MOT failure...

[20156975]

jadeys car failed its MOT last sturday - 28th - her 18th birthday!! dragged her out of bed at 8am to go for the MOT, failer on :
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front nearside shock leaking
front neaside topmount rubber excessivly worn
front offside topmount rubber excessivly worn
front anti roll bar bracket offside snapped
rear nearside pigtail sprong snapped
emissions - due to CAT
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fixed it by thursday!! passed no bother then, got :
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2 new front shocks & springs
1 new topmount rubber
1 old complete shock with decent rubber
used anti roll bar bracket
new pair of pigtails
new centre box silencer
new back box
tab lighter as mind was used
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from 1 scrapyard for £20 which was mint!!
from the next i got
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cat and frontpipe, including manifold and heat shield
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for £40 which i would have liked cheaper, but stil isnt too bad!!
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instead of funking about with struts, i took the lowering kit off my baby - the nova!! lowered her car -40mm all round, stuck it on lo-pro's, looks smart as f**k!!new plates (just plates, not regestration, f**k im not made of money!! ) and a couple of personalisation stickers later and all is done!! couple of bits and bobs left to put right - but all in good time!! did take some pics to show - but her fone is playin up!! will upload ASAP!!

cheers for takin the time to read!!

thanks, rick & jade

[PaulW]

Glad it passed, always a good day when you get the little green slip

I always go over my cars before any MOT, change anything I can see myself (brakes, shockers), but sometimes things do sneak though

Still, better to know your car is safe on the road than just let it rot and become a deathtrap!

[20156975]

very true!! just a tad epencive!!

got the pics now!!


dropped -60mm front, usin the struts and springs from my beloved nova!! cant tell in this pic as the arse is jacked rite up, put it on lo-pro's, although its only on 2 atm



dropped -60mm at the arse, again, using parts from my beloved nova!!



new cat, centre box and back box, soon to be replaced by the backbox i took off




new plates, betty boop and her name


name decals on the doors


flushed tailgate and lexus lites


my gorgous girl in the drivers seat!!

and my beloved nova


little does she know ..... im gonna buy a new lowering kit for it when i have the cash spare!!

loads more to do!! keep updating as and when needed!!

[danthemann]

u kno wot wud make the rear end 100x nicer?...well i do lol..change the lex-ass lights for some standard ones smoked black.

[20156975]

rite 'o'

corsa packed up last nite, trying to start it and the starter motor was going, but the car wouldnt turn over,

so i yanked that one out and threw it in the bin!!

got a coilpack from a 1600cc mk3 astra engine and some WD40, filled the connections and the plug on the back of the coil pack, the spark plugs, the spark plug leads (both ends, where it goes into the plugs, and where the leads go into the coilpack) and the connections for the leads on the coilpack, with WD40, greased up the bolts that hold the coilpack on, and fitted it, connected it all up and the car turned over first time!!

new coilpack

fitted

RESULT!!

[Root]

Well done. Nice thread

[20156975]

u kno wot wud make the rear end 100x nicer?...well i do lol..change the lex-ass lights for some standard ones smoked black.

not my car to change 'em!! i got it with pretty shagged lexus lites, i did get standard ones, but swapped them for brand new lexus lites as she wanted them!!

off to get a length of pipe the morra, to fit that daft arse zaust back on, IMO, standard is the way forward!!

[20156975]

rite, fitted the zaust using a lenght of pipe, and 2 clamps, isnt the cleverest, so when i get a chance ill have another look at it

and generally tidyed up the engine bay

tidyed up the wireing took out the battery tray, KU rusted it and primered it, then colour coded it with the car, looks smart!! copper greased all the connections, fitted a heat shield over the manifold, replaced rotten bolts, nuts, and screws, and thats bout it!! i know you dont see the battery tray, but it was more to protect it though!! looks a lot smarter now!!

the bulk head was bent over where wireing for the aftermarket horn was coming through, so bent it back into shape and cut through it so the foamish jobbley (unsure of proper name!! lol) fitted properly and didnt disturb, or be disturbed by the wireing!!

all for now, cheers

[Octane2097]

glad its all sorted, corsa's i think are pretty resiliant little buggers
had mine for a couple of years failed MOT twice but it was always stupid stuff like headlight aim not right and rear numberplate bulb had gone
and one of the rear springs had a crack in it, that was about it

the advantage of having a simple car, simple to fix!

[20156975]

the advantage of having a simple car, simple to fix!

words well spoken!! vauxhalls are the dogs bolluks!! there f**k indistructable!!

[Octane2097]

older ones are new ones, forget it!

[20156975]

well, been on holerday with the missis over the weekend, but had spyed a car on the EGAY for meself when she passes her test, gave me mate my login details so he could bid on it for me, got a text mid-day today..........

RESULTAGE!!

off to pick it up wednesday nite hopefully!!

[danthemann]

lol im really not surprised its spares n repairs seeing as its a pug lol..them old ones really r unreliable lol...that said they do look nice

[20156975]

getting the other 2 lo pros put on soon, looking forward as we wont get rear scrubbage any more!! be able to take victims (i mean passengers lol) out for a spin again!! will get pics up as and when nececary!!

[20156975]

well, we got a budget sound system in, some people said i went over the top but i wanted it looking neat!!

fitted the sound system the begonning of the month, first time ive done this and it turned out well!! consists of
12"sub (cant remember the name)
222 watt amp (cant remember the name)
2x ripspeed 6x9s
2x door speakers (cant remember the name getting better ones later)
sony xpload tapedeck headunit and sony xpload 6 disk multichanger (from the old astra auto)
and a pair of tweeters!! lmao

loud as f**k!! lol,
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*EDIT* forgot to add its sat on massive 13" steelies, and dumping a 14:8 SXI engine in on thursday!!