mike89

Thanks mate! I took it out last night for the first time in a couple of weeks. Such a brilliant handling car. It just sticks to the road like nothing else!

i dont think there will be much spent on mods for this arosa. Its just a run about. Thanks!, i loved the second yellow one. I think i remember seeing yours around belfast a few times when i had my yellow ones. I thikn ive only ever seen 2 others over here!. Couldnt beleive when i saw it on here! Keep up the good work

so. The reason why im posting on clublupo again... I needed a cheap run around, to take me to work. Arosa's and lupo of course were the first cars i looked at, but i couldnt find any which were near the price i was willing to spend. After a week or so looking for micras and ka's a cheap arosa popped up. 80,000 miles 2004 (october) One of the last as i gather. Now its not the best conditon, but it does photograph well. Ive cleaned the seats, as they were naturally a little grubby. Other than that, the interior was unmarked. I have a set of lupo lights that i kept from my previous arosa. Im not sure whether im going to fit them or not. Sometimes its best to leave a car standard. I also have a set of brand spaning new arosa mats from years ago. Brand new mudflaps from years ago, silver accessory trim that goes around the the stereo and vents (genuine) and a few other brand new parts. It needed a new drivers side check strap, which is now fitted. New plugs fitted and new leads. New genuine gearknob/gaitor, and just fitted a new passenger side arch liner as the old one was cracked quite badly. Its good to be back in an arosa. I did always say i would have another one! Nice registration and not bad for £700 Mikey

A worthwhile update this time So i sold the corsa (took it over to perth scotland) and traded it in for a brand new Abarth 500 in January. Ive wanted one ever since they were released, but i was only able to afford one now. As ive been obsessing over abarths for the past few years, i already had a list of the parts i was going to buy. So obviously it wasnt long until i modified it to my taste. Bilstein coilovers Front lower brace bar. Omp Magnetti Marelli group n exhaust (staright through, no back box) 2.5 centre section, downpipe to rear section. Recaro pole positon's. Currently awaiting subframes to arrive so i can get them fitted in the car! And a few other bits and pieces recently that i dont have photos of.

looking good. I thought i recognised the number from somewhere. I was thrown off by the colour as Im used to seeing it when it was in its silver guise! Im from bangor aswell btw Who painted it? Mikey

lol love this

Thanks. yea mate you guessed right. Winter will be even more fun this year lol

So, first part cleaned was the exhaust heat shield Then the tank Thickness of it on the axle and spring seat End of first day. Most of it has been taken off the Rear beam, spring seats, petrol tank, and a heat shield. Small parts on the axle etc still remain, which i left for the next day. Day 2. Cut the cable ties which are holding the two pipes together to get better access behind it and around the pipes Cleaned, and fitted black cable ties instead of the white ones. Wheel well cleaned Random area drivers side not cleaned to show what it looked like before. passenger side degreased, clayed and polished the waxed Finished product. Springs havnt been fully cleaned yet or the rear drums Thanks for looking. Next, the other half of the car! Mikey

cheers ryan! Im back to my old ways! Right. When i first got the car, i said that i wasnt going to get carried away with it, like i did with the ST. Needless to say, boredum kicked in the last couple of days, and i got cracking with the underside, finally! So, anyone familiar with the underside of a corsa (probably the same with any new vaux) its absoulutly smuthered in wax, and grease. Yes, i know this protects it, and im probably gonna get stick for taking it off, but it will stay clean, and ive left sections of it where its most needed. So some photos showing the thickness of the gunk, and the extent of how much there is...

just been doing a few minor bits and pieces to the corsa recently. Silvatec bulbs Genuine SRI gaitor Drivers side grab handle (didnt come with one) Textured vinyl on the lower rear bumper New headlight bulbs (Ring 120% brighter) Rear bumper vinyl So i found a place that sells the exact same textured vinyl that is also factory fitted on the door pillars, and attached it where the diffuser would normally sit. Now....this is the first time ive ever 'vinyled' anything, so it did take me a few hours to figure it out!! lol. But ive over the moon with it New red stitched gaitor (genuine SRI one) Drivers side grab handle Silvatecs, nothing special Hope you enjoyed! Mikey

p.s any photos of the mini? lol

ooooooo. I like every car in this! You and your family have good taste in cars Were you on Fiestastoc? I had an ST too. How do you find the GTI compares to the fiesta? Ive lusted after a lupo GTI for ages now, i actually saw a red one for sale with 9000 miles just outside london, about a year ago. I was soo close to selling my ST at the time for it, rang up about it, but unfortunatly it had just been sold. I wish i wish, i had a red gti Good luck with it, its a gorgeous looking car, health to drive! Mikey

