Corsa B 1999 1.2 16V "1-7-11"

scorpiotn1 · Post by **scorpiotn1** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:16 am

pinty1990 wrote:ahhhhh i seemed to have been the bringer of bad news. . . . sorry about that hope they do take them back for you without any hassle anywhooo

i wanted to get some vented and maybe drilled discs for mine too but seems like a no no for me too now my solids discs dont need changing yet just planned an upgrade lol

thats good news, might take a trip to the local scrappy then cause i think there reallllly nice, ive got the standard 14 inch alloys, not sure if there originally off the corsa but there five spokes

anyway even though i dont comment all the time im liking the project so far the car looks great and provides me with looootsss of info lol

Really enjoy the comments folks, and glad the project ive been doing helps others out too. Tomorrow i plan to buy a new tyre for the alloy, its a 195/50 r15 and gona cost £40. Then need to get them balanced too. Then il take some screens of them on the car.

Jamie1991 · Post by **Jamie1991** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:59 am

should buy these, astra gte 2L brakes. much bigger discs and wider than the vented discs you have now so will be mint for stopping and they usally go for around £30-£50
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CORSA-NOVA-AS ... 19ce984a00

miles123 · Post by **miles123** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:32 am

Your wheels look banging mate, good work on the corsa!

scorpiotn1 · Post by **scorpiotn1** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:06 pm

Back on the car ...

miles123 · Post by **miles123** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:37 pm

Looks really smart mate, any other plans before your overhaul?

scorpiotn1 · Post by **scorpiotn1** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:20 pm

miles123 wrote:Looks really smart mate, any other plans before your overhaul?

Bit broke now after forking out £60 for the new wheel.
£40 new wheel + £20 (£5 per wheel) for balance and weights, the weights are the ones that fit on the back of the rim not the face.

Then the discs are gona need to be sent back and proper ones sent out. when i get paid at end of month that can go towards the head skim and engine paint and Arden blue for the plastic grey trim, i want to colour code it and remove the door bump strip. So basically .. No

Nothing planed until April. then il have plenty to show

miles123 · Post by **miles123** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:10 pm

ohh okayy i look forward to seeing it all done

I know how you feel with being broke!! lol
Just had a complete overhaul done recently and now in the process of replacing the clutch pedal and fitting my 4th (but this time genuine) clutch cable

scorpiotn1 · Post by **scorpiotn1** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:45 am

My mate found this in a scrap yard, he said it was attached to a corsa.

Just wanted everyones feedback on it to see what they make of it. As you can see they are vented discs, they dont look huge, more like 235mm which is same as my vented ones. Also look at that caliper, its quite rusted up and theres not one bita paint on it, is it the original caliper, sugesting the vented disc will fit ok. ???

i dont wana send back my vented ones untill i figure out whats best to do, really need some feeb back on this folks.

matty589 · Post by **matty589** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:03 am

Rust don't matter mate as long as they work and are not leaking.

scorpiotn1 · Post by **scorpiotn1** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:39 am

matty589 wrote:Rust don't matter mate as long as they work and are not leaking.

Sorry i dont intend to take these ones from the picture above. what i ment was this car has vented discs on a corsa, using it as a reference to see if my vented discs will fit on my corsa without replacing the calipers.

gazza_no7 · Post by **gazza_no7** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:37 am

You will need to change the callipers as the vented discs are thicker than the normal solid discs

PRICER · Post by **PRICER** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:51 am

no thats not necessarily true, corsa 1.4's came with vented discs. the chances are yes they will fit, why dont you just try it and find out, its not hard to swap really. or get on ebay and order a set of 2.0 16v calipers and new discs, and send yours back.

scorpiotn1 · Post by **scorpiotn1** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:11 pm

Thanks for the feedback and advice.

Think the best way to find out would be to try and fit the vented discs i have. if they dont fit, il send them back to Autovuax for Solid Discs. Im on tight budget now and dont wana be out the extra money fitting new 2.0 Calipers and Discs. That would be something i could do at a later stage when im a bit more Flush.

pinty1990 · Post by **pinty1990** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:24 pm

got a funny feeling the 1.0l and 1.2s are solid discs and 1.4-1.6 are vented dunno how true this is but it would kinda make sense

scorpiotn1 · Post by **scorpiotn1** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:24 pm

This is my current solid disc and caliper set up, i dont think its gona fit ( thats the good think about alloys, you can clearly look through the gaps to see the disc, cant do that with the steel wheels on

Oh and also need to add that, the guy used the Stick on balance weights not the clip on ones

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