N13L X B
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Registered: 28th Sep 09
Location: Hinckley, leicestershire
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Hi all on corsa sport im fairly new on here although im on my third corsa now  .
Firstly il introduce myself, im Neil from hinckley leicestershire.
It all started when i had a 1.0 12v corsa for my first car
I Now have this car some of you may reconise from the shows 
Polo GTI 1.8t with full self built JL Audio/ DLS sound system
For a bit of fun i then brought this xe'd gsi 
I loved this car is was such good fun and pulled so well . I then decided to sell this corsa which i regreated as soon as it lefted my drive 
So it got me looking at C20LET'd corsa's . Ended up buying Sam_paynes corsa just for the spec, history and tidy shell .
Heres how i brought it last week:
The plan is;
Remove all the bodykit and fit post 97 half colour coded bumpers.
Remove tailpipes and have full new system made up with 3" outward rolled tailpipe
Remove Front projector lights and fit standard units
Remove rear tail lights and fit standard units for now with nice 1's spotted for the future
Take off the 17"s and fit smaller wheels to get the car lower and handling better
Remove all glued on painted plastic arch trims and fit new standard black all round
Fit new front inner arches as the 1's in have been cut for bodykit
Jet clean the underside before treating and undersealing all the underneath
Do a new cambelt kit on the engine just for reasurance and just generally go over the bay.
Just generally do everithing needed to have a clean corsa let
OH AND ENJOY
So into the garage it went and work began stripping it and selling the bits to pay for standard bits
Front wing is gona be replaced too due to crease
Finally them tailpipes get removed and sold
Aswell as the rear bumper
So now im at this stage, all things i dont want stripped off the car and most of it sold . Jet cleaned all the underside including arches, tank, beam etc ready for treating and undersealing.
Thats all for now, more progress soon i hope and check my classified ad as i still have wheels, front bumper and skirts to sell to help fund the project.
Thanks for looking.
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marklawton
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Registered: 24th Apr 05
Location: Pensby, Wirral Drives:Golf mk4 GTI
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never been a fan of kits so looks like your going the right way. oh btw if you remove those blue adjusters on the top of the rear springs it will sit lower 
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
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Nice work mate! Will be following closley 
Did you enjoy the drive home after buying it?
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N13L X B
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Registered: 28th Sep 09
Location: Hinckley, leicestershire
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Cheers, the blue adjuster platforms will be removed 2morro as im dropping the dampers and springs off to underseal .
And as for the drive home, :O Love it
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corsa_cal
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Registered: 28th Oct 08
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im now the owner of the lights and he shall be recieving mine tomorrow hopefully, we can all tell by the cars hes had this is just going to go from a very nice car to absolute perfection!
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Adam C
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Registered: 10th Jan 07
Location: Cornwall UK Drives:Arden Blue Gsi T
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Going in the rite direction mate, will keep an eye on this one
My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
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MurphyGSi
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Registered: 24th Sep 09
Location: SouthEastLondon Drives:CorsaGSi
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not a fan of kitsm nice to see it being changed back
interested to see the progress
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james_suffolk1
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Registered: 1st Mar 08
Location: NUNEATON CV10
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lookin good mate ill have to pop over n have a look one day
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Good progress pal, definately one to watch
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N13L X B
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Registered: 28th Sep 09
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More progress today, not so interesting yet thow as its just starting.
Firstly i collected my wheels from tomo on here , There not my final choice and offset aint perfect but they will get me on the road for a start rarther than them 17"s
A quick test fit, on rear
Ok now time to begin treating the underside for rust and making it look a bit tidier . Heres wat im using
So the shocks and springs were removed aswell as the rubber spring mats, then i wire brushed all the areas to be treated. The wheel well, rear arches and rear panel area is where im doing today. The kurust is then used first this treats the scabby areas, goes on white, turns to blue then dries black if its worked correctly, then after that Underseal is being used to seal and protect
And heres 3 piks of when the underseal was put on, sorry poor quality
Ok while i let that go off, i collected my new parts from James_surfolk off here (Cheers mate)
2 front headlights
Front passenger wing
2 wing mirrors
Arch trims, although buying new 1's of these i wanted the fixings off them
2 inner arches
Calibra base for my rear covers to be fitted
Finally after these parts were collected i decided to order 4 arch trims brand new off ebay, not genuine but £30 delivered for the lot
Also oredered my self some fresh new lights off ebay, these will be revieled soon
Thats all for today, i know its boring at this stage lol.
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Dec-Rossi
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Registered: 28th Sep 09
Location: Wiltshire
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glad its being overhauled properly and being taken care of, keep it up
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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its better already
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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they seat ibiza alloys?
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N13L X B
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Registered: 28th Sep 09
Location: Hinckley, leicestershire
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Nah but there simular, speedline corse alloys.
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
Location: Scotland
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plans sound good
polo looks really nice, need more pics of it
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N13L X B
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Registered: 28th Sep 09
Location: Hinckley, leicestershire
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Only a bit of progress to report today people,
Firstly i back to blacked my mirrors and got them on
Then i cleaned up the rear shocks and springs and built the rear suspension back up, leaving the platforms off this time as im running smaller wheels now
Then i began treating the front inner arches, masked up the brake lines and fuel pipes so it wouldnt look messy. Also treated the drivers front wing before arch trims go on
Thats all i had time to do today , il underseal the front arches 2morro.
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sampayne21
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Registered: 3rd Sep 08
Location: Sidcup Kent Drives: BMW E46
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glad your having fun with it and its really nice to see the car being cared for.
when you've got standard bumpers and smaller wheels on, it will look loads better.
hopefully you will bring it to PVS next year
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MarkSport
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Registered: 22nd May 09
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I've seen the polo about,seen you around tamworth mainly when I've been the mcdonalds to get food...think you were dating a girl i know aswell called emily?
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N13L X B
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Registered: 28th Sep 09
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Yea thats me mate
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N13L X B
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UPDATE
Once the kurust had dried, i undersealed the front arches.
Next, thanks to DAZ on here i brought his post 97 bumpers , front 1 was cut but thats no prob for my project n e way.
Offered the front 1 up without the intercooler as it was mounted far to low before (because of the kit)
Flipped the intercooler around so now the inlet is at the bottom and main body sitting higher up, marked the crash bar as it needed to be cut out.
And heres once the crash bar was cut out and intercooler in place. Will be making pukka mounts for this soon.
Next i free'd up both height adjusting nuts both side on the front coilovers and coated in copper ease to prevent from seizing up for further adjustments.
Fitted a new water pump while i was waiting for my cambelt kit to arrive (egnore the mess it all needs a clean up once shes built back up)
Oh and a nice 1 to finish off, my new crystal rear lights arrived from germany (although without bulb holders and fixings) il sort that
Thats all for now
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
Location: Liverpool
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shall keep and eye on this
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scunnylad
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Registered: 11th Jun 08
Location: Ashby, North Lincolnshire
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are they vmax coilovers ? ive got issues with them being very close to my alloys even with 10mm spacers
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N13L X B
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Registered: 28th Sep 09
Location: Hinckley, leicestershire
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There jamex coilovers mate.
What with and offset wheels are you running?
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
Location: Glasgow City
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its coming on well, ive got those rear lights, loved them when ordering them and wasnt sure on them when they arrived but look shit ot when fitted
keep up the good work
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Corsa_Scotty
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Registered: 8th Aug 07
Location: Scottish Borders
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Car is taking shape already! rear lights are really smart. do standard bullb holders fit in to em?
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