GLS project

[Doyley]

this should be a good one judging from your saloon. btw awesome saloon Gareth

 

[vauxhall_astra]

Yeah i need a passenger side one with lense already off if you got one

ive got a passenger side one without a lense mate, still got the lense aswell

 

[Gareth]

Progress is slow had a few hours at the weekend on saturday night

Repainted the firewall tell the difference in whites

Also done servo and steering rack

then moved onto get brake pipes made for it

thats about it for now need sand papers to finish the front half of the bay

 

[big e]

Coming along nicely mate..

 

[Joycey]

Brake lines look great gareth, did you buy a kit to make them or?

 

[Gareth]

Yeah bought a kit. all made by me. For what a roll of pipe costs £7 damm sight cheaper than garages

 

[Loffty01]

Coming along great mate.

 

[matty d]

looks good m8 i will let u no how iget on

 

[sirusmk3]

Don't know what it is but I like the look of new break pipes in a clean bay they stand out and look spot on, or am I just weird? Done a good job there anyway

 

[Gareth]

Been a wile wuth this one but ive cracked on with it.

so far ive stripped. cleaned and repainted gte rear axle. fitted bilsteins to the rear with mk4 springs. newish flexis i had spare. all new brake pipes. removed the load sensing valve.

Also tried the rieger front on

with arches

And without the arch i could trim it to fit. easy

Ive also got the dashboard in with white dials fitted.

so thats my stage at the minute.

too buy list Is

rear discs. bearings and pads and shoes.
front discs and pads 256mm
engine box loom shafts as its stayin a 1.6 16v got one sourced on here along with other gsi bits.

 

[Loffty01]

Cracking update mate fair play to you .

 

[big e]

Good bit of progress there mate, i thought you were putting the xe in this?..

 

[Gareth]

I was gonna put a xe in but got offered good money for it. so im puttin a 1.6 back in then il be selling it. il be offering it on here first wont be a fortune. but least it be mint for next owner.

All will be built and detailed to how a want it. coz il probbly change my mind when its finished lol and just run it be cheaper than my v6.

 

[Gareth]

Also finally got round to fittin the rear seats in and doorcards today. fastend the harness down aswell

 

[Revs]

Cracking work, love the brake pipe work.

Your Not for from me either.

 

[Gareth]

Cheers revs. am about 40minutes from you . feel free to pop over some time. ive also got a saloon in other section..

todays plans are engine bed out stripped and cleaned repainted. new bottom arms fitted. gotta get that bay finished and painted too.

 

[Revs]

will take you up on your offer, would love to see your red Belmont, very nice indeed. Plans for me this weekend is repaint n/s front wing and fit the gsi rear arb. Once its through is mot this month ill be starting my rear disc convertion.

 

[Gareth]

Yeah ive.got rear disc conversion in both mine now and twin arbs on both.

well todays plans didnt go to plan lol i wanted to get abit space in my spare room and in the garage. so done the front doorcards and fitted components wired the OE tweeter to crossover box aswell. so all should sound well..

starting to look something now slowly but surely and wile a was on a binned all the grey doorcards and plastic trim as they were takin up space.

 

[Revs]

When the rear discs are fitted does it upset the brake bias, as in the rear locks up under heavy breaking?

I,ve looked at mine and there are some reducers connected inline with the rear flex pipes. Just dont want to fit the disc's and find they lock up.

 

[Gareth]

My saloon doesnt lock up its got no reduces in. i just swapped everything and made a couple new pipes they fine.

not sure on this project as it had a load sensing valve. but ive took it out. so il find out when its out