Well.. This is how it looks at the mo.

[Steve Heley]

Thought it was about time to show you guys where i'm at with it.. The Rollcage is a full weld in Rollcentre thing, the dash is back in as part of the rollcage goes behind the dash and i wanted to refit all the mounting brackets to the cage, so the dash can be propperly screwed in.

New roofskin's on, rear suspension is turreted and it's currently sitting on coilovers in the pic, rear 1/4s and sills go on at the weekend.. thats about it at the mo :)

http://www.astra-mk2.com/steveheley/out2.JPG

[carmad]

holy fook

u r nutts

[Allen Mead]

Oh, so you remembered to take some some pictures then :p ;)

[Rob_S]

pmsl and i thought mine was bad

[Steve Heley]

Oh, so you remembered to take some some pictures then :p ;)
Didn't mean i enjoyed it.

[DarrenH]

is that the sunroofless skin on there ?

[Allen Mead]

hehehe

[Steve Heley]

yep. it's gonna be all new GM panels.

[Brett]

shit!!!

Remember that Video for Robbie Williams' song 'Rock DJ'? reminds me of where he rips the skin off to reveal all the muscles etc!!

some serious work going on there. Respect:cool:

[DarrenH]

i;d so be expanding the roll cage and reclothing it in fibre glass panels.

[Rob_S]

yup :)

[Steve Heley]

The pic dont do the rollcage justice, main hoops 50mm the rest is 45mm (or sommit) roof cross, front and rear suspension pick ups and most importantly it's as it should be, no added 'looks good' stuff so it can be certed.. :)

[Allen Mead]

Hey, looks like there's some nasty tinworm up north. The bastid's have made quite a job on that one Steveo, best be taking it down the scrappers man.

[Rob_S]

LOL yeah price of metal is soaring, give you 40 quid for it :D

[traffman]

holy bratwurst that looks light.

[Kris]

What was wrong with the origonal panels :confused:

[Steve Heley]

If your gonna fit a new rollcage and change the colour, might as well go all the way :)

[DarrenH]

schutz !

[Jon S]

big balls springs to mind when i look at that pic ;)

[Daza]

Fair play to ya fella, that'll be one tidy astra when it's finished! :cool:

[_SBD16v]

thats going to be very nice steve but it still hurts to think that that was a front cover car before you decided it was not good enough fair play and i thought mine was a mamouth task

[Gander]

Holy Cow!
I saw the pic on the home page when I came on here today, before reading the letterage I thought the car had been burnt to a bare shell!

If I was in that situation I'd do one of two things....
1. Cry
or
2. Get the bugger galvanised before getting all the panels put on!

Going for another feature?:p

[Kris]

Defo going for another cover by the looks of it ,or an early heart attack :eek:

[Tom]

Well I suppose if your gonna do the job, you might as well do it proper ! :D

[Steve Heley]

Not going for any mags.. I'm doing it to make it better than it was. Kinda got an idea in my head what i want. :)

[Rob_S]

cool
i have a few things in development you might find useful this winter too steve, going on my car for testing :D

[Allen Mead]

Tart :p

[Kris]

Tart :p
Ooooooh get you ,lol

[Mc GTE]

thats gonna b the freshest mk2 on the scene m8 u got big gahonnies an i dont think mr haynes is gonna save u on this one i hope it all goes well for you

[weekenny]

:eek: less to it than when I last saw it and it was pretty bare then :eek:

[GTE16v]

I love them wheels, rare on a GTE eh!!

[REMUS]

yikes! How did you get all the panels off? This is exactly what I want to do!

[Steve Heley]

Combination of a grinder and spot weld drill bit... Trick is to take your time and not yank at it. Easiest thing is to paint all the seams with paint stripper, this will take it to bare metal without damaging or removing (like sanding would) the spot weld marks.

Then just do one at a time..

[Allen Mead]

F ukka

[Anthony]

:eek: Jeez
How long do you anticipate the whole project to take? Months/years!?

Anthony. :)

[Steve Heley]

This time, a year... but i've not been going crazy at it.. but in all fairness i've also gone a bit further than i had planned with it. Some of the panels have been changed 'just for the hell of it'.

[Allen Mead]

double f ukka

[REMUS]

Combination of a grinder and spot weld drill bit... Trick is to take your time and not yank at it. Easiest thing is to paint all the seams with paint stripper, this will take it to bare metal without damaging or removing (like sanding would) the spot weld marks.

Then just do one at a time..

But how are you going to get everything back on if you have drilled it all out?

The only panel I can see being a problem is the rear arch panel, how did you get those off? Grrr I wish you lived closer so I could help and I could do it on my own mk2 :(

[Kris]

Just curious to see how this is getting on ?

[caul pope]

Just curious to see how this is getting on ?

Hear-hear!

[Steve Heley]

Well.. it's getting there slowly.. 1/4s are on, sills are on and i've just about finished stripping the underside to bare metal.. ..get some pictures at the weekend :)

[caul pope]

Good, good mate. What are the plans for it, are they; secret, undecided, or taking it back to standard?

[caul pope]

Or none of the above?

[Steve Heley]

Nothing secret.. Going back to standard to look at, back to the original colour of red, standard GTE wheels, stickers etc.

[sb_scottmonkey]

Thats one hell of a big job dude! suppose with so few decent shells around, it makes sense to construct your own! lol... :)

Well done so far, give yourself a biscuit!

[Allen Mead]

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[REMUS]

what allen said ;)

[Steve Heley]

Allens coming up this weekend to have a sniff about cause i wont send him any pics :)

[Allen Mead]

Allens coming up this weekend to have a sniff about cause i wont send him any pics :)

Yeh, f ukka :p

[Anthony]

Get any sneaky pics then Allen? :D

[weekenny]

he probably was too busy with Steve's dog from what I here ;)

[DarrenH]

updates ! 2 years !

[Dale]

anyone got any pictures of this mk2? never seen it b4 and looks lush from the picture in the corner!

[Belmont turbo]

have a look here
http://www.astra-mk2.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11747

[Dale]

cheers :)

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