My favourite part = arches that havnt been messed around with Still my favourite lupo on here Mikey

Theyre compomotive CXR's. Yea, i loved the wheels lol cheers ryan. Ive been keeping an eye on your threads Mikey

really? you actually felt the need to type that?

Not really, just small things. The centre caps and steering wheel came with the old vauxhall badge on them instead of the new one, so im gonna try to get a new set of centre caps with the new emblem. Just changing bulbs atm, and thats about it. I love the way it looks standard, so im not going to try to mess with it. I'll update this thread with any new stufff, but im just gonna try to keep it clean, like the ST. Mikey

Thanks Joe

x2, and no aerial! that looks awesome. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee tell me your wheels are matt black?

So when i got the car home, it sat in the garage for a good few days, whilst i got it cleaned up, and fitted some of the goodies i bought. Oh i forgot to mention that it came with Bluetooth! ive noticed this is quite rare I dont know if many people know, but with the bluetooth, you get a cradle for your phone, which is a a piece of trim that replaces the cup holder behind the handbrake. I didnt really like the look of it, and my phone didnt fit on it, so i bought the original trim with the cup holder. I also bought: Vxr interior door handles Coin holder/ashtray (genuine) A set of Genuine corsa mats And a new piece of trim, because there was a small mark on the original one. lol One of the first things i also did, was removing the 'corsa' and 1.2 badges from the bootlid. I also knew straight away, that i wanted to have the grill black, so after some researching, i decided to get it professionally painted gloss black. I had a few stubby aerials laying around, so i tried them on. Unknown to me then, was because my car was fitted with bluetooth, i needed a 6mm threaded aerial. So i shopped about for one, and bought an audi one. I thought it looked a little too monochrome, and needed a bit of colour. I had some pressed plates from the yellow arosa with the GB emblem, so i fitted these to give it a bit more flavour Haha, this one deserves a special thanks to Ryan off here. He was the first to do this people! I always hate, cleaning polish out the little dimples and lines on the rear clusters after polishing a car, so i wet sanded them off with some 2000 grit, and polished it back up. Looks far tidier imo. Also just fitted some led numberplate bulbs. Just need to find some decent headlights now! before After Thats about it. I couldnt be happier with it....well,i could......Just need a bigger engine lol. Its a 2011 model, so unfortunatly it still has the old vauxhall badge on the steering wheel and centre caps. (does anyone know how much the ones with the new badges cost?) (still looking for the perfect lupo GTI though! ) Thanks for reading, Mikey

*NEW CORSA LIMITED EDITION* Well, long story short, i was looking at these ever since they came out in the facelifted version. I went to see one in Ballyrobert Vauxhall just as they came out. It was a white one in the showroom, and thought it was fanatastic looking. Alot more aggressive looking than the pre-facelift version. I wasnt really committed into buying one at that point though, as i had a fiesta ST at the time, and just couldnt bring myself to sell such a nippy car for a 1.2 corsa . That, and also the fact that they were just released, so there were no used ones yet, so i couldnt really afford one. BUT a few months later, my dad told me about one for sale just up the road at a used car dealers. At this point i wasnt really any closer to actually wanting to sell the 2.0 fiesta for a 1.2, so i went to look at the car, with the mindset of not actually thinking im gonna buy it.....at all lol. But after seeing it first hand, and how new it actually was, (2500 miles, and about 5 months old) i couldnt say no . I took it for a test drive. It was what i expected from a 1.2, but what suprised me the most, was how quiet it was and how well it actually drove! Some photos of the ST. I loved this car, and really do still miss the performance of it and the exhaust note, from the decatted mountune exhaust, but, at the minute, i honestly love the look of the car. It looks sportier than the fiesta, and sits alot lower naturally which i like. Now the corsa! Hopefully i can get better pics soon.

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still here people

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£17 posted, i live in N.ireland lol

£20