modded_corsa
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at work today (i'm a mechanic)... had a ford focus in.
and it had a really cool .......feature to it.....and i'm wondering if you wud be able to put it on a corsa.....and how much wud a bodyshop charge to do it?
rite the feature is:
to open the bonnet you turn the ford badge so rather than reading left to right....it reads bottom to top
thn it has a little key hole.
u put your key in it.......and turn....and it pops the bonnet
i thought it was pretty cool (first time i worked on a focus today)
so is it possible?....and how much wud it cost to fit the mechanism, lock, catches etc to a corsa?
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Red_SXi
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Even if it was possitble what is the point? Its not like you open your bonnet 2 times a day
[Edited on 13-08-2004 by Red_Sxi]
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modded_corsa
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but its one of them little touches that would finish a car off......like at a show etc........
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3CorsaMeal
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have it pop open on lifters from key fob
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modded_corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
have it pop open on lifters from key fob
wot if u accidentially hit it wen driving tho.....
wudnt mind a bit more of a lookinto this like...witht the key etc...
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3CorsaMeal
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corsa would look funny with a ford badge tho..... 
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modded_corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
corsa would look funny with a ford badge tho.....
wasnt thinkin of using the ford badge tho
maybe the irmcher "I" logo
or even behind one of them vauxhall griffins?
even behind a steinmetz, kamie, or woteva logo's come on grills
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JOPO
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lota shite man its no bad fura focus but yer gonny sit n open n shut yer bonnet aw day at a show too much wurk fur nuthin a wid say
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barry_kellett99
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quote:
Originally posted by JOPO
lota shite man its no bad fura focus but yer gonny sit n open n shut yer bonnet aw day at a show too much wurk fur nuthin a wid say
What does this translate as?
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by barry_kellett99
quote:
Originally posted by JOPO
lota shite man its no bad fura focus but yer gonny sit n open n shut yer bonnet aw day at a show too much wurk fur nuthin a wid say
What does this translate as?
Fuck knows i think we should ask vibrio
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by barry_kellett99
quote:
Originally posted by JOPO
lota shite man its no bad fura focus but yer gonny sit n open n shut yer bonnet aw day at a show too much wurk fur nuthin a wid say
What does this translate as?
fooking chavs get everywhere 
back to topic, best bet would be to have the logo on the grill to rotate to reveal a key hole to open the bonnet It would be possible, but like others say its abit of a pain in the butt. And if i was going to that effort, i would rather have lifters to automatically open the bonet, and if it was connected to the handbrake cable, then unless ya put your handbrake on it would be impossible for it to open Would look better too
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Ian
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Pulling the bonnet catch requires quite a lot of force, I'm not sure how you'd get that using a key mechanism. I don't know how the focus one works but using Corsa parts you'd have a very stiff key to pull the Corsa catch. Anything softer would be a complete re-work of all the leverage in there.
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chris_uk
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there on mondeos aswell.
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JOPO
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:-)
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Adam_B
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seems a bit pointless to me
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Marco The Corsa Man
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I thought it was cool to have De-Locked cars, not adding more . Ford just use that method because its cheeper and easier than running a cable through the car and then having a handle somewhere.
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