My estate project

[Kev_mk3]

Car is looking a lot better mate the colour difference aint that bad, just get the rest of the car painted now

Was thinking I didn’t see it all on at the weekend lol, need a few more mods now to go with the bonnent

Keep them coming

 

[tab]

looks good. how much did they charge to do the bonnet?

£100 for the bonnet and £15 for the grill.

 

[tab]

Car is looking a lot better mate the colour difference aint that bad, just get the rest of the car painted now

Was thinking I didn’t see it all on at the weekend lol, need a few more mods now to go with the bonnent

Keep them coming

i would get the rest of the car sprayed but it'll probably end up a different shade to the bonnet
i'm gonna save up for some springs next that'll drop it by 40mm, probably gonna be in the new year now as i've got to save money for time off work when the baby comes at xmas.

 

[j12 mkw]

Looks good Dave

 

[tab]

cheers mark, hope to see your new motor at the next meet

 

[tab]

picked up a standard second hand exhaust for my motor yesterday.
downpipe with o2 sensor,cat,middle pipe and backbox. all for a bargain price and i actually only need the middle pipe, which i,m gonna do tommorow.
i might have a go at making a decat pipe with the old pipe(if i can sneak it into work to weld )
bonus is i'll have a spare cat, backbox and downpipe
pics of me scraping knuckles and swearing a lot will go up tommorow once i,ve done it.

the only downside is that i had to go to swinton,manchester to pick it up, still a bargain though.

 

[tab]

found where my exhaust was blowing from, a split around the pipe on the cat(top pics)
the bottom pic is the system i got for £20, fitted all of it except the downpipe.
it's bloody quiet now

 

[tab]

been a while since i've done anything to the car so i splashed out on this lot the other day.......

cambelt kit, water pump and panel filter so now i can de-restrict the airbox
the pump and belt are just for piece of mind really as i'm gonna be doing quite a bit of mileage this year with all the shows i want to get to.

just gotta wait for a dry day to fit it all now

 

[Kev_mk3]

how much was the cam belt kit and water pump dave as i need them aswell

 

[tab]

cambelt kit was £68 and water pump was £33 which i think was quite a good price.
vauxhall wanted £105 just for the belt kit

 

[Kev_mk3]

Ta dave – ill be ordering mine sometime soon for andy to fit

 

[tab]

finally got my panel filter and de-restricted the airbox today.



the pipe that i ripped out...

the top of my airbox...

bye bye white box thing....

top with the filter and bottom with the pipe took out...

finishing touch....

i decided to give it a wash aswell...

only took about half hour to do the filter and airbox, sounds a lot more throaty now and i've got a bit more of a sharper throttle

 

[Turbo TomCav]

Hi mate, i'm new to mk3oc and am looking for an Astra Sport Estate but in yellow

and i just had to say how MINT this cars looks....absolutly LOVE it

Keep up the good work

 

[strad]

bonnet scoop looks awful and out of place but gsi vents are good !

 

[tab]

Hi mate, i'm new to mk3oc and am looking for an Astra Sport Estate but in yellow

and i just had to say how MINT this cars looks....absolutly LOVE it

Keep up the good work

welcome matey and thanks, there was only one yellow estate on here but the guy sold it not long back.

 

[tab]

bonnet scoop looks awful and out of place but gsi vents are good !

i was looking for a normal gsi bonnet but couldn't find one and this came up very cheap, i was unsure about it but it does get loads of cool air into the engine bay and keeps it cooler.

i'm still looking for a normal one though.

 

[glenis]

where did you buy the cambelt kit from and water pump?

 

[tab]

a place called bennets in madeley, telford.
cheapest place i found round this way and they give some good advice aswell.

i brought my new cat off them for £150

 

[Ben]

£150?!!!

it looks the same as my 1.6 cat. i paid £61 delivered for that

 

[tab]

i don't think they're the same ben, i rang round loads of places and this was the cheapest i found. the main dealer price was £260