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[Uno]

hey guys obviously I'm new here and I just wanted to introduce myself!

umm, i'm lucky enough to have a 2000 vectra b as my first car, although it's second hand i still love it.
I'm only 17 and i'm still on my P's, but i'm not a HOON, I don't think...
uhh, as for mods i haven't got anything performance wise. i just had the timing belt, timing kit and water pump replaced a week ago, but that's kinda mandatory lol.
the only real mod i've got is some subs and speakers along with a new head unit, and PERHAPS some neons :rolleyes:

haha i was lucky enough to meet up with danni the other night and see her vectra. I NEVER SEEN A VECTRA LOOK LIKE THAT BEFORE lol !! freaking sweet, anyways merry christmas guys, hope to come on a cruise or something sometime !

:D:D

[guy 27]

welcome to OA.
Post some pics of your ride up.
I take it your in QLD? We got a cruise coming up on the 3rd of Jan. if your free come along.

[Neeko]

welcome to opelaus mate! The only place where any question about your car can be answered.
Definitely get some pics up.
Regarding the cruise, it shouldnt be missed :D

[DWS 92]

WOOO another 17 year old with a Vectra. Welcome to the site mate, hope to meet you on this cruise coming up :)

[hazrd]

welcome mate

veccy a christmas pressie? :D

[CNBLU]

lol @ hoon in a veccy b :D

welcome to opelaus buddy!!

[nuggz]

<-- hoon in a veccy b :p

welcome mate, good to see another vec join the ranks

[Uno]

welcome mate

veccy a christmas pressie? :D

Haha no it wasn't unfortunately :P i've had it for little over a year now i think.


lol @ hoon in a veccy b :D

welcome to opelaus buddy!!


Hahah HEY !! sometimes people see red P platers and automatically stereotype them as hoons! the only hoon in me is my stereo :D:D


I'll try and get some pics up soon, nothing special though lol :cornut:

[ChrisMaz]

Welcome mate!

And i'm pretty sure every forum member with a Veccy B is a hoon. ;)

[Shay]

<-- hoon in a veccy b :p

welcome mate, good to see another vec join the ranks


+1, on all counts.

welcome mate, pics would be good

[Jerram]

+1, on all counts.

welcome mate, pics would be good

hello and welcome

what engine you running? v6 or 4-banger?

[bender]

yay another qld p plater :cornut:

btw welcome

[Uno]

hello and welcome

what engine you running? v6 or 4-banger?


hey thanks man, i'm pretty sure she's a "4-banger"? haha :D

Gonna try and take some pics and upload before work tomorrow :cornut:

[ASTRAY]

arrrgh all the veccyb owners are coming out of the woodwork.
welcome to the site uno, there is definately alot you will learn on here about your car, and soon enough the mod bug will bite you :D

[chrissn89]

Welcome to Opelaus, enjoy the cruise on Sunday :)

[Uno]

here we go guys, prepare to see virgin stock vectra B numero uno !!

http://i48.tinypic.com/mh4qdf.jpg


well, maybe not so version stock, i don't think this little bit of bass came from the factory? :D

http://i47.tinypic.com/104f11z.jpg

and just for fun;
http://i49.tinypic.com/9rhhep.jpg

[hazrd]

looks good mate... but....

opelize
wheels
lower
color code trims

perfect :D

[Uno]

looks good mate... but....

opelize
wheels
lower
color code trims

perfect :D

color code trims? :confused: lol, i'll hopefully talk to a couple of the guys at the cruise on sunday about modding my car :D thanks anyway mate :cool:

[chrissn89]

looks good mate... but....

opelize
wheels
lower
color code trims

perfect :D

Yup, throw some limo tint (5%) on it, 50mm drop, some nice 18" multi spoke wheels, and some black vinyl on the A and B pillars.

What mine would have looked like if i didnt sell it to get the astra.

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm213/chrissn89/imgp1729editlow.jpg

[Neeko]

i'll help with tint :)

[ROCCO]

Yup, throw some limo tint (5%) on it, 50mm drop, some nice 18" multi spoke wheels, and some black vinyl on the A and B pillars.

