hiya peeps the majority of you know my car but i finally decided to start a topic off

Currently my car mods are
- 15 inch TSW alloys
- lowered 40mm
- x-power air filter
- 4.5 outward rolled exhaust straight thro
- jvc flip down head unit
- 10inch jbl an 360watt mosphet amp
- footwell an display light l.e.d's
- debadged all round
- mountney steerin wheel






Future mods
- Euro front an bk bumoer
- combat side skirts
- hopefully smoothed boot once kit is fully sprayed

Looks good matey, I remember seeing this car as standard man... <img border="0" alt="" title="" src="graemlins/cwemotions051.gif" />

You have modified the car nicely to your own style and done a good job of it.

It sounds awesome now with the straight through exhaust and rage backbox fitted. <img border="0" alt="[smokin]" title="" src="graemlins/cwemotions036.gif" />

Keep up the good work matey, you must be well proud of ya motor ???

Everytime I see it theres something new and its always in mint condition!

im really proud of it especially when it was bog standard when i got it, hopefully now iv started my ful time job i can start puttin abit more money into it, really pleased witht the exhaust now its straight thro bid big thanks to autosafe for that 1!

ps, cheers for the pics to paz appreciated!

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Well in mate - your doing a great job of customising what was a fairly common car - looks smart mate! Sounds sweet to thanks to Scooby! <img border="0" alt="[smokin]" title="" src="graemlins/cwemotions036.gif" />

bk bumpers just arrived today an my sideskirts are on the way, put the bk bumper up against the car an it looks fat!

got the front bumper yet john? whens it all going on the car?

side skirts came on mon an i ordered the front bumper last fri heres a few pics of the kit







it'll all b goin on as soon as iv saved up enuf to get it sprayed an fitted hopin me rents will help me out but havent had any quotes yet!

Your car's looking smart now man. Wasnt keen on the colour at 1st, but its grown on me now

sound ben the spoilers the last ting i wanna get but wen i cum round to it ill give ya a shout

alright then chief

john mate ya little beast is comin on niceley, will be great to see your kit on, aint seen many corsas that colour with a phat kit like that on!

Keep up the good work!!!

we do like to b diff, i was unsure about the colour to when i 1st thort bout buyin it but hay how many red and white corsas around! as for the kit wanted plain sutble with not like every other corsa ie combat 1 or 2 kit or like the aggressor style cos it looks wrong as a jap lookin car euro is the way forward!

its gettin there fella keep up the good workand you will well have ya car ready for the Nationals

your car looks great mate aint seen it in person yet but am sur i will at one of the cruises. keep up the good work punto driver

just fitted me new red prism bulbs into the bk clear clusters after months of tryin different paint on the bulbs no way the 5-0 can stop me now, reder then red

just droped me bodykit off today hopefully will b ready within the month cant wait think its gonna make the car look so diff

just spent 8 hours makin a boot install consistin of 2 10inch subs still need to cover it any suggestions to what colour stroke materials to use will get sum pics up tomos hopefully, goin the bodyshop tomos to see how there gettin on wud love to hav to fitted for merseycruise mayhem2

lookin good john, cant wait to see it with the kit. hope its done for merseycruise

just bin the bodyshop today an iv gotta leave my car with them for a couple of days from monday so they can colour code the arches an fit the kit

just finished off the install today to covered it in imatation black leather

Sweet mate,

Car is coming alone ace...

Keep up the high standards mate

Wet my pants,

Thats sweet.

that install is super nice...

Lookin sweet mate, what amp you running those JBL's off? Just wanna know if it'll sound better than mine
Lookin forward to seeing the kit on it too, you're doin well to make a common car look so different!

Well in no 1. Lookin good.

As see at Mersey Mayhem 2

this is one sweet looking corsa dude keep up the good work

Lookin sweet mate, really slick and smooth

keep it up...

looks very nice

remember when u had not long got ya car jon n me n paul cum 2 meet ya 4 that spoiler, looks well nice hun done a good job

linsy

your car is lookin sweet now m8y. i saw it last night and it was lookin all sparkling and gleaming, bet you had been polishing it all day for it to look that clean. keep up all the good work m8 xx

Very very very nice! Done so well to make that corsa to stand out from the rest. Well done mate, top marks

looking very nice tha mate. admittedly i wasnt a fan of it a month or 2 ago, but with that install its sweet and the kit makes SO much different. you were right to keep it that colour, its unique and looks sweet now!

thats lookin sweet now john, they have done a crackin job on that, well done to them!

lovin the kit mate, seen it at merseycruise, spot on mate, keep up the good work.

amazing mate. how far u gonna take it, got an engine chnge planned and any interior changes, the seats from a corsa sport could be an idea

Looks a clean tidy example of a corsa.

Whats next?

i wanna get a corsa sport interior with door cards i heard there was one in a scrappy on clevland strret but im skint, i also wanna get the alarm upgraded to central lockin an get the doors de-locked, bodywork wise i wanna get the boot smoothed

dont take my word for it, but my mate got one of them remote-start, central locking alrams off ebay for £35. aparantly ther ded cheap and pretty good. he took it to an auto electrician who tested it and said it was all in good workin order and seemed a bargain! you can also get the kits that open your doors etc frm the same place. i dunno if theyre actually any good, but worth lookin on ebay if u want an alarm!

when you look at buying an alarm surely you look for which is going to protect your car better than any other before looking at all the extras it has dont you?

i did anyway and with the alarm i have i have the option of adding remote start, window closure, headlight activation, and all the other goodies at a later date

wen i picked my alarm i picked it to protect the car, not ***** about how effective there are for addin solinoid buttons an stuff theres ways an means around everytin

john, wud u fancy buyin a set of front brake discs and pads. my bro got a set for his corsa and wrote it off b4 fittem em, theyre grooved discs and greenstuff pads from ebc. i think theyll b a bigger size than ur existin ones too so u may need to buy calipers from a sport but i dunno, wot u think dude. he might have his smoked lexus lights too

yeah, obviously security is the main reason for gettin an alarm, all i was gettin at is that you can get some pretty cool featured ones off ebay for cheap! hmm fink al start a topic on alarms lol!

