Corsa B Blue More Door

Ooo what have we here???






All interior lights are now Blue or White LEDs. Finally have an LED rear foglight switch, headlight switch and beam adjustment switch






Chrome bonnet gas struts came yesterday too but I accidentally ordered Nova ones. They're much shorter than Corsa ones so don't fit. Going to exchange them for the right ones though

Got a few small things done a couple of days ago, nothing major.

The rubber tube that runs from the screenwash bottle to the front washer jets had split where it connected to the screenwash bottle. So I had to remove the windscreen wipers, scuttle panel and various other parts to get access to that. Removed the screenwash bottle and gave it a quick clean and sorted out the split.

Don't have any before or during pictures.




Gave the pollen filter a quick clean whilst I had access to it. Also while everything was off I gave the underneath all a clean, had to get the Henry involved due to all of the leaves and crap that get stuck in there!




Also gave the scuttle panel a quick clean and then heat gunned it.








As you can see from the bonnet in that last pic, the car was an absolute state. Absolutely caked in dust as the road I live on has just been resurfaced plus a house nearby is having some major building work done on it.

So I gave the car a good wash and polish yesterday...




























Also gave the inside a good clean and hoover...






Weather dependent, I'm planning on giving the engine bay a bit of a tidy tomorrow and I aim to give the heat shield and battery tray a lick of black hammerite while I'm at it.

Wow that is looking clean, good work!

Woody wrote: Wow that is looking clean, good work!

Ha cheers mate. I started claying it after I had washed it but it was hardly picking anything up so I just went straight on to polishing it lol.

Because of the rain today it isn't looking quite as good now, but it hadn't been washed in a good few months so it really needed a wee bit of TLC!

Fitted some chrome bonnet struts yesterday and removed the old bonnet holder. Still haven't got round to cleaning the engine bay though!

hi mate,

just a quick question, i have a car similar and im looking for the debadged brill.. i cant find! they only fit the 97> (facelift ) models! jus wondered were you got yours from ?

thanks.

Yeah they only fit the facelift models (post 97). The bumper on the photos above is of the pre 97 bumper and you can't get a debadged grille for them as the cross member that has the badge on is moulded into the bumper.

The debadged grilles you can purchase replace the standard v grille on the post 97 bumpers and you can get hold of two types: honeycomb or slatted. Either can be found easily on eBay or you can also try http://corsacentre.com/

Honeycomb style ones don't usually fit quite as well as the slatted ones and are also usually more expensive. Slatted ones you can normally pick up for around £15-£20 delivered whereas the honeycomb ones usually sell in the £20-£30 region.

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Haven't updated this in a while so for anyone who's interested, I've painted the battery tray and heat shield black. Car passed its MOT the other day for the 2nd year running but the water pump was on its way out so had that and the cambelt changed. MOT, Cambelt and Water Pump all for only £118 Will be getting round to an oil and filter change in the next week or so and also I have a top rad hose to replace the slightly old and leaky one that's on the car at the moment.

I've replaced the pressed euro plates with UK standard ones for the time being and have also fitted some new front wiper arms as the old ones were a bit loose and would slap against the scuttle panel. My Stebel Nautilus horn broke too, but it was in warranty so I've had a new Wolo Bad Boy sent to me as a replacment.

Oh and I've got a post 97 bumper coming in the next week so car will be getting a debadged grille too

Here are the most recent pics I have of it, only noticeable difference to how it actually is is the number plates.

nice updates bud looks tidy

Bee wrote: nice updates bud looks tidy

Cheers mate Got a few more small updates I'll post up in a sec.

Got a free horn the other day to replace the Stebel Nautilus that broke within its warranty period. Stebel have stopped trading so I've been sent a Wolo BadBoy instead, basically exactly the same.






When I had the Stebel Nautilus I just wired it directly to the old horn wiring, not the way you're supposed to do it! So I thought with this one I'd do everything properly.

I started with mounting a bracket to the horn:








With the Stebel Nautilus I attached it behind the bumper near to where the normal horn goes and the elements got to it pretty quickly and it broke after only about 6 months! So this time around I found somewhere nice and dry and sheltered to install it...behind the battery














Here's the setup I used for wiring it in:




So firstly I setup up the earth:




Then the horn +ve to the relay:




Then I removed the old horn and connected the wiring to the relay:








I added a 20amp fuse in the wire going from the relay to the +ve terminal on the car battery:






And then it was all complete, albeit very messy:




Very sheltered and hidden:




Quick tidy up with some cable ties and job done :












Got a new post 97 front bumper. Old one off:




New one ready to go on:




Also did an oil and oil filter change:




Place to drain the old oil into :




Removed the old leaky hose:




State of the pipe was horrendous. Very gunky and generally shit:




Gave it a good going over with a wire brush and some wet and dry to clean it up. Flushed the water system with the hose pipe until everything ran through clear, then fitted new hose:




Have since added 2 litres of Halfords advanced antifreeze. Here are a few pictures with the new bumper on. Car is in dire need of a wash, hasn't been done in a few months! Obviously it is also in need of a grille, on order sometime this week :






Also, here's the girlfriend's new car. Vauxhall Corsa 1.3cdti Ltd. Edition:










I want it