VXR / ST mini meet

[aussie_in_london]

astra-vxr.com had a joint meet with focusstoc.com, the first before a major joint meet in the summer time, was a great turn out up in Derby (Midlands England) but i spent the first part of it inside eating and keeping warm lol thought you guys would be interested in seeing some pics, a few had already left so i made the most out of what was left to photograph : )

more pics can be found here
http://astra-sri.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=20001

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[aussie_in_london]

en-route from London and a pit stop, pee stop, photo shot : )

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[Wraith]

As always Aussie - excellent pics there ;)

Good to see some VXR's fitted with Xenon headlight assemblies, I don't think we'll see any over here.

Those 3 door Xr5's look HOT !!! not sure if they're available here or not....

Any friendly runs against them in the VXR's - how did they compare ?? :)

[aussie_in_london]

just a meet and chat mate, sort of testing the water before the main meet later in the year, plans to hold it at an airfield : )

[Greggy]

AWESOME pics there mate !! must have been a sight to behold !!

St's and VXRs float my boat - yes, even the orange ones ;)

let us know when the 'shootout' is, I would love to see that ;)

[Wraith]

I love that orange colour too :)

I've also noticed all those Xr5's have different side repeater assemblies to those on the Oz Xr5's.......they look heaps better, wonder why they're different for the Oz market ??

[Tfer]

Very nice.... all of them :D

[Dee]

i want this one

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[EL BURITO]

those 3 door ST's are hot.

[Tricky Ricky]

Very nice rides! I still prefer the VXR, not just because they're Opels, they look meaner than the Focus!

I've never eaten in my car, I've seen cars with ants and spiders, just trying to avoid that!

[aussie_in_london]

I've also noticed all those Xr5's have different side repeater assemblies to those on the Oz Xr5's.......they look heaps better, wonder why they're different for the Oz market ??

side repeaters are on the mirrors, if you mean the badges on the front gaurds they are to cover up the holes left from the side repeaters on the lesser models, none of them liked the silver badges and many are now fitting colour coded covers in replace of the silver.

[Shaun]

Shane what they are refering to is i think is the shape of the side covers with ST on them. Our XR5 T over here has an oval shape cover in chrome with Focus stamped into them. The ones in the UK are a different shape with ST on them. The ST one looks better i think.

Shaun

PS The rims on your VXR look good in the sun now i have seen these pics.

[aussie_in_london]

none of the ST owners i spoke with actually like the silver badges and are either having the holes behind filled in or a company has released a body colour matched badge in its place which many have ordered

[Blue_Dvl]

if only ford would bring out the 2dr ST....... some very clean vxr's there.

[Ishley]

Alot of those VXR's look lowered, what springs/suspension set up are you guys using..

Oh and great photos :D

[aussie_in_london]

im running KW varient 3 adjustable coilovers where as alot of VXR owners over here are fitting eibach springs to the standard VXR dampers which are uprated 50% over the SRi dampers, approx giving a 30mm drop in ride hight but also improving handling considerably.

[Ishley]

im running KW varient 3 adjustable coilovers where as alot of VXR owners over here are fitting eibach springs to the standard VXR dampers which are uprated 50% over the SRi dampers, approx giving a 30mm drop in ride hight but also improving handling considerably.
I have seen these for sale on ebay. Do you know if they are suitable for the H SRiT?

I saw a set of Eibach Sportline's for 119.99 pound. Or Eibach Pro Kit for 120.99 pound. Now they say it will fit the 1.6, 1.8, 2.0 VXR Astra H. Does that include the H SRiT? :confused:

[aussie_in_london]

both eibach kits are great for the H SRi t, what you dont wont is anything more than the 30mm drop in ride hight, works well and looks good