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Author jamesvalvers tb'd xe - LOVE/HATE - 15.05.2008 - going well
jamesvalver
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7th Dec 06 at 00:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

well as most of you know im giving my car a facelift as ive had it stripped out since i got it and ive decided i would like it to be more comfortable. either that or start looking for a new car which i dont really wanna do.

so the interior of my car is going to change

from this









then i swapped my seats with my brother because he has a redline photoshoot tomorrow





and then to my new seats which i am getting fitted on saturday



i am planning a full black leather interior. i hope to get my old black dash fitted aswell this weekend.

more pics to come soon!




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Hoddo
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I like the potential of this! sounds good so far!
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james you change your ideas for your car more than you do your underwear lol, should be nice though mate, you will have to pop round for tea and biscuits again soon lol
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those seats look absolute mint. will look spot on mate
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these are the plans im sticking with for the interior now! my bro had his redline photo shoot today and they want to feature my car when its done with the new engine complete and running onthe carbs
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heres todays progress. dropped seats off at carrera to get the subframes welded (picking up on monday)

i stripped out the flocked dash today and started to tidy up the wiring loom aswell as finding the problem with my speedo not working.















i got the new dash (skelliton) fitted but by this time it was too dark to get photos and as i couldnt feel my fingers any more i decided to pack up and finish for the day

tomorrow i plan to finish the wiring and get the rest of the dash fitted, then its time to lower the front end (still raised from the rolling road meet last month) and then go to see wil94 about some interior parts!



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10/12/2006 - finally got the dash in and working (apart from the radio). i also swapped my black harnesses with my brother for his blue 3points as they have rear anchor points so i can bolt them in propperly.

i have driven it around with only one seat in it today and it feels abit quicker! lol

heres todays photos







and a random one of will94's corsa (fresh from the booth)

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11/12/2006 - finally got the seats fitted today and also made a start on retrimming my spare doorcards















i need to get some better photos during the day but you get the idea.
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Starting to look much better already. Good progress.
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looking good as always
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good progress
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tonight - 12/12/2006

i have retrimmed the other front door card and made a start on one of the rear door cards. i need to get some more leatherette to complete all 4 of them tho lol.

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looks nice, where did you get the seats from, what did you do about subframes for them?
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seats are from ebay arn't they? they come with universal runners if i'm correct...? looks really good mate, mean exterior cumfy interior - how it should be
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been a while since i updated this but then i havent really done anything more to it lol.

i now have enought money to get the ball rolling and get my new engine rebuilt again after it being in pieces for the last 4months lol.


both front doorcards are now in and thats it lol. still need to go and collect my carpet etc from rob hayes and find the rest of the interior parts.

and yes the seats are from ebay. i decided not to get the universal subframes as i already had some coras b sparco subframes but unlike what the advert on ebay says, the seats dont fit the subframes so had some custom made to fit. only thing i dont like about them atm is that they sit abit high so i need to look into mounting them lower still.

cheers for the comments on the exterior but its all going to change hopefully.

im wanting to swap the front bumper for a std post97 with irmscher lip and then change the colour sceam abit but leaving the car white
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I prefered the flocked dash!
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update - wheels are off to be refurbed as soon as ive removed the tyres at work, colour is unsure atm
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04.01.2007 - will94's wheels are on the rear of my car only as they wont clear my calipers while i refurb my wheels 2 at a time.

quick photos taken of how it stood this afternoon (sorry about the quality)



also this morning my new headlights arrived with a nice sum of money so this evening off came the morrettes, and on went the depos.

looks alot better imo (get better pics tomorrow)

before -



after -

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looking good Keep us updated on the progress!
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not alot has happened to the car but i finaly got round to buying my new engine rebuild parts so they should be here very soon!!!
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31.01.2007 UPDATE

new carpet - dark grey sxi



strut brace - in need of a new coat of paint



rollcage - cheers dave a - still on its way so this is it fitted in daves gsi





and me new BBS calibra DTM 7x16" alloys which ive just won on ebay. will give them a refurb then get tyres n get them fitted!!









will get new pics when parts arrive!!
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Ohh they look nice
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those wheels are sweet mate, hope you are keepin em white?? always wondered what they'd look like on a corsa, are they the right offset??
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there et42 so they'll go on no probs. genuine DTM wheels!! and they'll be staying white but bumpers might change depending on how they look
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new wheels arrived this weekend so ill start to refurb them today and hope to atleast get a couple of them in primer

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