Looks so much better with those bumpers, really stands out and the colour looks better with them, unsual but looks really nice.

My alarm cost stupid money, and as a consequence I spend half the time trying to get back into the car that locked me out!

Did you get my pm about the scrap Corsa in Dixon's?

yeah i did mate sorry i aint had much time to reply to things i did go down yeah but the interior had already gone just have to keep me eyes peeled cheers for the comments guy it will look even beta wen its clean

well done m8 good work wat uve done 2 it!!!!ive noticed a few peoples cars comin on a bit now includin urs and aggys cause i nt really been on here much l8ly!!!!!

just finished puttin all the sri interior in my baby, havent attented the door cards yet as iv shed enough sweat over the seets (ps.advice to any1 who's thinkin about gettin a vauxhall for moddin! think twice all the bolts are hidden an there all put in with guns neva contemplatin we mite need to get them out!) all in all a good day an iv got rid of that nasty grey interior

got any piccys mate. Ur car is now officailly rude. Thats the only thing i h8 about corsas. The interior on inferior models is bloody rank

you car is nice!
would suit some tints
angel eyes for corsa's look good





WHAT YOU THINK??

not yet mate only finished it an hour ago its all good tho saved the door cards for another day cos they look like there gonna b a biatch! wudnt say me car is rude but i am happy with the progress

ur car is ace mate. Doorcards shouldt be hard at all, mines like 10 screws and one in the doorhandle area and on ein the handggrip.would take me 4 1/2 mins to replace one of mine, vaux must be mad

door cards are a piece of **** i did mine the other day in 5 mins and that was 2 take off and put back on!!! all u need 2 remember is the central lockin pin liftit over and watch the door handles!!!!just make sure u take all the screws out cuz i ****** around 4 10 mins realisin i hadnt undone 1 screw so be warned m8!!!!!then its a case of just rippin it off!!!!!!!

here are the pics of the new interior really impressed with them there so comfy.still gotta do the door cards im just to lazt to do them at the mo

what you all think?

lookin good john, wil av to av a test of those seats tho to c how comfy they r! lol

Much better mate, just need the doors doin to make it look full on sporty instead of the grandad interior that i loath so much

they're nice john! your exhaust sounds lovely to

cheers adam it was gud to hear it from the outside

since fittin the install iv had major probs with it stayin in place as it has a tendancy to slide down so yesterday after about of chopin an measurin i think iv finally sorted it, i was also wel suprised to find out how much bassier it was once i got in now its abit more secure

Coming along very nice aint it

wel the other day i finally put the mesh on the left hand side of the zorst which has been off for weeks

i also did a few other lil things like taped up the bk led so the bar isnt visable thro the bumper

i also put all the plastic bits bk in the car that i had to remove to put the sport seats in.

an finally i hav fitted a neon to the boot light to glow up the install all in all a gud day an a cheap one at that

finally got my a$$ into gear an got to work with a piece of mesh an made me grill the other day wel impressed with it the front end looks sweet now. now all the attention an money will b goin on the bk of the car hopefully

also follow in the footsteps in dazza. daz106. and stuy mac an drilled an fitted my standard air box an all i can say is "what a difference" the car runs so much smoothered an the zorst pops an sounds alot sweeter!

good stuff john fella, get some pics up of the bumper when the new plate goes on

all this airbox drilling has got me thinking about putting my standard airbox back on now

finally got me number plate thro today an it looks nice feels like the front looks alot beta so iv put to pics up for you to judge yaself, as the pics show the grill iv recently meshed

muuuuuuuch better john

need pics of my new stuff now

lookin v sweet indeed matey! u hav nemore luck with mirrors? a set of sweet mirrors wud b a nice finishin touch to the exterior stylin.

i have to say mate, 6 months ago i didnt really like your car, (Well not that i didnt like it, it was jus another corsa) but youve modded it well good dude, hats off to you it does look the shizzle now, definately one of the nicest corsa's around. wif a smooth boot n that its gunna look d bomb!

Loving it mate, I realy think you shouldnt put a spoiler on it looks class!

Aftermarket mirrors are an idea but which ones look nice and still do the job. I reckon u just spray urs up matey

cheers for the comments guys feel like the fronts complete now,

just wanna go to work on the boot an the rear in general had a few quotes for the smoothin but im quite stuck for money at the mo,

puttin the sport doorcards in on sat so the interior will all b the same.

an iv just purchased another amp an wirin kit so each sub will hav 360 waps! should make it sound beta!

as for the spoiler thinkin of leavin it for now. im def in no rush

mirrors it looks like dtms cos there the smallest/smoothest but every corsa is startin to get them an im not likin that thort

rossi focus appreciate ur comments greatly, personally i wudnt say its one of the nicest around but hay!

lookin good boyo, plate looks smooth and looks loads better now ur all meshed up!!!

Maybe custom mirrors? made by splashing filler on ur existing ones. Seen on a yellow supra in max power

just had the doorcards fitted an they look spot on

today i also fitted a second amp so both subs hav got 360wats each.

an secondly i fitted dtms still in black but will get the sprayed sum time.

after all my good pregress today i was feelin generous so i decided to give the merseyside police 30 whole sterlings pounds of my own money for havin my front number plate to small. he was a lovely guy!

he did look a lovely fella matey.

car is looking sweet mate, you tried the states for mirrors???

Gripped already, merseybeat are deffo on the ball. Think i mite take my sunstrip off if it is deffo illegal cos i aint handin over 30 buff for a bit of see thru film. are silly! can u read it?? yes!! then im happy with it. Y arent they??

iv fitted dtm mirrors to it today pics will follow tomos just looked at me penalty sheet an the reason is for "driving without registration mark" so ill b on the blower tomos to see what they say cos i didnt hav a registraion mark showin

Have you had to take the front number plate off? Or are you going to keep it on?

Officer:- theres 30quid 4 u sir. in a fine i mean

Mr Gresty:- thank you mr officer im glad u gave me that fine when u could have just told me that plate was of an illegal size. i feel alot better now i have been made an example off so i tell all my m8s to take there illegal sized plates of.

