Astra 1.4 SPI - the first car (56K heavy-ish)

[Balto]

the car's coming along really well keep up the hard work

i hope to, i need to look into the best method of doing it and making it look good and stay that way.

weld it up from the inside then filler on the outside, or weld both sides then grind the welding down

 

[danh]

small update that should have gone up yesterday lol.

went to the scrappers yesterday.

2x parcel shelf staps
1x glovebox lock surround
2x outside air temperatures
1x underglove box tray
2x illuminated grab handles
various clips and connectors

for the grand total of a tenner !!

so to work

one empty blank space

mounting holes

one fitted tray ( ready to fill with more crap )

then fun time - my understanding of electrics is very poor ( que help for dad lol )

the new handles

the loom connections

the entire loom all made for the passenger side , ( but we then run twin core wire over the otherside to make it easier )

then after fighting with the headlining its all fitted and done

 

[danh]

been back to the scrappers today, for some more pikey orinetated antics lol came home covered in oil, grease, dirt ect but its all fun.

went purely to get a new window mech since mine has been playing up since i had the car and wasnt the most secure window ever.

so after drilling out the rivets we had the mech, ok it came from an estate but im hoping it still fits if not i can take it back and find another one

so thats that,

then i aquired 2 sets of mk4 astra side repeaters, after climbing three cars up on the racks to find some ( two slightly different parts )

so on the car they went

then onto vectra parts

managed to find a tinted interior light
and in the car that went

(sorry for the crap angle )

and a veccy b gear knob

then while in the process of looking for other useful parts out of cav's and omega's i stumbled across this

i lost that ( in my pocket )

so all i have left to fit now is the knob and the window mech, but that can wait until the weekend.

 

[Neve'o]

scrapyard finds are the best! I'll have to get back down my local one and see if they have anything new for a change!

 

[dark-ryder]

just wanna get some autosol on your rocker cover now, make it shine like the oil cap

 

[danh]

just wanna get some autosol on your rocker cover now, make it shine like the oil cap

yeah i originally wanted to colour code it, but im thinking just polish it up now.

would i just need normal autosol metal polish ?

 

[dark-ryder]

yea just normal autosol from halford, it was on offer at billing for £3 a tube i think, or if you can get the brasso that comes in a little pot of like wool fiber, that will work just as well.

 

[symeon]

...or if you can get the brasso that comes in a little pot of like wool fiber, that will work just as well.

Do you mean Duraglit silver polish - Pink wooly stuff in a tin?

Sy

 

[dark-ryder]

that would prob do the same, the one i used was a brasso one.

 

[rich edwards]

any progress on this dan

 

[danh]

there is,
new front top mounts, track rod ends are on.
GSI Rear bumper is in primer just need to decide how im painting it now.
ill get some pics up tonight when i get back from work

 

[danh]

ok then i know i said i would get some pics up last weekend before the meet, so ill throw them up today at some stage, including a sneek preview of the Gsi bumper. and a photoshop of the arse end.

 

[Space Cadet]

Just read through this thread and I like your car, different but nice

 

[danh]

Just read through this thread and I like your car, different but nice

yeah it certianly is different, its not to good in way cos all my mates spot me coming a mile off.

anyway picture time -

time to change the top mounts and track rod ends ( what a git of a job dad had to do )

brakes off

one collapsed and dead ball joint

leg out after a lot of wd40

a perished and cracked top mount

dad rebuilding drivers side leg

so that was that sorted. didnt get to many photos, even gave the legs a coat of hammerite.

then i managed to swap parcel shelfs with a mates car he was selling.

no more wooden support and screws supporting a saggy shelf

then on a trip to the breakers yard i got hold of a tinted vec/cav light with map lights

wired that all in perfectly.

thats all for now untill i find the photoshop of the back end.


and a possible donar car for some body panels and bits and bobs that im toying with the idea of.

 

[KinG^Lee]

You should of lowered your car why you was changing the mounts, perfect opportunity. whats wrong with the dona car looks pretty mint to me.

 

[danh]

yeah i know lee, but that means that ive gotta get some springs, then declare it to the insurance company, so it just wernt worth it, next year maybe and now we know how to do it its a piece of ****. the donar car needs a new H/G new rockers, and a rocker cover cos it has a hole in it, shell is quite mint as you say but its a merit with a shagged engine and it was only a couple of hundered so i can blag some bits off it and weigh it in.

 

[danh]

been busy today,
last week the gsi rear bumper was put into primer, and dad has done the majority of the work on it.
so here it is

and on it goes

next job is probably a front bumper, but for the time being i need to sort the water leak, find a rear toe eye cover and some better nick plate lights.

 

[danh]

Ph2 Lights going on tonight hopefully

 

[*Adz*]

looking good matey you still got that red one then???

 

[danh]

looking good matey you still got that red one then???

to a degree adz, it has been stripped of a few parts, is there anything you are after ?