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arden blue b

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:35 pm
by Li4M
hi my names liam im 18 im new here, it all started last july last year when i passed my test and bought a arden blue 1.0 with 58,000 miles, i debadged the boot within a couple of days anyway heres some pics

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i then bought a debadged grill and flat wipers

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i had a crease on the door and my tutor let me fix it and spray it so heres the progress (didnt get any of filler)

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heres some with it based and cleared just need to get the dirt out and give it a polish

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this is a photoshop of what i want to do with a set of post 97 bumpers

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after

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heres my plans for the car
post 97 bumpers smoothed
14" flipped steelies
sport spoiler
sport or cali leather interior
lowered 60mm
red tinted rear lights
paint interior bits gloss black- being done at weekend

that's it so far opinions and ideas welcome :)

Re: arden blue b

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:05 pm
by jacobyte
Spray the button surround same colour as body, looks good, did on mine and cheap too do as well, could do more and spray your door handles and mirrors, think that would look good on your car, i didn't have to spray my mirrors already colour coded but are gona do my door handles when weather improves :)

Re: arden blue b

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:11 pm
by Li4M
yeah i was thinking about doing that but taking the badge off the bootlock and doing either arden blue or matte black, handles are going to be sanded down smooth then matte blacked, i really want to do a black and blue theme

thanks for the input jacob :thumbs up:

Re: arden blue b

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:22 pm
by jordyp
looks good mate. arden blue and white looks alot better mate.

Re: arden blue b

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:24 pm
by Li4M
thanks for the comment jordyp

Re: arden blue b

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:30 pm
by jordyp
if you look about on here youll get loads of ideas what to do with it lol

Re: arden blue b

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:01 pm
by Grant L Walsh
2 Right on that note, I got loads and loads of little ideas. Car is looking good. The only ideas I would give you is spray all the bumpers with black gloss paint if you don't want to do the colour coded theme. Thats what I did to mine but I am having a red and black theme and yours is blue and black like you said.

I would also spray them steelies black or find some nice SXI's to go on as that will improve the look alot. De-badging the rear boot handle is easy to do but need quite a few coats of black or blue if you do decide to, to get rid of the Vauxhall Griffin badge which you can just see. Other than that cars going ace, keep us posted and welcome to Corsa B.co.uk :D

Re: arden blue b

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:17 pm
by Li4M
thanks mate yeah thats another option but im not sure if it would go with my wheel ideas as im more than likely getting banded or/and flipped steelies and i was going to do them matte black with arden blue splatters on them, thanks for the welcome your cars looking tidy as

Re: arden blue b

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:47 pm
by PRICER
take a look at my build thread mate, mines the same colour, :D

Re: arden blue b

Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:01 pm
by Li4M
bought this today for £10 bargain i think as only had 2 deepish scratches on it hopefully i can be cheeky and ask my tutor if he'll let me respray it :P

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Re: arden blue b

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:01 pm
by Li4M

Re: arden blue b

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:03 pm
by paige1992
coming along isnt it mate :)........

least u got a spoiler and that, them wheels should look smart when they on, u leaving them black or not?

interior looks loads better!!!! Transformation and half that...

i would of personally done your interior handles arden blue as your door cards are now black, thats if you already havent done them :)

Re: arden blue b

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:57 pm
by Li4M
yeh it's coming along just very slowly lol.

cheers well i'm thinking of getting them gloss black with arden blue splatters on them.

yeh i wasn't sure to start off with about the interior but it has grown on me a lot.

haven't done them may look into getting them done though.

thanks for the comment paige :D

Re: arden blue b

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:57 pm
by Jamie1991
coming on well :ohyeah:

Re: arden blue b

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:22 pm
by Li4M
cheers bud