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Author My Girlfriends £190 corsa
Screaming Vtec
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   26th Oct 03 at 10:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I picked this Corsa up in the Freeads:
1.5 Diesel Merit, 75k miles, receipts for £1500 in the last 12 months!
Was in a state when I got it, Laquer was peeling off the paint, rear light broken, bumpers shagged, wheels kerbed to buggery, bald tyres, shagged brakes useless glowplugs, buggered interior, worn out gearlinkage etc, was still taxed and tested thou

2 months later (after waiting 6 weeks for the paint) here it is..
Luckily a mate works in a scrapyard so I could get parts cheap.
All in ive spend £400 including the cost of the car.
I did some subtle cheap mods along the way, including smoked headlights (homemade), tinted rear lights (homemade), LED dash conversion, colour coded bumpers and mirrors, Enkei 15's (from Japan v lightweight), chrome door pulls, adapted 5 door spolier to fit.
Anyway here it is, bear in mind it was my first attempt at spraying, and I did it on the front lawn

Gaz
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26th Oct 03 at 11:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nice one fella thats well sweet for the price you have spent on it
Tiger
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26th Oct 03 at 11:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It looks like a 4 X 4 - you got raised suspension on it?
Screaming Vtec
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Standard Diesel suspension and 195/50/15's

Im waiting for some ET45's before I lower it for her...

Oh I forgot to say, I put on a pipercross filter as well
Tiger
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26th Oct 03 at 11:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Put it on the deck and make a euro cruiser out of it. Smooth and very low.
Screaming Vtec
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Hopefully going -60mm as soon as the new wheels arrive.

Im a dealer for Rota wheels (from the US) very very light weight rims..

Ive got 10 sets arriving in the next fortnight, so a set of them will be going on..
Im thinking stick to 15's and slam it?
Will I need 195/45's or will 50's clear with the right offset?
Andy
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26th Oct 03 at 11:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Screaming Vtec

Im a dealer for Rota wheels (from the US) very very light weight rims..

Ive got 10 sets arriving in the next fortnight, so a set of them will be going on..
Im thinking stick to 15's and slam it?
Will I need 195/45's or will 50's clear with the right offset?


with -60mm, you might be better off with 45 profiles

BTW - is there a website for these rota wheels? What sizes, offests, weights are they??
Tiger
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26th Oct 03 at 11:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Andy cogs are turning - i can hear them.........
Screaming Vtec
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26th Oct 03 at 11:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If you visit www.jaydm.com then you'll see them.

They do ET45, ET 40.. Weight from 11.5lb

Gunmetal, bronze, flat black, white, sports black, silver etc.
Screaming Vtec
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15's 16's 17's..

If you let me have your email addy, i'll send you some pics.
Screaming Vtec
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These are the slipstreams (spoon replicas)
Andy
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Cheers - email me on:

andrew@biopotential.co.uk

I currently use Team Dynamics 15 x 7s, weighin in at 5.5kgs per rim. (12.1lbs). But I'm interested in getting hold of some 15x6.5s or even 15x6s in a light weight. The 7" width is not the best handling wise
l33t corsa
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How much for Rotas? I'm looking for the groups N or the silver slipstreams.
corsa5dr
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26th Oct 03 at 12:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
top job mate, glad my bumpers went to some use

Integra's looking sweet aswell
moddedcorsa
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Looks very nice for £400, How did u tint the headlights?? just spray the outside of the glass or what?
Bennn
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26th Oct 03 at 12:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
aye - i wondered that too
Screaming Vtec
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I heated the silicon up with a hairdryer, and split the headlight into glass and backing.

I then sprayed the headlight surround matt black, and removed the orange refractor bit..

Put it all back together with new silicon, added and orange bulb and there you go..
Screaming Vtec
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Forgot to say, cheers for the bumpers Corsa5door...

ljames555
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how did u smoke ya headlights ??
Screaming Vtec
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See above mate

The Rotas I can do for £400 in 15", £420 in 16" £440 17" (without tyres)

15's are 6.5" wide.
Tam the diesel man
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26th Oct 03 at 13:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sweet integra mate. that a real carbon bonnet?
corsa is coming along well
ljames555
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sorry just looked at wat udone 2 car n thought bout headlights cheers i mite ava go myself
Screaming Vtec
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Tam- yep Real Carbon, Carbon mirrors and splitter going on soon..

ljames.. The newer the headlights the easier they are to go apart.. if they are old the silicon doesnt melt too easily..
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5 door spoiler grafted on. Homemade Fuel filler cap (Allen headed bolts recessed into the flap and sprayed matt black), Hometinted rear lights.
MattyB
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u look pretty handy with DIY stuff mate....lol

Matt

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