Hi, New member from outer east Melb....

[rocketman]

Hi everyone,

Just bought Sooty's Astra, All I can say is "AWESOME"...

All credit to you Sooty, the astra drives, handles and stops well.

Just one question, do the leather seats from a SRI are a direct fit? both front and rear seats that is.

Regards
Rocketman

[sooty]

Welcome mate! Yeah, the SRi 5dr leather seats are a direct swap

[rocketman]

Cool... do you know if they need a loom etc?

[sooty]

Cool... do you know if they need a loom etc?

Don't think they're electric afaik and the airbag loom should be the same

[rocketman]

Well that's good to hear.. ah what has the airbag loom got to do with the seats? pretensioners?

[sooty]

Well that's good to hear.. ah what has the airbag loom got to do with the seats? pretensioners?

Got airbags in the sides of the seats ;)

[rocketman]

oh ok... didn't see that one...

so many airbags it might turn into a conolli :)

[chrissn89]

Welcome mate, youve got a fantastic car, looks a million dollars :)

[rocketman]

Yeah thanks, I love it.....

For a almost standard engine it goes well... can't wait till I get a tuning box, then woohoo here we go. :P

[willhouse]

Looks the goods mate, well from the avatar anyway!
Anyone know where up to date pics of this car are hiding? The latest ones I can find on sootys ride thread are from May 2009.

[rocketman]

Hi willhouse,
I'll try to take some pix of the astra this week, a work mate has a dslr camera and has offered to take some pix for me.
I'll post some here or some where on the forum and add a link here. :)

[03srit]

Welcome dude.. Hope you enjoy the ride.. Looking forward to the pics aswell..

[guy 27]

Welcome to OA and fantastic car you have got yourself into.

[Nurb608]

Welcome to the site mate!

[rocketman]

Welcome to OA and fantastic car you have got yourself into.

Thanks guys,

All thanks goes to sooty for a fantastic car he put together..

[poita]

welcome to the forum mate.

you've gotten hold of one good looking ride.

[rocketman]

Thanks mate,

Yeah I sure did, I was looking at the ad for quite a while over xmas. I thought to myself was "I want this baby" hehe

[hazrd]

welcome
sooty was very meticulous with this thing, so you have picked yourself up a sweet ride

[CNBLU]

Welcome to OA and congrats on the new purchase!

[btm]

congrats on the purchase and welcome!

[rocketman]

Hi All,

Pix as promised.. :)





Hmmm.. wont upload... D'oh!! will try again.

[metry]

welcome to oa mate

[poita]

Hi All,

Pix as promised.. :)





Hmmm.. wont upload... D'oh!! will try again.

upload to photbucket/tinypic etc then link to from there

[rocketman]

Thanks metry...

Awesome poita...

http://s1123.photobucket.com/albums/l543/rocketman-au/

Here we are, some pix. :)
Took them with a phone cam. Will take some this weekend with a real cam.

[willhouse]

I want it. Mate that thing looks awesome. Very jealous.

[sooty]

I want it. Mate that thing looks awesome. Very jealous.

Lol, love how the car gets everyone's attention only when it changes hands :p
Glad you're enjoying it, Tony :)

[glider]

Looks the goods mate, well from the avatar anyway!
Anyone know where up to date pics of this car are hiding? The latest ones I can find on sootys ride thread are from May 2009.

Should be some up to date ones in the tassie cruise photo thread

And welcome to oa

[rocketman]

Lol, love how the car gets everyone's attention only when it changes hands :p
Glad you're enjoying it, Tony :)

hehe.. funny.

for sure i'm loving it..
I love the look on peoples faces when they hear the engine noise, light go green and i'm gone... next set of lights the look on their faces is priceless.... come on tuning box :p

[rocketman]

hey sooty,

what engine mods did you do? filter and exhaust only?

[sooty]

hey sooty,

what engine mods did you do? filter and exhaust only?

Just the filter and box mate.

[rocketman]

oh!... so in my case, just filter.

Holy crap... i'm trying to imagine a greenbox connected performance. The word "quick" comes to mind.
Seems to me that i could beat my mate ssv v8 ute, 1.9td with 6ltr power... hmmm sounds good to me. lol

[rocketman]

sorry double post...

[Ice]

Welcome Buddy :) with a box itll make a big difference, I think its like driving a different car, dont get too carried away though, the ssv wil most likely smoke you unless its a 5 lt vr/vs. Happy driving ;)

[rocketman]

Welcome Buddy :) with a box itll make a big difference, I think its like driving a different car, dont get too carried away though, the ssv wil most likely smoke you unless its a 5 lt vr/vs. Happy driving ;)

Yeah point taken... He does have a VE 270Kw V8
The asta does feel quick and a box would reduce 0-100 time, but by how much i don't know. Plenty for me though. :)

[CNBLU]

Its not the torque that kills you, its the rev limter :)

[Ice]

Its not the torque that kills you, its the rev limter :)

Haha, to right.....if only I had the range a petrol car does.....mmmm

[rocketman]

revs is for sure the big killer... My boss's BMW X5 can rev to 6k, but then again it's $140k worth, you'd expect that.

Anyway, I added some more pix on photobucket but will get some pro pics done soon.

[cdti]

Welcome mate, you will find it a rocket, and insane fuel economy. Enjoy. We're pleased to see the car made it back to the forums.

[rocketman]

Welcome mate, you will find it a rocket, and insane fuel economy. Enjoy. We're pleased to see the car made it back to the forums.

Hi CDTI,
yeah I'm loving it, hoping soon I will get a tuning box for her. Been driving peak hour a few times a week to uni. and the torque is fantastic when you need to overtake some nutter in the right hand lane.

A tuner will help more in this case...

It is great to be in this forum, everyone has been welcoming and happy to see the car again. :)

[Hoss]

Welcome to OA Rocketman

[boorny88]

hope youve been enjoying the site aind old diesel its a nice looking bit of gear keep it luked after well

[glider]

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
Till touch down brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
I'm a rocket man
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone

[rocketman]

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
Till touch down brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
I'm a rocket man
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone

Damn that's funny...... :)
Actually it comes from an old IT business I had called "BLACKARROW".....

Yep first rocket launched in aus. (Woomera SA).

[hazrd]

He's alive!!
How's the beast going?

[rocketman]

Hi Hazrd,

The beast is going very well, it's time time to buy a box of horses.
I bought benny's green horses over the weekend, just waiting for them to arrive. :)

[sooty]

Hi Hazrd,

The beast is going very well, it's time time to buy a box of horses.
I bought benny's green horses over the weekend, just waiting for them to arrive. :)

Good to hear Tony.
Surprised I haven't seen you around, a few other people I know have!

[rocketman]

i am always on dorset, or canterbury at nite going to swinburn....

ask them to beep next time :)

[hazrd]

Good stuff.
Enjoy those new ponies mate they make a massive difference :D

[rocketman]

yeah I will, just need to be careful with the gearbox as there is a wine in 5th and 6th. My nethew works at FTG holden so I'll get him to look at it soon.

[ChrisMaz]

Hopefully not DMF Failure...

[rocketman]

Hopefully not DMF Failure...

Well, I don't think it is, when I hold down the clutch pedal the noise is still there, amof I am more thinking it's the diff. As speed goes up the pitch of the noise goes up too.

[rocketman]

OMFG! waiting the this greenbox feels like years (not day). :ihih:

Com'n Aus post are you delivering it on ya bike? :blush2:

I wanna burn um rubberrrrrrrr.... aaaaaaaaah!:yikes:

[rocketman]

hmmm... no pix showing D'oh!