[Corsa B 1993-2000] Corsa B 1999 CDX 1.4 16v

[Sam]

Well it's taken me a while but I've finally got round to starting my own project thread, and here it is!

I'm Sam, 21 from Southampton. I've had two Corsas so far, my first was a 1998 Corsa B Breeze 1.2 16v, which was unfortunately written off at the beginning of 2008 (multi car pile up on the motorway - I was in the middle and not at fault, but was the only one who didn't manage to drive away !) I now have a 1999 Corsa B CDX 1.4 16v which I love to pieces. I've done a few bits and pieces so far - mainly focussing on audio, but also changing the appearance a bit:

Interior Mods

Chrome Tax Disc Holder

Blue MFD LED Bulbs

Blue Speedo and other Dial Bulbs

Blue Clock Bulbs

Custom Tailored Corsa B Car Mats

Central Third Brake Light on Rear Windscreen

Exterior Mods

Debadged Chrome Front Grill

Chrome Number Plate Surrounds

Superbright Xenon White/Blue Headlamp Bulbs

Superbright Whit/Blue Sidelight Bulbs

Chrome Windscreen Wipers

Blue Side Repeaters with Chrome Bulbs

Chrome Dust Caps (lol)

ICE

Vibe Slick 60 6.5" Coaxial Front Speakers

Vibe SLick 50 5.25" Coaxial Rear Speakers

Vibe QB 69 6x9s in a Stealth Shelf

Vibe Slick A3 Amplifier

Vibe PC15 PowerCap

Touchscreen Motorised 7" DVD/TV Head Unit with Bluetooth

Slimline PS2 mounted under Passengers Seat with Wireless Controllers

Signal Boost TV Aerial

Mods in Progress/Unfinished Mods

Blue Footwell Neons (now done)

Blue Interior/Courtesy Light (now done)

Blue Boot Light (now done)

Extra Signal Boost Powered TV Aerial

Portable Digital Freeview Box

New Black Leather with White Stitching Gear Stick and Hand Brake Gaitors (now done)

Gear Knob with Built in Switches (for interior and boot neons)

Custom Door Speaker Pods/Builds (now done)

Lowered 40mm (now done)

Irmscher Airdam Rear Bumper (now done)

All Round Colour Code - door handles, boot lock surround, bump-strips,roof tracks,and arches. (now done)

Planned Mods

New Front Lights - Angel Eyes?

New Rear Lights (now done)

De-Badge (now done)

Bad Boy Bonnet (now done)

Irmscher Front Airdam with Fogs (now done)

Passenger and Driver Rear Quarter and Rear Window Tints (quoted ?115)

Blue Boot Neons (now done)

New Exhaust - Irmscher twin back box? (now done)

SunVisor DVD Monitors

Irmscher Door Pins (now done)

Alloys - Chrome Multi-Spoke or Irmscher Softstars - 15"/16"?

Calibra Turbo Black Leather Interior (now done)

Switch Panel for Heating Switches (Calibra Leather Seats) (now done)

Black Door Cards (now done)

So you can tell I've done a fair bit, but also have a hell of a lot planned! I'll try uploading some pics now, thanks for reading!!!

Sam

[Hoggy]

pics?

[Sam]

i'm on photobucket now

[Sam]

So, here's my first car "RIP" lol



And, the new one after being cleaned





Next to my Parents Corsa C SXi 1.4 16v



Side View





Close Up of my Chrome Grill



Night Shots





An Expensive Shopping Trip



Finally All Fitted











Inside - Head Unit and Blue Bulbs









I'll post more pictures and updates when I have them!!!

Sam

[AN07 MAC]

looks nice.what is that arthrotec 75 thing?

[c150student]

Woo CDX ftw! You have my wheels, less scuffed than mine though But why does yours have rear headrests when mine doesnt?

Anyway, nice car mate. Not too decided on the grille tbh, I think a plain black debadged one would look better.

[AdHeath1989]

Really nice car mate apart from the grill and the wipers. If you change those to black ones, it would look a whole lot less tacky mate.

[Sam]

Thanks for the comments guys - in response...

looks nice, what is that arthrotec 75 thing?

lol - it's a fire extinguisher! looked cool and the colour matched, so I put it in!

Really nice car mate apart from the grill and the wipers. If you change those to black ones, it would look a whole lot less tacky mate.

Anyway, nice car mate. Not too decided on the grille tbh, I think a plain black debadged one would look better.

yeah, i was going to go for a black grill and wipers etc, but nothing else on the car is going to be black - it will all be colour coded, so went down the chrome route, might still change eventually but we'll see

Woo CDX ftw! You have my wheels, less scuffed than mine though But why does yours have rear headrests when mine doesnt?

no idea lol! and my wheels are scuffed quite badly, just good photography on my part haha

[Sam]

little update - got a blue LED festoon bulb in the boot now woo!

will post pics later...

[VeinDesigns]

im liking your car mate! i love seeing seeing cars with plenty of ice if you ask me theres not normally enough of it on this site!

[c0m3r]

Car looks well mate. As mentioned, chrome wipers and grill make it look cheap which this car isnt going to be if you do it right. Replace the wipers with some flat blades and bin the chrome grill in favour of a black one. Colour code plans are spot on mate. Cant beat a colour coded arden corsa. Exhaust wise I would stick with a single exit as twins tend to looks bad on corsa B's, the best to go for are a round 3" exit or a 5x3 oval. Irmy softstars would look very nice aswell. Only other thing I would suggest is replacing the door cards and seats with a sport or club interior. Will look very nice indeed if you stay away from the temptations of halfords.

[Sam]

im liking your car mate! i love seeing seeing cars with plenty of ice if you ask me theres not normally enough of it on this site!

Cheers bud! Love my ICE. Next up more screens!!!

[Sam]

footwell neons now fitted - again, pics soon

[marshey]

I think the interior he has got is the best you get rear head rests ok the front seats aint perfect but the reear head rests bring the corsa up to date. same interior as mine

[Sam]

Thanks mate, i'm quite fond of my interior. but would love leather...

so today - had an absolute nightmare, serious panic...!!!

attempted to fit interior (footwell) neons on tuesday but failed miserably (cheap ****ty set from ebay lol) ended up taking so many things apart to get to wiring, head unit, ciggy adapter etc. gave up in the end and went round the missus place lol. i didn't listen to music on the way as it's only round the corner and couldn't be bothered to find the front panel of my head unit. didn't use the car much yesterday so again no head unit. today trided to use it.... nothing. it was dead. i pulled the whole centre unit apart trying to find the fault, had hundreds of cuts on my hands, bruises on my head (corsas are not designed to be easy to work upside down in!!!) and could not fix it at all. i was devastated as that head unit is amazing. so i gave it up as a bad job, ebayed for a new one (?300+ !!!) and decided to order it tomorrow i went back out into the car and decided to have another crack at the neons. this time i succeeded (woo!) and they look top notch

so i had a football match tonight, went to that, have just got back and OMG my fcuking head unit has decided it's absolutely fine now grrrr!!! obviously i'm glad i'm saving so much money by not having to replace it but why do cars scare you like this???!!!! lol. so yeah basically a bad couple of days that actually ended well!!!

oh - pics of neons, boot light and other little bits will be on here either tonight or tomorrow i hope