Officer:- thank you mr gresty im going to play with mr other friend who is sitting in the car in his uniform setting up his video camera now. Have a nice day.

mr gresty:- gud evening to you 2 sir

morale of this story is...........................................


lifes a b***h

unlucky my sun

wel today i was up at 8 oclock an hes it did hurt as my car had to b at cybox for 8.30 an the cleva dudes down there did this to my car





very impressed overal not much louder just a deeper nouse an it does smoke more to the left but its hard to get an exact 50/50 split cos of the spare wheel well.

so what ya think guys/girls?!

sveet my little green friend. how long will this zorst system last. i still got the same boxxys on as wen u changed it last time.

u no what u need next.


ur mirrors and handles body coloured. u thort o that

Klass that is john. Top notch lookin holes there.Need to hear it, am sure its boss

just wondering what back boxs they are and if youve replaced the middle section and decatted it or not cause seen you round ours and i love the noise

basically im abit of an exhaust lover. so i originally got a bk box then i chnaged it to the 4.5 slash cut rage with is whats on now then i had the middle box removed an now with the duplex its stainless steel from the middle box to the bk

comin along nicely john!

John them exausts look the dogs

What plan do you have next in line?

payin me dad bk really that was my treat for the nationals really tho an abit of retail therapy from that cop on tues, grrr!

dunno whats next few ideas

have you thought about getting bigger alloys or are you happy with the ones youve got at the moment

im into the smooth euro look so the smaller the beta but i have bin contemplatin bigger rims but only if they cum up at a gud price

I reckon u shud stay small mate. Low profile tires but on small wheels. Maybe a change of design tho for somethin dead euro.Like them O.Z ones where its like a frisbee with dead short spokes goin from the frisbee to the rim edge.Know wot i mean??

I like the ones you have John so keep them

But if you are going to get bigger rims then a suggest getting 5 spokes as these look sweet on Corsa's. Just my opinion anyway

today i striped the bk seats out an everythin in the bk so its down to the metal an hopefully i can hav the false floor in an maybe get the inside metal bits sprayed an ploshed up

Sounding quite nice john!
Just remember to turn volume up on stereo b'cos the road noise will be more noticable

stereo what stereo runnin 2 standard door speakers at the moment but hopin to built a 12inch sub an my 6*9s into the false floor but we'll just hav to c how it goes

pingu did thata while ago, looked well smart, but he didn't have a sub in his.
becarefull though cos anything you put ontop of the false floor is easily seen, and if you put the amp under the floor, its got a higher chance of overheating, so you might have to look into getting some additional cooling fans for it

gonna prob cover the floor in acoustic cloth so the ice wont b seen an i planing to mount the amps on the dropdown part of the rear seats(ie where your calfs wud b if you were sittin in the bk seats,

just placed the bk doorcards bk in an the boot panels in an hopefully the floor will still go in an look ok.

hopefully in the future i will prob get buckets but as it stands the racein front seats dont look to bad im just abit short on funds

LAookin great is your car john, tidy example of a corsa. Love the zorsts.

John i am going to be getting rid of my bucket seats as soon as i get new ones you can HAVE them if you dont mind waiting they do need sorting out a little though.

One of the nicest corsas ive seen around the area, not over the top like a lot of them you see. Good job mate! keep it up.

hey john matey that twin exhaust looks so sweet matey

tupac id love to have your buckets wen u sel them dont mind waitin at all just give us a shout wen u cum round to gettin rid

cheers for all the comments on the car tryna do little mods that are cheap an effective now cumin along nicely

Your car is looking really nice now John. Not a big fan of corsa's, but you have a top modded car there. It's a credit to you and Cruisewirral..

What Mav said

change of plan guys/girls the bk seats hav gone bk in an im gonna build i new shape install me thinks.

all in due time

cars bk in cybox today for slight adjustments i felt bk goin bk but hay i want it ryt

What did it go back in for? Ive forgot. You did tell me lastnight. Sorry. Brains like a sieve

just had the 2nd bk box brought in abit an had both the boxes lowered as they were slightly vibrating against the bumper

looks well sexy

dus luk gud. Question is how long till u get ur next zorst eh pal? a week, a month who knows with u? 1 things 4 sure i will still be warin these same underpants!!!

Update the sig xxxx

i will update the sig sum time but i feel harsh on webby doin new ones all the time mite wait alittle longer, thanxs for the comments im happy with it now

Are you planning to do anything with front lights? Just out of curiosity?

looked at the angel eye rings but there the only tings id get really as morretes are gettin common an fair to over priced in my opinion

mmmmm angel eyes. Yes!!!!

loving your car john!
angel eyes defiantely!

why stick with corsa lights, maybe a light transplant, would look pretty dam trick if you ask me

it wud dam sweet chris just that whole im my pocket keeps lettin money drop ryt thro it. plus if i ever did a front light transplant id save up loads an change everytin try an make the front end totally diff

light conversions ald hat m8! go 4 darker front lights and save ur money 2 get coilovas 2 slamm ur bady on the 15s!!!!!! get it dun now. then strip ya iside and hide subs unda false floor, chrome roll cage, shuv ya buckets in ad a few visor mounted screens and snip snip bobs ur anty and ur up 4 a 2.0 calibra turbo engine conversion. then all u need 2 do is get married have kids and die. ur life was fun wernt it!

te he

so friday nite 2am outside hsbc then dikky! bring ya balaclarva an ya camaflarge gear an we'll do that joint!

u will earn no money if u cova up ur pretty little face will ya hunny. ur puntas wont aproove! te he.

call 0898 2000 2000 to rent corsa john 4 the evening!!!!!!!

enuf of the jibba jabba bk to the topic

on a serious note i wudnt touch the front end if i had loads of money its taken me this long to get it to how i want it the concentration is now on the bk on the car since gettin the duplex im considerin a few things ie smoothed boot with new lights or just smooth boot+ gsi spoiler or smooth boot an rear bumper modification to alow the rear pate to b lit up

kinda stoped doin stuff to the car for a few weeks as it needs abit of tlc ie an MOT a gud wash an a grand clean an polish

cant wait till the summer wen it will b gleamin all the time

heres a few pics of me baby that webby took on sat outside peco hes also made me a class new signature

like it

wel its been a while since iv added to this cos iv been pretty brasic but on sunday i bought a pair of black an red cobra monacos from a lad in sunderland, cheers dikky5 for the lift quality day out,anyways pics to follow

ur seats look well smart, looking good john

well worth the journey eh john.

when u need a car part just let him no call dikky5 and cabs.

