Corsa B Blue More Door

mrs-bug wrote: Looks nice x

Cheers

MonsterMatt wrote: Did I mention that I love this thread!?

Haha, you have now Cheers mate.

Came across another incredibly rare item. First one I've ever come across. A genuine Irmscher 5 door spoiler, brand new in it's box with 3rd brake light and all fixing bits and instructions included. These retail at £323!!! <!-- s:o --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_surprised.gif" alt="" title="Surprised" /><!-- s:o --> I've only ever come across reps before with no brake light and no fitting bits. Got it for a bargain price too














Here's what it's like fitted:

go to lmfvauxhall.co.uk they got a irmscher book you can download iv got one for the astra there free

link http://www.lmfvauxhall.co.uk/pdf/i305076_CorsaB.pdf

Yeah they do make some nice extras. Ridiculously expensive though. Don't think I know anyone who's bought anything from them, people mainly just source bits on eBay or forums lol.

The wooden centre section always makes me chuckle lol.

Well I popped down to WCC in Southam this afternoon on Mike's recommendation. They're spraying up the spoiler for £50 and will give me a hand fitting it for free too Should be done either tomorrow or Friday

Chuffed with that.

Well, a little later than expected but I went to get my spoiler from the bodyshop today and got it fitted Had to drill a small hole in the boot for the brake light cabling, then just sikaflexed it on. Got the brake light wired up and working. Small bit of orange peel on the spoiler but they said to pop back once the sikaflex has set and they'll polish it up for free to get a proper finish on it.

Sorry for the crappy night pics:







Really happy with it. Makes a big difference

Glad it's all sorted now mate! Shame about the delays though .. at least they looked after you on price if nothing else!

Paint match looks pretty spot on from what I can see?

Good to hear they are going to have it back to make improvements!

They fitted my bumper last week. Had a couple of issues with that actually. Got a couple of air bubbles came up in the paint. They had it back on tuesday and sorted it out though. The paint match on it looks about as close as they could get. Not a world class job but looks awesome and again, they looked after me on price too! Didn't want to make too much of a fuss because Craig (The owner) is a top bloke and it's good of him to do jobs so cheap! The guy who does the painting (Brendon I think) wasn't particularly great about me taking it back though. Craig wasn't in the day I went back with it so I couldn't tell him to sort the bloke out! The painter man settled down and stopped being a numpty in the end and sorted it anyway.

Take a look at the bumper job on my project log mate.. should be on active, Han's Corolla


Get some more pics up soon as poss bro, wanna see the whole car and how the spoiler makes it look.

Mikehudson wrote: Glad it's all sorted now mate! Shame about the delays though .. at least they looked after you on price if nothing else!

Paint match looks pretty spot on from what I can see?

Good to hear they are going to have it back to make improvements!

They fitted my bumper last week. Had a couple of issues with that actually. Got a couple of air bubbles came up in the paint. They had it back on tuesday and sorted it out though. The paint match on it looks about as close as they could get. Not a world class job but looks awesome and again, they looked after me on price too! Didn't want to make too much of a fuss because Craig (The owner) is a top bloke and it's good of him to do jobs so cheap! The guy who does the painting (Brendon I think) wasn't particularly great about me taking it back though. Craig wasn't in the day I went back with it so I couldn't tell him to sort the bloke out! The painter man settled down and stopped being a numpty in the end and sorted it anyway.

Take a look at the bumper job on my project log mate.. should be on active, Han's Corolla

Get some more pics up soon as poss bro, wanna see the whole car and how the spoiler makes it look.

Delays were fine to be honest. Could have had it fitted last week but I was in the middle of Uni exams so it's ok

Yeah colour match is really good, better than I was expecting as Atlantis Blue is notorious for being a hard colour to match. Well, it's near impossible with spray cans anyway lol. I found the staff were really friendly and helpful so no problems there I'll take a look at your project now. Thanks again for giving Craig the heads up I was going down there, really happy overall

Sorry these photos aren't much better due to an awkward parking space, but at least it's day light. You can see the orange peel in the close up, but as I said they're going to give it a polish for free to smooth it out.












Got the transmission fluid and diff plate gasket changed the other day. Also realigned my gear linkage and replaced the EGR valve gasket.






Got both tie rod ends and ball joints changed today. After faffing about for ages on the n/s one yesterday I got nowhere. Was literally outside in the rain for 4 hours lol.

How the n/s tie rod end was left last night after attacking it with a grinder for ages and getting nowhere.




With the shops open this morning I got my hands on a cutting disc and zipped it off in seconds. O/s one I changed in no more than 5 minutes, completely hassle free.








The balljoints weren't too bad. They were rusted in a bit though so had to attack the old ones with a hammer to remove them. Got there in the end though








Unfortunately though there is still play present in the wheels. Took it to a garage and the only thing they could find was a slightly worn o/s tie bar. So the car is going into a garage tomorrow morning to have it changed and to have the tracking done. Fingers crossed that will finally sort it.