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    iv'e gotta put a smaller engine in my new gsi . i was wondering if the insurance company would be bothered if the car used to be a gsi or would they charge extra?

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    why have you gotta put a smaller engine in your gsi?

    insurance may be bothered as to thiefs it will still look like a GSi and more likely to get pinched

    depends on company me thinks :D

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    coz im only 17. i bought the car coz its totally modified (not the one on my profile). i'd only insure the car 3rd party f&t, and the insurance company im going with told me not to declare the mods to them.

    its just me old man thinking i won't be able insure coz it use to be a gsi.

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    i treid to get quotes on GTE with 1.2 engine in it when i was 17 and they all said no would be same as gte if not more coz its been converted :?

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    Does depend very much on the base car - hence why a lot of people use 1ltrs as project cars! Most insurance companies would insure it as a GTE with modifications. The only way round it *maybe* would be to drop the 1.2 in, change the details with the DVLA and then the car is a fully fledged 1.2?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Road_knight76
    Does depend very much on the base car - hence why a lot of people use 1ltrs as project cars! Most insurance companies would insure it as a GTE with modifications. The only way round it *maybe* would be to drop the 1.2 in, change the details with the DVLA and then the car is a fully fledged 1.2?
    good idea but the original reg will still show on an insurance DB as a GSI

    swap all ur bits to another shell mate much easier :P

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    also its a GTE/GSI for reasons other than just the engine, thats why the insurance is higher more bits to replace and more comforts etc than a 1.2

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    good idea but the original reg will still show on an insurance DB as a GSI

    swap all ur bits to another shell mate much easier
    mine comes up with GSI on mine an its a 5 door...?

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    cut and shut?

    lmfao

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    fuck knows, insurance companies dont know what they are doing anyway

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