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aron
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27th Sep 07 at 21:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sept '06:

bought a totally standard late '99 star silver 1.6 sport with air-con and twin airbags...

within a week debadged grille, clear repeaters, veccy door interior door handles are on...










car remained like this til xmas '06 and alpine headunit went in...



a few months into '07;


just-about-better-than-standard (but smart) disks aquired...


leather gaitors and chrome gear-knob bought & fitted


magnex bought & fitted...



3-4 months pass...

then...

bonanza!!! find a '99 tigra breaking with EVERY irmscher interior accessory!!! schweeet!!!

get down to kent to raid tigra with front end smash...




that weekend, steering wheel, mats & trims are fitted!!









...& some simple colour coding & punto wiper into the mix...



















this month, [still havent fitted irmscher pedals or dash trim - waiting for LEDs for dash etc...]

sept '07

plans get bigger when i buy the wheels i've dreamed of for like... AGES


drove to bristol and picked up my spanking new wheels...


[totally not speedlines or softstars] lol

coilovers next on list...

spax rsx kit bought and fitted [along with disks & pads] this week...





newly slammed, something like 55mm at the front, 60mm on the rear.










THINGS STILL TO DO...

*fit my new wheels when the locking wheel-nuts come thru in the post
*fit the rest of the irmscher interior stuff, LEDs... etc
*new headlights
*3rd brakelight


[Edited on 14-12-2009 by aron]

[Edited on 22-02-2010 by aron]
flybikeslee
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looks good so far matey cesaro wheels pherhaps?
aron
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cesaros are sexual, but they aren't whats sitting here waiting...
aron
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keep guessing lol...
Adam C
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27th Sep 07 at 22:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats looking very smart mate.

Those Irmscher bits where an awesome find.

Whats the wheels? give me a hint


My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
aron
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cheers green thing, just wanted it subtle really...

as for the rims, they're pretty old skool, they're german...

[Edited on 27-09-2007 by aron85]
SAL
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lucky find on those imrscher bits your car reminds me off antmashed'ed on sport wheels which imo is fucking keep it real !
SAL
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oh on another point, we are having a wee get together in a few weeks in harlow, come along and meet some of the SE crew we dont bite, but willay does like to touch the good spots

stavs
aron
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cheers stavs!!

so when and where will the harlow meet be??

would be good to meet you lot, since i'm the only corsa b round my way...

...such a cruel world we live in.






SAL
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have a look in the SE regional's
DYL
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nice looking corsa you got there! did you say your the only one with a corsa b round there??

the car park were we meet if is always full of "b"'s ill take a pic! its some sort of corsa club lol
aron
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a few jobs jobbed today...

front calipers sorted out and blue and rear drums in black...





rear arches also de-bolted, beaten out and plastics trimmed to accomodate my 15x7 ET37 rims...

exhaust was also bullied into not rattling as much. lol
aron
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*& front mudflaps taken off...

i can now do speed-bumps
flybikeslee
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just tell everyone bout yer rims already! brake disks £15 halfords? good buy
aron
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lol, yeh, cheap brakes matey!!

the wheels - well, when i get a chance to wash it, i will take some pics!!
alan t
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looks good mate, good progress. what paint is that u used on the calipers? i got told you could use hammerite on the calipers, is this true?
flybikeslee
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yup i used hammerite on mine
small plate looks good may have to put mine back on
alan t
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thanks flybikeslee did u have to laquer it as well or just clean the caliper then paint with hamerite? cheers
flybikeslee
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clean caliper with wire brush and brake cleaner then paint, thats all
alan t
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cheers buddy
aron
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cheers guys!!

i used blue engine paint, don't be fooled by 'caliper paint' - it's regular paint just twice the price!!
ash87
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looking cool so far, wise choices on the changes
sport16v
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looks sweet; what size is the punto rear wiper in inches as I'm wanting one for mine? Thanks
aron
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thanks mate

it covers 3-4 inches less than the original did

not sure of the exact measurements but will check after work for you...

going off the subject slightly, but might be of interst; the blades are dead easy to change, can cut normal blades to fit...
aron
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on sunday finally got round to fitting my new wheels...

RONAL 'R10' TURBOs







took some proper pictures of the car this evening...

i'm a happy boy i am...
















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