we'll see when its finished ey haha I think it'll stand out from the rest.
UPDATE: MOT on tuesday!
UPDATE: MOT on tuesday!
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My Astra
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UPDATE: the astra is still at the garage, needs 3 brake hoses replacing due to corrosion.
Apart from that its a sound car! concidering how long its been off the road I cant wait to drive it!!!! plus my insurance for my clio is £150 a month, the astra with all my exterior mods and performance exhaust is £70!!!! WHooP WhOOOp
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Apart from that its a sound car! concidering how long its been off the road I cant wait to drive it!!!! plus my insurance for my clio is £150 a month, the astra with all my exterior mods and performance exhaust is £70!!!! WHooP WhOOOp
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I seriously wish mine was that cheap, id be ecstatic if mine was £150 a month ffs 
Nice one
Nice one
UPADTE: the astras been in for its mot since last week... has the rear hoses replaced due to corrosion and the master brake cylinder needed replacing, count find one for spares when I've looked so i'm guessing the garage couldn't find one easily. He said it should be ready tomorrow so crossed fingers.
Oh and they somehow put a hole in the pipe that connects the manifold to the cat.... ffs
As the bill mounts up at least the car has a big thumbs up to be more than just road worthy, but also a solid car
Oh and they somehow put a hole in the pipe that connects the manifold to the cat.... ffs
As the bill mounts up at least the car has a big thumbs up to be more than just road worthy, but also a solid car
thats what you want mate it needs to be road worthy. lets just hope the bill dont creep up any more for you.
UPDATE: Got the astra back finaly ! the breaks are great, i've ordered a new radiator off ebay for £25! with 2 year warranty not too shabby, because the radiator has 2 big leaks either side. Some fun swapping them over.
I'm going to replace the bushes on the front and rear and treat the corrosion, could anyone recommend some 35mm lowering springs that are a reasonable price and will do the job (35mm)
! the breaks are great, i've ordered a new radiator off ebay for £25! with 2 year warranty not too shabby, because the radiator has 2 big leaks either side. Some fun swapping them over.I'm going to replace the bushes on the front and rear and treat the corrosion, could anyone recommend some 35mm lowering springs that are a reasonable price and will do the job (35mm)
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Been driving my astra a canny bit today! replaced the radiator and the car runs smooth. Next to start really making the car look better and improving the suspension.
After all this it's finnaly pulled through and no1 can say it needs scraping because thats all it is to them. F*** That!
After all this it's finnaly pulled through and no1 can say it needs scraping because thats all it is to them. F*** That!
Just a few pics of changing the radiator and spraying my plastic bumpers black, gonna use the spray on my trims too
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Magic BLAAAAK spray, one can off ebay £7 and ive done both bumpers with atleast 1/8th of the can left
also the paint dried in like 5mins Just apply to a clean plastic surface and it adheases itself
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Magic BLAAAAK spray, one can off ebay £7 and ive done both bumpers with atleast 1/8th of the can left
also the paint dried in like 5mins Just apply to a clean plastic surface and it adheases itself
More pics to follow, was too distracted driving my car to bother taking pics haha !
I have 17" 5 spoke wolfrace alloy which im going to take off my clio and put onto the astra, will look lush lowered. Going to tint the windows and hopefully put my gsi spoiler on soon and take the trims off the sides so the car looks clean rather cheap plastic.. more to come
!I have 17" 5 spoke wolfrace alloy which im going to take off my clio and put onto the astra, will look lush lowered. Going to tint the windows and hopefully put my gsi spoiler on soon and take the trims off the sides so the car looks clean rather cheap plastic.. more to come
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Bumpers look great Looks like the same rad I had in my car.. lasted about 18 months before it started to leak, but can't expect a huge amount for £25!
Looks like the same rad I had in my car.. lasted about 18 months before it started to leak, but can't expect a huge amount for £25!some angel lights would finish the look
bumpers look smart mate. is it more of a dye or a paint paint??
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actual paint mate, nice finish and dried in 5mins, just clean the plastic down and spray. simple, cheap and stands out gona spray the door handles and plastic mirrors
gona spray the door handles and plastic mirrors
Painting black trim is the only way to make it black again properly
I've removed the trims and cleaned it up. looks tidy i'm considering spraying the bottom half with that bumper spray because i've sprayed the trim on the boot which holds the number plate the same colour and it only comes off with t-cut.
The line where the trim was is inline with the bumper so it'd look flush all the way round the bottom of the car. Then lower it with sum bad boy alloys n it's gonna look good
and me n ma mate fitted the gsi spoiler. its all coming together
On the plus side i've still got some spray left in the can after spraying the bumpers and giving the boot trim 2 layers. Cheap yet effective
The line where the trim was is inline with the bumper so it'd look flush all the way round the bottom of the car. Then lower it with sum bad boy alloys n it's gonna look good
and me n ma mate fitted the gsi spoiler. its all coming together On the plus side i've still got some spray left in the can after spraying the bumpers and giving the boot trim 2 layers. Cheap yet effective
I've worked out with £35 I could spray the whole car with that bumper spray. T-cut the whole car to remove the top layer n make it matt black. !
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Dont do it, Matt black is just gash now, way to overdone!
never seen matt black on an astra beats paying a few hundered for paint. and my aim is to spend the least on the car yet make it look and handle good
beats paying a few hundered for paint. and my aim is to spend the least on the car yet make it look and handle good