Project Stealth

Carneyste · 20-11-2008, 15:56

Here is my astra project, the only way to describe it is loud, black and shiney really lol

I First got my astra sxi in sept 2006. I bought it pretty much standard with 70K on the clocks. Things soon changed - basically the whole look of the car and also the engine (engine number one blew up

).

So it all started when I got bored one day. I wasnt really a fan of the standard look so I set about looking for some bits and bobs for it. Luckily enough (for me anyway) someone I know managed to write off their astra which I managed to aquire a few bits for. namely kamei grille, full powerflow exhaust system, smoked irmscher lights, wheels and tinted windows and lowering springs all for pretty much nothing

. This is it after the above parts were fitted:

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It also came with full leather interior. they are heated seats but as of yet I still havent got round to wiring them in:

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Carneyste · 20-11-2008, 16:01

I soon got bored of it how it was - the 3 problems were 1. I hated the wheels, 2. It was still far too high and 3. it needed colour coded side skirts and bump strips

So a good refurb to take out the battle scars and several rattle cans of gloss black later the wheels were soon shiney black and also got some colour coded side skirts and bump strips:

I got invited to a rolling raod day and unleashed the "beast" on the rollers haha. Came out with 107.5bhp which I was happy with as the engine was pretty much standard bar catback and induction kit and it was running on poverty spec tesco fuel

Carneyste · 20-11-2008, 16:04

Then Came the 60mm Lowering springs and a few other new bits - new exhaust and decat de-cat which was all nice and heat wrapped, polished rocker cover, removed front tints (big thanks to local police for that mod

), and also took the headlights to bits to spray the lenses black and some german stlye plates:

Carneyste · 20-11-2008, 16:14

SInce then there hasnt been much done to it really. This has mainly been due to the crap summer and me being on holiday for most of it. I put new disks, greenstuff pads and goodridge braided hoses on. Other than that the only thing of note really is I've sprayed the side repeaters completley black, sunstrip has gone for an all black one and basically anyting else non-black has been made black or removed except the carbon footprint sticker above the exhaust (which endlessly annoys my hippy neighbour who hates the car - the only real reason it is still there), Most recent pics:

Carneyste · 20-11-2008, 16:18

So that is how the car is now. I hadnt planned to go all black when I got it but it just sort of happened that way. Over the next few weeks it should be getting a mantzel style powerbox - just waiting for parts to arrive for that and to go with it its getting a CDA air box filter thing and possibly some coilovers if santa is kind at chrismas lol

Grim Reaper · 21-11-2008, 20:30

that looks very very tasty lookin...the mods are very nice and subtle

...me likes

Steve! · 21-11-2008, 20:49

You know what would look better.... a Black and White theme!??!

Those back lights look gash though.

Grim Reaper · 21-11-2008, 20:53

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Originally Posted by Steve!

You know what would look better.... a Black and White theme!??!

seen my project thread??

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Originally Posted by Steve!

Those back lights look gash though.

i think the lights look fantastic for the theme...if he went euro then all red lights would suit better, but this aint euro so...

Steve! · 21-11-2008, 21:07

it's that first pic... they just look wrong... like they have been sanded down... not shiny or not black enough... oh I don't know, just wrong somehow

5tox · 21-11-2008, 21:21

like the new look, wheels are definitely better black

i may be missing something but i cant see the difference between the previous plates and the german ones though

good work all round

steve

Carneyste · 23-11-2008, 19:43

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Originally Posted by Steve!

it's that first pic... they just look wrong... like they have been sanded down... not shiny or not black enough... oh I don't know, just wrong somehow

i see what you mean from that top pic but when you actually see them they are shiney dark and not matt. I had a set of the darker red ones on for a while and they looked ok but with the rest of the car being black i went back to the smoked ones

birchieboy · 25-11-2008, 12:51

what a difference the colour of the wheels make!!

Carneyste · 03-12-2008, 15:56

Well, a little update

Some shiney bits turned up today, namely a x16xe lower inlet manifold (big thanks to gaz86

) and also my new mantzel style powerbox thing. Im really impressed with the box, the build quality seems excellent and it came the day after I oredered it so all good really:

And the powerbox:

Fitments and stuff:

and instructions for an "easy fit" haha

SO i put the two bits together and fitted the egr blank and so far so good. bring on the weekend when it goes on the car:

Carneyste · 08-12-2008, 21:14

bad times at the weekend. I knew the throttle bodies off the xe and xel were different but the mounting holes are the same so I was hoping that the cutout slot you can see on the powerbox was the same. It turns out it isnt so needless to say the manifold is still sat in the garage so its either gonna be a pikey job to fit a blanking plate and fit my throttle body or I might actually have to spend some cash and buy an xe throttle body

. Then to top it off one of my brake cylnders has burst AGAIN which pissed brake fluid all over one of me wheels and has taken most of the paint off.

But, on the plus side, I have coupe side skirts oredered and onn route

ilovemyelite · 08-12-2008, 22:13

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Originally Posted by Carneyste

bad times at the weekend. I knew the throttle bodies off the xe and xel were different but the mounting holes are the same so I was hoping that the cutout slot you can see on the powerbox was the same. It turns out it isnt so needless to say the manifold is still sat in the garage so its either gonna be a pikey job to fit a blanking plate and fit my throttle body or I might actually have to spend some cash and buy an xe throttle body

. Then to top it off one of my brake cylnders has burst AGAIN which pissed brake fluid all over one of me wheels and has taken most of the paint off.

But, on the plus side, I have coupe side skirts oredered and onn route

i love the look of the german plates, are they street legal though? i thought you had to have registration plates in a defacto standard typeface in the uk?

Grim Reaper · 09-12-2008, 13:12

ah mate thats such a shame

will all pick up soon dont worry

as for gernam plates, they are legal as long as they have the address on them of where you got them mate (example, if style dynamix made them then they have to have the style dtynamix address printed/stamped on the plate)....also you can no longer have a D/EU/S etc etc on the plate, you can only have GB...i wanted S for sweden for my tank but i cant now

Carneyste · 09-12-2008, 18:01

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Originally Posted by ilovemyelite

i love the look of the german plates, are they street legal though? i thought you had to have registration plates in a defacto standard typeface in the uk?

the ones I have arent legal. I keep the proper ones in the boot so when i get stopped I say that its been to a show and I havnt had time to put them back on yet. Doesnt always work though - ive been made to take them off twice but after I got the producer stamped at the garage on both occasions I accidentally slipped with the german plates in my hands and they stuck back onto the car lol