derick-sport
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hi been a member for a while now and thought i should post a build thread also SRI LEE told me to a while back now 
heres a few pics of my previous vauxs iv had since the age of 17
my nova sri
my lovely cavvy sri
had a lot of others but they wernt vauxhalls or worthy of pictures
anyway i was looking for a new car and found this little gem, a W plate 1.6 sport with one owner from with 86,000 miles very clean and just had new brakes and tyres all round. Also had 12 months ticket and tax so i snapped her up.
had the car a few days and lowered her 60mm front and 50mm rear with some opel springs off ebay.de
cleaned her up using clay bar, polish and wax to finish came up rather nice
also de badged the sides then the boot at a later date
Then i just kept browsing german ebay and found a few bits i liked so i snapped them up
Some irmscher flying chip badges, and some german rear lights which i won for £40 delivered
Anyway they stayed in my room for the time being whilst i got busy searching for some wheels, a couple of days searching and a lad off here had some gsi fans (Sumyh - top lad) so i drove to get them,
Got the wheels and gave them a sand down and filled up any imperfections
Then a couple of coats of gloss black and a final laquer
By this time funds were low as i soon found out running a car again that was quite thirsty for town driving
After a bit of hard graft and saving i finally had money for tyres woop woop. So i ordered 4 kumho ku31s for the wheels and i also bought some 80mm rear springs off pazz who does the custom jobbies
size difference
tyres ready for fitting 
Got the wheels back and went to my garage for a tidy up and fit the wheels
got a bonnet bra thanks to the g/f to fit as my bonnet is chipped badly grille upwards
finally happy ...well for now theres loads more i want to do so i will be updating the thread as i go along
next on my list of to-dos,
-decent coilovers
-lexmaul inlet
-4-2-1
-powerflow cat back system
-calibra cream leathers with a custom rear bench trim(done by ye old faithfull nan)
-finally get round to making a decent install with the loudest.com components and sub
-by a decent camera to make my thread better
(sorry for the oddsize shite pics my phones seems to do this god knows why)
comments either way welcome cheers
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SRI-LEE
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good man deano finally! cars looking awesome mate you done loads already!  keep up good work mate looks very tidy, can i still have your old wheels? u2u me bud 
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derick-sport
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yes you can lee put them away for you, cheers xmas soon so hopefully extra pennies then i can do some more bits pal
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fillmecca
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looking good dean if there any random little bits you need i may have them here..sheds full of corsa bit ect
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Jamie-C
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Clean as a whistle 
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derick-sport
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cheers lads
ye il probs be in touch mate moneys coming in now so it should be well on its way by the start of next year
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mike56gte
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looks brilliant
nice and clean
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derick-sport
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fitted bonnet bra tonight a van-x one its not to bad but im not decided on it yet
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SRI-LEE
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pics deano
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derick-sport
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pics will be done tmro fitted in the dark! lol
still push ironing to work mate? u get your clutch?
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SRI-LEE
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awesome stuff mate, i certainly am mate lol and insured on a ped,yeah got it all sorted eventually lol should be on the road next few weeks engines abit smokey though so going to get it on the road see if it gets anmy better then sort it out might have to rebuild it in new year thats worse case scenario anyway
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derick-sport
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NEW UPDATE
so got bonnet bra fitted its a van x one had it for ages but just fitted it was ok after soaking it in hot water fitments a bit shit so will get an autobra one sometime soon
woke up on saturday to give her a good wash,polish sealer and wax heres a few pics also shampooed the seats and vacumed it came up lovely as always
Still had no leads on cream leathers  but they will pop up in time
just ordered about 300quids worth of detailing kit from cleanyourcar.co.uk so going to do a major clean after xmas and hopefully get the slight rust bubble under the passenger door sorted
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connollygt30
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Seriously...£300 worth? 
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Jon_C
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Looks nice that. Very shiny
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derick-sport
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Yes i got a machine polisher kit with pads, snow foam kit and lance. Also bought a clay bar kit and a job lot of meguiers polish, clay, lube, gloss sealant and paste wax
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SRI-LEE
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looks immaculate taht deano!! LOVELY!! your fair sick spending that much on cleaning stuff lol
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DansCorsaSXi
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Bumpers and arches are very black and shiny
Star silver C20XE SXi Project thread
Smoke Grey Corsa GSi Project thread
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mike56gte
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cars looking brilliant mate.
molded mudflaps next??
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derick-sport
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Cheers guys cant wait to get the dual action polisher on her then get some proper shine
yes mike that will be next dont know if you can see on the picture of the arch, but it had a set on And they came off in a puddle going to get some gm ones and hopefully some gm carpet mats if you can still get them
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MarkSport
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Makes me miss my arden sport so bad
once ive sold my van i think im getting another
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Ingham
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Not a fan of the bra or the wheels. Cream leathers wont exactly go either I don't think.
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derick-sport
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Yeah i know it wont be to everyones taste but i love it atm and i think cream leather will go very well with a matching handbrake and gear gaitor. It will be all trial and error iv got it into my head now so im going to go through with it and if i dont like it ill change it
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derick-sport
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Jst a small update today
had an early finish today so went up the local scrappy
had a scan about then in the corner found two depo standard headlights so thought perfect for a tenner why not!
got them home and thought why not make them into Proper depo lights they had depo on the front so no one could tell 
anyway first stage oven bake  mother was not happy when she returned from work to see me lights on gas mark 1!
out and prized open
the glue is seriously messy cant belive how sealed these units were took an average of 15 mins in oven to get them opend easily without any damage too the backing
Next up i prepped and primerd the inserts in my room (lovely smell)
then put in the airing cuboard for an hour till they were nice and dry
scratched off with a bit of 800 then ready for the black
then these were left to dry and laquered
Whilst they were drying i took the time to soak the lenses in hot water and washing liquid so i had nice shiny glass
then i fitted all the units together and sealed them up with tiger seal
nice and easy depos! in all took about 45mins to do excluding drying time and they look the nuts and have the added bonus they say depo on them. going to get them fitted tomorrow and take pictures
also fitted some new dash lights tonight of light-tec and frankly there shite!! so will be going to vauxhall to get some proper replacements soon.
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12valver
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Car looks smart! Should look ace once the depos are on
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DansCorsaSXi
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Nice update mate,them lights will look mint! It'll finish front end of nicely
Star silver C20XE SXi Project thread
Smoke Grey Corsa GSi Project thread
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