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This is my '96 Corsa Merit.
Haven't known about this site long but I do have pictures from what it was when i bought it to what it looks like now...
Its changed quite a bit during the last few months.... But the project continues.... Its like a drug!!!

Heres how she looked when i got her...

Being as she had only covered 18,000 miles when I bought her, she was in pretty good nick!
1st I debadged her!



Then came the first set of alloys.. 17"



Then a 40mm drop..

Then after crashing and bending a stub axle and buckling 2 of the wheels...
Astra GSI fans in black and lowered 60mm!



Then a K&N performance air filter.. Sounds the mutts nutts

looks tidy mate! think i got 98 model with the newer engine lol 1.2 merit tho mines red and the bumpers n paint work losing its colour. i want put bigger engine in it but duno if im allowed :/ thinking of 1.6 or 1.4 tho i aint got clue so peeps b luaghing at that bit lol

i love it...one of the best on ere by far in my eyes....

Thanks guys!
Yeah I agree about the bigger engine.. I'd like to change mine in the future...
been lookin at the 1.6 and 2.0 8valve Be nice to have a bit of "UMPH!"
Ive got some more pictures for you aswell!

Then I changed the clocks and heater panel bulbs to blue leds.

how you change that? looks pretty cool im gona start from the inside outside of the car first

two screws behind the air flow direction bezel(outside air or recycle air in car). then push two centre vents downwards so they spin and click so u can access behind em. There should be two screws behind each vent that need unscrewin then u can pull the centre console out....then the top vent section spilts into two sections, and u need to remove the buttons from the heater temp and air flow direction (where in the car air is blowin). there are two screws that hold the lower white plastic section in place that need removing and then u have access to the lights. they are 12v 5watt push fit bulbs i believe and they can be purchased in a wide variety of colours. you may find if the previous owner had to replace any of the bulbs becuase they had blown that some of the screws are not present. The two holding in the white lower plastic bit may not be present, but as such they do not matter too much.

Well,, he explained it for you! If you gon on corsa sport there is a tutorial on how to do it... really helps!
The bulbs in the clocks are your standard 501 sidelight bulbs and the ones in the heater panel are 286's... i think!
May be wrong!

Not so long back fitted a new exhaust... and de-catted it!
Had to cut some of the back bumper out too so that the exhaust sat straight and not on a horrible angle!
That would look poo!

thats looking really nice man!
exhaust looks so good with the cut out the bumper!
think the white alloys looked nicer but ahh well..
get a wee gsi spoiler on it and it'll be rockin'!

ps for a 96, your milage is f**k amazin! will be running nicely for ageeees!

i cant belive just how clean it is!!!

i prefer the white wheels but the black ones looks ALOT better on your car.

yeh your exhaust does look propa nice...but i like the exhausts at an angle coz its japstyle and i love jap cars lol

Can I get your opinions please chaps!
Im thinking of smoking the headlights, does anybody know if this is easy to do?
What do I do? and Is there anything to look out for?
I'd welcome your comments, Cheers!

well the first thing to bear in mind when ur considering smoking ur headlights is that there are a lot of other better substitute alternatives to smoke. like the industry market leader known as tobacco