From Merit to Showcar

[Neal]

I have just bought a Corsa Merit, after owing a vectra showcar for a year or so, and i have decided to take on a new challange.
The car itself is a 1994 1.2 with only 70,000 on the clock and mechaniclly it is perfect, just ripe for turning int a showcar.

here are a few pics i have at the moment but, there will be a lot more to come and a lot of modding will be going on.

[danthemann]

looks clean...first thing id do is get rid of the lexus lights lol...even standard ones look good on the red corsas.personally i wudnt bother turnin a 1.2 into a show car..too much weight = an even slower car than the 1.2s alredi r lol..mines a 1.2 and it is fairly nippy for wot it is but as soon as theres some weight in it..even like 1 person it slows rite down.

[Neal]

it aint staying red for long lol i am going for looks and ice hehehehhe the lowder the stereo --- the better

[Neal]

i will try and find a pic of my old showcar----- a few people in the northwest might have seen it about

[danthemann]

look forward to seein it progress...im not a big fan of big kitted corsas reli...they r best subtle or rally lol

[Neal]

here we go ----- I have found some

[danthemann]

yeh thats alrite...im gettin them decals u have on bonnet for my rear quarter panels

[Neal]

i was thinking of getting the same and doing something simler on the bonnet

I am thinking of doing it a met grey ( mazda titanium) with black windows and black decals nice and simple and clean lines with no badges ect

[danthemann]

yeh if u go for smooth and subtle corsa it will look 100x better than big bodykits n that..i love them wheels on the vectra..i need some white alloys for my rally style corsa:

[Neal]

oh no mate no big bodykits i have been given some gsi side skirts and i will get a rear spoilor but that is it oh and not forgetting facelift bumpers

it will be almost euro style but without the daft wheels where the tyres dont fit the wheels

[danthemann]

o goodgood...look forward 2 seein it now mate.

[Neal]

well I have made a start----- sport seats and i have done a mirrored finish under the bonnet

I also have 2 subs waiting to go in but i have no wireing kit to fit them so that will have to wait lol lol

[Chrex]

What heppened to this? Still going with it Neil??

[Neal]

yep still going i bought another corsa as a dona car and have swapped a few parts over so i will get some pics up of what i have done in the last month or so

[Neal]

Here we go, I have moved to Scotland so I have not had much of a chance to do any work on the car and I am prepering an Astra ready for pvs so the corsa is taking a back seat for the moment.

I bought a cat c wright off corsa that was modded and swapped all the decent bits over.
This incuded

40mm lowering springs
Facelift front bumper
Pipecross induction filter
Tailgate with spoilor and tinted window
Bonnet with glitter effect paint

The rear of the car is stripped out ready to build the ice install and give the interior a good clean.

Here are the pics