My Corsa XE to LET to XEV Project

[Gaz86]

looking good, that air intake pipe is looking very close to the exaust mainifold tho!

cheers bud its so close cos its a turbo thats where the pipe is

AG motorsport is a 'part-time' business, which is probably why he didn't answer earlier in the day. The 'smoothing' of the boot isn't the best, but that didn't bother me. Its GRP at the end of the day so isn't ever going to be spot on.

Best of luck with the fitment; for a 'road' car I personally wouldn't have gone for GRP as it doesn't fit anywhere near as snug as a proper tailgate.

yeah though it was an on the side business, his missus answered the phone, i went for grp because it doesnt rot lmao like my old one but the difference in weight is massive, its a full road trim sleeper so every little helps.

[Gaz86]

more pics not a happy bunny atm



cut some holes etc



spoiler





fitted


and finally the pic that pisses me off the most


wont go into it right now too ****in fuming!!

[The Simps]

you just realised it was a corsa and not a nova?

only kidding

no point crying over broken glass mate.

[Gaz86]

i know i just walked off when it happened, then realised my hand was pissing blood cos id grabbed it just as it exploded, just means i get to paint it first and deal with a damp boot.

[philip2]

gutted the glass smashed!!! but make sure you havent got fine peices of glass in your hand...will piss you off for days!!!


how much of a ballache was it too fit??

[Gaz86]

just hard getting to the rear hinge bolts really once theyre slackened just move them about with light taps on the hammer, the origional catch bolts to it perfectly the markings are all there for it.

pic of where the latch goes, you can just see it on the left, just needs some M6 bolts and big washers on the back for security



its so light and easy to move, just watch your back when you take the old one off, when you pop the last lifter it suddenly weighs a ton!

[Benn]

Boot looks a good fit tho which is good.

[Gaz86]

its a very good fit, got some tweaks to do and itll be spot on, gonna spray it up as soon as i can get to jawel paints next week then bite the bullit and call autoglass.

[Benn]

Cool.
Autoglass? they are butchers!

[Gaz86]

might just source a nova rear screen rubber from my shed and try and fit a glass in that way, worth a crack surely?

[RobJenko]

not trying to be funny chap, but if your going to the effort and trouble of a grp boot, why not go plastic insted of glass? surly it'd be best to get the full benifits of of the weight saving effort.

[Steve!]

true, true.... you can buy plastic rear Corsa windows.

[Gaz86]

ive got a huge sheet of polycarb, i would have done it but i dont like the look, ive got one fitted to the pug, the glass only weighs about 3kilo anyway if that and it looks much nicer too.

only really going to the effort for the fact that mine was rotting in places, and there the only real worries on the shell, just a bonus about the weigh saving (which is huge, even with glass)

[Gaz86]

got some more work done but only on the tailgate lmao, just waiting on some stuff in the post then the inlet side can be bolted back together once and for good, will be sending my turbo off thursday to universal turbos for the work to be done and ive booked the whole week off so ive got 12 days to sort out the bodywork whoopdybloodydoo.

heres some pics of the tailgate "smoothing" before and after
terrible


after some filler some sanding and a lick of uberthick primer lmao


let that dry then went out to jawel to fetch some nice non compliant paint mmmmmm, burnt a nice hole in my wallet too.

£68.10 ouch


got the tailgate flatted off and im pretty pleased at how little work is left on it.

[Steve!]

Would of taken the bumper off!

[Gaz86]

its only slush, was just easier to work on on the car instead of sliding around on the table i painted it on.

[Steve!]

painted??? where is said pics?

[Gaz86]

with primer lol, my mate still has my "good" gun i had to use his ****ty antique gravity gun for the primer and it didnt exactly come out smooth, but its high build so it doesnt really matter, i need my gun before i can even think about putting pearl basecoat on anything without it looking like dog meat lmao.

[Benn]

Nice work on the boot, looks much better!

[Gaz86]

been slow going this week, mainly due to having to borrow money out due to people not being able to manage their money very well and being threatened with eviction, so not very happy as i couldnt send my turbo off, next week i WILL do it!! everything else WILL take back seat!

so all i could do was tie up loose ends, just got some more wiring to do.
boost gauge fitted



got some hose for the turbo coolant feed, though a metre would be ok for the whole tract but it only covered from the header to the turbo so ill need some more of that, also had to spin the dump valve under the header tank due to lack of room.


LET throttle body, as im lazy and couldnt be arsed to lathe an insert to block the breather, also noticed the two vacuum outlets are much bigger on the LET.


dont really know what to do now, its raining i have no car, i cant paint in this weather, im just stuck now till next thursday, bummer!

[Gaz86]

went to my mates to get my cover and fitted that cos i was bored

[chris_16v]

looks class, i carnt wait till i get mine turbo'd in a few months

[Gaz86]

turbo cover fitted along with scuttle and modified cover thingy (bit dark sorry)


also finally got the tailgate done, just needs flatting and polishing and its done and dusted

[Gaz86]

some more pics

engine bay daylight shot, still needs some tidying up at the back but pretty much done now


tailgate fitted and given a quick buff, got a mate coming to mop it tomorrow then glass
very happy at the colour match and the finish.

[2.2DTIdarryl]

mate how much u recon uv spent on converting from xe to let. i know u were sort of funds in the beginning but do u recon ud of been cheaper to get a let.