dewismotorsport's MK4 Astra Coupe 2.2

**dewismotorsport** · 16-12-2010 13:17

Well the time came to finally buy myself a decent car instead of bombing around in cheap ****ters

msl:
All though my last work bomber was a £100 Calibra 16v cost me £40 in bits to get it through an MOT and i've had a years hassle free motoring out of it only having to replace a CV joint and a couple of gaitors so not bad at all

Here she is in all her glory:

I took her for her MOT knowing she'd fail but on how much i wanted to know 3 pages later it was concluesive she was destined to be stripped and weighed in :cry:
Shame really as it was such a confortable car to drive and sat happily at 90mph on motorway (private one

) but now i'll be having her hassle free engine out as it's a DIS as well and things like equal length shafts etc out and selling any other bits before weighing her in and probably still get £100 back for her :clap:
So here's my new daily driver it's a 51 plate Europa blue 2.2L Bertone SE1 has done 72K and has FSH and 12 months MOT and is mint inside and out bar a broken filler cap catch but thats an easy fix, it's standard bar a tinted rear screen, matching alcantara handbrake and gear gaitor, some custom mats and full blue LED's which look really good tbh.

And my favorite part the black leather and blue alcantara interior

Planned mods are gonna be cosmetic to start with:
De-badged grill and boot lid
HID's (possibly, not driven at night yet, but anything like calibra definatly will)
Paint wheels (anthraite)
Fit coilovers and slam on it's arse
Fit some 19" snowflakes or BBS style rims (at a later date)
Back box or i'll make full system
not gonna touch engine as it's a daily driver (famous last words

msl: )
although would be tempted with a super charger kit

Gonna look after this unlike the calibra, I'll even wash it unlike the one wash the calibra got in a year

msl:

**astra2004** · 17-12-2010 13:54

see there's no porno's lying round in the new one

**dewismotorsport** · 17-12-2010 14:06

Originally Posted by astra2004

see there's no porno's lying round in the new one

lmao nah this owner cleaned his car out, found all sorts in the calibra

**dewismotorsport** · 31-12-2010 13:09

Couldn't resist buying myself a few bits, after some bastard tried scamming me (VXR888, Samgsi, Frog or whatever you wanna call yourself), i went and spoke to Turbo Chris at CS autos and dragged him out of bed early on his day off (sorry mate) and bagged myself a genuine gsi bumper, Irmscher rear spats and a new fuel cap as mine doesn't lock properly

added bonus is there all in europa blue so don't need painting, will fit them when i shake my new years eve hangover off

msl:

**humbucker** · 02-01-2011 14:31

the bumper will make a big difference, was planning on getting one for mine but havent got around to it yet.

Link: humbucker's Mk4 Astra Coupe Linea Rossa Edition

look forward to your progress!

**dewismotorsport** · 02-01-2011 15:03

Originally Posted by humbucker

the bumper will make a big difference, was planning on getting one for mine but havent got around to it yet.

Link: humbucker's Mk4 Astra Coupe Linea Rossa Edition

look forward to your progress!

Your right it does mate here it is

Bumper off

And new one fitted and washed, need to order the tinted number plates to finish it off, still waiting on head lamp eye brows and grill to turn up as well

rc · 02-01-2011 15:09

Looks good mate, coupe's look very nice gsi'd up on big wheels

looking forward to progress in the future, especially if a charger sneaks into the bay lmao

**dewismotorsport** · 02-01-2011 15:14

Originally Posted by rc

Looks good mate, coupe's look very nice gsi'd up on big wheels

looking forward to progress in the future, especially if a charger sneaks into the bay lmao

Yeah I heard somewhere they were meant to put that bumper on the coupe originally but put it on the gsi to sell them better, coilovers and 19's coming soon, and charger possibly when corsa is finished

**humbucker** · 03-01-2011 12:08

dont forget to check the oil feed valve thing that lubricates the chain; on the earlier models the feed hole wasn't big enough for the required amount of oil meaning that chains are prone to snapping prematurely. i think you can get the replacement part cheap, although vauxhall did a product recall to rectify the problem. worth checking to see if yours was affected. bumper looks ace.

