Minor car upgrades..

[ben]

Hello all,

Ive bought a Black Corsa for my first car but want to make it look a bit different without getting my ass spanked on the insurance.
I dont want to put stupid bodykits and spinners on though!
Ive de-badged it, got a stubby aerial and have got some wheels to go on it but thats about it. What else can i do that are minor and wont hurt my insurance too much and just makes it look that bit nicer?

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BJ

[MatJohnson]

Won't the wheels affect it?

Basically, if you do anything to make it different your insurance will go up, because its more desirible (apparently)

[coolcars782]

ICE

[Nige]

Pretty much everything will affect your insurance, you'll need to notify them all the changes you make as if not and you have an accident they might not pay out. Different insurers will view things differently though.

I even told my insurers that I had a tow-bar fitted and nope I don't have a caravan.

[showtime]

i wouldn't bother doing anything to your first car because its very likely you will either crash it or write it off in some way.
just use it as a stepping stone to A- some no claims bonus (hopefully)
and B- getting some driving experience under your belt

you should maybe build a decent car while you are out there kerbing your shed

[bodgit]

If you tell them what you have added they will be ok as long as it has,nt enhanced the performance. With the wheels they will only payout to return the car to standard manufacture,s equipment.

[David Church]

Put a boomin stereo in it!!!

[Nick Goodall]

Ooh the joys of your first car :-)

What about things like Colour coding any plastic bits?

Paint up your Calipers - nothing like Red but just a nice silver or something - anything that neatens it up or makes it look cleaner i think is always good.

Nice stereo system was always a must hehe

Just avoid things like Sun-strips, viper stripes, chrome stick on stuff in general......

Less is more ;-)

Maybe look out for 2nd hand bits on Ebay or things from Scrappy's such as a SRi Spoiler - if it's genuine Vauxhall parts i wouldn't consider that to be "chav" - not as if it's very big, just nice and subtle....

Most things will hurt on insurance but lowering with a nice set of Vauxhall rims (think of other models around the time, SRi, Vectra, Calibra etc would look nice but i guess that would cost too much to insure really....