pip's mk2 gsi replica build

[nova_pipi]

thanks for the comments everyone, i think i am going to leave the side skirts off it makes the car look alot cleaner imo just as you can see the paint right down to the bottom knd's coming on quite well nick, i still need to get a load of pics up of the progress so far but im so behind with all the pics and things iv got, iv still got to put pics up from pv this year

[nova_pipi]

update : not an update as such but my mate has finally uploaded all his pics from his camera from the weekend so i just got the few really for the project thread but ill try to get all his pics and upload them to somewhere at some point anyway heres the pics.













thanks for looking,
phil

[Connor]

looks mint mate, real credit to you

[gary_126]

love the colour!! looks similar to lazer blue that came on mk1 nova's. Corsa is also lovely (tho im not a fan of the mega streched tyres, 195/40/16 would be ideal in my opinion) Keep up the good work!

[MattBrown]

Looks really really good phill.

Much better on speedlines IMO!!

[RJM25R]

Just followed this tonight on my way home from work. Looked really nice....

[RJM25R]

Just clicked, your Andys brother. He works with my wife at BMW and lives around the corner from me!

[nova_pipi]

thanks for the comments everyone,
it is a very similar colour to lazer blue gary its just got a slight metallic green hint in the sunshine the suzuki colour but it is very close match i think im going to go to 195/40/16 tyres also as the ride is extremely firm on those tyres as theres very littl give in the sidewalls,
i keep thinking about going back to the speedlines matt but i wanted the corsa to be a little more 'euro' but not over the top stupid, just so that it looked a little different even though corsa gsi's on speedlines are the dogs danglies,
RJM25R, that is me andy seems to no everyone these days, i recognise the area and your car now from your pic, its definatly a small world

[nova_pipi]

iv not updated anything for a while but iv been a little busy over the summer, after i had got the nova back on the road i didnt really plan on doing much to the corsa just sorting out a few issues such as the power steering rack and few in dash lights and generally tidying things up but after sourcing a pas rack from will F he also had c20xe lying around with corsa mounts for sale and so i happily snapped these off him as the corsa just needed a heart transplant to finish it off imo. Anyways after a long 400 mile round trip journey this is what i cam back with plus shafts, hubs, mounts and loom all ready to go.

[nova_pipi]

then from this getting on with removing the corsa engine began, i decided to remove the engine by lowering the car the ground rather than through the top as it seemed a bit easier at the time but proved very difficult as a one man job,
bumper off



everything put tightly in the garage for another day



another day then came, everything removed off the engine



car then had been lowered onto the ground to unbolt all the mounts




little tiny engine out



then the car raised back up with an empty engine bay




thanks for looking
phil