white rocks in the astra/h and welcome
Hey guys I've been looking around on this forum for a few months now and thought it was time for me to join!
Little background on my car:
It's a 2008 white astra sri coupe (non turbo) and bone stock. I ordered it back in early feb and waited till around mid june before i got it because apparently, they don't stock white sri's! Twas a loooong wait haha.
That's all i've got to share atm. I'm not really much of a tuner or a massive petrol head but I am hoping to eventually mod up my AH a little so I look forward to learning from the guys on the forum!
I've put some pictures up that I took for fun a little while ago - car was a little dirty both times haha.
Thanks guys
[edit] I'm bringing it into service on tuesday and will ask the guys there but just quickly - does any one know why @ exactly 20km/h + there is a clunking or "locking" sound from...somewhere? It is 10/10 consistent so i'm not sure if its a fault or not.[/edit]
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white rocks in the astra/h and welcome
"LAG IS JUST FOREPLAY"
looks like a nurburg
looks awesome, I LUB IT... heated seats aswell i see
and does this clunk happen when you only just take off after starting the car ?
if so it will only be the ABS kicking in, nothing to worry about
you should get a VXR front end and it will look sweet as
Best mod is to get rid of the restrictive rear muffler. Just put in a 2 inch straight through. $100 fitted is what I paid. On steady cruise on the freeway I saw at least 1 L/100km improvement on the instantaneous consumption readout. With fuel costing so much this is very worthwhile mod. (the car gets a sporty note as well, but retaining the stock CAT & front muffler means it is not loud)
Astra AH 2.2 SRI coupe, Opelised, Tints, ICE, de-restrict airbox, veccy-c pipe, K&N filter, 2.25 inch sports CAT & 2.25/2.00 inch straight through exhaust system, lowered Pedders springs, Koni shocks, Whiteline: rear sway bar; caster bushes; front camber bolts; and rear camber/toe shims, RDA slotted rotors.
Yer the clunk only happens when I've just started the car. It's a strange sound. When i first heard it i thought i'd rolled over something haha.
I was looking at a kit (vxr replica on carmate) but I'm considering having the silver on the grill and air dam painted black and the chrome sprayed white.
@tomburke did you replace your shocks after you switched to lower springs or just left them? If so, hows the ride? I only ask because I've been told that putting lower springs on shocks that weren't designed for that ride height can induce excess wear on them?
Last edited by tomtom; 20th July 2008 at 06:37 PM.
Astra AH 2.2 SRI coupe, Opelised, Tints, ICE, de-restrict airbox, veccy-c pipe, K&N filter, 2.25 inch sports CAT & 2.25/2.00 inch straight through exhaust system, lowered Pedders springs, Koni shocks, Whiteline: rear sway bar; caster bushes; front camber bolts; and rear camber/toe shims, RDA slotted rotors.
it is beauty~
i saw a white SRI the other day in melb...n i juz love it!!!!
thanks mate
It's good to hear that people like it in white. I was actually very skeptical after i signed off on it for those few months I was waiting. When i finally saw it though...I knew i was in love hahaha.
I'll hopefully be taking some new pics soon during the week after I wash it - that is, IF i wash it :P. Going to try and find some nice locations so i'll post them up if theres anything neat looking.
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