spankyjames
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire
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well ive been on here since june 2006 and i thought i'd best start a project thread
i bought th car completly stand
then decided to put a fiat wiper on
after a few months bought some shocks and springs for it, small front plate and opel badges
then decided on a new exhaust and also de-wipered it as the fiat one was rubbish
managed to source some ceasaros for it £80 with four brand new tyres, and also stripped the rear out
did a ps of how i wanted it to look
after stripping it out the back sat way to high for my liking so bought some 90mm springs and got some mhws for it
stayed like that for ages till i sorted out a few engine probs then a set of bucket seats came up for sale so snatched them up
i still thought it needed something else inside the car so bought a half cage
6 hour round trip and ended up with this
set of delocked and cc handles came up on here
look a different colour but they aint car was just filthy
got some chrome interior handles from scrappy for £1!!!!! so fitted them
after xmas it needed a really good clean
before-
after-
then decided to make some diy depos
light isnt lined up in this pic
was at work and my boss came running over to me sayin some stupid women in a lorry had just crashed into my car, me thinking the worst ran to see my car,when i got there i went straight to the cab of lorry and she was crying her eyes out saying she was going to lose her job over this and we came to an agrement that she would just give me £100 cash so all was good. lucky for me she only just tapped it, put a big dent in bonnet broke my grill,
will update more later on
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evans_corsab
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Registered: 23rd Sep 08
Location: Cheshire.
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 love it ! get the cage and cesaros done white 
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scaron5188
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Registered: 17th Apr 08
Location: Chippenham, Drives: arden 2.0 sport
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nothing said about the c20xe mate :O lol still loving your car 
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GregGsi
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Registered: 6th Jan 08
Location: Leigh, Wigan
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looks good pal i well wont my old 1 back looking at this 1 keep up the good work
pal
BHP vaux
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spankyjames
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire
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cheers greg, loved your old one, will be updating it more tomorrow
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elliott023
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Registered: 1st Jun 08
Location: Bradford (West Yorkshire)
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looks realy nice mate, looks a lot better after u cleaned it ha ha......btw i want those seats
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spankyjames
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire
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well was deciding for ages about what way to go with the engine, it was either 1.6 tb'd or an xe, thought about it and decided to xe the gsi
browsing through ebay i came across a cavalier sri and was only down the road from me. went i bought it and got it back home and started stripping it.
then set about buying the conversion kit etc for the corsa.
after i got it all i started stripping the corsa
it got pretty close to the floor
finally got the engine in
started it over with just a manifold on, my god that is loud.
stuck 2.0 brakes on and put bumpers etc back on
tidyed it up a bit
but hated the cone on it all you could here was it sucking for more air
so after browsing on here. i managed to get the standard air box on
thats it for now next month mot, tax and on the road for combe
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GregGsi
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Registered: 6th Jan 08
Location: Leigh, Wigan
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xe gsi why did vauhall do this lol love it pal keep it up
BHP vaux
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spankyjames
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire
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cheers greg, looking for tb's for it atm
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spankyjames
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also doing something like this with the rocker
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
Location: Liverpool
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rocker looks good, that rust on the boot needs sorting though!
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Luke
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Registered: 9th Dec 05
Location: Oxford Drives:Corsa B C20LET
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Wicked project mate. Get that rocker cover done like that asap 
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spankyjames
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire
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buying paint tommorow 
boots getting sorted after mot
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blackmagic
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Registered: 20th Dec 08
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire
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i recognise that chrome exhaust cover hmmmmmm...........................
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blackmagic
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Registered: 20th Dec 08
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire
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and strangely enought that manifold looks familier too.............
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spankyjames
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire
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yeah thank for my free heatsheild lol
and welding a lambda sensor hole on it too
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ly51ohh
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Registered: 27th Aug 08
Location: bristol
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looking good mate
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spankyjames
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire
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cheers mate wouldnt of got it running without all the parts of bought of you
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spankyjames
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did a little more work on my car today first off i cut the fan as it was touching the manifold
next up starting spraying my plug cover black
tommorrow going to spray the rocker cover samecolour as my car (carabic blue)
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.dean.
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Registered: 21st Sep 07
Location: Hindley, Wigan Drives: Like Its Stolen!
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i love this colour not many people left on here with carabic blue now! you cuming pvs?
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spankyjames
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire
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yeah coming to pvs
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ly51ohh
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Registered: 27th Aug 08
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keep up the good work bud
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spankyjames
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire
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should be getting my cesaros refurbed next week going for star silver, as i want them to look original, was going to get them done white but want to keep it oem style
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spankyjames
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire
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no updates on my car but i will start a thread in here of the missus' car
about a month back the gf was getting annoyed with tigra and set her eyes out to find a white 1.6 corsa sport
browsing through ebay etc we came across one and went to have a look and it was mint so bought it
heres a pics of the day she bought it home
(looking like a 4x4 next to mine)
plans are lower it 60 all round- doing this as we speak
tigra scuttle- doing this now
debadge-doing it now
fiat wiper arm- doing now
badgless grille
depos
black mhws
smoked astra g repeaters
3inch outward rolled backbox
astra cdx wheels sprayed white
and getting the arches and top of bumpers sprayed gloss black
will update later on when parts have been installed
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spankyjames
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire
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just finished lowering the gf's car
tigra scuttle
fiat wiper and started debadging new plates are on order
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