Guy's 02 Astra Hatch

[guy 27]

new steering wheel in.
need irmy pedals and alu grill now.

 

[guy 27]

A few recent photos from a photoshoot the other night.

Big thanks to Chris young for taking these photos.
https://www.facebook.com/Chrisdabell http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisyoungau/

 

[guy 27]

been a while since I've driven the car. put in its 3rd tank of fuel for the year today.
new 700 cca battery in yesterday
wheel alignment today
also added some irmy goodies tonight (grill and pedals)

 

[Sjdickso]

Missed your update, really cracking photos do you not fancy going down the SC route with this one?

 

[guy 27]

Missed your update, really cracking photos do you not fancy going down the SC route with this one?

I probably will one day. I'm never getting rid of this car.
I'll probably give it a few years as I'm saving towards a house at the moment.
by the time i'm ready hopefully someone over there will be selling a full car and i'll just import that and do an engine swap. will be the cheapest and easiest way to do it over here as we don't have anyone here that can tune the ecu.

 

[Matt]

Only just seen the pictures from December! Great photos

 

[guy 27]

not much to update on.
relocating car to melbourne in 2 weeks. before it goes I am doing all cooling hoses and waterpump. no issues with current ones but just due to age I'm replacing with new oem hoses.

Front rotors were a bit warped. they have done pretty well considering how much they've been used and all the track time they have seen. They have only worn down 1mm since new so will get a skim to level again and go on the shelf till I need them. In the mean time put some ebc ones on. Also while the wheels were off I cleaned the hubs of all the corrosion, gave them a lick of paint and a nice helping of anti seize.
Front wheels also got washed, clayed and waxed inside and out while they were off.

 

[guy 27]

Started installed rear Astra VXR brakes today. Had a brand new setup sitting for a while waiting to go in. Just waiting for paint to dry over night

 

[Matt]

Started installed rear Astra VXR brakes today. Had a brand new setup sitting for a while waiting to go in. Just waiting for paint to dry over night

Nice, should be a decent improvement over the MK4 setup.

 

[guy 27]

Nice, should be a decent improvement over the MK4 setup.

its an extra 10mm on the standard ones but bigger is better

 

[Matt]

its an extra 10mm on the standard ones but bigger is better

an extra 10mm is nothing to be frowned at

 

[evocarlos]

meh 10mm i can beat that lol

 

[guy 27]

 

[guy 27]

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All done. Didn't realise the VXR calipers are slightly different at the mounting point so had to quickly throw some red paint on them.

 

[guy 27]

didn't bother with waterpump as it wasn't leaking. Have a new one in the boot should it decide to fail on me.

new coolant tank in
all new cooling hoses.
refitted engine and battery cover.

 

[guy 27]

Did another 2k km over the last couple of days driving to Melbourne. May lift the car at least 10mm all around as she's a bit low for Melbourne roads.

Here is how she will sit for the next few months.