Alex_Rally
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Registered: 6th Sep 09
Location: Tyne and Wear, gateshead
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i bought a pretty chavy corsa sport few weeks back on a v plate, and since then i have been collecting parts for it .
parts ive currently bought,
front and back strut braces FITTED
whiteline rear arb FITTED
2.0 brakes for front FITTED
all new rear brakes and cables and wheel bearings FITTED
decat new four branch and sportex system FITTED
power box = fitted ... these are great FITTED
shit loads of gravel, and semi slick tyres. and wheels for them to go on
parts on the shopping list
polly bush all round -- bought- FITTED FRONTS
fia cage FITTED
fia seats
fire extiguisher and plumbed in one
fuel tester
fibre bonnet and boot
plastic windows ,gonna make these my self , DONE
coilovers -fronts and backs FITTED
cars off the road now so can start getting stuck in with it.
[Edited on 30-04-2012 by Alex_Rally]
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Alex_Rally
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heres what it looked like when i first bought the car with the ballon tires lol
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Alex_Rally
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just took these pics on my shit fone camera only thing you can see ive done is fit the better tires .
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Alex_Rally
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brand new sportex 3" exhaust system arrived today and my decat.
i also wrapped my four branch manifold ready for fitting in a week or so
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Alex_Rally
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just bought a set of astra tear drops and painted white .....look like compos lol ready to fit my gravel tires to do some autocross with
then looking for some speedlines or softstars for normal street driving
[Edited on 25-03-2011 by geordie_corsa]
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Alex_Rally
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removed all the sound foam deadning from the front footwells today, suprised how heavy it was, and started chipping away at the stuff in the boot lol
its a sole destroying job that lol
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Alex_Rally
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pic of foam out , still a couple bits to get but will do that once i get the compresser removed and wil have more room to get at it lol
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Alex_Rally
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any1 got any ideas on removing the black box with the compressor in ??
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Alex_Rally
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power box fitted and made a nice difference
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Alex_Rally
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been to euro parts tonite and bought ,
rear wheel bearings
rear break shoes
new hand brake cables
new exhaust gasgets +clamps
all bits for service
waiting to recieve my braided brake lines then get the 2.0 brakes on and everything else . gonna do it all in 1 go
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corsasportsam
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Looks good mate... Keeping you busy ay it... You gonna lower it more??? Was the powerbox hard to fit i want one for my x16xe
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Alex_Rally
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i buddy im picking up a set of avo coilovers off grimmy on here on thursday .
the power box probably took about 2hours the hardest part was getting the plasitc induction pip out that runs under the lower inlet, had to just yank on it to get it out lol .
made a good difference
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Crana
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Registered: 20th Jan 09
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Seen you in europarts on tuesday
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Alex_Rally
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thought that was u crana wasnt 100% tho is the sump leaking on ya redtop..... theres a suprise lol i cant be arsed with them anymore lol they leak like fuk lol
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Crana
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Belive it or not its the diesel corsa that had hole in the sump bought a new sump just needed that gasket.. (Only took 3 times to get the right one)
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Alex_Rally
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the joys of old cars lol , ave spent a bloody fortune on bits for this corsa lol
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Crana
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Only time shes let me down so far lol pissed oil all over my back lane tho! lol cars = money
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Alex_Rally
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bet the the ppl in ur street loved that lol
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Alex_Rally
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i havent updated in a wile but ave done a canny bit , had brakes exhaust all fitted there now it pulls so much better with the straight through system on .
ive made a couple of templates for the poly carb windows ready to cut them out and wack them in
i had a fun tonite stripping the sound proofing out with the heat gun from the drivers foot well and behind the rear door cards , heat gun makes it sooooooo much easier
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Jed D
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seen this and looks smart, sure it'll be coming on leaps and bounds once that loom of doom is sorted
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Hodgy
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quote: Originally posted by geordie_corsa
i buddy im picking up a set of avo coilovers off grimmy on here on thursday .
the power box probably took about 2hours the hardest part was getting the plasitc induction pip out that runs under the lower inlet, had to just yank on it to get it out lol .
made a good difference
Who fitted it? .......Hmmmmmmm any ways looking good fella
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Alex_Rally
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it was the biggest coke dealer in the north east that fitted me power box....... el hodge of gateshead lol .
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Alex_Rally
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got me pasenger side HOME MADE polycarb windows in now just need to do the other side
also started cutting the door skin out the inside , then am cutting the door bars oot
also heater system and matrix removed also aircon system ..... cars on a proper diet like the skinny fucker lol
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Hodgy
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Registered: 29th Dec 09
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quote: Originally posted by geordie_corsa
it was the biggest coke dealer in the north east that fitted me power box....... el hodge of gateshead lol .
Fpmslllll you Dick. Mint and taking shape mate
You should put the polycarb Windows with the flappy vents in the front mate
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Looking good.
You can lose pretty much all of the loom that travels under the seats past the handbrake. There's only really the handbrake switch of use to you out of all of it.
Rest is electric windows / locking / heated seats / auto box connectors.
[Edited on 26-05-2011 by Ian]
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