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Author MY CORSA B ( DEAD )
bally2010
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13th May 11 at 17:19   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i havent had the wing sorted im waiting for a good condition one on ebay so i can buy it
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16th May 11 at 20:44   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well due to a tensioner going on me i decided to replace quite a bit of stuff

bought a cambelt kit
water pump
oil filter
air filter
oil
hydraulic lifters

and going to paint engine and gearbox up and tidy engine bay all in a week hopefully

also have few other thing to do like paint all my wheels painted one but got ruined off rain

and have rear arch welded

[Edited on 16-05-2011 by bally2010]
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16th May 11 at 22:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
when my engine was out i ground all the unneeded studs and stuff out of the engine bay then gave it a fresh coat of paint
bally2010
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17th May 11 at 00:46   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i will be doing all that anyways, im looking to fit a corsa c header tank aswell as my inlet is so big its hard to fit header tank
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22nd May 11 at 16:28   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well today started pretty good got engine loom off radiator all petrol pipes etc only thing left to do is take shafts our and undo mounts then its the cleaning and painting stage

also been painting few bits up on car painted antiroll bar and front lower crossmember with some galvanised paint so wont rust . had to stop progress due to hailstone and not the right tools with me

PICS OF HOW IT STARTED


HOW I LEFT TODAY

AND A WHEEL I PAINTED WITH MY COMPRESSOR
bally2010
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24th May 11 at 12:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
had my car welded today very happy with how it turned out ,

started like this

then got a lot worse half way up the arch



then to this


then to this




just needs holes drilling for arch trim then undersealing and painting



[Edited on 24-05-2011 by bally2010]

[Edited on 24-05-2011 by bally2010]
JaffaTB
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24th May 11 at 16:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
looks much better mate
bally2010
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24th May 11 at 16:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thanks need to repaint all my hubs and calipers in black
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24th May 11 at 16:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
and you need to underseal/repaint both rear arches to stop it happening again
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24th May 11 at 16:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i am doing will be tomorrow now tho going to try get rear arches both undersealed and painted engine out and cleaned up and painted aswell
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29th May 11 at 23:43   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i bought a corsa c and stripping this now and then scrapping it

few pics of car and dangerous dave aka mike
Jamie-C
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30th May 11 at 12:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Should've kept the B
bally2010
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30th May 11 at 12:40   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cant anymore i must put a new set of hubs on every othe rmonth because of pot holes,

plus the b feels so small and rattley in comparison with a c

ill prob buy another b when i have bit more money and do a nice conversion on it
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31st May 11 at 23:43   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well got my c totally standard 5 door beauty

going to be puting some cav slabs on facelift front and rear bumper sxi rear lights and new style front lights and sxi skirts

how it looks

how i want it to look

im not that good on photo shop
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7th Jun 11 at 21:31   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so put my car back on wheels today is a bit low tbh






[Edited on 07-06-2011 by bally2010]
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7th Jun 11 at 22:26   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hotrod look
bally2010
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7th Jun 11 at 22:39   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
scrapyard look ,just waiting for them to collect it now
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8th Jun 11 at 18:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
car has been scrapped



grubz172
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8th Jun 11 at 20:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol
bally2010
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8th Jun 11 at 20:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by grubz172
lol


jelous ??? muchly
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8th Jun 11 at 20:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
still a few salvageable bits on that mate, headlights wingmirrors bootlock, i got 25 quid for a set of headlights on ebay, and 15 quid for some mirrors lol
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8th Jun 11 at 20:43   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ive got 2 sets of headlights lol gonna make some DIY depos and sell them also i enjoyed smashing it up with a brick and metal bar , every panel took a beating

[Edited on 08-06-2011 by bally2010]
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8th Jun 11 at 22:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Done a good job at destroying that

RIP Corsa.
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9th Jun 11 at 00:56   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
Done a good job at destroying that

RIP Corsa.


thanks

the main fing is had fun smashing fook out of it . plus bought a new car with the bits i sold off it

r.i.p rot in peices

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