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Simon_16v
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Adam_B
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guess
Simon_16v
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Stud bolts?
Adam_B
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nope

there door lock pins, anti rattle flavour common thing on the vx when you go over bumps and stuff the door rattles, cheap easy fix this

[Edited on 11-03-2008 by Adam_B]
Adam_B
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added some 10mm spacers to the front wheels today, its more of a cosmetic thing and becasue we had them in at work it was cheap enough to just give them a try

before



after
Adam_B
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more boring sensible mods, fitted these-



to hopefully stop loads of little stone chips

[Edited on 29-04-2008 by Adam_B]
Lee Wilson
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Such a car. I'd love one but theres too many cars I like to decide

Money is also an issue

Good progress pics
deano87
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Would have to have one of these in my 'millionaires garage'.
Adam_B
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More dullness




im going to paint the yellow cap tomorrow.

[Edited on 21-03-2008 by Adam_B]
Simon_16v
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Wow
Adam_B
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there is reason

Aparently the header tank is prone to going brittle and cracking du to being exposed to sunlight
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yea it is mine is cracked now, jsut cant be arsed to buy a new one.

i thought that the carbon cover was going to be stiff, but its as floppy as a kids pecker at micheal jacksons house.

[Edited on 21-03-2008 by chris_uk]
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i was wondering if it even was carbon, its a bit rough. but then again suppose its only a tenner.
Simon_16v
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Seriously how thick is it? I suppose for £10 it saves replacing the header tank later on in its life
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the carbon gearsticks are the same, klook like tacky plastic
Adam_B
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mine doesnt? Its got a nice weave and does that thing that my old bonnet on the corsa did when you look at it from different angles. That sounds really gay I got it cos my stick looked really manky

[Edited on 22-03-2008 by Adam_B]
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i think the stone chips with the air pods are just a thing you get with these cars, have done 3 vx 220`s now, did the air pods on all of them and on the 3rd one we put some laquer which is ment to me stone chip resistant.

It seems to of worked pretty well but itsa still not a miricle cure but prevents alot of them, only down side is it pricey and u cant flat and polish it.
Adam_B
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how much does that cost?
Graeme
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for the pods to be saded, primed, painted and then using the laquer was about £250 i think.

most of the cost is in the laquer though, well the hardener to be precise.

[Edited on 22-03-2008 by Graeme]
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pretty good if you never have to paint them again
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just cover them in that chip protection.

or cellotape.
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
pretty good if you never have to paint them again


but its not a miricle cure, u still get some chips but it just stops the main amount of them, personally would get the clear tape stuff as chris said!
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looking good dudehttp://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=412002
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nice simple yet very effective mods adam.
Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Graeme
quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
pretty good if you never have to paint them again


but its not a miricle cure, u still get some chips but it just stops the main amount of them, personally would get the clear tape stuff as chris said!

ah ok. Do we know what sort of money that costs? id like to get the front done with it as well, its only done 11k miles but its 10 times worse than my old corsa that had about 85k miles on it

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