Car looks awesome, very pleasing on the eye.

I love it

need to get sum pics up as soon as sum1 takes sum pics of the seats as my cams bust, really pleases with then an it was a quality day out, i will rember our easter sunday of 05 for years dikky,

cheers for the comments laura an station miek

This is so nice, were did u get the kit from John ? Did you fit it yourself etc ?!

Thanks

cheers wacko i bought the kit individually as i wanted a diff look only seem my front bumper on one other corsa an he lives in south wales had in shipped ova from germany, nope i had one of our sponors fit it for me

few pics added

car is looking brill, shame the pic quality isnt very good

cams crap need to buy a proper quality cam

lovly car fella ive seen u cruise in up me road a few time kylemore lol i hear u tho b4 i see u lol

very nice john are you still after 17s or have you gone off that idea now?

i dont normally like corsa's due to the amount of **** ones going round like some by mine, but you've done vauxhall proud there john very good

gone off the idea of 17s for the time bein but you know what im like adam i change me mind again soon. cheers for the comments tho bud much appreciated alot of time an effort gone into it as u know. didnt know u lived on kylemore jezzer my nan lives on that road an i live in derwent so im only a few roads away, nice to know you can hee\ar me 1st least that way u know im comin lol

hes not the only one that can hear you. i can hear you before you turn into my road and then my brothers jump up to watch you go past.

really like your car mate stands out amongst all the barry'ed corsa in the world, really smooth and flowin!

does that include mine gary. i dont think mine looks barry`ed

on the shoppin list are def as follows:

1. Smooth boot and rear bumper
Photochop of car

2. Wide arches off the combat 2kit to add to the roundness
will ad pic of photochop once finished


3. Mirrors an handles clolour coded

4. Maybe abit lower if not 17s

yea an mine gary! aw your car will look fantastic when ur all done hun.i cant wait to c it.

mmmmm i be likin that

love the car, love the colour cause never seen another corsa modded in that colour. defo need them arches and either bigger wheels or droped more at the back

arches will look fab mate! any guess on when youll be gettin them put on?

havent bought them yet but i will b lookin at gettin them after the nationals

thought u wernt gettin 17's now, u change ur mind so much its untrue. like the photoshop of ya bumper all smoothed tho looks really good. im sure u will want jays engine 2 lol

boooooooo. no 17s. booooooooo.

just purchased sum 60mm springs all round, just need to sort out wen were gonna do the swop

hopefully the 2cm drop shud make a difference

You gonna do it in time for nationals?

al depends on wen the garage can fit us in as im doin a swop with a guy an it means we both need to hav our cars at the garage at the same til to do the swop ova

if you gonna get those arches john keep with 15's but get some really wide deep dished ones, and stretch the tyres to give it an even wider look too it

might be a pain driving with such wide rims and no pas though

heres a quick link to johns topic in ice chit chat install

i know 1 think im gona have 2 get u sum recliners lol

these are what the arches look like on so what ya all think????

also got sumit else up me sleeve that me an dikky are thinkin of buyin but were not sure yet, notin major

i think they look nice

he he i know what ya both gettin, pain in the a*s tho lol

Like those arches john!

Go for it mate! How much would that cost?

the arches are 60quid for 4 but it looks like they hav bin put on hold for the time bein,

really want them in the near future tho

wel after abit oof time not spendin money on me baby sunday was like christmas the car is now siting on sum dare 5 spoke 17s really impressed with em

i also purchased sum interior bits sprayed silver which include left an right air vents, the centre console the door handles an the clock cover

an finally a 5.6 screen an dvd player with power invertor an fm modulater, no pics as yet but overal very gud weekend

just had a gift bought for me for the car so that will b arrivin soon, shud luk nice

what ya think???

wonder who bought that lol . Your car looks sweet took a lot of time sunday n thanx 2 lawton saved me a nightmare of a job lol
linsy xx

true true gotta say a big thank to lawton for takin the time out to cum an fit the dash, cudnt hav dun it on me own mate cheers

Nice steering wheel. Did you chose it yourself mate? Car looks really nice. I think I saw you near higher bebington behind me today. Coming on great john

yep i picked it out, i cuda bin behind u yeah was around there today, thank you or the comments

it allright mate, it only took me 2 and half hours to fit the dash 4 u

Seen the car on the wheels sunday (only 1 on when i was there) and it looked sweet really changed the hole look of the car.

Just a couple of new pics of the car with the new wheels on after been clean an waxed

Them wheels have made a good difference mate Smoothed boot would be nice

Looking clean as usual

Wheels match the car totally. Are they 15's? Good lad!

sorry

Lmao. no there 17's, lokin good jonny boy

fitted the new steerin wheel the other day even more like a go cart now.





feedback welcome

Lovely mate. Whats next. Love the doorcards BTW.Keep it up mate

cheers mate

to be fair m8 uve worked hard on that car!!!!and it looks sweet man uve had it from total standard so u deserve respect m8 lol neway its mint literally lol

Looking sweet matey, i dont know what is is about your style of modifying but i like it

Has the car got power steering or has the steering gone really heavy now ??

u no summat m8 my car nt got power steerin and its 4 the best the car feels beautifull i can feel wat it wants 2 do its not heavy at all the only problem is it steers towards the camber of the roads and ump strips if i break 2 slow down at a pot hole itll steer down it lol mine r 17s but it handles like a dream lol!!!!!so id take it johns is sound aswell with his 17s on!!!lol

its not got power steerin scooby an i love it bit of a b!tch parkin but besides that i recon u get a proper feel for the road, it just handles like a go cart cos its alot smaller then my previous sports wheel so the wheels turn with less movement of the wheel,,

russel ur comments are much appreciated it hard to see how much iv dun wen u c ur car every day but i love it to bits just wish it went abit quicker,lol an b4 u say shove a 2.0 in it i wud if it wasnt for insurance,

scooby thank you for your comments too, i dunno what it is about my stylin either im just hav my own way of doin stuf an love to b different (bit hint to that is the colour)

cheers again, keep the comments cumin

u sound just like me m8 lmao i want 2 drop a faster engine in mine cause mines only a 1.4 si but im only 18 so computer sez no lmao and i like my own style lol my cars how i would of gone anyway lol

car goin into automotion on mon to hav the new front bumper put on so hopefully shud hav it bk tues

here it is





Ps, sorry bout the gay scenary mum an dad are quite the craftsman in the garden

lol thats one sweet bumper john carnt wait to see it on the car drivin thro pensby!

