Hey All

[Astra VXD]

Hey Peeps,

The name is Steve,

I'm from Scotland :)
I drive a Vauxhall Mk5 Astra 1.7CDti (100ps)

The car has changed alot.
took the car off the road for about 8 months to give the car a good going over.

It started of as a simple life model:

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/sallen01ws/P1010030-2.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/sallen01ws/P1010036.jpg




To what i like to call the Astra VXD:



http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/sallen01ws/VXDpicsy01.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/sallen01ws/fnm0804.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/sallen01ws/fnm0821.jpg

Thanks

Steve

[poita]

OMFG OMFG

i LOVE this thing, that is awesome what you have done with it!
congrats on the car.


oh and welcome to OA Steve, how did you find us?

[Ice]

hahaha rancho relaxo Piota, haha but hey Steve it does look awesome ;) ok ok yep very very nice.

[Astra VXD]

Hey thanks,

nice to see you like the car :)

erm lots of stuff shall i list??

ok here goes:

VXR front bumper
VXR front fogs
Life models doesn't have fogs so wired them up myself
GTO side skirts smoothed into rear arch
GTO rear bumper (with black insert)
tinted windows
Eibach 50/30 suspension
18" SSW Nirvana Wheels
Modified and de restricted airbox
DTUK Tuning Box (+25bhp, 60% increase in torque)
Cruise control, doesn't come on life model so i got that programmed in
Debadged
Shark fin areil
Custom Stainless Steel Twin exit (L/R) exhaust with 6x4 inwardly rolled slash cut tips
vauxhall stainless steel tax disk holder
irmscher foot pedals
interior resprayed arden blue
blue LED conversion
blue LEDs wire into door cards (door handle, grab handle and flood lights)
armster arm rest

and few other custom jobs coming into the works soon


p.s. here is some intrerior pics

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/sallen01ws/vxdinterior2.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/sallen01ws/vxdinterior1.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/sallen01ws/vxdinterior4.jpg

I know a guy on the site Jake (KingOfAstras) obv was very drunk when he choose his username :p

Steve

[poita]

love it more i see of it

lol @ jake

[btm]

dude that looks mint!

top effort :clap:

and welcome :)

[poita]

just read through your car build thread, wow!!

[Calibrated]

damn where's the drool smiley

that is bloody awesome mate!!!!

hows the performance affected with those exhuasts, being a diesel..and issues with smoke at all?

[Astra VXD]

Thanks for the comments.

yeah the biggest difference i noticed about the exhaust was it lat the car breathe more easily so am sure i have have gathered a few bhp.

also black smoke is a please now that when i put the foot down it comes out the 2 beefy exhausts :)

also considering its a turbo diesel, which does not generate alot of noise, it has got a nice pur to it and high up the rev scale it can sound sweet.

Steve

[KingOfAstras]

I know a guy on the site Jake (KingOfAstras) obv was very drunk when he choose his username :p
lol asshoooole.......... welcome to OA buddy :D!!!

[MR VXR]

Nice job! interior looks awsome.

[100lucas]

love it! :eek:

who did the led conversion?

[poita]

judging by his nerdyness, i mean electrnoics skills, he would of done teh conversion himself.
steve is pretty switched on with those things

[100lucas]

i have my led kit al ready to go. i bought a soldering iron and tryed, the led i 'solderd' on ended up looking like a chewd up piece of gum

do you have any ideas of poeple that could do it?

[Astra VXD]

haha yes i did do it myself :)

even tho i have no electrical knowledge.

Its fairly simple likes.
make sure you touch only the solder coz if you touch the LED it will burn melt and transform into a chewed up peice of gum haha

I don't have any experiance with electrics so i just used the internet to see how

a good sight i like to use is Instructables.com

loads of video tutorials on how to do stuff like that

Steve

[9090GO]

Very nice mate, VXR look alike, I wish I can get body kit from Europe though.