What mine would have looked like if i didnt sell it to get the astra.

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm213/chrissn89/imgp1729editlow.jpg

50MM drop....he still wants to be able to drive the car ffs :yikes:

[Uno]

Yup, throw some limo tint (5%) on it, 50mm drop, some nice 18" multi spoke wheels, and some black vinyl on the A and B pillars.

What mine would have looked like if i didnt sell it to get the astra.

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm213/chrissn89/imgp1729editlow.jpg


oh man that looks DAMN neat !!! :yikes:



i'll help with tint :)

I hope so :D cause i got no idea haha :D

[Neeko]

50MM drop....he still wants to be able to drive the car ffs :yikes:

that pic is probably 70mm all round lol

[Shay]

Yup, throw some limo tint (5%) on it, 50mm drop, some nice 18" multi spoke wheels, and some black vinyl on the A and B pillars.

What mine would have looked like if i didnt sell it to get the astra.

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm213/chrissn89/imgp1729editlow.jpg

bahaha 50!!!!


that pic is probably 70mm all round lol

more like 90 i reckon.

Check out pics of Happyslappers old veccy, that had a 60mm drop at the rear i think.

IMO 30 is enough of a drop tho.

[btm]

two seater veccy :lol:

welcome to the site buddy

[chrissn89]

haha yes its more like a 70mm - 85mm drop, that was just a photo shop of my car. Just saying 50mm drop would look amazing. Arent looks everything ;)

[Shay]

haha yes its more like a 70mm - 85mm drop, that was just a photo shop of my car. Just saying 50mm drop would look amazing. Arent looks everything ;)

lol, nice and shallow there chris...

[hazrd]

color code trims? :confused:

sorry was my frazzled head, i meant color code (paint same color as the car) strips :p the black strips on the doors ;)

[Uno]

sorry was my frazzled head, i meant color code (paint same color as the car) strips :p the black strips on the doors ;)


yeah they do look a bit dull, how do i liven them up a bit?

[ASTRAY]

yeah they do look a bit dull, how do i liven them up a bit?
colour code = paint them the same colour as the car....white
but if you want them to stay black, either paint them or check out hazrds members ride thread, he has used some wonderful stuff to bring the black shine back.

[Uno]

colour code = paint them the same colour as the car....white
but if you want them to stay black, either paint them or check out hazrds members ride thread, he has used some wonderful stuff to bring the black shine back.

Do you reckon it would look better done with white or black? Or does it depend on the rims?

[ASTRAY]

Do you reckon it would look better done with white or black? Or does it depend on the rims?
mate, the most important thing is that you do it the colour that you want.
if you ask shay nicely, he may have picture of a white veccy b with white peices for you to look at, so you can compare...

[Uno]

mate, the most important thing is that you do it the colour that you want.
if you ask shay nicely, he may have picture of a white veccy b with white peices for you to look at, so you can compare...

Yeah true, i just did a bit of photoshopping earlier and if it were to be blackened, it would stick out too much and look out of place. 'color coding' wouldn't be too bad i suppose.

[Jerram]

hey thanks man, i'm pretty sure she's a "4-banger"? haha :D

Gonna try and take some pics and upload before work tomorrow :cornut:

heh nice.

It may be surprising but if you're in for it there are quite a lot of relatively easy modifications that can be made to that opel 4 cylinder engine - off the top of my head;

-Induction - Heaps of choice from Pod filters to Cold Air Induction Kits to Modified stock boxes - Best gain on a N/A is probably only 5bhp but it shouldn't cost you more than $200 (and that's for a brand name induction kit). Gasflowed throttle bodies can be had for less than $100 imported from the uk - once again only a small improvement but I did notice it when I had mine on.

