'96 Corsa Sport

[danthemann]

probably my new fav car on here lol...its exactly the kinda thing i wanna be doing,but its not practical as a daily runner

[kie-1200sxi-shed]

probably my new fav car on here lol...its exactly the kinda thing i wanna be doing,but its not practical as a daily runner

dan uve told everyone that there car is the best car on here lol

and it wouldnt be fun if it was practical

[djgritt]

Battery Relocation. Done.


Finished it this evening - got home relatively early from work, found my Distribution Block in the postbox, so got out in the 16C 'heat' and sunshine and got on with it.

Pics were taken after i had done it all, forgot to take some whilst working!


Firstly, after visiting a fixing shop on the way home to get some P-Clips, I got on with routing and securing the Cable from the Battery Box to the Engine Compartment;











Then, finished cutting the Carbon Sheet, fitted the Dist Block, and mounted it to the old Battery Tray mounts - then ran the remaining cabling and secured them with Cable Ties or P-Clips;







Connected the Battery, checked the Voltage Readings - all good - 12.6v at the Battery and also on the Terminations under the bonnet - went for a Startup and all worked fine - 14.4v whilst running both at the battery and engine bay terminations.

So, all good, and leaves me time to get some other stuff on the go!

[kie-1200sxi-shed]

looks good mate. why dont you wrapp all the wirring inside the car with white insualtions tape will make everything look alot cleaner

[djgritt]

looks good mate. why dont you wrapp all the wirring inside the car with white insualtions tape will make everything look alot cleaner

Nah, can't be fecked, thats a LOT of work/faffing!

[kie-1200sxi-shed]

would be worth it in the end though lol

[djgritt]

Blimey, this week has seen the most frequent array of updates on this EVER! :lmao:


Todays Tinkering...


Grille Removed;




Chrome 'V' Removed;




Rubbed down, primed and left to dry;




Skoda Black Magic Pearlescent left over from my vRS, and left to dry;




Lacquered and left to dry, reassembled and refitted;






poo wiper arm removed and tarted up to see how it would come out - Drivers side left to do;






White spirits cracked out and smeared around the Front Footwell and Rear Seat areas to see how well it coped with removing the brownish bonding residue - pretty well IMO!;






So, now i've decided i'll remove the seats and the like for better access to get in there to get as much of the bonding residue off as possible - really not much left to do to this now before Combe - 2 tyres to get bought and fitted, and then thats it I think.

Might buy some Orange model paint and do a little detailed paintwork around the black front Griffin though...

[kie-1200sxi-shed]

looks mint mate. will look propper clean once all done

[PRICER]

you should spray your wiper arms orange, that would look cool i think

[djgritt]

More Updates - had a full day to faff today - Naomi working a split shift means no time to be dragged away - win!

So, wasn't entirely sure of what to do with it, but just started doing something and just got on with whatever popped up in my head.


Started by whipping out the Seats and Crossbars of the Cage - intending to clear up all the Bonding residue that can be seen;




Then, after a bit of a session with a Sponge, Scouring pad, Rags and copious amounts of White Spirit, this was the result;




Then, decided to try to tidy up some of the scratches & scrapes, and also the Seam Sealant i'd disturbed removing the Sound Deadening;

Primed;



Painted;



Lacquered;




Whilst I was waiting for the Interior to dry, I removed the Grille to do some details around the Griffin;



1st Coat didn't do so well on the Black background;



After a few more Coats - bit disappointed it isn't as Fluoro as the tin suggests!




Went back to see how the Interior was going - pretty well - trying to turn the car into a Greenhouse by leaving it shut in the sun worked!






Then refit the Seats, Crossbars, Cargo netting, Wheel etc and reran the Cabling and wiring loom - still looking fresh;






Also refit the Grille - not sure on the Badge now... Still annoyed it's not Fluoro!






Then tucked it all up for the night. No doubt i'll be harassed more during the week!

[danthemann]

amazing work,i really want yor wheels dude lol

[matty101]

looking awsome mate, loving the grill. wen u actually gona drive it? lol

[djgritt]

looking awsome mate, loving the grill. wen u actually gona drive it? lol

Tuesday probably

It does get used... Sometimes.

[kie-1200sxi-shed]

now thats alot better , looks coolies. are you gunna cover up the back door panels ?

[djgritt]

now thats alot better , looks coolies. are you gunna cover up the back door panels ?

Yeah, I'll be getting some Carbon doorcards at some point soon with any luck - got to reduce the spending on this for a little bit soon as getting a new car for the missus so need to divert funds towards that for a while.
So this may stay in this state during the summer, but who knows.