g day folks how the hell are you all

[ledgend]

just invested in a 98 vectra for daughter am going to do a timing belt change and all fluids just getting an independant roadworthy done on monday not happy with the roadworthy that was not done correctly hope to start blinging it up a bit on a side note is their a stronger performance timing belt available or just replace with standard belt every 60.000 :wink5:

[sooty]

Welcome to OA mate

[guy 27]

Welcome to OA

[Nurb608]

Welcome to the site!

[tezarity]

Welcome

[metry]

welcome to oa

[Milesy]

Welcome to the site. I too am a relatively new member and have found it to be a wealth of knowledge! Enjoy

[ledgend]

thanks to everyone for the welcomes it makes me all warm inside lol i was a mechanic for 20 plus years now do gardening work and landscaping already chased up some bling for vectra headlights are angle eye carbon taillights if a 99 model fits a 98 are carbon fibre as well its just the matter of time now cheers

[Shay]

my timing belt lasted 100K kms without issue, didnt even know they had changed the interval for our cars...
in terms of blinged up veccy b's on OA, i think mines one of the most :p

[btm]

howdy and welcome to the site!

[Hoss]

Welcome to OA

[boorny88]

welcome mate enjoy your stay

[ledgend]

the main reason is its the daughters car needs to be reliable it has done 152.000ks so airing on the side of caution

[Shay]

yeah thats fair enough mate.

what model is it?
2.0, 2.2 or 2.5? and auto or manual. ill try point out some things to look at.

[ledgend]

g day matey its an ecotec 2.0 lt priced timing kits $300 inclucing water pump not sure if its bosch dayco gates or other but that sounds acceptable geting new tyres today and making up a new rear muffler fitting new flange gasket $3 will do a wheel alignment as well few other little problems will talk about later

[Shay]

yeah my exhaust and cat were rooted after 11 years and 115K kms so maybe have a look at the cat too, see if its in good nick.

300 sounds about right for timing belt kit if it includes the pulleys.
where did you get it through?
my last waterpump was a shitty Protex one, only lasted about 30K kms, which is pretty shit if you ask me...

does the car have factory alloys atm?

[ledgend]

im not up to speed on these little beasties yet one of the kits is all included waterpump as well from what i can gather i think its just the base model 5 stud steels and argh plastic hub caps got on to a set of 16" black centred polished lip alloys $440 new or bling chrome 17" with tyres $500 it all depends on what the daughter likes hell they can be picky put new tyres on today and did muffler straight through xr6 chrome tip now its not as quiet cant win just as well i didnt put a mates canon on i might just try and find a very cheap set of factory alloys and mirror polish them we shall see the biggest issue was vehicles road worthy condition since been rectified