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Gregor

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Registered: 28th Nov 03
Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire
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30th Apr 04 at 16:15

Hi there,

Just turned 17 a week ago , and started the driving lessons .

Hopefully by the summer Ill be driving , and I hope to get a Corsa B.

What would be the best first mods for the car , bearing in mind insurance is a bastid

Im thinking :

15 or 16inch wheels
40mm Drop
Exhaust
Front splitter - pos Ibiza ?

I want to do subtle but effective mods , so what sort of other ideas would be good ?

Do any of you have any pics of the same sort of idea on a Corsa B?

Would wheels , exhaust , suspension etc put my insurance up ?

Cheers in advance
Gregor

Ian

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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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30th Apr 04 at 16:18

quote:
Originally posted by escortgti.com
15 or 16inch wheels
40mm Drop
Exhaust
Front splitter - pos Ibiza ?

Yes

vibrio

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30th Apr 04 at 16:20

quote:
Originally posted by escortgti.com
Hi there,

Just turned 17 a week ago , and started the driving lessons .

Hopefully by the summer Ill be driving , and I hope to get a Corsa B.

What would be the best first mods for the car , bearing in mind insurance is a bastid

Im thinking :

15 or 16inch wheels
40mm Drop
Exhaust
Front splitter - pos Ibiza ?

I want to do subtle but effective mods , so what sort of other ideas would be good ?

Do any of you have any pics of the same sort of idea on a Corsa B?

Would wheels , exhaust , suspension etc put my insurance up ?

Cheers in advance
Gregor

most if not all mods will increase your insurance

any particular reason for your name?

[Edited on 30-04-2004 by vibrio]

Gregor

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30th Apr 04 at 16:21

By roughly how much mate ?

LukeGSi

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30th Apr 04 at 16:28

quote:
Originally posted by escortgti.com
By roughly how much mate ?

You're best ringing round as all companies are slightly different

and

welcome to CS

stuyw

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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: North West Drives: Rev3 MR2 Turbo
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30th Apr 04 at 16:28

all depends on ur insurance compnay m8. ur better off asking them 1st before u modify

LukeGSi

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30th Apr 04 at 16:29

D'oh ignore my "welcome to cs" comment have just noticed you registered ages ago

Dav

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Location: Falkirk, Scotland
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30th Apr 04 at 16:40

quote:
Originally posted by vibrio

quote:
Originally posted by escortgti.com
Hi there,

Just turned 17 a week ago , and started the driving lessons .

Hopefully by the summer Ill be driving , and I hope to get a Corsa B.

What would be the best first mods for the car , bearing in mind insurance is a bastid

Im thinking :

15 or 16inch wheels
40mm Drop
Exhaust
Front splitter - pos Ibiza ?

I want to do subtle but effective mods , so what sort of other ideas would be good ?

Do any of you have any pics of the same sort of idea on a Corsa B?

Would wheels , exhaust , suspension etc put my insurance up ?

Cheers in advance
Gregor

most if not all mods will increase your insurance

any particular reason for your name?

[Edited on 30-04-2004 by vibrio]

None of my mod's have increased my insurance. All declaired.

16" alloys
-60mm suspension kit
cat-back s/s exhaust system
induction kit
headunit, components and 6x9's
3 penalty points.

Insured as a named driver on a fully comp' policy with CIS.

sxi16vjoe

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Location: Kent
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30th Apr 04 at 16:40

quote:
Originally posted by born_upsideout
D'oh ignore my "welcome to cs" comment have just noticed you registered ages ago

LMAO

LukeGSi

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30th Apr 04 at 16:48

Sod off Joe

Gregor

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30th Apr 04 at 17:03

Cheers for my 2nd welcome anyway

Any pics of ur car Dav ?

ljames555

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30th Apr 04 at 17:11

youll be lucky if your driving by the summer big waiting list for theory and practical tests but more time to save up

Dav

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Location: Falkirk, Scotland
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30th Apr 04 at 17:12

quote:
Originally posted by escortgti.com
Any pics of ur car Dav ?

http://groups.msn.com/DavsCorsa/mycorsa.msnw?Page=2

Gregor

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Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire
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30th Apr 04 at 17:23

quote:
Originally posted by Dav

quote:
Originally posted by vibrio

quote:
Originally posted by escortgti.com
Hi there,

Just turned 17 a week ago , and started the driving lessons .