-Exhaust - HiTech make a set of full headers for that engine costing only $500 (or $350 if you buy the ones I have for sale), couple that to a decent sports cat and cat back and you could expect at least another 10-15bhp atw

-Mapping - Auzvectra is our resident engine mapper and for an easy $600 you would gain a potential 12-17% increase on stock power with a slight decrease in fuel consumption when run on premium (which you should really do nonetheless in my opinion on that engine). You can also procure different fuel pressure regulators which supposedly help on initial acceleration.

Those are the basics anyway, and the engine will benefit from them. From what I've gathered, forced induction isn't really worth it with these engines simply because ready built units can be dropped in for similar or less cost (and have more reliability).

but yeah hope you enjoy the vectra, I've just got rid of mine and while it wasn't the most reliable or the fastest car around it at least made you feel a little different from those driving the run-of-the-mill camry/commodore/falcon etc.

[Shay]

all white for jay

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo255/shayward06/VectraChallengeSt200Pic.jpg

[Uno]

all white for jay

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo255/shayward06/VectraChallengeSt200Pic.jpg


How much would those rims cost? :S









-Induction - Heaps of choice from Pod filters to Cold Air Induction Kits to Modified stock boxes - Best gain on a N/A is probably only 5bhp but it shouldn't cost you more than $200 (and that's for a brand name induction kit). Gasflowed throttle bodies can be had for less than $100 imported from the uk - once again only a small improvement but I did notice it when I had mine on.

Is that 5bhp really worth the $200 along with the $1-- gasflowed throttle bodies? cause I don't really know what these things do mate lol.



-Exhaust - HiTech make a set of full headers for that engine costing only $500 (or $350 if you buy the ones I have for sale), couple that to a decent sports cat and cat back and you could expect at least another 10-15bhp atw

I think this will be something I want to look at pretty soon. Where can I see the ones you've got for sale? The only thing I'm kinda worried about is my insurance going up or something? Do you know anything about that?



-Mapping - Auzvectra is our resident engine mapper and for an easy $600 you would gain a potential 12-17% increase on stock power with a slight decrease in fuel consumption when run on premium (which you should really do nonetheless in my opinion on that engine). You can also procure different fuel pressure regulators which supposedly help on initial acceleration.

What's mapping? :confused::cornut:

[ASTRAY]

How much would those rims cost? :S
you dont need to get those exact rims,,,, you could just get similar ones,,,
either alloy unpainted ones and get them painted, or if your lucky you may find some painted from the factory.

it seems you have lots of questions, and that truly is a good thing,
but id like to suggest you make a new members ride thread...

just follow this link,
http://www.opelaus.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=40
and click "NEW THREAD"
that way you will have a permanent home for all things related to your car, and you can post as many pics of your car as you wish.
best of all, everyone on the opelaus is more likely to view your car there, than they are here.

[Shay]

you dont need to get those exact rims,,,, you could just get similar ones,,,
either alloy unpainted ones and get them painted, or if your lucky you may find some painted from the factory.

it seems you have lots of questions, and that truly is a good thing,
but id like to suggest you make a new members ride thread...

just follow this link, and click "NEW THREAD"
that way you will have a permanent home for all things related to your car, and you can post as many pics of your car as you wish.
best of all, everyone on the opelaus is more likely to view your car there, than they are here.

no link fail..

[ASTRAY]

How much would those rims cost? :S








Is that 5bhp really worth the $200 along with the $1-- gasflowed throttle bodies? cause I don't really know what these things do mate lol.

gasflowed....sounds like the throttle body is smoother inside, to allow fuel to travel a much cleaner path, no little bits of metal slowing it down etc.



I think this will be something I want to look at pretty soon. Where can I see the ones you've got for sale? The only thing I'm kinda worried about is my insurance going up or something? Do you know anything about that?

http://www.opelaus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25218 (http://www.opelaus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25218)

What's mapping? :confused::cornut:
mapping....
changing the parameters on your cars computer, mainly fuel/air ratio, providing more power.

[ASTRAY]

no link fail..
flank you fluck flace,,,, lol jk.

fixed mate.