Looks nice that.

How low is it to the floor?

its going to be very low, he doesnt no if he will get up his drive or not but he should be able to, he will have to get someone to watch to see how close he is to the floor when he gets it home

shud b alrite in straight line drivin jus gonna b close on bumps an curbs but im hopin it will b ok

thats very nice that john its going 2 ne looooowwww

bloody hell, it looks like it will be lower than aggys lol.

spoke to the fella from automotion today an he said it luks beta an its not to much lower then the other one juts in size with the side skirt

arrrrrrr. just keep this 1 away from cats. u aleady no how fibreglass n cats go. it makes the bumper hairy.

Cars bk from the bodyshop, sum of u may hav seen it last nite if you went the mnr summer cruise

for those of you that havent her it is





spoke to deano last nite an the bonnets nearly dun too woo hoo!

all comments welcome

watch that road, owch, look nice mate small and chunky.

Looks smart, looks alot better than the other one.

yeah matey looks alot better, nice and low.

is it the badboy bonnet your waiting on?

yep a straight badboy, obviously i wont b able to hav it sprayed just yet but least it will b there for wen i hav the money

cain t wait to see the bad boy bonnet john, bet its well sweet

will hav to see what its like wen it cums bk

gona do a chop to see what it will luk like

ooooo John your car is looking fab!!!! I love the front bumper. Gotta hand it to ya!!!

saw it by chance on saturday night. love it mate, much better than the last one imo.

cheers laura an stubzy ur car luked sweet to on sat respect to andys old civic an mavs but i just love urs dunno y just think its byfar the best round here since andy an mav hav sold up.

spoke to the lad b4 an the bonnet shud b ready wed, an hes doin in black for me to see if i like it as hes got sum spare paint! an if i dont like it its not like iv lost anytin cos its bin dun for free

Gorgeous mate, bonnet shud be great too, the mirrors and handles let her down, i love ur motor dood

Looks well sweet that mate like it bonnets going to look cool to.

i dont think the mirrors let it donw at all, i love them, i agree that the handles let it down but iam sure john will get them colourcoded soon,

I meant the colour not the style. DTM mirrors match the style john has perfectly but its just the blackness i dislike

all coded wud b 2 much green i my opinion. me n jonny boy av ad the convos. lets just see what he does.scoop i tort u thought jons car lukkd common anyway m8. wudnt let his mirrors n handles bother u.

Never said that mate,ever.

Corsas are common but johns is so different to the rest. Hes done his properly and very very tastefully.

Corsas piss me off when they stick a kit on,leave the arch bits grey,fit 16s with the wrong offset and call it a finished project.

Johns done it all properly and it ticks all the boxes, its ticking more everyday.

alrite guys keep this to msn please, goin on the topic here!

sexy sexy sexy...

I saw your car on Corporation Road today, behind Dixon's scrappy.

that wud b me, i doin a scrap heat challenge lmao!

suprised u cud see if caked under all that dirt

wel today i decided to finally gwet round to meshin the bk bumper decided to do it properly after the hasle i had tryna fit my head underneath the bk bumper last time so i jacked it up first


what they luked like b4




then i cut the mesh to rite shapes


sprayed them black an fitted them, heres the final product

good job

good improvement matey

they stayin silver or you gona colour code (ish) same as mirrors?

there black but noot that dark no grey just luks beta then silver cos theres sumit there rather then a whole but not to obvious like silver mesh is

the cars lookin quality john, very gd job hopefully ill be ridin as low as u soon

the cars gonna b ridin 2cms lower on the rear soon got 60mm springs on the way so keep front at 400m an puttin bk to 60mm

will look ace mate

sounds like u got everythin sorted there matey! must say i dont normally like modded corsa's but yours is in a class of its own its not too OTT like most people tend to do, good job!

very nice handy work john...plus your exausts sound much better now!

Job well done!

john ya car look good it been ages since i looked at your topic and when reading it from the begining youve done s..t loads looks good keep it up

yeah, keep the good work up dude, shame we couldnt get them nuts off, maybe if we had the right tools then we would of been able to do it,

which nuts did u have a problem with

friggin bottom nut of the shock as iv got the 60mm springs to go on! proper rusted on an we didnt had the best tools, gonna get them fitted properly soon

watch this space pics to cum soon . . . . . . . .

ye i had a problem with that was pulling on the spaner that had it snaped an cut all me knuckles i hate cars lololololol

Seen your car in Automotion today,

wont give anything away but its looking good.

just seen you drive past in the dark, but its looking stunning

What does what does?

got me car bk last nite chaps

excuse number plate in rear window as its gettin fixed on rear bumper with proper lights as we speak

60mm springs on bk (standard shocks stil)


Front bumper repaired, resprayed an remeshed in black


Colour coded door handles


Colour coded roof rails


O yeah and they did this whilst they were doin the rest lmao


And just a few random pics

looking very nice john!

hehe took me ages to get it outa ya what ya was gettin dun, but i did in the end! har har har

o i, did they just have time to do ya smoothed boot did they!

anyway lovin the changes!

very nice

john looks like they done a good job ya boot looks quality, you happy with the end result? is it what u xpected? keep up the good work

loooks swish that mate, ride height is spot on now bud

yeah they hav dun a top job everytins dun wel the springs havent lowered it as much as i expected so upraded shocks wil b gettin bought very soon to stiffen an lower the bk more

Nice one john, the smooth boot sets it off mate, loveley job by the looks of the pics

looks nice john. youve ran out of stuff to smooth now though!

