BenC1985
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I bought this back in july 2011 to replace my Vectra gsi that kept giving me grief and emptying my wallet.lol I saved it from going to car heaven as it was supposed to be scrapped through the scrappage scheme.lol When i got it it was on roughly 20k and full service history and completly standard, the only things ever to be changed were the tyres,cambelt and a service every year. When i picked it up it still had in the glovebox the air freshener that the dealer put in the car and the thing hanging off the rear view mirror to say its passed an inspection and the radio tuned .lol
In these pics i had already added some genuine vauxhall mats and the carbon fibre engine cover, also i had to put new number plates as they disintagrated and the exhaust from the cat back as it was blowing and also some genuine mud flaps as them and the mats didnt get ticked as extras from the factory..Now for some pics of it not long after i bought it.
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vx-scottw
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Nice and clean what it like now
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BenC1985
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First mod was a badgeless grill
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vx-scottw
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And depos
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BenC1985
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Then some cheap fk coilovers off ebay
And fitted but not adjusted properly.
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BenC1985
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quote: Originally posted by vx-scottw
And depos
I forgot to take a pic of the grill on its own or ive lost the pic so i used that pic.lol
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BenC1985
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Ive got the order of some of this wrong.lol coilovers were first, then Porsche twist reps, then grill and depos and mhws. Pics to follow.
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BenC1985
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First pics with Porsche twist reps
The ride height wasent dialled in due to two different tyre sizes. Lol soon got that sorted though
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BenC1985
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Next mods were smoked depos and MHW rears
Ignore the gay stickers they didnt last long on there.lol
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BenC1985
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And how it is these days. Ride height sorted (well just as low as it will go on coilovers) lol added some heko wind deflectors and a nice alpine head unit to get my sub in the car
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BenC1985
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And in its winter state. Runnin cav slabs with big tyres to save the porsche twists.
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silvercorsabee
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this is absolute mint! id buy it anyday if u ever sold it!
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Danny W
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Looks so good on the twists.
Still looks real clean on the cav's though
Smoke Grey 5 Door
EastMids Regional Events
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vx-scottw
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looks mint still need to have another b
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BenC1985
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Its not 100% mint trust me but as near as your gonna get for a car thats 14 years old and never garaged.lol it has a few car park dings(only tiny) but i have OCD or so im told so it bothers me.lmao i will get them sorted out and a full valet to correct the paint and get it looking like new again when i have a job. If the job hunt doesent go well i dont think i will sell it as i wont find another like this. Its sooo reliable probably the best car ive ever owned in that sense. Ive had it two years in july and the only things ive done is mot,tax,service and the battery died completly so had a second hand one on it which is still going. Haha
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BenC1985
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I back to blacked my archs today with SMOOTH PEANUT BUTTER.lol bloody suprised it works so well. Not easy to use but does the same job as expensive cleaning products. Haha ive done a half an arch to show the difference. See the pics
Heres the whole side of the car. I only actually done both RH archs,rear bumper and RH door handle and bump strip to see how it worked then my hands were like blocks of ice so i gave up for today.lol
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ArdenblueDan
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car looks awesome buddy really clean example
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DansCorsaSXi
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Love it mate,love the wheels.
Star silver C20XE SXi Project thread
Smoke Grey Corsa GSi Project thread
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BenC1985
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Cheers guys. Id love to drop a let in it but it costs too much these days and im trying to be sensible. Haha its only on 32k now so plenty of life left in it.
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LukesCorsaSXi
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Love this! Those alloys! Wanna swap for my speedlines? Bumper tops and arches have come up a treat too! Good work
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BenC1985
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Tbh the bumper tops are ok. Its the archs that have faded and needed doing. But i noticed earlier while cleaning the rh rear arch that two of the clips have broken and its flapping about lol I will prob just get 4 new archs and they wont be faded then.
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BeetleGav
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cant believe this was nearly sent the scrappy! insane waste nearly!
such a nice motor
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kennySRi
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An absolute perfect and simple corsa. Really nice mods (like it much more with the twists) and a nice height with standard clean bodywork. Love it
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nibnob21
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Didn't you already have a project thread for this?
MX5 Project Thread
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Mark.W
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Love it.Keep the slabs on and sell me the twisties
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