jibjob
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Location: Elworth, Cheshire
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After spending nearly 3 years and a rediculous amount of money on my current corsa i thought it was time for a change. My current one is on 102,000 and the clutch is on its way out so i thought its best to cut my losses and move on. So after a long while searching i found another good, low mileage, mainly rust free, dent free corsa. It came with post 97 colour coded bumpers, white Speedline Allesio 2's, 2.5 v6 brakes, goodridge brake lines, full stainless exhaust system including de-cat, bilstein shocks and springs, semi smooth boot, corbeau reclining buckets with re-trimmed rear to match, Whiteline rear ARB with Whiteline brackets and polybushes, Front lower alloy ARB, X16xe convertion, blue LED's for all dash bulbs inc lights and heaters, plus a lot of other bits and bobs with a lot of service history and reciepts. So i'll let the pics do the talking from now on. 
My old car:
The new one:
I bought it for a nice price last week and my updates are so far:
I started by stripping the lights, arches, bumpers and mounts off.
As you can see there is a patch of rust behind the bumper but that was soon cut out and treated.
After removing the front crash bar the paint behind was a bit flakey and there was a bit of surface rust so i wire brushed it off and gave it a lick of paint.
And then rain stopped play for tonight 
Future plans are to underseal it, fully spray the rear bumper white, colour code the arches, i have a new front bumper on order, colour coded steinmetz skirts, spray the silver bonnet to white, new front and rear lights and then just a general tidy up.
[Edited on 10-02-2010 by jibjob]
[Edited on 11-03-2010 by jibjob]
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Jakey
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Beast.
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jibjob
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Registered: 6th Apr 08
Location: Elworth, Cheshire
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Im hoping it will be Jake 
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jibjob
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The bumper taking ages to arrive though as its on its way from Germany and i ordered it a week ago only to find out today its out of soddin' stock! 
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ShEp
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Location: Dingwall, Highland
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That's kurts old drag,
Wait till he sees this 
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jibjob
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Location: Elworth, Cheshire
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Ye i remember it being kurts he sold it to a lad near here and i bought it off him after the lad had changed a few bits and pieces and now im onto changing a few more
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Chris x
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Registered: 11th Sep 08
Location: Bexhill
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Red one looks much better!
Wouldnt it of been better fixing that one up?
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jibjob
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Location: Elworth, Cheshire
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Nah its on 102k clutch is going, head gasket will need doing soon and its going to be better just doing a full rebuild. The bodywork is getting rough and the fibreglass is cracking so really its not worth spending so much on a 1.2.
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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Whats the engine out of?
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jibjob
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Location: Elworth, Cheshire
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I havent got a clue mate. I was told it was an X16XE but the inlet looks a bit strange.
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shaunmods
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quote:
Originally posted by ShEp
That's kurts old drag,
Wait till he sees this
Took the words straight out of my mouth. As soon as I saw the interior I new straight away
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Mike
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I knew I recognised that reg, didn't have a clue where from tho
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jibjob
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This is the one i had a word with you about Shaun. Im hoping its going to be different enough to yours!
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fillmecca
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quote:
Originally posted by am4nf
Whats the engine out of?
the engines out of a old astra ect less bhp then the corsa one,only diffrents is the inlet wasnt that slower then the corsa engine if am right?? 
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jibjob
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quote:
Originally posted by fillmecca
quote:
Originally posted by am4nf
Whats the engine out of?
the engines out of a old astra ect less bhp then the corsa one,only diffrents is the inlet wasnt that slower then the corsa engine if am right??
So would it be worth changing the inlet then?
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Jakey
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Why just change the inlet? Change the engine 
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jibjob
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quote:
Originally posted by Jakey
Why just change the inlet? Change the engine
£££££'s Jakey it all costs money i dont have
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Jakey
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Thought you had an engine?
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jibjob
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Location: Elworth, Cheshire
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I have "bits" of an engine needs a full rebuild and i just cant be arsed
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harrisp
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Registered: 15th Dec 07
Location: Derbyshire
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same engine as mine. only difference is the inlet as far as Im aware.
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Jakey
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Mines going to philips soon for skim, seals, valve seats recut, match ported and cut back guides
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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I want it back 
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Chris x
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Registered: 11th Sep 08
Location: Bexhill
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Thought the ports were also different in the head? Has less bhp but slightly more torque?
Read it on here ages ago.
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Kurt
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Looking at it he's changed the spoiler, mine was black underneath
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jibjob
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Jakey i spoke to phil about a full rebuild and it was about £700 so i think that can wait
Kurt im not that far from you if you want to come have a look at it and reminis (sp) Ye he said changed the spoiler for a GSI one.
[Edited on 20-11-2009 by jibjob]
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