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I'm on here often looking at Nova's as I'm planning on buying one in the next few months for a project car, as my corsa is my every day car i cant do some of the big plans on it that involve taking it off the road.
Anyways here it is.. copied from another site.
Well as some of you know I have a new corsa now :) Was bored of Arden blue so got a flame red.
Before I start here's the arden that my brother now owns..
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8704/DSCF0072.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8704/DSCF0081.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8704/DSCF0075.JPG
Now for the new corsa.. Its a 1.2 8 valve flame red trip. Before anyone points it out I know the license plate is :lol: Its dones 87k miles. Some of you will say I've downgraded, but in my eyes I haven't I wanted it to have as least electrics as possible. :)
Current mods
Full respray in flame red
Irmscher Soft stars 15"
Lowered on 40mm Nova springs
Headlamp protectors
Full sport interior
Momo carbon gear knob
Sport spoiler
Punto rear wiper
Kamei front grill.
Bad bits;
Crack in front bumper as you'll see on headlight pic
No power steering (no big deal)
Future plans:
Steinmetz front grill is on its way from Ryan (RCoughtrie) off C5RSA :(
White slabs going on
Depo headlights off arden
Rear lights off arden
That'll be it till PVS modification wise but will be under sealing car changing plates etc and prepping for engine conversion.
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Sean!
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First update :) 12/02/2011
So today I fitted some of the parts off the arden onto my new corsa.
Smoked Depos
White slabs
All red rear lights
Pics;
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0105.JPG
Wheels on;
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0106.JPG
Headlights on, although you cant tell because the headlamp protectors were steamed up.
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Both corsas together :) (Arden looks so nice with the soft stars on)
Then weather got nice so thought I'd wash and wax it, pics dont do it justice paint work really shines up
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Tigra scuttle panel and Well my Steinmetz grill arrived today, thanks again RCoughtrie.
Got it fitted right away and its a massive improvement IMO. :)
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Also fitted my centre caps and gave it a wash, clay, polish then wax for VBOA tomorrow.
Centre caps make a massive difference in how the car looks imo, much tidier :)
pics:
Before caps and shininess
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0194.JPG
After :cool:
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And the spare slab
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0199.JPG
Went to VBOA Coventry today and got a few bits, as follows:
Astra MK2 steering wheel
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0212.JPG
Rare Irmscher interior parts
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0211.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0210.JPG
Smoked side repeaters
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0213.JPG
And then a couple of tools and cleaning stuff :)
Pic next to my dads Vectra GSi
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9788/DSCF0200.JPG
Sean!
Well today me and my dad fitted all my new parts, so pics:
Irmscher parts
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Battery tray
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Astra MK2 steering wheel
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0220.JPG
And the smoked side repeaters
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0222.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0223.JPG
Well today Dan (DansCorsaSXi) And his brother Luke come down, so we went for a little photoshoot somewhere local to me :)
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Will have some more updates tomorrow too.
As the title says, I've finally got an update :) should be some more to come aswell ;) very soon.
Sportex oval back box: It was sitting really low when we first put it on so took a bit of adjusting to get it where it sits now. Sorry for rubbish pics
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Well I didn't think that my car was red enough so... :P
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Looks clean IMO :)
Well I went to VBOA billing today and got a couple of bits :) nothing amazing but..
Dodo juice, banana armour wax
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0305.JPG
EBC brakes for my 2.0 calipers
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0307.JPG
Speedo with a rev counter :P
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Entry keyring :)
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0308.JPG
And a pic of my car, and my dads new 3.0 vectra gsi
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/9727/DSCF0288.JPG
More to come! Sean :)
Yay I now have a rev counter :P much more modernish feel to the car now :lol:
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More updates to come!
Well today I tried painting some more of the car underneath, did the spair wheel tray and the back seals then it started raining :(
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Bought some rear flappys from Vaux :)
Nice white griffins..
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Makes the rear look much better imo!
Front bumper should be back either today or tomorrow from the body shop! Cant wait, also should be fitting my seats tomorrow if weather holds out.
