bit more work
painted the insert on the engine cover star sliver

cleaned and polished the new rear copper lines

and while i thought about it i called VX to order some retaining springs for the pipes
my car came with a 1 piece line as in the top part of the image
the stainless lines are set up like the pre 2002 astras 3 part line and require the spring clips to hold the line to the brackets
not really needed but as mine were bored out to fit the stainless line they're loose and need the clips 🙂 8 in the post

more parts came also
new lens for the auto wipers from the usa it got here quick considering i only bought it friday

biggred's front caliper repair kit (10 of the parts won't be used)

and my 2nd set of rubbers came just need to mess about now and swap the front and rear wheels then put the spares on
