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Marbro

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Registered: 1st May 11
Location: South Africa
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1st May 11 at 19:48

Hey guys, South african here, just wanting to show off a little work we have done. I am very new to the modding scene, but have more plans than money, so yeah. heres the progress so far

So the main reason I joined was to look for ideas, and now because I got so many off the forum, I would like to share what I have done.

So because we did alot for newbies, ill start from the top... The roof.

Unfortunately i dont have many pics of the disassembly, but each pillar uses a torque screw, and the seat belts are on with a 17 wrench. be gentle as there are some clips that can break.

So we got a huge plant, layed the roof on it, and spread the suede over it, making sure we had excess on each side. We bought a 2m x 2m section and had enough excess at the end

Using simply contact adhesive (genkem) work your way from the centre out, leave the last 5 or so cm's unglued, also any areas that need to be moulded (ie the sunvisor area)

like this

As with all projects, take your time and an extra set of hands helps

For the edges, We cut slits into the suede, this helps it with the corners and we ended up only having two wrinkles. (near the interior light)

Installing the roof is simple, the rubber around the car seems to hold most of it up, I would suggest cutting out the holes for your visors mounts and so on while the roof is out

The interior light just didnt look right so we replaced the normal globe with a LED light from Autostyle (local store)

Sorry for the crappy pic, but this is what it ended up looking like.

Next, the panels.

ok, now for the pillars
We removed the pillars, B pillar parts come off last.

Be sure to wash the plastic bits properly. We used a washing up sponge and washing up liquid. Little warm water and lots of elbow grease. Be sure to rinse it and then dry them off.

We went for Mat black rattle can spray, using about 4 cans in the ends, but you can get away with 3,

When painting make sure you use light coats (someone here posted rather have 7 light than 2 thick, Cant agree more!!

Now remember when I said clean it properly...
if you dont, you get to do it all over, once the panels start to flake.

ok, so scrub again and start from scratch

End up with this,

We also upgraded the sound in my corsa a little.
It now has 2 10" limpets,
a targa 2000w 4 channel amp
2 5" pioneer mids
heres a pic of the stuff before we installed,

Now the most important bit...

A huge thanks to Richard and Greg for helping,
Gregs the one smoking and Richard looks puzzled

Still to be done to the car,
GSI Boot spoiler
skirts
Paint skirts , wheel arches, bumpers and Spoiler metallic blue
Change the led colours in dash (ordered the kit)
Install LED strip in boot
Possibly drop the suspension a little (but not sure as im a big boy)

Im going to buy a scrapped bonnet on tuesday to rat up. Looking for DTM mirrors, (would love the ones Jimmy 2.1 used, but thats a little pricey)
uh, yeah, sorry for the long post,

DannyB

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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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1st May 11 at 19:52

Hi matey, welcome to the site, have a look around and get a progress thread up for future mods to your car

Ojc

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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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1st May 11 at 19:54

Cars look so much better with black roof liners.

Marbro

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Registered: 1st May 11
Location: South Africa
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1st May 11 at 19:56

will do and thanks

DannyB

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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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1st May 11 at 20:01

quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Cars look so much better with black roof liners.

Yep, cheap mod too and it looks a thousand times better.

Marbro

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Registered: 1st May 11
Location: South Africa
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1st May 11 at 20:07

cost me around R300, so around 30gpb in the end

heres the new thread with details
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=602442

essexjohn

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Registered: 8th Nov 10
Location: england
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2nd May 11 at 09:27

looks good mate, might do mine when i take the headlining down to get the aerial off!

Steve

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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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2nd May 11 at 09:46

hi, welcome to CS, nice car, you look like Gianluigi Di Franco

Ojc

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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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2nd May 11 at 09:50

I knew you were going to say that

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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3rd May 11 at 13:46

when spraying the interior plastic trim do you need to use plastic primer or just matt black on its own?

Steve

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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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3rd May 11 at 13:59

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
when spraying the interior plastic trim do you need to use plastic primer or just matt black on its own?

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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3rd May 11 at 14:05

thanks steve. i can't get the b pillar off because of the seatbelt

how do i go about removing this trim?

Steve

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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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3rd May 11 at 14:06

not sure without looking, does the seat belt disappear behind it or is the pivot point outside i cant recall, i think you need to remove the plastic as best as poss then unbolt the pivot point

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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3rd May 11 at 14:32

tx50 i think. haven't got it. twat.

Steve

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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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3rd May 11 at 14:34

i have

Fro

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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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3rd May 11 at 14:40

Think I have Ben

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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3rd May 11 at 14:44

i've got it...... somewhere in my garage

theres a missing space in the holder bit

cheers anyway though

Steve

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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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3rd May 11 at 14:45

let me know what you use on the plastics. i dont want something that looks patchy, or chips off

Fro

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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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3rd May 11 at 14:46

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
i've got it...... somewhere in my garage theres a missing space in the holder bit

cheers anyway though

No probs, think you've got my number if you need it

Crana

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Registered: 20th Jan 09
Location: Newcastle
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3rd May 11 at 18:44

Might just be me but the guy in the last pic looks like that curly kid of fcoronation street

N16K

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Registered: 4th Oct 04
Location: Belfast, NI Drives: Corsa D SRi, Tuned Cooper S, B
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3rd May 11 at 20:41

liking the dark roof liner

Dione J

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Registered: 22nd Sep 04
Location: West Midlands Drives: Leon Cupra Turbo
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3rd May 11 at 20:56

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
hi, welcome to CS, nice car, you look like Gianluigi Di Franco

he was a corker, didnt he get with one of your ex misses who used to have more skid marks in her pants than at 'the ring' ?

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