My MK2 sri

[meatyp]

few pics of my wee toy/track car
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/meatyp/holiday099.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/meatyp/holiday098.jpg

and lowerd and better stopers for knockhill today
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/meatyp/holiday137.jpg

and a pic of my old work horse which saved my misses on august when she lost control on a bad bend and barrel rolled 3 times and she walked away from it. big up the vectra :) looked no bad for a private hire car :cool:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/meatyp/DSCF0187.jpg

[mking]

thats nice and clean. the front bumper looks similar to my bros mk3 cav.

[dansturbo]

that almost looks as good as mine! Hehe! Welcome aboard mate!

[astrachamp]

do you still have the burberry interior, i always like that interior :D

[lotuscorsa]

do you still have the burberry interior, i always like that interior :D
chav :D

[mking]

are sri's 1.8's?

[lotuscorsa]

are sri's 1.8's?
yeah they are

[astrachamp]

i know its total chav material but so feck i dont even care anymore hehe

[lotuscorsa]

i know its total chav material but so feck i dont even care anymore hehe
nothing wrong with chavs ask 1000s of essex boys :D

[astrachamp]

you aint a true chav unless u ware the cap bacwards on ur head with a swagger john wayne would be envous of haha

[lotuscorsa]

i better go now before i upset someone :D

[meatyp]

Thought i would put a pic up of the chav/ned interior that everyone is on about. and if anyone has old unused burbery hats or scarfs or jackets no one needs pass them on so i blend in to my toy's seats lol
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/meatyp/holiday087.jpg

[GazJevs84]

nice looking example not many of them around nowadays welcome to the site btw

[meatyp]

thanks for all the comments guys just glad to be owning a mk2 again funny how i have a Citroen C2 GT and a brand new octavia which replaced the vectra and i have more fun driving my wee astra sri which i picked up at salvage auction up here in scotland for £170 stolen recoverd. from london 4 owners and history up to 67k and its siting at 77k now
full lock set ebay= £44
gmax spring kit brand new = £ 45.50 deliverd from ebay
astra gte back lights = £0.99 from ebay
gsi alloys = £20 from a friend
ebc green stuff pads= £ 32
mot cost = £70 which was patch on sill tighten rear wheel bearings and turn round a directional tyre
front and rear strut braces deliverd off ebay £38
another 4 gsi wheels with 2 avon part worn tyres and 2 brand new millenium tyres £40 (strathy cruise)
2 headlight washers /wing mirror cover/ astray / and dial to recline seats £10 from the scrapy
so i think my wee mk2 sri was a mega bargin what u think guys

[GazJevs84]

aiii sounds like it mate how come you got rid of the vectra it looks like a decent 1

[meatyp]

bordem set in the day and the gsi wheels i got cheap where a bit worse for wear so quick rub down then out came the matt black paint :eek:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/meatyp/holiday143.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/meatyp/holiday145.jpg
was suprised at the diy job turned out not bad

[mking]

looking good mate.

[astrasteve23]

looking good. look on ebay for some cheap clear front indicators and also strip the interior out if it is a fun car!

[astramad]

i like it
plus that was a very cheap mk2 sri
keep it up

[MK2-JOHN]

looking good m8, u put gte rear lights in aswel?

[meatyp]

looking good. look on ebay for some cheap clear front indicators and also strip the interior out if it is a fun car!

geting clear front indicators this week also just won front and rear strut braces off ebay £38 deliverd so they will be on this week as well dont really want to strip the interior like i usally do with my track cars as i have this one road leagal and still need to put people in the back some times.
also dont know whether to put clear side repeaters or smoke i seem to be swaying towards smoke as the wheels are now dark what you guys think?????????/

[westurbo]

looks nice m8 dont see meany sri,s any more... got some 60mm springs 4 sale if your after any ??? was to low with my 18" on lol,,,,,,

[astrasteve23]

smoked side repeaters will look better with those wheels. have you got a lower brace for the front? they make quite a bit of difference!

[GazJevs84]

ohhh you won the braces i was watching :( lol :)

[Gteman]

Looks nice and clean. I hadn't noticed you had posted pics.

Wheels look good in black m8.

I'm sure it looks familiar looking at the reg. :confused:

[Belmont turbo]

hi and welcome mate.
looks tidy i nearly bought a belmont sri with those seats but was too rotton lol

[meatyp]

some pics of my £38 pound strut braces made a good difrence for knockhill
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/meatyp/holiday159.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/meatyp/holiday164.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/meatyp/holiday165.jpg

[astrasteve23]

what make are the braces?

[alex]

Liking the new pics a lot :D

What is the condiiton of the sills/arches/usualy rustiness like?

Good to see another 5 Door SRi on the site :)

[mking]

are the strut braces off ebay? i was gonna bid but decided not to, as you already were.

[meatyp]

what make are the braces?

no idea what make they are no stickers or anything stampted in to them

and alex the rear arches are about the worst bit of the car along the lip not the worst i have seen and the n/s/r sill got a small patch for mot tester said it was solid underneith

also 2802mking thanks for not bidding against me on ebay buddy :cool:

[Ross_Mk2]

What strut brace will fit my 16sv lump?

[meatyp]

What strut brace will fit my 16sv lump?

that one seems to universal as it would fit both ways the 8v way seems to go towards the bulkhead the way in the pics and spin it round and it would go between the sfi box and the head on a 16v going by pic's i sourced but with modification to washer jets bottle

[astrasteve23]

What strut brace will fit my 16sv lump?

an e-tech one will fit. they are solid alloy cost around £50-60 new.

[astrachamp]

is there a big noticable diff to the handling after a set of strut brsces on the front and back?

[astrasteve23]

i only had a front upper and lower on my old 1.4, the upper only made a little difference, lower made quite a lot of difference.

[meatyp]

is there a big noticable diff to the handling after a set of strut brsces on the front and back?

I noticed a big difrence but i dont know if i am just geting more and more confident in the car going round the track as i have seen 3 dry outings on the track but there does'nt seem to be as much body flex or body roll on the corners and if it does try to step out its easy to catch;)