy your car
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stuyw
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: North West Drives: Rev3 MR2 Turbo
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yeah, if u competent then go for it, but if not 100% sure, then get the proper kit 
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M2RTY
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buy cheap, buy twice. thats what i say
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ed
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What I was wondering really, was, that seeing as I got all these parts knocking about, like driveshafts and hubs of of the Cav, is whether I could use them, turns out I can. I won't be doing the machining myself, I'll get a specialist to do them for me - whos got the machinary to do milling and lathing e.t.c... Or whatever needs to be done to get them to fit. It's not really 'doing it on the cheap' as it will still cost a few $$$, just think that £475 for the fitting kit off PVD is a bt much...
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Mattb
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Registered: 2nd Feb 03
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what about the fitting kit jr/ lee mitchel had for sale?
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ed
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He told me that somone off of here fucked him about a bit and for some reason he couldn't sell it to me... So I told you I'd get the wheels off you, so I had to spend the money for that on tyres... Then he let me know that he could sell it again cos the person un-fucked him about, but then I had comitted myself to the alloys, so no $$$ for the fitting kit... Out of breath now
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