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pow
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18th Feb 07 at 19:57   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well not much of a project, more of a proress dairy of my first car!

But anyway... bought it around this time last year - an Arden Blue 1.2 16v GLS AC with bout 40k on the clock. Learnt to drive (in 7 weeks birthday to test !) in it and it now my daily drive

Started out completely standard - even had the original CAR-300 stereo in it.

This is the autotrader pic that i found one thursday evening (bought the car on friday morning!)



Bought it home and gave it a clean on the friday:







(note the CAR-300!)

Within weeks that was out and a bought a Sony flip down cassette/CD changer stereo (with a 10 disk changer) and my dad helped me fit it! I love this stereo, blends well in with the dash, shut or open!





Thats how it stayed for a while - until i bought a shockingly cheap (and bad quality) sub and amp which got nicked (grrrr).

So, I bought a better one off a mates dad and hid the amp so it wouldnt grow legs:





Stereo wise i bought some JL audio components from a mate which slotted straight into place of the rears.

And thats how it stayed until a few weeks ago - more about that later when I get in from *cough* windsor cruise *cough*
pow
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18th Feb 07 at 19:58   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Next thing I did was debadge it - easy job with the help of some tar n bug remover and some garden wire pinched from work lmao!

Looks much cleaner with no badges on - plus noone knows how slow it is then!

At the time, future plans were:

-Cali leather
-Alloys of some description
-GSi spoiler
-Depo's
-Small drop

[Edited on 18-02-2007 by pow]
pow
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18th Feb 07 at 19:58   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
O and one from last last thursday morning when the snow "blessed us" - well I found it ammmooooooosing!
Fro
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18th Feb 07 at 20:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Car looks tidy

Love the snow pic
pow
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19th Feb 07 at 18:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Next up on the list was new seats and wheels !

Sourced a set of cali leathers for £30 and after a 3hr round trip to Ipswitch with a mate, collected some near mint leather seats.

Got them fitted a day later, and look like this:





I am sooo pleased with them. The fronts are sooo comfy and are almost made to fit lmao! The rears, I used the foam and covering and trimmed this down a touch so it did fit . The base is the leather covering on the old corsa bench .

Next was a set of alloys - nothing toooo big but something else to my falling off 13" wheel trims .

Jambo on here (only a couple of miles away luckily ) offered me a set of corsa sport wheels for a steal ! Thanks mate - top bloke

Anyway, fitted them on the car in thew snow (well in the garage )

Look mint in the car:



Woot!
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19th Feb 07 at 19:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£30

bargin of the century

Seats and wheels look ace

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
Fro
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19th Feb 07 at 19:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Seats look VERY tidy absolute steal for £30
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19th Feb 07 at 19:20   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I am sooo pleased with them...

Thanks chaps
k e l
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19th Feb 07 at 20:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
they look good the rear bench well done
deano87
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21st Feb 07 at 10:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looking good - still up for the race at PVS? 12v vs. 1.2 with AC on!
FruitBooTeR
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21st Feb 07 at 11:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Luvin the seats mate
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26th Feb 07 at 09:34   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thank you very much

And yes Deano - 1.2 vs 12v is on
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5th Mar 07 at 12:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Brap Brap safety features... Check out my next project with my matey:

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=344427&pid=4419670#pid4419670

ssxxhhhheeexxxyyyy!

Deano we have another contender for our "high powered" race! :lmao:
Neo
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what else u got planned for the near future...u gonna be modding this or move on to the stripping business ?

 
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