Corsa-B.uk - Vauxhall, Opel and Holden Corsa B Owners Club

Hey everyone, I am new to the forum and would like to say hi to you all.
I absolutely love Vauxhalls and when I got the money, I went out and bought my self a lil tidy Vauxhall Corsa B Trip 3dr in Flame Red for £300 in September 2010.

Anyway this is what the car first looked like:-





As you can see all of the black trim is very faded and patchey. Sooo I firstly washed the car fully inside and out, aspecially the inside as the seats and floor were completely ruined by coke I presume as they were extremely sticky. The next thing I did was use some bumper shine to make my black trim that bit better and added an exhaust tip:-


Then I removed my number plate and eventually bought some Richmond Locking Number Plate Bolts:-


Next task was to replace the broken Pioneer stereo in the car with a JVC and add some new speakers to the back of the corsa, originally I wanted small enough speakers to fit in the areas where speakers would have been but sadly I couldn't find small but powerful ones and ended up buying some Edge 240Watt speakers on the parcel shelf and put the lil tweeters on the black trim just underneath of the rear seat belts:-











After this slight modification, the sound was soooo much better. This was also my first time installing a stereo and was quite pleased with the result. Next task was to install my new EDGE 12inch Subwoofer:-




Again this was my first time at fitting a subwoofer and agen its made a massive difference to the sound. I went for Edge as it was the closest to red i could find to match the car.My next job was to respray all of the black trim on the car tooo errrrrrr Black to make the car stand out abit. This is the only pic I have after I did it:-


After the first wave of snow I got here at Scunthorpe. I decided to add some mudflaps to the car. Now I absolutely love Rally cars and decided thats going to be my cars theme, a mini rally car, soo I went to Halfords and got some Ripspeed Black Mudflaps, Just for the front for now:-




They eventually had to be moved up as when I had a full car of peeps in the car, they scraped along the floor, aspecially when I went around a corner or braked
Next I decided to re-spray the parcel shelf black as it went with the black trim surrounding it. As you can see in this pic:-



Next thing I knew Xmas was upon us and started to buy things for my car. First thing was to replace the original speakers in the doors with some Edge speakers agen but ones with the tweeter built into it:-


These were a gift from my girlfriend bless her , anywho I baught some new a new exhaust tip off ebay, it is a Sportex Exhaust and its not too big or too small for the car, and isnt too loud nither, its just right :-


Also baught some Powerflex Exhaust Mounts but longer ones soo the new exhaust could sit abit lower soo it doesn't scratch the chrome tip on the body work:-


Then baught some new Ripspeed Alloys for my car to be wrapped up for xmas. To replace the SXI rims which were badly scratched some of them:-


And finally baught some MORE Ripspeed mudflaps BUT for the back and this is what my car looks like today, enjoy:-











Yes thats me in thats last picture and since these pics, I have resprayed the mirrors and cut the exhaust mounts to size soo you can't see them anymore holding the exhaust. Also more pics of the trim to come as I have sprayed my grey trim that covers the front speakers black and resprayed the door handles on the inside and the wind up window handles.
Hope you all like my car and tips and ideas welcome

nice we motor you have thur mate.. im likin the way the red isnt faded coz mines starting to go like that.. wuld you not consider lowering it?

come quiet a long way that has pal, yh i'd lower it but only 40 with them wheels and perhaps a spoiler?

De-badge the whole lot matey, badgeless grille, and the words on the boot. Whack on some shaded side repeaters, and possibley tint the rear lights but remember about the reflective strip. Get some eyebrows on it or a badboy bonnet.

For a more rally look you could put a saxo spoiler on it.

Looking nice anyway

welcome mate, car looks awsome really has come along way. i have to say thou i prefered the sxi alloys

yep some good ideas. Soo far I have been looking for a spoiler for it but wurried how it will go on. Thats the common Irmshir/SXI one which goes around the window.

In the future it is being lowered once got abit of money together.

Also jamie nivauxhall, my car looked abit pink when I baught it and all i did was spent around a full day Tcutting the whole body, Then using Turtle Wax Paint restorer in red obviously and just rubbed it all in and it now comes up all shiny red everytime its washed.

Also I want to de-badge the car but don't know how to, any tips and advice for me pweeeze lol

Also I am looking into getting a badge-lee grill very soon

I still have the SXI rims, I am eventually getting them redone and resprayed and will be used now and then.

get a filler spreader be hind the badge and it should just pop off, then just peck at the glue or use some glue remover, NOT thinners tho!!!, or any plastic card should do the trick

to get the sticky bit off investing in a toffee wheel dont half make the removal process alot easier!!!!

cheers fellers, i might give its ago tomorrow, i might try and do the 12V badge first and see how i go before tackerling the V A U X H A L L badge lol

when i did my first car i only took the 1.2 badge off i left the vauxhall and the corsa badge because it gave people behind if they ever did think the idea like, ohah another boy racer in a urrrr oh a vauxhall corsa, what engine? urrrrr it doesnt say, i thought it kinda started a question going in peoples head like is that a 1L or is it a redtop im probably chattin poo but meh plus i think the badges aernt that ugly if im honest.

you got a point, my mates all take the mick of my 1 litre, keep saying someone nicked one of your cylinders. Or would you like me to give you a cylinder and glue it on funny but i got to live with my B E A Utiful Corsa and wouldnt get rid for the world

the thing is tho aswell, even tho you might have one less cylinder, you have more power than a 1.2 8v engine but the next engine up would have to be the 1.2 16v.

I have just done the 'Drilled Airbox' method and it sounds awsome now. I followed the guid which has been posted on this site. Its a great tip guys

mate.. im 20 cumin 21 and mine's is onli a 1.2 16v jst dnt listen to people.. 2 of mi mates say the same cuz 1 has an integra type r and the other has a corsa sport i jst potter along, mi motto low and slow hahaha

o and cheers 4 the colour tips i shal try it