**dewismotorsport** · 03-01-2011 16:19

Originally Posted by humbucker

dont forget to check the oil feed valve thing that lubricates the chain; on the earlier models the feed hole wasn't big enough for the required amount of oil meaning that chains are prone to snapping prematurely. i think you can get the replacement part cheap, although vauxhall did a product recall to rectify the problem. worth checking to see if yours was affected. bumper looks ace.

Have heard that I'll look into it, don't want it snapping as I'd be forced to throw a Z20LEH lump into it lmao

Cheers for the heads up though, and your coupe is very nice love your seats as well, only thing I find is the driving position is a touch too high even when fully lowered down on the adjuster

May have to look into modifying the bases somehow

**dewismotorsport** · 04-01-2011 19:43

got the car down to work and had a look around it on the ramp all seems fine, while it was up there i fitted the irmscher rear spats

then removed the Bertone badges from the sides as i'm not a fan of them

**Dale** · 04-01-2011 20:01

looking good, needs some wheels + lowered then it will be sorted

**Kev_G** · 04-01-2011 20:12

love the car

**paddy>gsi/turbo** · 04-01-2011 20:14

how do bud. looks nice see why you wanted bumper now. i want one!

**dewismotorsport** · 04-01-2011 21:42

Cheers guys few more exterior bits to do, de badged grill, headlamp eyebrows, some smoked side repeaters and tinted number plates and tbh that's it really as they don't need anymore really look better without trying too hard

Coilovers will be next month and wheels soon, thinking 19" BBS LM's black split rims with polished lip, will suit it a treat I think! Can't spunk all my money on this too soon as I have the corsa to finish

**Dale** · 04-01-2011 22:35

BBS Lm

or Ch??

**dewismotorsport** · 05-01-2011 21:44

Originally Posted by Dale

BBS Lm

or Ch??

not seen the CH before will have a look on ebay now

**dewismotorsport** · 06-01-2011 21:42

Small update as i'm still waiting on other bits to turn up but my grill arived today and was litrally a two minute job to fit, looks a million times better than the standard V grill

**Benn** · 06-01-2011 21:49

Love the seats dude.

**dewismotorsport** · 06-01-2011 21:51

Originally Posted by Benn

Love the seats dude.

yeah there lush, main reason i bought the car, would look sweet in your nova

**dewismotorsport** · 08-01-2011 17:57

Couple more parcels turned up today, one had the irmscher heater dial surounds and traction control switch panel, still need to buy the loom for this though, all fitted

And the other had the tinted number plates in

Looks moodier with them on I think

**dewismotorsport** · 11-01-2011 21:08

Fixed another small fault from when I bought the car, one of the check straps on the glove box had snapped off and it's the one that's meant to turn the light off, so it's permanently on which ain't good

Ordered these off eBay there the newer type (top one, old one bellow) with two positions

Vectra C intake pipe turned up today, is a fair bit bigger than the original and a lot less restrictive

Was a bit of a tight squeeze to get the old one out but much swearing and brut force got it out, while i was at it i derestricted the air box as well, amazing how much ****e they put in it

Decided to change my CD player as it came with a crap Sony one, and the areial had come out the back so had rubbish reception, so i nicked the DVD head unit out of the corsa, the old one put up a good fight on the way out, i also removed the whole console as i droped my screw driver down the back :cry:

Made a hole in the bottom of the tray so that the ipod jack can come through

no photos of it all fitted as i forgot and was too tired

**dewismotorsport** · 13-01-2011 20:24

Ridiculously small update

msl:
Fitted the smoked side repeater much better than the clear ones

also got a photo of new head unit fitted up and as you can see previous owner did a full blue LED conversion

**dewismotorsport** · 14-01-2011 22:31

Called in at Taunton on the way home from work to drop an inlet off to Chip and while I was there got Leslie to mix me some paint up for the car as you can't buy it off the shelf :cry:

Can finally get round to painting the headlamp eye brows now, just wanna say a massive thanks to Chip and Leslie for treating me to the paint :clap: Nice one mate

**dewismotorsport** · 16-01-2011 12:06

Finally treated her to a decent set of wheels, bought these VXR wheels today and couldn't resist fitting them, 19's plus no coilovers is not good, so come pay day they'll be on order, and a set of shorter drop links

Also wasted £5 on a crap illegal immigrant car wash, car was still dirty so will do it again, serves me right for being lazy

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