Edges 58
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Hi!! Been on here for ages as everyone is before eventually starting a thread....
Think I'll just get on with it now;
Bought a £600 Frost blue B back in 2008 with 33450 miles on.. Old lady owner so very clean and tidy, just a few rust spots on the sills and corner of the front wings
after a year of not liking corsa's at all i decided to start modding and bought some bad SXI alloys for £40
only lasted about 6 months though
had some rust holes appearing on the sills so wanted them welding up, used that as an excuse to strip the whole interior bar the front seats 
found this under the carpet... strip of paper with my initials 
debadged, filled and painted the bootlock surround (bad paint job but first attempt) and dewipered the boot
got some blue LEDs for the dash and a kit for neon lights in the footwell to come on when you open the door
then a bloke at work bought some HIDs and gave me the tinted sidelight bulbs... so why not
felt a little chavvy so got the halfords special treatment
when i started workin full time last year decided to start some bigger better mods, on the phone to demon tweeks got me this 300mm OMP steering wheel
bought a set of freshly refurbed Cesaro's of Taylor2008 on here.. wrapped in Proxie T1R's too 
also decided yellow brake calipers would be cool so before and after shots
got myself a tigra scuttle panel
recently got hold of some morettes and an e-tech front strut brace
always hated how high it stud, and after saying for months and months i was gonna get coilovers.... eventually i did get GAZ GHA's and got them fitted last weekend. thanks to P1CK4D (Spelling??) on here got them brand new for a good price!
fronts done set lowest to fit easily... very nose down lol
And done
its set a little nose down as i prefer that look and i love it!!! still havent played much with the damping settings but i want to get camber bolts fitted and fully aligned first.
and finally while i was at The Fast Show i spent a little money on stickers
sorry for the terribly long thread but 1 1/2 years of modding to catch up on... please tell me your thoughts and suggestions, thanks for lookin!!
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apt1986
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Whats the ride like on the GAZ coilovers? Are they really stiff, what they like compared to the standard suspension?
Made some really nice modifications thus far, keep up the good work.
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Darryl H
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another frost blue 
looking good mate, not too keen on the indicators in the front bumper, is there no way of hiding them or making them a little more subtle?
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Edges 58
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With the coilovers I got the springs for c20let conversion as it's gonna be a track toy after it's finished .. So they are really stiff, quite crashy almost but solid and hardly any body roll on cornering.
The indicators are a temporary thing as I plan to get a irmy airdam and led indicators like FAZ.
Thanks for your comments
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Darryl H
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ah good plan
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Edges 58
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Small update, with the weather being so nice lately and being fed up of rusty brake drums... out came the wire brush and black hammerite
looks loads better i think, while i was there thought it best to copper grease the coilover bodies so they dont seize up on me and again while i was at it, thought id lower it a bit more.
really like how easy coilovers are to change the height on!!! also gave it a good wash and polish then used a heat gun on the black plastic arches and bumpers... hadnt done this before but really happy how it turned out!
thanks for reading,
comments welcome
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philip2
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bonnet stickers....bin, sort splitter as it looks like its going to fall off and indicators, other than that its getting there...and probably bin those neons off....there about 10years out of date lol
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Walshgsi16v
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Would look nice with front and rear white leather calibra seats
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Edges 58
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quote:
Originally posted by Walshgsi16v
Would look nice with front and rear white leather calibra seats
Let me guess.. Your sellin some??? Haha nah it's gettin roll cage and bucket seats when I can afford them
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AshWatson
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About time you did a progress thread, long time no speak btw fella, glad to see my morettes live on lol
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Edges 58
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I know I was waitin to get the car lowered till I started one.. Silly I know but just really didn't like to show the monster truck stance. Yeah the morettes live on.. I love em but most people hate them haha
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AshWatson
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the morettes are love or hate subject with other people i think mate, when i had um people either thought wow they look ace or eh its got a lamp missing haha
reckon you'll be at PVS ? have to meet up as you said when i saw ya at the meet
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Edges 58
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I think I'm busy on the PVS weekend unfortunately.. Really wanted to go too! I'll drop you a text sometime soon ash!
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Edges 58
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Update time;
Had a nice drive to Newcastle last week to buy these of Mieran on here, Monoco S's with willans harnesses, OMP sliders and Nova weld in mounts (sliders and weld in mounts are for sale as i dont need them)
despite loads of people on here saying it cant be done, i wanted to mount them to my standard subframes, bought some angled alloy 6mm thick, 50mm one side and 76mm the other
after 2 nights of debating with my dad, we decided how we were gonna do it and got on with it.. the result is this
not too different height wise to standard seats!!
dont have a pic of both buckets fitted at the mo but will get one soon!!!!
slate or rate people
thanks
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LukesCorsaSXi
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Look awesome mate, love this colour! Don't see many of em 
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sparcost3
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look quality, can't wait to do mine now cheers again for the advice i replied to your u2u btw, and whilst im here nice project looking tidy
we have a very similar taste in parts 
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Edges 58
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Appreciate the good comments guys, thanks!!
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Edges 58
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As stated before pics of both bucket seats fitted
Also another couple of mods, slightly inspired by Bigron's project.. a lower front strutbrace
to be honest, cant say it does anything for cornering speeds but it kinda makes everythin feel a little more stable.... if that makes sense haha
And finally for now, inspired by my mates classic mini.. name of the tyres on the sidewalls painted white
the front tyre in that pic looks a bit flat but it was a failed attempt at fitting camber bolts 
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Walshgsi16v
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were did you get the angled metal for seats ? looking to do the same with my bucket seats, car looks really nice mate
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Edges 58
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quote:
Originally posted by Walshgsi16v
were did you get the angled metal for seats ? looking to do the same with my bucket seats, car looks really nice mate
Smiths Metal Centres, i paid £30 for a 2m cut off, usually bought in 4 or 6 meter lengths. unsure how much that costs though. And thanks
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Edges 58
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quick picture of my car on track at trax, really happy with it
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Darryl H
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Saw it on the weekend mate. Went well
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LukesCorsaSXi
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Where was this!? i didnt see it
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Edges 58
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Thanks Daz, yours looked great, knowing it has the 20xe is making me want to hurry up and convert mine!
Luke, I was on the driveitorrideit.co.uk stand, was kinda out the way to be honest
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