Did they fit the springs too?

looks well better with the boot like that looking sweeet

Couple more pictures for u all, yes they fitted the springs to ben, properly impresed just gonna order sum shocks to lower it further then i can decide what im doin next

Job well done john, keep up the good work!!

Very very swish. Ur front dampers still standard too??

john next time ur takin some pics like that can u give me a shout like 2 get mine in there as well shud sit alot lower with the shocks as well

******rear shocks ordered an on there way******

John, Shocks Will NOT lower it further, shock absorbers simply dampen the spring action, they stop the spring osilating (Going bouncy, Bouncy, Bounce) and thats it. Its the springs that determine the ride height.

I had a sneak preview whilst down at Automotion the other day and i got to say mate, i was well well impressed

Sounds like its about time to arrange a photoshoot for CW members to obtain some high quality pictures.

looking good mate, proper nice motor now, keep it up

its lookin amazin john, the smoothed boot looks stylish, i cant think any any more mods you cud do mate, top job

the shocks will conpress my current springs more scoob as if u put mine an marks car together we are both on 60mm springs at the rear an his are lower cos im on standard shocks they are as hard ther for givin the spring more giv

cheers matty but theres loads i can think of ie *smooth scuddle panel
*wheel refurbs an im thinkin new side skirts are on the cards in future

when i changed my shocks an spring i cud tell the difrecne in the hight of the shocks ill get some pics up when we do jonhs

the shocks will defo bring it down mate, i reckon another 20mm, looks lovely mate, yeah those women were funny but i though i would leave you to talk to them , lol

just found a pic of 17s on 60mm springs an shocks

mmmmmmmm roll of next week

ooo lookin really nice now john, look so much better colour coded

Both cars look really nice.
Smooth boots, it's just the pain of where to put the number plate without spoiling the smoothness of it.

I would've agreed with Scooby, the shocks don't reduce any height, the pistons just sit loose in the cylinder and go up and down, adjustables only tighten up the bound.

NICE!!!! >

But dont forget you have bigger wheels, so it will look like the car sits higher at the back.

When i put my steelies on my ka it looked so low because of the smaller 13" wheels.

Okay, what do i know anyways

Maybe your springs are higher poundage therefore no sag, or maybe they are not a true 60mm drop, maybe the diamater of your tyres is larger than the other corsa your comparing it against, but you spend your hard earned pennies on shox and then come back and tell me that your car is still the same height.

o wel its only money what else am i meant to spend it on, onyl time wil tel even if it dusnt go lower least i will hav uprated shocks which are beta then my standard ones

True, anyways the car looks like the dogz danglies mate

Did Automotion do a good job for you ?

yeah im really impressed with it smooth boot is sooooo smooth not one fault just happy overal as bin mentioned only the ride height that im not happy with but i like it loooooow!

that looks heaps better mate. i'm a huge fan of smooth boots. don't you hate havin to put the number plate back on? i did, looks so much better without but so illegal.

looking very nice john!

Schaweeeet matey!

As for the argument reference shocks. Aftermarket shocks have a SHORTER piston so even when its fully extended its not as extended as the standard item. Its also a lot stiffer which helps control the spring. Standard shocks will let the spring bounce loads wheras a good set of koni dampers will try to hold the spring still more so it only rises and falls really slowly(in comparison) this makes the car handle a lot better by reducing roll and lowering the centre of gravity (in combination with the springs)

Springs should not be changed without matching dampers,especially if goin any lower than a 35mm drop.

For instance standard dampers and -80mm springs. The springs would fully compress and the coils would all touch eachother as the soft vaux dampers can not prevent the spring movement as well as koni items for instance.And when u only have an inch or two of travel in the spring the STANDARD damper dont stand a chance as its soft

bloody hel scoop for once i can reply to a post u hav put up an not tel u ur talkin complete an utter crap lmao

cheers for the useful information

Hald the time i aint talkin crap man. I know my stuff W.R.T most things car related. I only talk shizzle about general things lol

shocks arrived b4 luk like any other shock lol but here they are hopefully b fitted sat

Looks sweet that john like the smooth look somthing you dont see alot of in England you could go all euro and get some deepdish rims

I agree, looks nice and a set of 'euro' rims would look nice!

Try Schmidt alloys, there nice and check out how strong they are in these tests - Click

seen that test me dnt think schmidt is 17s wud luk rite an i love my current alloys

finally managed to get hold of sum 60mm spax nova springs an i fitted them today hav a gander peeps









what ya all think? personally im really happy as to me it luks nice without bein to low

very nice did the bolts cum of easy

sean i did it by undoin the bolt on on the top of the shock its tuk bout 30mins

im really impressed

Looking good john.

sweet bud

looks better mate

personally i didnt think that shocks would make a difference but im glad for u that they have

looks nice john, im happy to see that it only cost you a few pennies to cripple your car as to me, that looks like you can t go any were, is it drivable or what dude ?

the bilstein shocks didnt make much diff at all as they were an OE part (origninal part - not a shorter shock) but these are new springs again mate i hav replaced the corsa apex 60s for nova spax 60's

the tires dont touch the arches at all so the ride hasnt changed at all just abit harder! as for the pennies situation i originally bought a set of apex 60s for 62quid an i only used the back ones so i sold the 60mm front an my old 40mm backs to a mate for 60quid so they cost me 2quid

an i bout the nova springs for 25 quid an b4 i had even picked em up i had sold my corsa60s for 25 then 10quid postage so i these hav cost me nought

if an upraded shock dusnt lower cars further cos u explain to me why they are shorter?

cos surely if there shorter they must compress the spring more?

or is that just me?

I always thought the springs determine the ride height.

Short shocks are used to stop bottoming out. They have a shorter, stiffer rebound/damping too i think.