Well fitted the GSi interior today, and my Vauxhall floor mats
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We had two people who live down the road from me come down with there let corsas lol, so my mum took a pic of the mini corsa/vaux meet :P the green one, and the red with white roof are C20LETS, probably recognise the let from the last page of this thread :)
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Well got a nice delivery today :D nice fresh spray job looks good quality, :D
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Well at last my boot lock and GSi front are fitted :) perfect colour match.
Bootlock
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While the bumper was off
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Fitted, before a clean
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Cleannnn :D
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Wind deflectors arrived today, got them fitted :)
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Speedlines fitted & car waxed, had to buy two front tyres (Yokohama S-lines) but it was worth it!
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Well today we fitted my 2.0 brakes, 60mm rear springs, and white bulbs, also painted the drums and calipers.
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Heres a before and after pic, first pic is 40mm rear, seconds 60mm.
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ryansnova
18-09-11, 09:27 PM
corsa's minted mate :) i would swap the nova enyday for a corsa b :(
but nobody wants to swap a corsa for a nova in bits lol
corsa's minted mate :) i would swap the nova enyday for a corsa b :(
but nobody wants to swap a corsa for a nova in bits lol
you mad? novas are way cooler man, trust me be mint to see yours done.
ryansnova
18-09-11, 09:33 PM
i know craig but with me not working and back at collage i cant afford the bits for the nova to have it what i want it like lol
you mad? novas are way cooler man, trust me be mint to see yours done.
Very true, which is why I'm getting a Nova too ;) just got to spray my irmscher skirts for the corsa, give it a bit more power then a couple more things and it'll be project nova time :D
i know craig but with me not working and back at collage i cant afford the bits for the nova to have it what i want it like lol
im not working atm lol but i do have a corsa ;) and want another nova for the road lol
ryansnova
18-09-11, 10:49 PM
i would love a we corsa like yours moffat ;)
M Sutton
19-09-11, 11:40 AM
Looks good sean! Nova project car sounds like a good plan ;)
Thanks for the comments :) And yeah Mark I'm looking forward to it :D
you mad? novas are way cooler man, trust me be mint to see yours done.
I find it much more relieving owning a car that I can still get parts for direct from GM over the counter without having to pay a scene tax for exclusivity. But thats just me.
RossRog
19-09-11, 12:54 PM
being a trip did your car not have a rev counter before? as my trip does not have a one just a big round speedo...
is it just a simple swap the clocks over or is there more involved?
It did not have a rev counter when I got it, first you need to get your hands on some 10-130 mph clocks, must start at 10 mph not zero because there cable driven, the 0mph ones are electric, then remove the kick panel where the ecu is, look at the block connected to the ecu and find the pea green wire, it should be taped to another wire doing nothing. Take that, and you have to extend it long enough to reach the clocks.
Then once all that is done, you need a little metal pin that all the other wires have in the block, (you'll see when you get to it) then wire it in there in the right hole, then connect up and fire away..
I'm not to good at explaining this, theres a more in depth how to on corsasport.co.uk :)
It did not have a rev counter when I got it, first you need to get your hands on some 10-130 mph clocks, must start at 10 mph not zero because there cable driven, the 0mph ones are electric, then remove the kick panel where the ecu is, look at the block connected to the ecu and find the pea green wire, it should be taped to another wire doing nothing. Take that, and you have to extend it long enough to reach the clocks.
Then once all that is done, you need a little metal pin that all the other wires have in the block, (you'll see when you get to it) then wire it in there in the right hole, then connect up and fire away..
I'm not to good at explaining this, theres a more in depth how to on corsasport.co.uk :)
RossRog
19-09-11, 04:54 PM
ta mate i'l give it a go, i've had 2 trip's haha my 1st started at 10mph my current starts a 0mph! haha
+ rep for you
nice looking car mate, cant wait to get my nova looking as good
shed-on-wheels
19-11-11, 04:44 PM
ive just bought a very cheap b but its a 1.0 12volt lol so shes getting a v6 with 3.0 bottom end vectra gsi top end cams ect and im thinking about geting spacer plates made up and running a turbo lol btw how come your dads first vectra never had the gsi interior?
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