Nic Barnes
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yep. shall be on road by end of week id have though. all depends when glass man can put glass back in really.
cant wait to go smash its throttle in again.
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matthew172
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Registered: 5th Jan 07
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the new harnesses look the dogz, super cool fo a home built tool
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Pridzz
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Registered: 18th Nov 08
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looks good nic, Jst watched one of the conversion vids you made on photobucket.
What bhp you reckon its running atm?
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Nic Barnes
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515 last time it was on rollers
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Nic Barnes
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been to see the windscreen place at back of my work this morning. Corsa will have glass put back in tomorrow. Should pass its mot also, just tax to buy really. Someone on here said its an utter shite looking car so will get it washed and polished and take some pics of completed car on weekend. Really looking forward to driving it again.
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dannyjay
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Registered: 22nd Jan 07
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5x more than I have, but i gotz stance lolz.
But seriously, love it.
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Nic Barnes
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gavin from auto glass is putting the glass in as i type. Then mot this afternoon. Wonder what it will fail on?
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Nic Barnes
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gavin from auto glass is putting the glass in as i type. Then mot this afternoon. Wonder what it will fail on?
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Rick Draper
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So good you said it twice.
Watch out for chips in the screen, a sharp jolt or bang can see a chip turn into a crack.....
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vaux.dan
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lmao, love this car... seriously wish i had the knowledge that you have
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Nic Barnes
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it passed its mot. Only just on emissions though.
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Nic Barnes
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doesnt get much better than cheap ebay padding
will fit it later and take the car for a run to the petrol station. its good to have it back and on the road.
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
Location: Bradford Drives: LET Vectra B
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Bet you're glad to have two cars on the road now especially when at one point you had two cars that weren't driveable.
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Nic Barnes
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aint a drama. got a works van.
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Nic Barnes
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first absolute epic fail already.
firstly though, car really does handle a hell of a lot different. it feels way way tighter in corners and i could easily push it a lot more than i do round the back roads round here. it feels completely different to drive.
then came the fail. somewhere along the lines i must have completely forgot to put the big o ring on the fuel tank top when re fitting the cover. went to fill up in tesco to find a fuel fountain happening in the car. i did start to think something wasnt right when i was well over 40 litres gone in. twat.
so left a giant mess at tesco. had to tell the people in the shop. must happen a lot as they werent bothered. then had to go home and drain about 10 litres into jerryatric cans to stop it leaking.
what a plank
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Eddx14xe
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Registered: 12th Jan 10
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These things happen Nic,
Has it damaged any of the paint inside the car?
[Edited on 08-04-2010 by Eddx14xe]
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Nic Barnes
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too dark to see really. mopped it up quickly though all round the insde of the car.
will have to ring autovaux or go local vaux parts counter see about getting the seal asap.
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Eddx14xe
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What plans you got for it next?
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Nic Barnes
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could do with getting the rusty bootlid sorted i guess.
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SR91
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnestook it for a little drive round the air filed etc. feels a lot stiffer. did a couple of wheelspins also. on way back to my mates unit i was navigating around some potholes that were giant muddles. i didnt navigate properly and splashed into one, which then sent about 11 litres of water direct at my face. a windscreen would have saved the day. oh well.
Free face wash 
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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That's gonna stink inside the car for ages!
Why did you get new windows?
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Nic Barnes
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ah no just got old glass put back in.
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a_j_mair
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iirc i have heard of putting shake and vac down to soak up diesel and get rid of smell
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Nic Barnes
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it didnt smell that bad as most of it was leaking out the lack of seal straight on to tank then running off the edge onto floor. Shake and vac though i will investigate if it does stink real bad. Will it be ok to apply to bare metal?
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matthew172
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Registered: 5th Jan 07
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id say it will be ok to apply but the vac might scratch the paintwork?
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