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Ojc
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25th Oct 10 at 18:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

It's winter, too keep my mind occupied during those kind lonely nights I've gone Premium and thought I'd make a project thread even though the Astra is near completion still got the Corsa to mess around with.

Here is the Corsa, it's a 1.4 16v SXi 90bhp. It has the 17" optional extra alloys which I was so lucky it came with and with these wheels you get uprated suspension as well. Which is nice.




It's a lovely car to drive, lacks in torque but it easily does 100mph and it doesn't struggle to its top speed of 112mph.

Today I ordered this grille but I only paid £39.95 from LMF



While on the phone I also ordered



And also an 'i' to go on the front grille


Oh and picked this up the other day from Halfords, just waiting for the surround to come in and the steering wheel control adapter before I fit it



I'm going to DIY spray the interior parts gloss black like the higher spec cars, how hard can it be

The car sounds like a sewing machine at the moment and according to the Corsa-D boys a cone filter sound quite good on these oh how handy I have one spare

Ojc
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25th Oct 10 at 18:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

As for the Astra



This is how it will stay until the RR Day then after that it won't come out again until March.

In that time I'm going to get a set of these.



The B8 kit is superb from all accounts and works fantastic with the DAP-R springs I have on it at the moment.

Aside from that, a set of new Mintex 1144 pads for the front and a set of plain standard discs.

I did contemplate a set of AP 4 pots but they are far too expensive and I simply cannot warrant spending £1400 on some brakes, Willwoods are supposed to be releasing a 4 pot caliper for the VXR to use with the standard discs but details are so sketchy at the moment so I'll wait and see.
Rich H
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25th Oct 10 at 19:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Get that car cover off the Astra - you'll regret it if you don't. They cause so many RDS and marring from the wind blowing them about and grit getting caught underneath etc etc!

Corsa looks good, wheels suit it well, not so sure on the grille though
big eck
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25th Oct 10 at 19:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Have you taken the alloys off the astra to store it?

I wouldnt mind taking mine off the road for the winter.
Ojc
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25th Oct 10 at 20:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Oh Rich I wish you hadn't said that

It's not a shitty cover though, it's soft underneath cost me £54 quid from Halfords.

Please tell me it's not going to do anything I gave it a layer of wax before I fitted it on.
Rich H
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25th Oct 10 at 20:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

You're better off leaving it out in the elements with a couple of decent coats of wax on it than with ANY cover on it.

The seams are normally the worst bits as they rub on the paint as the wind moves the cover slightly - the marks they create are ridiculous ( I have had to deal with a few now, and you can't always get all the marks out )
Ojc
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25th Oct 10 at 21:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Reckon I can get a refund on the cover? I can't get it back in the bag though
John
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25th Oct 10 at 21:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

They'll probably ask why you bought a cover for a modern astra in the first place.
Ojc
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25th Oct 10 at 21:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Do what now, to cover it from the elements mate.
Ojc
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25th Oct 10 at 21:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Fitted the filter

Not like the old X14/16XE sound but makes a bit of noise, deffo got a bit more torque

Gonna get a cold air feed on it, every bhp counts
Ojc
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26th Oct 10 at 08:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Having this cover on has got me paranoid now FFS
Rich H
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Sorry Thought it best to make yo u aware though! Doubt Halfords will accept a refund, but you may be able to get some money back on it flogging it on ebay or another forum?
Ojc
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26th Oct 10 at 09:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

It's strapped down though Rich, it's not moving around and I did have the same one on my Nova and it never caused any issues.

I thought it was a case that if you put the cover on when the car is dirty it will cause issues?

I had washed it, de-tarred it, clay barred and then put a fresh layer of wax on and it was perfectly clean.
3CorsaMeal
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26th Oct 10 at 09:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

any marks left by a cover should be piss easy to polish out, thats what i decided when i started using a cover

corsa is ugly as sin, i wouldn't spend any money on that mate, just drive it
Ojc
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26th Oct 10 at 09:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

You use one Jim? Any issues at all?

Corsa is heavy blod, goes like stinkers.
3CorsaMeal
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i had one on the rado for a while, people were painting a house next door.

it didn't have a lining, just one type of material, it did leave marks on the corner of spoiler and front edge of bumper where it was tight fitting, but they disappeared easy enough

i also found dust still got under it somehow
Ojc
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26th Oct 10 at 10:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Did they come out by hand? If not I'm coming to see you and your rotary and your goat foot.
3CorsaMeal
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goat foot is nearly gone now, last time i wear the wank sock for a laugh

yeah i think i just rubbed it with a bit of AutoGlym Super Resin Polish. tbh i gave up trying for this perfection i see on the internet and live with some of the marks on my car, buts it is 15yrs old and 200,000miles so never going to be perfect

try pulling the cover about on your car and see if it leaves marks
Steve
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26th Oct 10 at 15:48   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Rich H
Get that car cover off the Astra - you'll regret it if you don't. They cause so many RDS and marring from the wind blowing them about and grit getting caught underneath etc etc!

Corsa looks good, wheels suit it well, not so sure on the grille though


this is exactly what i told him before he went out and bought it but the boy wont listen, now look at the predicament he is in

[Edited on 26-10-2010 by Steve]
Ojc
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26th Oct 10 at 16:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Like fuck you do, you fucking cunt.
Ben J
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26th Oct 10 at 17:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Get that cover off. It will fuck up your paintwork. Dirt and moisture will get in underneath and if it moves in the wind it will be like sandpaper.


AND tbh why are you covering the VXR? Get it well waxed/sealed and just drive it through the winter!!! It will be fine. Just make sure the wheels are well sealed and washed off every week.




*EDIT* Bugger....Rich beat me to it!!!

[Edited on 26-10-2010 by Ben J]
Ben J
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26th Oct 10 at 17:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Tbh imo I think covers are only good for use in a gargae to keep dust etc off.

We've got one for the kit car to keep dust and my parents cat off it.
mattk
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26th Oct 10 at 17:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

the reason I dont have a cover on mine

and the fact its only 4 years old
djgritt
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26th Oct 10 at 17:53   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I've got the same Cover on my Corsa, well, the small one

Need it to stop rainwater getting in through the window sliders - not fussed by the paintwork on mine though

Seams rubbing shouldn't be an issue with it as they are external seams
Ojc
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26th Oct 10 at 18:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

How am I going to get a refund with this cover

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