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Well as the title says, I got my hands on a 1998 Vauxhall Corsa Breeze 1.4 8v. Its abit rough round the edges but from what I saw and head on the drive home etc there was some rust on the edge of the bonnet, door pillars, drivers wing and a tiny bit on the skirt. The bonnet will need replacing as you could probably poke a screwdriver through it so will be needing that. Pics will tell all at the moment.
Before I picked it up.
Once I got it back to the yard I gave it a quick wash and it brought it up very well
!
here you can sort of see the rust on the bonnet
Not much rust in the boot, theres a hole in the wheel well tho!
bit of surface rust
Fresh key mark on the quarter, lovely!
Its like this on both sides
Close up of the bonnet
Inside before a clean
The next day I got a set of Corsa C SXI wheels, 60mm lowering springs and a set of wind deflectors
Lowered the back, was dead on then the fronts didnt go so well, need shortened shocks so thinking just get coilovers.
I noticed there was a bit of camber on the passenger side rear wheel, took the wheel off had a look and found this..
So the axle needs replacing.. Other bits and bobs but nothing major, the temperature gauge and speedo doesnt work either!
Have a few plans in mind, GSi kit, maybe different wheels, coilovers, sort the bits and bobs, get a new axle, maybe small block turbo on the 8v or get a 14 16v or 16 16v.. nothing confirmed yet but ill post updates as much as I can. I also have a GSi cav steering wheel which has to be put on
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Before I picked it up.



Once I got it back to the yard I gave it a quick wash and it brought it up very well
here you can sort of see the rust on the bonnet


Not much rust in the boot, theres a hole in the wheel well tho!


bit of surface rust

Fresh key mark on the quarter, lovely!

Its like this on both sides

Close up of the bonnet

Inside before a clean

The next day I got a set of Corsa C SXI wheels, 60mm lowering springs and a set of wind deflectors


Lowered the back, was dead on then the fronts didnt go so well, need shortened shocks so thinking just get coilovers.

I noticed there was a bit of camber on the passenger side rear wheel, took the wheel off had a look and found this..

So the axle needs replacing.. Other bits and bobs but nothing major, the temperature gauge and speedo doesnt work either!
Have a few plans in mind, GSi kit, maybe different wheels, coilovers, sort the bits and bobs, get a new axle, maybe small block turbo on the 8v or get a 14 16v or 16 16v.. nothing confirmed yet but ill post updates as much as I can. I also have a GSi cav steering wheel which has to be put on