Looks nice though John.

nice one ben thats all i wanted to know! cheers for the comments. im proper chuffed with it now luks just ryt. bit bumpy tho lol

lookin very nice mate, ive always loved your car, next thing has gotta be tints though, that would top it all off :-)

Looks like a little beast, very tidy.
Standard Nova springs drop it quite a distance for some reason, btw.

its only cos the corsa is alot heavier then the nova so the springs get compressed more, im lovin the ride height an i wud def advise any1 with a corsa b to buy them if u wana go lower then ur desired drop

cheers for the comments peeps, thats one thing i try to pride me car on, it may not b totally rust free or imaculate paint work but i sure try my best to keep it in as best condition as poss

thats what its all about john, pride, who care s what any one things, as long as you like it matey

Okay, a shorter spring requires a shorter shock as the travel is less on the shorter spring than a standard spring. Thats it mate......

But if you want a full explanation :

• Shock Absorbers : (Dampers)

Unless a dampening structure is present, a car spring will extend and release the energy it absorbs from a bump at an uncontrolled rate. The spring will continue to bounce at its natural frequency until all of the energy originally put into it is used up. A suspension built on springs alone would make for an extremely bouncy ride and, depending on the terrain, an uncontrollable car.
Enter the shock absorber, or damper, a device that controls unwanted spring motion through a process known as dampening. Shock absorbers slow down and reduce the magnitude of vibratory motions by turning the kinetic energy of suspension movement into heat energy that can be dissipated through hydraulic fluid. To understand how this works, it's best to look inside a shock absorber to see its structure and function.



A shock absorber is basically an oil pump placed between the frame of the car and the wheels. The upper mount of the shock connects to the frame (i.e., the sprung weight), while the lower mount connects to the axle, near the wheel (i.e., the unsprung weight). In a twin-tube design, one of the most common types of shock absorbers, the upper mount is connected to a piston rod, which in turn is connected to a piston, which in turn sits in a tube filled with hydraulic fluid. The inner tube is known as the pressure tube, and the outer tube is known as the reserve tube. The reserve tube stores excess hydraulic fluid.

When the car wheel encounters a bump in the road and causes the spring to coil and uncoil, the energy of the spring is transferred to the shock absorber through the upper mount, down through the piston rod and into the piston. Orifices perforate the piston and allow fluid to leak through as the piston moves up and down in the pressure tube. Because the orifices are relatively tiny, only a small amount of fluid, under great pressure, passes through. This slows down the piston, which in turn slows down the spring.

Shock absorbers work in two cycles -- the compression cycle and the extension cycle. The compression cycle occurs as the piston moves downward, compressing the hydraulic fluid in the chamber below the piston. The extension cycle occurs as the piston moves toward the top of the pressure tube, compressing the fluid in the chamber above the piston. A typical car or light truck will have more resistance during its extension cycle than its compression cycle. With that in mind, the compression cycle controls the motion of the vehicle's unsprung weight, while extension controls the heavier, sprung weight.

All modern shock absorbers are velocity-sensitive -- the faster the suspension moves, the more resistance the shock absorber provides. This enables shocks to adjust to road conditions and to control all of the unwanted motions that can occur in a moving vehicle, including bounce, sway, brake dive and acceleration squat.

• Struts :

Another common dampening structure is the strut -- basically a shock absorber mounted inside a coil spring. Struts perform two jobs: They provide a dampening function like shock absorbers, and they provide structural support for the vehicle suspension. That means struts deliver a bit more than shock absorbers, which don't support vehicle weight -- they only control the speed at which weight is transferred in a car, not the weight itself.



There you go matey, hope you now understand

thats legendary

andy ur very true its all u can do, i hate seein cars not luked after i just like to know that the next person who buys my car is gettin a bargain, an they will see i tuk car an appreciated it

finally desided to go for the oval back boxes but a step down from 6x4, i also asked if there were any boxes that wud b slightly quieter then my last 2 as i was gettin headaches

proper pleased with it overally, there quieter, but stil pop an the odd backfire:D

Beta pics to cum wen its light

looks nice, think there abit too small but as long as you like them

6*4 are massive mate wen u put em up against the car an peco are yet to do a duplex system for a corsa cos leterbox an 6*4 boxes are so much wider an longer look really subtle an not over the top

kinda growin out of the big huge cans an the loudnes

Look nice mate, wonder if you could fit quads in there?

quads wud only fit if it wee 2 tips on one box an even then the space under the corsa is very limited so it wud stil hav to b a small box.

Would look gorgeous though Could have them welded onto the box at an angle?

This car is fit !

your cars really good. i think modified corsas look great. your boot is amazing

pics are spot on john boy

top work my friend

wel its bin a while since iv dun anytin so i decided to pul me finger out, on tues i fitted ful calibra leather interior in black, with alot of customisin on the bk bench lol,

then i set to work on tidyin a few bit ups on the car i just had got round to/cudnt b bothered finishing off. So i started off by takin all the clips an brakcet off the underside of the car that used to hold the neon tubes on then i tuk the front tube off which was the last an final one to cum off off i then set about followin all the wires thro the car in the footwels then i tuk the control box an an tuk the panels off under the dash to get the final bits of wiring out, i then tuk great pleasure in throwin it all in the bin :cheers:

It Looks like some one has got a little bit of pride back into there car :cheers:

starting to take shape very well john, shame you copied me by getting the leather, but mines better than yours, lol

what was that mark shame u copied me bout gettin bucket seats??? lol, and ecuse me urs is beta then mine??? gimmi a shout if u want sum help fittin the bk bench in properly rather then bodged only kiddin mate

Get it in a mag John looking the bizz.

Taking the buckets out was a great idea

Like the zorsts looks better with the smaller pipes.

its not mag quality at all tony wish it was still a long way b4 it wud ever reach that status

im glad u think it was right to take buckets out cos we both got a gud deal lol

love the exhausts alot more to meself, can drive it now without it hurtin my ears!

Maybe not a full feature but good enough even if it was readers cars or somthing got the bm in porformance bm.

