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John G

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Registered: 18th Jul 05
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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24th Oct 06 at 13:26

Wel iv been a busy boy, decided to invest in a spray gun and compressor as i wanted this car to be done on as much of a budget as possible, then i got a few bits to gether and got a mate to come round and show me how to spray seen as though hes a sprayer by tradeso the process started

firstly we got down to striping the car of its bumpers and arches, my baby looked cold an naked on the road next to marks

then once eveything was off we got down to preping the bumpers and arches and putting them in primer

once a few coats were done and dry it time for some colour, i picked a colour very close to the colour of my wheels, its a grey with a blue and silver flick to it

whilst all this was goin on i had a lovely call to say my new 195/45/15s had arrived so off i went to pick them up, so a few days later i got the tyres put onto the cav wheels

once they were on i hade to wait a week to have my wheel alignment done as it was stupidly out since puttin the shocks on the front,

so by wed just gone everything was finished or so you would have thought, but since iv had the car iv never been happy with the height of the rear of the car since the front is so low (approx 70mm so i got onto a custom springs company who were able to make me up some 90mm rear raod springs, they are so comfatable to drive on bit bumpy but driveablility is 2nd to none and heres the difference

Before

After

Then i went to russ bodyshop and he sprayed a few more bits for me now the scuttle panel and the boot lock surround are painted same colour as the arches and i have a set of delocked vetra handles in primer wanted to be painted brocade yellow, left them in the spray booth drying over night, fitted them after work today and the finish is superb, havent got pictures yet though, cheers russ ya a legend

heres a few pics of everything on and how it looks now, stil not the best pictures, wheathers so crap

[Edited on 29-10-2006 by John G]

Haimsey

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Registered: 8th May 05
Location: Nottingham Drives: Corsa B
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24th Oct 06 at 13:30

i like that alot

i want to spray my arches but i dont dare do it myself

Marcy Marc

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Badgersport

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Registered: 9th Apr 04
Location: Wolverhampton
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24th Oct 06 at 13:37

I really like that!! looks better lower at the rear.

Robin

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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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24th Oct 06 at 13:38

needs the rest of the black bits doing too now. looks great though.

Ste L

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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Manchester Drives: 106 16v Rallye
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24th Oct 06 at 13:39

how much the springs set you back?

should get the rubbing strips sprayed same colour, looks good though

Kathryn W

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Registered: 12th Oct 03
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
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24th Oct 06 at 13:41

Get a proper badgeless grill

But looks good!

SwN

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Registered: 12th Mar 01
Location: Torbay
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24th Oct 06 at 13:45

quote:
Originally posted by Ste_16v
how much the springs set you back?

should get the rubbing strips sprayed same colour, looks good though

[Edited on 24-10-2006 by S.Nelson]

Scoty B

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Registered: 14th Feb 06
Location: East Kilbride, Glasgow 1873
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24th Oct 06 at 13:51

Sweet as.

MatthewR

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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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24th Oct 06 at 13:51

Smoked headlight n rears would suite too!
as said badgeless grill aswell

Cant really tell the arches r sprayed from the pics that are more than few feet away but id imagine in person it looks lovely!
Like your mates corsa (the grey one) one of the nicest on here imo

marklawton

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Registered: 24th Apr 05
Location: Pensby, Wirral Drives:Golf mk4 GTI
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24th Oct 06 at 13:55

quote:
Originally posted by MatthewR
Smoked headlight n rears would suite too!
as said badgeless grill aswell

Cant really tell the arches r sprayed from the pics that are more than few feet away but id imagine in person it looks lovely!
Like your mates corsa (the grey one) one of the nicest on here imo

that would be mine, cheers for the nice coment

john, looks lovely, nice an low at the back, makes me want to go lower, lol
keep the good work up dude

ash87

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Registered: 26th Mar 05
Location: West Wiltshire Drives: Clio 172
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24th Oct 06 at 14:01

quality, i want some black cav wheels now!

Jambo

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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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24th Oct 06 at 14:02

I like the car, but im sorry cav wheels make it look silly

They are flat and square, the corsa is round and bubbly.

Horses for courses tho and

for doing it yourself

What did you use to flatten the orange peel effect? filler primer or sand it all off by hand

Marc

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Location: York
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24th Oct 06 at 14:26

Love it, really does look nice when its clean that colour

Gareth T

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24th Oct 06 at 14:44

cars mitn mate, nice glanza also

Wrighty

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24th Oct 06 at 14:53

should have colour-coded it instead of trying to copy lawton, would have looked soooo much better

get a grill too

Steve

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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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24th Oct 06 at 15:00

looks good

PS. your mate needs to check Spelling Day for the correct spelling of the word Works

[Edited on 24-10-2006 by Steve]

richysport

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24th Oct 06 at 15:31

looks ten times better

John G

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24th Oct 06 at 15:53

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
I like the car, but im sorry cav wheels make it look silly

They are flat and square, the corsa is round and bubbly.

Horses for courses tho and for doing it yourself

What did you use to flatten the orange peel effect? filler primer or sand it all off by hand

on everything we sprayed, we flattened it down by useing 1500 then rubbing g3 over it then then buffing it back up

i love the cav wheels personal taste but hay my car my choice

[Edited on 24-10-2006 by John G]

John G

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Registered: 18th Jul 05
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24th Oct 06 at 15:55

quote:
Originally posted by Wrighty
should have colour-coded it instead of trying to copy lawton, would have looked soooo much better

get a grill too

hardly copying matey, alot of people are doin this, the car would look to yellow all the same colour, plus marks bits are sprayed a anthracite colour an his wheels are a dark dolphin grey i have specifically gone for the same volvo colour on the arches as i have on the wheels so it matched when close, if we all had to do diff mods to each other then there wouldnt be many corsas about, its how you variete diff parts of the car i believe

John G

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Registered: 18th Jul 05
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24th Oct 06 at 15:57

quote:
Originally posted by Robin
needs the rest of the black bits doing too now. looks great though.

i have stated in the last bit of the post the boot lock surround and tigra scuttle panel have been sprayed the same colour as wheels and arches i just havent taken any pictures yet and the vectra door handles are in primer till my mate has mixed up the brocade yellow then they will be goin yellow an maybe to the roof rails

Bri-SRi

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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Yorkshire Drives:Glanza
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24th Oct 06 at 15:58

i love this and now the cars lower at back looks ace? how long did it take from ordering the springs till you recived them?

SXi_Tim

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Registered: 11th Mar 03
Location: South Yorkshire Drives: RS3, LET B
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24th Oct 06 at 15:59

Wheels suit that really well, nice mate.

John G

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24th Oct 06 at 16:03

quote:
Originally posted by Bri-SRi
i love this and now the cars lower at back looks ace? how long did it take from ordering the springs till you recived them?

bout 2 weeks

marklawton

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Registered: 24th Apr 05
Location: Pensby, Wirral Drives:Golf mk4 GTI
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24th Oct 06 at 16:21

smoked lights next john, its got to be done

SAL

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Registered: 19th Dec 05
Location: Radlett, Hertfordshire
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24th Oct 06 at 16:25

how much were the rear springs mate car looks

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