Hopefully by the summer Ill be driving , and I hope to get a Corsa B.

What would be the best first mods for the car , bearing in mind insurance is a bastid

Im thinking :

15 or 16inch wheels
40mm Drop
Exhaust
Front splitter - pos Ibiza ?

I want to do subtle but effective mods , so what sort of other ideas would be good ?

Do any of you have any pics of the same sort of idea on a Corsa B?

Would wheels , exhaust , suspension etc put my insurance up ?

Cheers in advance
Gregor

most if not all mods will increase your insurance

any particular reason for your name?

[Edited on 30-04-2004 by vibrio]
None of my mod's have increased my insurance. All declaired.

16" alloys
-60mm suspension kit
cat-back s/s exhaust system
induction kit
headunit, components and 6x9's
3 penalty points.

Insured as a named driver on a fully comp' policy with CIS.

Yeh mate my names because I'm owner/administrator of The Escort GTi Owner's Club

Dav , cars looking sweet mate - do you go to the track days at Knockhill ? Sure Ive sen your car there sometime ?

Would 15s look ok on a corsa , or would they maybe look a bit small ?

Would I have problems with rubbing with 16s lowered 40 ?

Cheers lads

LukeGSi

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30th Apr 04 at 17:26

16's down 40 will be fine if the wheels are the correct offset

Go3asy

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30th Apr 04 at 17:30

get 16s, et45 and lower it 40, gsi spoiler, seat ibiza front splitter, if u have a post 97 (v grill) colour coded bumper, otherwide it wont look right i dont think , nice back box, then get onto ICE

Go3asy

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30th Apr 04 at 17:31

.. and get insured by http://www.liverpoolvictoria.com , mod the car all u like body wise but no engine stuff and they dont care

[Edited on 30-04-2004 by Go3asy]

Go3asy

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30th Apr 04 at 17:33

quote:
Yeh mate my names because I'm owner/administrator of The Escort GTi Owner's Club

and your getting a corsa :S

Gregor

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30th Apr 04 at 17:34

quote:
Originally posted by Go3asy

quote:
Yeh mate my names because I'm owner/administrator of The Escort GTi Owner's Club

and your getting a corsa :S

Yeh , I dont think Im gonna manage insurance on a GTi

Go3asy

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30th Apr 04 at 17:35

lol get an escort and put a gti badge on it

lol

Rob H

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30th Apr 04 at 17:58

As stupid as it sounds, if you plan on doing mods in your first year, get quotes for the car with mods. I made the mistake of buying the cheapest insurance, only to realise they wanted extortionate amounts for Mods, when i could have payed a little extra at the start of the year and got my mods declaired for free

Gregor

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30th Apr 04 at 18:47

Cheers for your replys lads they been very helpful

Best quote Ive managed to get so far has been £750 under my dads name with pass plus , which certainly beats the 12-1300 pound quotes I was getting previously !

Dav

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30th Apr 04 at 18:51

quote:
Originally posted by escortgti.com
Dav , cars looking sweet mate - do you go to the track days at Knockhill ? Sure Ive sen your car there sometime?

I've been to a few, but none this year yet.
There's hundreds of standard looking Corsa's like mine on Speedlines tho, so coulda been any of them u saw

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Go3asy

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30th Apr 04 at 18:53

im under mums name fully comp, allowed any body b#mods i like without having to notify them or change of prive, 6yrs of her protected no claims and its 350 - liverpoolvictoria.com

[Edited on 30-04-2004 by Go3asy]

corsa5dr

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Registered: 12th Jan 03
Location: Bath/Bristol - Evo 4 GSR
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1st May 04 at 13:07

Dont go under your dads name if you can help it, i made that mistake. Build up your no claims then after a few years youll be able to insure a faster car

If i had done that id be paying half of what i paying now

As above CIS are good for mods, but not the cheapest around. Apparently Tesco are good for mods too?

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