Donna has told me a must spray my car the same colour as yours.

i dnt think it wud got wel for the 4i lol

keep to the white, hmm doubt it wuod get in readers tbh stil alot of niggly things i feel need doin

**** NEWEST MOD ****

wel happy with it

thats looks class john, the seats look nice and tidy aswell, think u need the tints now mate

is ther much room in the back now?

exactly the same room as b4 it doesnty invade ya space at all

next thing is wheels refurbed on payday an then start thinkin about tidyin up these side skirts or gettin new ones

very nice john looks well good car is very nice

cheers matey b beta wen i get it outa the garage an hav a proper look later

grrrr, cant believe you got one before me, a good find by me hey, looks brill just need some plain black door cards

looks ace mate. any pics from the outside?

Awesome mate, I love it!

will take sum pics from outside over weekend

only fitted it at 6pm an did it in garage so yet to get it outside

Nice work John

cheers

seen it last night, and wow, looks proper mint, keep the good work up mate

How the hell did you get those rear seats in there?!
Did you wire the front ones up though?
Get the door cards trimmed with leather, son.

just gonna get black door cards outa the standard corsas cos there jet black like lawtons

got rear bench in exactly the same as wen i 1st fitted it except this time i just bent the copper frame inwards around the sahpe of the cage so its snug

really happy with it especially from the outside

You should've got the seat belt connectors out of the Caibra, and then put them through the holes in the bench.
I've got about 2 inches of space behind the front seats, thanks to the bench being so big and comfy, I've fell asleep many times on there when I've been hard at work.
Did you get them heated though? There's a wire underneath!

no, he hasnt got them heated, i havent got mine heated but i want too, going to look into it, see if there easy to hook up or not,

that a good idea about the calibra seat belt connectors, think a trip to the scrappys will be made, nice one stationMiek

Dixon's on Cleveland street has not one but TWO silver Corsa's with black trimmed door cards (they're sitting next to each other).

wel a few of you havent seen it for a while but it luks abit diff now, had to propely search to find me members cat topic page lol, here we go









last nite i also fitted smoked rear lights no pics taken of this yet, finishin off my install tomorrow an my drums an calipers will b gettin a nice coat of black hammerite soon too

Looking good john, havnt seen it for a while, but looking better.

just when i think their aint anything you could possibly do more you alwayz find something lol.Looks nice, anything else to do lol

Looking tidy as always

Are the Alloys gray or silver the first picture
i can just see a silver wheel,
but the others in the shade look Dark Grey
or carbon...

lookin quality mate, as i said the other day when i seen u down west kirby, wheels are very shiney in motion, top job

wheels are a dark metalic grey bit there proper shiney

1st pick was taken b4 the wheels were dun its just to show the cage from the outside

lol at rhys iv just finished the instal tonight so thats it at the mo just needs abit of tlc an alot of waxin an polishin b4 goin to performance vauxhall

u got any pics of your install mate?

bit poo as it were taken late last nite stil go the fire extinguser to go in later an standard parcel shelf instead of my mdf one

sum better pics of the instal finished an in

what ya think, gone for simply an subtle

Swish mate, like it alot. Wheels and lights go really well together. Install's nice, do some side panels and take the light out, then wire in some L.E.D's and it'll look spot on.

John, seen the car in Automotion recently and im loving it....

I really admire your style, carnt put my finger on what it is i like so much but the car is cewl

jimbo im not blockin off the side panels but wen i get a spare day i will b makin side bits that extend out to the shape of the panels hopefuly with the help of lawton

cheers for the comments scooby , its always good to hear good feedback, the cars definetly startin to show its 12yr old life now and i would love to give it a fresh new coat of paint in the same colour but i just wonder whether its worth it with the engine pushin on 93,000

engine would do another 30,000 easily, if looked after properly, looking good mate, as soon as ive sorted my car out, well do those extra side bits for the install, maybe next week or the week after, before pvs defo

John,i absolutely love your car.Cant believe that even after this long your still giving it all your love.Not thought of movin on yet?
Dont mean to offend like but surely your old enough to get a bigger car now?

stil havent started off my own policy an this is my 1st car an my baby, sumtimes stop an think for what i would get for her is it worth it to sell

shes neva let me down once,

Stick a new engine in it john, this car is toooo good looking to sell yet.

I hear 150bhp calling...

installs looking tidy john boy, keep up the good work

Oh so ur in the same boat as BKD then,BKD wants a bigger car now but the insurance on his escort in his own name would be too much to think about let alone a turbo'd golf/audi.

Im glad ive built my NCB cos that means i can have a 200SX when i have the cash for the car,the insurance is gonna be less than what im paying now on the escort,and to insure the escort next year theyll prob want 400 or less FC

Looks tidy john did you fit your sub leaning over the back seat cause ya got it the wrong way round lol. Maybe ya could fit a powercap in one of the sides and a nos bottle in the other ha ha

the cables not long enuf in the sub box rhys thats y its upside down it will b sorted soon, just in the middle of paintin me calipers black now instead of that hideous red

most recent pics with new rear lights an good clean an polish















just hooked up my leather seats to b heated tonight, neva thort i would say it but roll on winter lol

Looking good John, May I suggest tinted side repeaters.

How did it go getting over those bumps!? And great pictures

Tom

dnt worry will b gettin side repeaters just havent got round to it since doin everytin else plus gettin it ready for pvs

I just cant believe the Vicar of that church drives a modded Corsa!

is tinted glass on the cards? that combined with tinted side reps and it'll be well spanky mate

looks clean but i hate the shopping list down the side of the door.

door....shopping list....are we looking at the same car here?

must of looked at the old pics sorry john but i used to hate ur car when u first had it with the shoping list but now i looooovvvveeee it

wen 1st got car




to now


cheers sean

wow sorry mate, i was, that'll teach me to jump the gun, now look like a complete tool!

looks good mate, you've done a great job on that!

LMFAO!

Car's lookin well smart John, it's come on a long way

Oh, and lund;

I did that bit in my old Astra too was too boring in the jeep lol.

im lovin it john!n am well jealous ya got heated seats!!!!!!xleax

John were have i been.

Cars looking WOUNDERFULL now maybe get it in a mag (if you all ready havnt)

Liking the wheels and cage and its good to see everything about this car you did (1st and last pics).

Will have to catch up with you havnt seen you for a while.