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New car :)

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:40 pm
by vcorsab
ok well a got it off a mate for 400, theres a few things wrong with it but you can ask whats up a suppose, the good things are,
its got 2 ltr brakes all round, electric windows, led clocks, sport interior and hid kit, need new bulbs but ! and am not sure if its good or bad to have .. Image
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sorry if ive uloaded the same pictures twice a forgot which ones i uploaded, comments welcome, also advice please :)

Re: New car :)

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:07 pm
by Amsterdam
Nice one mate :thumbs: !
What specific type of brakes you got? Discs or drums @ rear?

You could refurbish the wheel trim, best would be all around, believe Halfords has it, Motip Bumperspray.
Would fit a spoiler (the GSi one, that's SRi in England right?).
Could teint the windows & go for other lights around.

Re: New car :)

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:21 pm
by vcorsab
ive been told its astra, discs at rear mate, im thinking about getting boiled linseed oil for the trim, am sticking with standard rear lights and i want smoked depos for the front :) yea i need a spoiler haha, thanks ;)

New car :)

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:51 am
by gazza_no7
Looking good mate! :) having HIDs is a good thing for driving at night (I had some and they where bright as f**k) but they won't pass an mot :( so I sold mine and got some bright bulbs instead :)

Re: New car :)

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:38 pm
by Amsterdam
vcorsab wrote:ive been told its astra, discs at rear mate, im thinking about getting boiled linseed oil for the trim, am sticking with standard rear lights and i want smoked depos for the front :) yea i need a spoiler haha, thanks ;)
Hmm, sure with oil it will shine as if it were new..I use a shine spray, but both methods give temporary results..
That Motip spray is permanent, will def use that soon.

gazza_no7 wrote:Looking good mate! :) having HIDs is a good thing for driving at night (I had some and they where bright as f**k) but they won't pass an mot :( so I sold mine and got some bright bulbs instead :)
:shock: ..wtf, why not put in regular bulbs for MOT, then switch back right after..?
That's how I handle that, & no need to remove the wiring, just switch bulbs 'n plugs..

New car :)

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:45 pm
by gazza_no7
They where cheap ones and they interfered with my radio so they had to go :P

Re: New car :)

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:32 pm
by Corsa_B_Dave
Looks like a nice buy for 400. I have just linseed oiled my bumpers and they look so much better, but have already got water streaks in from when it rained.

New car :)

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:13 pm
by Melvin1
Looks nice mate it's Easyer to paint the bump strips I did mine satin black, I have hids too I love them lol, and what axle is on rear I want rear discs

Re: New car :)

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:45 pm
by shaunyb1991
ive just ordered my HID's they look good. car looks good. im not a fan of the corsa c sxi alloys myself but they look good on this. think you need a dark parcel shelf too if you can find one cheap enough.
i think its lowered 60mm all around btw, noticed you broke your bumper on the splitter?
i did that when i had mine

Re: New car :)

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:21 pm
by vcorsab
- ive just ordered my HID's they look good. car looks good. im not a fan of the corsa c sxi alloys myself but they look good on this. think you need a dark parcel shelf too if you can find one cheap enough.
i think its lowered 60mm all around btw, noticed you broke your bumper on the splitter?
i did that when i had mine... thanks mate, im going to spray the shelf a think lol, i think it looks lower cause the tyres are fat, there 55s, the bumper was broke already :(.

- Looks nice mate it's Easyer to paint the bump strips I did mine satin black, I have hids too I love them lol, and what axle is on rear I want rear discs... a was thinking about spraying them but ill just put linseed oil on for now, and a dont have a clue what axles on it mate, dont even know what brakes ive been told there astra 2.0.

- Looks like a nice buy for 400. thanks.

- Looking good mate! having HIDs is a good thing for driving at night (I had some and they where bright as f**k) but they won't pass an mot so I sold mine and got some bright bulbs instead ... a need to buy new bulbs for it cause ones broke, they better pass haha, thanks

Re: New car :)

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:05 pm
by c16se corsa
heat gun for the bumpers trust me it it makes them like brand new its better than any product on the market!

Re: New car :)

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:19 pm
by vcorsab
yea ide like to do that but dont have one so i think ill end up spraying them, put back to black on a few bits of trim today, looks ok not the best but

Re: New car :)

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:39 pm
by shaunyb1991
heat gun what the grey trims?
does it come up well or somethin?

Re: New car :)

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:44 pm
by vcorsab
aye its meant to bring them back to looking new, havnt tried it myself though ..

Re: New car :)

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:51 pm
by shaunyb1991
might do that if the weather ever holds off.... never heard that one before,ill try it and let you know