Ricks Arctic 24v

[rickisgrate]

These are some pics i took today while out a blast with a mate and his evo 6.
So far mods have been 17 inch BSA Racing alloys and some clear side repeaters, not much really but future mods are, koni adjustables, tinted windows, phase 2 gsi sideskirts and angel eyes (what colour angel eyes should i get let me know) and a huge Alpine install. WATCH THIS SPACE

 

[prisky]

looks nice m8, liking the rims. dont know if angel eyes will suit it tbh, chrome wont i dont think black might be ok if i were you id just tint your standard lights

 

[recardo]

did u get the alloys from the adtrader advert i posted for u?

they look well smart

 

[johnsastra16v]

looks nice.

not a sport though is it? LS, GLS?? hasnt got the roof aerial nor the colour coded spoiler. same as mine was

 

[rickisgrate]

i got the wheels from my mates boss on saturday night by pure chance he said he had set for sale and i went and pulled his arm off at 10pm lol. Its an artic 16v, the spoiler will be done for next week and the roof ariel for the end of the month, got the undercar neons fitted as well last night gives it a nice floating look not the usual punto look at me ive got and led strip under my car look, going to a big cruise on saturday night so ill get some pics of that too

 

[rickisgrate]

took some pics of some parts of the install still to go in, alpine components for the front doors, alpine type r 6x9s, 2 x 1000watts ballistic subs in a double box and 2 sun visor screens still to be retrimmed

 

[Ben]

now those visors are pretty damn cool! the must've cost a pretty penny

 

[rickisgrate]

£68 delivered, sold my last set for £110 last month so got them at nearly half price lol, gonna retrim them the same colour as the roof lining

 

[m@rc G]

r u gona get it lowered??

 

[rickisgrate]

putting full koni adjustables on it next month which lowers it 35mm or i thought about gmax shocks with eibach springs

 

[Jen]

the astra looks huge next to the evo, the car is looking good though

 

[rickisgrate]

does look big compared to the evo, never noticed b4

 

[rickisgrate]

some pics i took today of the engine bay all cleaned up, and some parts still to be fitted: Front strut brace, bonnet lifters, new engine cover to be rubbed down and painted some fancy undecided colour and rear gsi bumper which i got for £30 off astra jim , got a gsi grill coming tomorrow from a guy at work for £20 and finally a pic of the exhaust that fell off last night, notice how it is in 2 bits now

 

[rickisgrate]

and a rubbish pic i took tonight with my old 6230 with the neons on for all you neon haters out there

 

[rickisgrate]

Took some pics after a clean with the meguiars car cleaning kit and put on the mk3oc sticker, this weekend will see the underbonnet getting a bit of a makeover hopefully if the weather is ok

 

[alan-g-w]

lookin good man, IMO the LEDs/neons are quality as long as you do them properly, i.e. - no multicolour flashers
bit of lowerin should sort it right out an all

 

[woodygsi]

nice car mate keep us updated on how you go

 

[willhouse]

if you insist on having them neons then they need fitting further under the car so you cant see the tubes.

also i would reccomend getting an aftermarket inlet manifold if your after a bit more performance out if it, you can gain 12-15bhp from fitting a mantzel/dbilas or mvaux inlet.

 

[rickisgrate]

ill be putting the sideskirts on soon so that will cover up the neon tubes at the sides, the front and back ones cant be seen anyway. A dbilas manifold is in the works but it costs a small fortune and ther is 2 different kinds for 2 slightly different engines and im not sure which one i need to get, will have to phone courtney and see which one i need, guaranteed it will be the more expensive one at just under £1000. Ill be doing the exhaust side of things 1st with a 4 branch manifold, proper decat, racing tube and back box soon

 

[willhouse]

thats bizarre, im sure they are only about £360 ish. thought they were same as the ones for the corsa's?