steddy-eddie
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Just wanting to know how to replace the rear side windows on a corsa b for the van plate windows
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konlabos
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FUCKING EXPENSIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rear quarter panel is bout100 quid and new GM side panels are 116quid plus VAT EACH lol the side off a combo van does the same job!!!
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konlabos
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for changin them i recon when i removed mine they were bonded in lyk original windows, guess tigerseal wud do the same job. good luck m8
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steddy-eddie
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cheers i just want to put some in place and then smooth them out.
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konlabos
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watch how you smooth them in i didnt coz the car flexx's and will crack the cataloy! use seamsealer it can easily be painted. have u got a van lyk?
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steddy-eddie
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no just a corsa b but want to convert it
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konlabos
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ah rite lol just do wat a bloke did in my area.... paint i windows!
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Charlton
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can i ask why would you want to?
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konlabos
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its sumthin different. not every1 wants to have a standard clitoris car!!
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Charlton
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quote:
Originally posted by konlabos
its sumthin different. not every1 wants to have a standard clitoris car!!
 better than gsi kit speedlines i suppose
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konlabos
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lmao there is a van outside aberdeen wit speedy's and gsi kit lmao
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Charlton
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how dare he!!!
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B3KAN
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Corsa vans FTW 
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steddy-eddie
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i also want them because with the way i am going with the back of the car on the inside, stripped out and have inside walls for speakers etc...
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jimmy 2.1
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If you're going to smooth the rear panels, you'd probably be best off making a set of new metal panels slightly larger then welding them on , then doing the smoothing like i did on my van.....
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steddy-eddie
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did you just weld a plate in on the rear side windows jimmy or did you use the original van sides, dont want to do the rear windscreen that would be too much i just want to do the sides, thanks
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jimmy 2.1
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We took the original metal panels out and used them as templates on some steel to make slightly bigger ones then welded them on as the pics show above
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steddy-eddie
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do you just tack the steel in, do you have to go over the hole new panel with filler or just over the welds
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konlabos
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weldin them in is a more secure way of fitting them but with time and body flex ur filler will crack thru ur paint its lyk when fittin a bonnet scoop and leaving the standard bonnet lift arm at the one side the other sags and ur bonnet filler cracks at the top corners.. but hey i ant had it happen to me but thats my opinion... any more questions?
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Charlton
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jimmys van = i miss it
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jimmy 2.1
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quote:
Originally posted by konlabos
weldin them in is a more secure way of fitting them but with time and body flex ur filler will crack thru ur paint its lyk when fittin a bonnet scoop and leaving the standard bonnet lift arm at the one side the other sags and ur bonnet filler cracks at the top corners.. but hey i ant had it happen to me but thats my opinion... any more questions?
Mine was done for around 2 years and i didn't have any cracking in any of the smoothed windows. But then i didn't have a loud audio system in mine, just a quick engine.
Charlton, yeah i miss it too
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konlabos
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oh well u've proved me wrong lol
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jimmy 2.1
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I didn't want to prove you wrong, just that mine hadn't cracked. Its all down to doing the job properly.
Smashing loads of filler into the standard rear panels to smooth them will probably result in cracking.
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