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taurus Posted a lot Posts: 1,084	Lifting a Corsa B taurus @taurus
	May 28, 2015 7:57:33 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Fishing for ideas here chaps... I have a spare Corsa B (1993) which I acquired from a lady who has given up driving. Immaculate interior, excellent engine (C14SE on 37k), but the bodywork shows signs of her adventures with gateposts and trees. To be honest I could do without it as I've got too many cars on the go so option one is to sell it to someone who wants the engine. Cue photo of said engine... Option 2 is to keep it and do something a bit daft....like keeping all the dents, not fixing the broken plastic wheelarch trims, painting it matt nato and lifting it slightly. I've seen a lifted C on here which I thought was fun. So any suggestions re. wheels / tyres, suspension - what fits? Won't be to everyone's tastes, but hey ho - it would be a boring world if we didn't do daft things.
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DavidB Posted hell of a lot Posts: 5,794	Lifting a Corsa B DavidB @station
	May 31, 2015 19:03:49 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Corsa coil overs are cheap. Don't paint it Matt green, it's a ticket to the scrapyard when you inevitably get bored of it. Buy a cheap c20xe and drive it into a hedge instead!


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envoycdx North East I need my Mojo back! Posts: 245	Lifting a Corsa B envoycdx @envoycdx
	Jun 3, 2015 20:23:19 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Engine would look well in my Corsa, just unfortunately too much moola for me.
	Working (occasionally) on rebuilding my MK3 Cavalier. My MK3 Cavalier Resto / Mod Thread (Stalled). Keeping the corsa running day by day..

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taurus Posted a lot Posts: 1,084	Lifting a Corsa B taurus @taurus
	Jun 4, 2015 6:53:12 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	May 31, 2015 19:03:49 GMT DavidB said: Corsa coil overs are cheap. Don't paint it Matt green, it's a ticket to the scrapyard when you inevitably get bored of it. Buy a cheap c20xe and drive it into a hedge instead! I was thinking more battleship grey than green. They don't look good in green imho. I think I am perfectly capable of driving into a hedge without the trouble of sticking a C20XE into it. I suppose a C20XE would at least make it come out of the other side of the hedge though. Can coilovers go higher as well as lower? I dunno - never mucked about with them. I still want it driveable. (Where we live there is one road into the estate which goes past a school, so there are 5 massive speed bumps to negotiate every time I go anywhere. Hence no interest in lowered cars.)
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DavidB Posted hell of a lot Posts: 5,794	Lifting a Corsa B DavidB @station
	Jun 4, 2015 10:48:21 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	There's a bit of difference in height when you raise the seat on coilovers, you can buy different springs though. I found with smaller cars, having a harder ride is easier to live with, they seem less comfortable on bigger, heavier cars. My Nippa feels great with them, there's no bounce travel whatsoever. I got a pair of Corsa coilovers for £20.


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