[Shay]

btw those rims were only from the race models.

std GSI (the sportiest model they got in the uk, and the one on the left) look like these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vectra-GSi-preface-alloy-wheels_W0QQitemZ320469721850QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Trims_Car_Rims_ET?hash=i tem4a9d7be2fa

or could go something like diablo's CNBLU has these, an there is a pic of them in one of the headers...
http://www.tempetyres.com.au/products_closeup.asp?part=&part_no=588

if you want i could photoshop them for you

[Uno]

btw those rims were only from the race models.

std GSI (the sportiest model they got in the uk, and the one on the left) look like these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vectra-GSi-preface-alloy-wheels_W0QQitemZ320469721850QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Trims_Car_Rims_ET?hash=i tem4a9d7be2fa

or could go something like diablo's CNBLU has these, an there is a pic of them in one of the headers...
http://www.tempetyres.com.au/products_closeup.asp?part=&part_no=588

if you want i could photoshop them for you


Package Price: $1399 !!!

oh man i don't think i got the money for that ! lol i though that the plain white ones would be cheaper than the alloys?

[Shay]

haha, nah, cos they are still painted alloys.

prob best doing what i did and find someone selling 17's or 18's from a Vectra C or Astra.

chrissn89 has some 17's from a astra g srit he'll prob sell you, they would look pretty good ay. and nowhere near as expensive as new

[Shay]

Package Price: $1399 !!!

oh man i don't think i got the money for that ! lol i though that the plain white ones would be cheaper than the alloys?

oh and those were 18s with tyres, 17's would be less

[ASTRAY]

haha, nah, cos they are still painted alloys.

prob best doing what i did and find someone selling 17's or 18's from a Vectra C or Astra.

chrissn89 has some 17's from a astra g srit he'll prob sell you, they would look pretty good ay. and nowhere near as expensive as new
+1
sri-t rims look awesome.
http://www.opelaus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25181

[Uno]

+1
sri-t rims look awesome.
http://www.opelaus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25181


Oh man, those look pretty sweet. But i dunno what would look better, the silver ones or the white ones :S can anyone photoshop both of them so i can compare? :confused: thanks :D

[Shay]

Oh man, those look pretty sweet. But i dunno what would look better, the silver ones or the white ones :S can anyone photoshop both of them so i can compare? :confused: thanks :D

both 17's

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo255/shayward06/diablo.jpg

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo255/shayward06/sritwheels.jpg

[CNBLU]

Dont get white, dont look good

[Shay]

Dont get white, dont look good

sell him urs then :lol:

[chrissn89]

haha, nah, cos they are still painted alloys.

prob best doing what i did and find someone selling 17's or 18's from a Vectra C or Astra.

chrissn89 has some 17's from a astra g srit he'll prob sell you, they would look pretty good ay. and nowhere near as expensive as new

Id get the SRi-T wheels mate, look great, heaps easier to keep clean than white wheels. They're in perfect condition with no marks and are original (have not been refurb'ed) Also one of the harder to find astra rim.

unbiased of course ;)

[Uno]

Id get the SRi-T wheels mate, look great, heaps easier to keep clean than white wheels. They're in perfect condition with no marks and are original (have not been refurb'ed) Also one of the harder to find astra rim.

unbiased of course ;)

Yeah i was swaying towards those SRi-T wheels. But i gotta toss up what i want/need more :s i might need to get a muffler replacement cause i've done some damage to my manifold.

[Danilicious]

welcome to the site hun, sorry for my lateness....but i did give u the site name lol..the boys here will take good care of you they are a good bunch here....and your welcome to my old kit as i said....now time to get your engine up to speed with mine hehehe i know slack but have u made a thread on your car yet apart from this thread?

[Uno]

welcome to the site hun, sorry for my lateness....but i did give u the site name lol..the boys here will take good care of you they are a good bunch here....and your welcome to my old kit as i said....now time to get your engine up to speed with mine hehehe i know slack but have u made a thread on your car yet apart from this thread?

umm nope i haven't ;D don't really have anything to write up about her yet? :P

[ASTRAY]

in the new thread just add some pics, tell us about her, about you, what you have done with her, what you plan to do with her etc etc, the car that is....