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X16joeXE
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27th Oct 10 at 17:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Been a LONG LONG time since i posted, or even came to a meet. But i thought i would show you my new car

About my new Astra Its a 59reg 1.8 SRi XP, 5 door obviously looks much better! I got the car just over a month ago with 18,000 on the clock. The exterior is immaculate, not a scratch or dent in sight, with no wheel curbing. The interior is almost perfect apart from a small fag burn on the rear bench. I havent got a clue what optional extra's its got, but i dont think its many, if any. All i can see is the CD30 MP3 player with the AUX socket.

Here are some pics of the Astra so far:







Those were all taken in the first week of owning it. With it being a newer car, and already looking good, i had no intention of changing anything, but it wasnt long before my modifying fingers started to twitch!


Carbon bonnet, done by Bettley (Stealth 19CDTI thread) on here.








Carbon door protectors.




Carbon boot strip.



Latest pics guys, now lowered 60-40mm on Astra G Spax.









Comments welcome And apologies for photo quality! Shoddy iPhones HA!
DannyB
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27th Oct 10 at 17:24   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Prefered it standard if I'm honest, not keen on the carbon wrap.
Corsa_Sport21
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27th Oct 10 at 17:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looks decent but the bonnet looks out of place.
BluKoo
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27th Oct 10 at 17:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Carbon wrap is very chavy and does nothing for me. Doesn't even suit the car.
chrisritch
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27th Oct 10 at 17:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
bonnet looks gash
Doug
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27th Oct 10 at 17:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Carbon looks toss and 5drs rarely look good when modded.

Not a fan, sorry.
MatthewR
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27th Oct 10 at 17:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cant help thinking it would look nicer if the grill was still standard, as the lower grill is still chrme and the top is now black, looks abit odd imo. Black wheels next?
richc
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27th Oct 10 at 17:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Like the sTaNCe! Everything else needs to go though tbh!
X16joeXE
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27th Oct 10 at 17:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by MatthewR
cant help thinking it would look nicer if the grill was still standard, as the lower grill is still chrme and the top is now black, looks abit odd imo. Black wheels next? [/quote

Im trying to phase out the chrome, i really don't like it. That lower bit will be going black soon. But its having a VXR Front bumper and snowflakes after christmas. Im unsure whether to have the snowflakes coloured or not.
ste_p23
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27th Oct 10 at 17:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Not a fan
alan-g-w
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27th Oct 10 at 17:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm a much bigger fan of the 5 doors rather than the 3 doors, but I've got to agree with the comments about the bonnet. Apart from the fact that the wrap is wrong on so many levels, even if it was real carbon it'd still look out of place. It's not in keeping with the overall theme of the car. Maybe if you did the rubstrips the same colour as the boot strip it'd go better.

Even with that, if you got darker wheels it'd immediately improve it. Sorry for being so scathing, but as long as you like it that's fine obviously
BluKoo
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27th Oct 10 at 17:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ps. Do you work at that retail outlet, or do you just like taking pictures there?
scoob
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27th Oct 10 at 17:38   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i like them standerd lowerd abit! nice car tho mate
djgritt
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27th Oct 10 at 17:42   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Like the fact it's a 5-door XP, much better than the Sporthatches IMO.

But, don't like the Carbon Wrap - I don't think it works on large panels atall personally.

nathy_87
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27th Oct 10 at 17:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
tbh I like everything that's going on. Glad you've chosen the 5 door too, something different for once. Don't colour the vxr snowflakes when you get them.
Jambo
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27th Oct 10 at 17:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by scoob
i like them standerd lowerd abit! nice car tho mate
John
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27th Oct 10 at 17:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Should have spent the carbon money getting a 1.9cdti.
X16joeXE
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27th Oct 10 at 18:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
BluKoo- Yes i do work there, at the Tesco Phone shop.

5door- And no i cant bring myself to colouring the wheels either! so i think they'll stay silver.

John- i can't insure a 1.9CDTI otherwise id of got one. And as for the money, the wrap was free

I wanted to to something different with it. Not to everyones taste, thats granted. Once the VXR goodies come, i might have a change of heart about the carbon. But for now it makes the car stand out.
Ben G
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27th Oct 10 at 18:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nice car, much prefer the 5 doors apart from in the vxr form obviously.

not keen on the bonnet wrap tbh.

how comes you can insure a 1.9 cdti? always though diesels were less to insure than the petrol variants?
Chris x
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27th Oct 10 at 18:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Link to that stealth thread?

Mods are good apart from the wrap!
MarkSport
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27th Oct 10 at 18:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I kind of like the carbon wrap, But it would look 100x better if you had just had the whole chrome bits colour coded or maybe done anthrecite.

imo take the wrap off the bonnet but leave the door bits and boot bit.
X16joeXE
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27th Oct 10 at 18:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
nice car, much prefer the 5 doors apart from in the vxr form obviously.

not keen on the bonnet wrap tbh.

how comes you can insure a 1.9 cdti? always though diesels were less to insure than the petrol variants?


1.9CDTI is a group 21 now.

1.8SRi VVT is a group 18.

My insurance is £1017 a year, they wanted the best part of £2400 for a DERV!!
N3CRO
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27th Oct 10 at 18:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Looks decent but the bonnet looks out of place.
X16joeXE
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27th Oct 10 at 18:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Chris x
Link to that stealth thread?

Mods are good apart from the wrap!



Apologies, not called 'Stealth 1.9CDTI' thread on here. But heres the link to what he put on 'this' site.

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=573353
Chris x
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