astrasteve23
15-03-2005, 01:03 AM
My mk2 astra GTE 16v............ 5 door project.
My mk2 astra is a 1.4LX 5 door. look here for the spec of it a few months ago.
http://www.astra-mk2.com/forum/showthread.php?t=184
I have owned it since may 2003. the car was given to me by my gran when my granddad passed away as it was his car and she can’t drive and she new I liked the car. I owned a mk3 astra at the time (1.4LS). I didn’t know which one to get rid of, so I waited until July 2003 when my insurance was up for renewal and insured this car and decided to drive it for 6 months to see what it was like compared to my mk3. the car was very tidy and didn’t have any surface rust at all! it had a 3”square patch welded on each sill and that was about it. Before I got it on the road I gave it a polish and serviced it and modified the air box, lowered it -60mm and fitted a set of 14”GTE wheels to it, clear front indicators, GTE rear lights and clear mk4 astra side repeaters and also fitted a full Sri interior.
when I got the car on the road I loved it. it was a lot quicker than my mk3 as it had an extra 15bhp and about 150kg’s lighter. it didn’t grip as well but in handled better, there was a lot more feedback through the corners and it could be chucked about and was more oversteery than the mk3 which I like. I decided I wanted to keep the mk2 as I was getting bored of the mk3. whilst the mk3 was off the road I tidied it up a bit, and modified it slightly (17’s, -50mm, colour coded bumpers, CD interior) all of this cost me about £150 to do as most of it was done as a favour for a favour. when the 6 months tax was up I swapped cars back to the mk3 and advertised it for sale. I priced
it a bit to high and it didn’t sell. I then swapped back to the mk2 and the mk3 finally sold.
I planned on getting a full GTE body kit and doing a big mouth front bumper, bad boy bonnet and smooth boot. I got a quote for all the work and didn’t have the money. I had already bought all the GTE bits I needed but in different colours to my car. I then decided to search for all the GTE parts I needed in the correct colour. and as the search went on I decided to make my car into a GTE 16v 5 door as a 16v 5 door was never produced and it would be very unique!
since July 2004 I have been bying some parts for it such as front upper strut brace, a few interior bits, exhaust system, and more recently new astramax wishbones, new track rod ends, and a front lower strut brace. I have also purchased a ‘quickrack’ off of Rob@RSC.
in December 2004 I noticed ‘ozz’ was breaking his GTE in the same colour as mine so I had the front and rear bumper, bonnet and bootlid off him. he had sold the engine, ECU, loom, and various other bits. he said the rest of the car would be scrapped and I could have it if I could trailer it away! it had a few bits like the rad, rear beam, fuel pump etc. that I would need to put an XE into my car. oh yeah and 2 F20 box’s. so a mate of mine picked the car up for me.
I am now 1 step closer to making it a 16v! these are the things I have left to do:
-fit my 5 door GTE side skirts.
-modify some GTE rear quarter vents to fit a 5 door
-green/blue tint side glass and front screen, as mine has bronze tint. I need the side glass from a CD or Sri model and have sourced a GTE screen.
-black GTE interior, take the rainbow trim from it and re-cover my seats.
-oh yeah and fit an XE with rear beam, fuel pump, digi dash, front struts etc.
-I will probably fit the quickrack at the same time as engine, don’t know if I can wait that long though!
My mk2 astra is a 1.4LX 5 door. look here for the spec of it a few months ago.
http://www.astra-mk2.com/forum/showthread.php?t=184
I have owned it since may 2003. the car was given to me by my gran when my granddad passed away as it was his car and she can’t drive and she new I liked the car. I owned a mk3 astra at the time (1.4LS). I didn’t know which one to get rid of, so I waited until July 2003 when my insurance was up for renewal and insured this car and decided to drive it for 6 months to see what it was like compared to my mk3. the car was very tidy and didn’t have any surface rust at all! it had a 3”square patch welded on each sill and that was about it. Before I got it on the road I gave it a polish and serviced it and modified the air box, lowered it -60mm and fitted a set of 14”GTE wheels to it, clear front indicators, GTE rear lights and clear mk4 astra side repeaters and also fitted a full Sri interior.
when I got the car on the road I loved it. it was a lot quicker than my mk3 as it had an extra 15bhp and about 150kg’s lighter. it didn’t grip as well but in handled better, there was a lot more feedback through the corners and it could be chucked about and was more oversteery than the mk3 which I like. I decided I wanted to keep the mk2 as I was getting bored of the mk3. whilst the mk3 was off the road I tidied it up a bit, and modified it slightly (17’s, -50mm, colour coded bumpers, CD interior) all of this cost me about £150 to do as most of it was done as a favour for a favour. when the 6 months tax was up I swapped cars back to the mk3 and advertised it for sale. I priced
it a bit to high and it didn’t sell. I then swapped back to the mk2 and the mk3 finally sold.
I planned on getting a full GTE body kit and doing a big mouth front bumper, bad boy bonnet and smooth boot. I got a quote for all the work and didn’t have the money. I had already bought all the GTE bits I needed but in different colours to my car. I then decided to search for all the GTE parts I needed in the correct colour. and as the search went on I decided to make my car into a GTE 16v 5 door as a 16v 5 door was never produced and it would be very unique!
since July 2004 I have been bying some parts for it such as front upper strut brace, a few interior bits, exhaust system, and more recently new astramax wishbones, new track rod ends, and a front lower strut brace. I have also purchased a ‘quickrack’ off of Rob@RSC.
in December 2004 I noticed ‘ozz’ was breaking his GTE in the same colour as mine so I had the front and rear bumper, bonnet and bootlid off him. he had sold the engine, ECU, loom, and various other bits. he said the rest of the car would be scrapped and I could have it if I could trailer it away! it had a few bits like the rad, rear beam, fuel pump etc. that I would need to put an XE into my car. oh yeah and 2 F20 box’s. so a mate of mine picked the car up for me.
I am now 1 step closer to making it a 16v! these are the things I have left to do:
-fit my 5 door GTE side skirts.
-modify some GTE rear quarter vents to fit a 5 door
-green/blue tint side glass and front screen, as mine has bronze tint. I need the side glass from a CD or Sri model and have sourced a GTE screen.
-black GTE interior, take the rainbow trim from it and re-cover my seats.
-oh yeah and fit an XE with rear beam, fuel pump, digi dash, front struts etc.
-I will probably fit the quickrack at the same time as engine, don’t know if I can wait that long though!