digit
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Sorry guys that it isn't a corsa but thought I would put up progress of my first car - a renault 5! (I can hear use laughing frome here lol) Its only a 1.4 non turbo but I am only 16. Anyway heres the pics-
todays progress-
the plan is to strip it right down to a bare shell and respray it all (inside outside underneath arches etc) and powdercoat all the suspension components. Keeping the outside fairly subtle just delocking it and smoothing a few things then lowering it 60 mm on a set of black 15s. hope yous like.
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digit
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digit
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right big update time-
al let the pics do the talking 
not got alot more to strip now lol will need to whip out the welder tho and sort the holes in the pics lol keep forgetting car is 15 years old
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Ian
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Not entirely clear why you want to restore one of them but everyone must start somewhere, welcome.
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digit
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well today started to strip the underside. getting the tank out proved ti be a right coont as every bolt was rusted to fuk lol got their eventually tho after soaking my mate in petrol haha pics-
some of the wiring loom (oh dear lol)
back box off too (nearly new!)
random underside shots-
random car shots-
cheers for looking
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digit
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well done what must of been the most awkward thing av done on this car to date - the fuel lines! what a b!tch they were. obviously never been changed lol anyway pics-
one off
all 3 off
cheers for looking
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digit
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update time!
took some more random pics as you can see but also got the front wings off tonight! wee bit of rust on the inner wings but nothing the welder cant sort pics-
the rust...
cheers for looking folks
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Adam-D
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tis in good condition considering age,
you going to be fitting a bigger engine in the future?
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digit
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more pics.
done a bit more tonight got the rest of the plastic out of the inner arches and front end. also got the side trims on the gutters off too but 4got pics. tommorow al get the sunroof out then the headlining and put the sunroof back in coz all the work is done outside n thats where it sits at night lol.
pics-
and all the bits n bobs on the roof of my dads office lol-
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digit
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bit more done tonight
got the headlining out, mirrors off, ALL of the wiring loom!, handbrake setup, wiper mechanism, brake resevoir and degassing chamer out. actually got a lot more done than i expected but got a dilema now- do i take the engine and box out while its outside or wait until the garage is clear and drop the lot with the subframe?
anyway heres the pics-
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digit
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got a bit more done tonight
both jobs were a pain in the @rse lol got the exhaust off (downpipe back) and got the front to rear brake pipes off too.
pics-
oh aye also got the speedo cable out too-
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Gregor
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Really can't understand the choice of car but at 16 years old thats excellent what you have done !
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SportBoy
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you breaking it for spares or summin lad?? lol .. shell looks decent tho!
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digit
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well thats what Ive been up to over the past 3 weeks  looking to drop in a GT turbo lump when I turn 19
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Adam-D
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nice one, was hopeing for a decent engine to go in
mazin progress 
i wish i had the enthusiasm with my car
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digit
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I know its a weird choice of car but wanting to be different from all my mates and the fact I got it for free may have had something to do with it lol doing all the work myself out in the cold outside my dads garage looking to get it in there in a wee while for the respray etc
the plan is for it to look like this-
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Lee Wilson
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Well done mate . Impressive stuff for a 16 year old. Goodluck with putting it all back together 
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wilson_sri
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Hi mate its wilson off fc here. Coming along nicely and should be a wee beast when finished off with the turbo lump! Good work.
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STEvieXE
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i cant understand why anybody would say that they cant understand the choice of car.. remember this is CORSAsport and theres thousands of people out there who cant understand the choice of our cars... Anyway, renaults 5s were a big deal at a time and ium sure if he decides then he can get a r5gt turbo lump or clio 16v etc etc etc.. fair play, keep up the good work. looks likes its gonna be a class project... o and please fit the gtt kit to it, would look miles better...
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Corsalad87
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Top work , and im glad youve chose a different car as the amount of young drivers who just pass there tests and then go out and buy a corsa is so high. i appreciate your choice of car and the good work so far.
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Fad
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That is super clean for the age, a friend of a friend did something similar with a Renault 5 campus and made it into a Turbo repica and he made it so mint it got the deserving 288bhp 1.4 turbo lump
Will try and dig some pics of it out Gets so many questions as to how he has an N reg 5 turbo
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by STEvieN.I.
i cant understand why anybody would say that they cant understand the choice of car.. remember this is CORSAsport and theres thousands of people out there who cant understand the choice of our cars... Anyway, renaults 5s were a big deal at a time and ium sure if he decides then he can get a r5gt turbo lump or clio 16v etc etc etc.. fair play, keep up the good work. looks likes its gonna be a class project... o and please fit the gtt kit to it, would look miles better...
exactly.
You CS likes Corsas, he likes r5s.
In reality theyre all buckets but can be made into something special.
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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digit
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cheers lads much appreciated
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digit
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Fad that would be great cheers
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Meat-Pie-SRI
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doesn't look too bad for it's age! maybe you could take some inspiration from our USC 2006 project! 
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