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just a quick introduction to cover the changes between the astras purchase in 1999 and january 2004.
heres the astra, completely standard when i bought it in march 1999. 2 lady owners, about 80,000 miles.
early in 2000 i fitted lowered springs and 16 inch team dynamic wheels. mods remained simple, i was into my sound systems at the time. this was the year i found MIGWEB also, and a mechanical interest in the 20XE was developing.
by summer 2001 the rear arches were suffering badly, i booked it into my local body shop for new arches "with a twist". i had mk2 front arches grafted into the rear giving round rear arches. at the same time i had the whole car comletely debadged and the black vinyl gte strip removed from the rear. addition of filter and exhaust at this time.
Fast forward to february 2002, i was a bit bummed to miss out on the sale of a second hand set of paralell throttle bodies off of gary P on mig. about 2 months later they were up for sale again, the owner upgraded to a tapered setup. i pounced and slotted them home with a new MBE ecu. the engine was at about 120,000 miles at this time, and it would never forgive me !
during the spring of 2002 i made the decision to turn the car from fast road into track. the interior came out much to everyones horror, but i didnt care.
here it is later in 2002 after repainting and tidying up the floor pan. the car pretty much remained the same until mid 2003 due to me breaking my arm and being made redunant. it basically just sat outside my house between the summer of 2002 until april ish 2003.
heres the astra, completely standard when i bought it in march 1999. 2 lady owners, about 80,000 miles.
early in 2000 i fitted lowered springs and 16 inch team dynamic wheels. mods remained simple, i was into my sound systems at the time. this was the year i found MIGWEB also, and a mechanical interest in the 20XE was developing.
by summer 2001 the rear arches were suffering badly, i booked it into my local body shop for new arches "with a twist". i had mk2 front arches grafted into the rear giving round rear arches. at the same time i had the whole car comletely debadged and the black vinyl gte strip removed from the rear. addition of filter and exhaust at this time.
Fast forward to february 2002, i was a bit bummed to miss out on the sale of a second hand set of paralell throttle bodies off of gary P on mig. about 2 months later they were up for sale again, the owner upgraded to a tapered setup. i pounced and slotted them home with a new MBE ecu. the engine was at about 120,000 miles at this time, and it would never forgive me !
during the spring of 2002 i made the decision to turn the car from fast road into track. the interior came out much to everyones horror, but i didnt care.
here it is later in 2002 after repainting and tidying up the floor pan. the car pretty much remained the same until mid 2003 due to me breaking my arm and being made redunant. it basically just sat outside my house between the summer of 2002 until april ish 2003.
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