Matt L
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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Can believe how clean every part of this car looks/will be.
can you please please please wrap it in bubble wrap when you take it out on the roads.
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Adam C
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Registered: 10th Jan 07
Location: Cornwall UK Drives:Arden Blue Gsi T
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Everything is done spot on to this car, perfection
Sort of wish I had bought my Green Corsa back and followed you in your style and make it mint again, but thats out the window
My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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Looking tip top shaun,the engine cover and the inlet power box looks miles better silver.
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Ollie_B
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Registered: 1st Jun 08
Location: North Wales/Wirral
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I'm so gald you got them done silver, because i want to get a vx inlet and do the rocker cover and inlet anthracite  , top work though Shaun!
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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Immaculate as always, this needs a mag feature when its done!!
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Pauly
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Registered: 16th Jan 10
Location: Perry Barr, West Midlands
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jus read through the thread and love this car one of the best i've seen
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DannyE2010
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Registered: 1st Jan 10
Location: Wales/Caerphilly
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swwet riide were u get tha alloys mate?
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Evo (you can't afford one)
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Oh my god this is going to be mint!
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taylor2008
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Registered: 3rd Nov 08
Location: wolverhampton
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well done mate comeing along nicely now :-D that manifold looks the dogs balls.
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MarkSport
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Registered: 22nd May 09
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Nice mate that looks ace in silver .mines being sericed atm so will be down soon to have a sneak peak
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Paul_Safc
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Registered: 4th Jun 08
Location: Washington Drives: Corsa b 1.0
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Good progress mate, when you think you will have the engine in and all sorted then?
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ozzy_corsa
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
Location: Wolverhampton (Pattingham)
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alright shuan, can't wait to see the end product mate! just wondering if you know how much it is roughly to have my bumpers and arches sprayed white? at spice paints? u2u me back please
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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Thanks everyone  Makes it feel all worth while reading these comments lol
Matt, I think I'm going to be seriously paranoid when I start driving it again  I've had so much bad luck with driving the last few months. Fingers crossed thats the last of it now!
Paul, My deadline was going to be early march but judging my progress so far I think that might be little optimistic now  I think April may be more realistic to be honest. I only get chance to work on it properly one day a week usually because of work and college so its a pain in the arse trying to find the time. Luckily I've got a lot of time off work this week so I can really crack on with it then
Ozzy, cheers mate I'll u2u you in sec
I've decided now to change the dashboard loom to a non 12v/1.2 16v one so that I can just plug the engine loom straight in rather than having to butcher it trying to get all the wirings to match. This means taking the dash out though which is going to be quite a big job, but I think it will work out for the best in the long run
[Edited on 18-01-2010 by shaunmods]
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gez bay
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Registered: 14th Feb 08
Location: South Wales drives: Vxr
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same manifold as i had on my corsa
car looks like its coming along well
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MarkSport
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Registered: 22nd May 09
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Shaun mate,the dash isnt too big a job.I'll help you if you need it,you got my number
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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She's gonna be a gem
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.Matt
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Registered: 28th Jan 09
Location: Kent
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Shaun my advice is attempt to wire the 1.6 into the 12v loom, the dash was the last route for me cause i only had a week for it to been i couldnt ponder to figure it out, i would do dash last resort plus you may need interior loom if thecar has an alarm you take dash loom from
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Root
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Registered: 28th Dec 08
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i live for updates
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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Its that time again people...Update time!
I picked up my parts from Spice Paints during the week. Seriously chuffed with the work, perfect as always! I had my front and back bumpers resprayed with a little exhaust recess cut on the irmscher bumper Also had my boot semi-smoothed and fully resprayed inside and out. The guy said it was the best condition corsa boot hes seen, couldnt believe how spotless it was. I'll post some pics of the boot tommorrow, its tucked away in the garage at the min
Hands up who loves fresh paint I do!  lol
Time to get to work on the engine again! The first thing we did was to cut the exhaust off. I couldnt for the life of me work out how to get to get the down pipe off so we broke out the angle grinder! no messing about lol
Once that was sorted we set about removing the lower arm ball joint clamps. The drivers one came straight out but the P/S one decided it was coming out. rusted solid! Had to drill it out in the end! Now that they were both removed we were able to remove the drive shafts. All the boots etc look to be in pretty good nic!
The engine was now ready to come out Quick pic of it before we un done the engine mounts
We slowly dropped the engine down a little bit at a time. As we did we noticed a couple of wires still connected at the back so they were discounted. mananged to break the clutch cable which is a bugger! I'll have to get a new one.
Engine out!
1.0 12v engine for sale 
One of my speedlines got knocked over as well and stratched all the face Gutted. I think I'm just going to get all four done again as they all could do with a freshion up to be honest.
More updates coming tommorrow hopefully
[Edited on 23-01-2010 by shaunmods]
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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Paintwork on the bumpers look amazing shaun
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Evo (you can't afford one)
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It's getting there mate. Fair play. Can't wait to see the final product
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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how do you have so much money 
love it shaun, always clean and fresh. perfect.
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Sean-B
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Registered: 1st May 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: 200SX S14a
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Top notch Shaun, spice paints really are fantastic, quite a quick turn round time for Daz as well!
Shame about the wheel though
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corsabrad
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Registered: 16th May 09
Location: Tamworth, Staffordshire
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coming along well shaun cnt wait to c it finish. bet u cnt wait to get it bk on the road seen u in the pug a few times.
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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Thanks guys Its getting there slowly now. Its new to both me and my dad so we're just taking our time with it and learning as we go along. I think i'm going to need to get some help when it comes to putting it all back together though. I think we may struggle a bit.
Cheers Ben, I'm a poor student I only work part time around college, I have to save hard to pay for it. Its worth it though I reckon!
Sean, blame my dad lol, he's the one that knocked it over 
Brad, thanks dude. Your right im seriously can't wait to get it back on the road now, as much as im loving the 106 beast it really doesn't cut it lol.
Hoping to fit the boot and back bumper tommorrow, that will be all the crash damage fixed then I can concentrate on the engine side of things after that
[Edited on 23-01-2010 by shaunmods]
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