Hello and welcome to CCUK. Always nice to see another Opel badge and the wheel on the left. Bodywork looks very impressive after 19 years. I'm not familiar with the Sport spec - can you take one or two interior photos when you have time? I'm interested.
Thank you, the pics were taken a few minutes after I bought it, I did wash it when I got back home and it looks alittle better, it will get detailed at some point this summer.
The foglights need replacing as they are cracked, the taillights have some moisture in side them and yes, there are 3 headrests in the back, those will be removed as I don't plan on using the rear seats for people anyway, I'll fold them down and increase the trunk size as I have a couple roadtrips planned this year, it also came with a set of stock 15" alloys with brand new tires on them.
You'll be surprised how much can be got back with a dose of injector cleaner in the tank (even RedEx which is often £2 - discounted - at my supermarket), fresh filters and oil, perhaps sparks if not carried out recently. This interested me and (admittedly with a diesel) I felt mine appreciated a dose and a throat-clearing motorway run.
As for the rear headrests, DE5. I know the Corsa D leathers fit (except the middle one in my Combo Tour, which has wider spaced spikes) and they are a shape that allows them to be pushed down flush. I bought a set for £10 posted. There is a set for £3.99 in Wigan but with £10 post and he wouldn't agree to either me or Delta Romeo collecting them so I passed, but £14 isn't bad (he's been stuck with them for months). Better leather than the C Exclusiv, too.
You'll be surprised how much can be got back with a dose of injector cleaner in the tankfresh filters and oil, perhaps sparks if not carried out recently.
That's my plan, I was told the oil was changed recently, but I will change it again including oil and fuel filters, a K&N airfilter in the stock airbox, new sparkplugs and sparkplug wires within the next couple months, I also need to buy a new stock size spare tire as the one that came with my car is as old as my Corsa (and replace the stock cd player with a more modern bluetooth capable mp3 headunit).
Interior shot, will probably go for a double din headunit, but that is not my main priority right now, and the "cupholder" on the dash will be removed.
That's common. The spare wheel when I got my Tour was nearly as old as my son. 3 of the 4 on the alloys (from a donor car) were nasty, and a 5th alloy had no tyre, so I relegated the one still-decent alloy+tyre to the spare and had fresh all-weathers on the other four before taking it from UK to Spain.
Interesting interior picture. The Sport looks similarly equipped/styled to the UK SXi, but with a different seat fabric. Aircon AND heated seats - very useful. I can't live without the AC in Malaga, but I haven't bothered to wire up my (non-original) heated seats yet. I don't really use it in UK winter.
The CDR2005 is at least a decent-sounding HU. While you're putting up with it, it might be worth getting a Bluetooth receiver/transmitter so you can play your phone through it. They're about €15 on ebay, or less if you can wait a few weeks to be shipped direct from China. I've linked to a good unit in another recent thread, but can put one here if you're curious.
17" rims will fit, but you're limited in tyre choice because of the size, they're not great for handling because of the weight and lowering of the suspension usually means they rub somewhere... For the road I'd stick to 16"
Iirc NathanD on here runs 205/45 16s and they occasionally rub... I can't help much beyond that as mine had 17s on when I bought it that rubbed despite the previous owner removing the arch liners and my current setup is somewhat irrelevant to most Corsas.
195/45/16 is the standard on the SRi - pretty sure Delta Romeo has them. I like the Tigra Penta 17s myself and wondered about them for my Combo Tour (just for the summer beach runs, not the UK-ES trips) but maybe I'll just stick to the 15s, having read the above.
Yes, 185/55/15s are the standard for alloys on a C. I have them on mine although a Combo Tour has 185/60/15s if fitted originally. I am changing my plate from GB to ES and I'm hoping that the (very strict, I'm told) inspection before importing doesn't make a big deal about it. Pretty expensive and unnecessary for me to re-tyre it just for that reason.
There is a very old sticky thread about wheels and tyres and 195/45/16 was considered to be the best handling/comfort compromise at the time. I think 16s look better, even without any lowering, and might get some at the right price in the future for summer wheels.
I haven't fitted the Exclusiv rear bench into my Tour, DE5, because the fixings are a bit different and I basically gave up (rear passengers can walk if they don't like cloth). I might pull it out of the garage and try again this spring but I've got a feeling it is also two-headrests only.
Cool, I bought mine because I got it cheap with high milage.
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