The Never Ending Champion Project

[richie00boy]

Re: bartrums 16v

We think it's a Champion model.

[Kris]

Re: bartrums 16v

thats a nice looking astra gte its the same colour as my gte how come yours as got a black dash in it as i got a beige dash in mine which i hate i want a black one

Funny you should say that Bartrum the owner of this fine Mk2 has a black dash for sale
http://www.astra-mk2.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1674

[BazW]

Re: bartrums 16v

had a back to black day today

first job was to get rid of the biege. IT didn't take too long the car feels and looks loads better. Also fitted a new lock set as well.



Took the alloys off that it came with as they were catching on the rear arches, when I got the off they had et37 stamped on the back. Fitted my old cav gsi rims, these were painted anthracite to go on my first bordeux red gte and i'd forgot how much they suited it.
Used a scotchbrite pad to rub down all the bumpstrips and skirts and gave them a coat of bumper gel to keep them dark and replace the front towing eye cover

last job to do was give it a good wash, hover and a quick polish then have a run out and get some pics

[BazW]

Re: bartrums 16v

How much was it in the end?

£900, best thing is thats roughly the same amount I got for striping the old one

[BazW]

Re: bartrums 16v

just noticed this on ebay

champion leather

I think a trip to the bank is in order

[Kris]

Re: bartrums 16v

that leather looks in fappin excelent nick ,if you got that i very doubt anyone wouldnt say its a champ .

[Daza]

Re: bartrums 16v

Looking good!
I bet that leather fetches a few pennies though! It looks mint.

[Kris]

Re: bartrums 16v

yeah it will go for a bomb ,i tryed to get some rear seats only a bit back and they went for £120 on there own .

[astrasteve23]

Re: bartrums 16v

your car is looking very nice, and the wheels look good! get some mk4 astra clear side repeaters on it! and get the champ leather!

[BazW]

Re: bartrums 16v

it did have a "buy it now" on it earlier of £600, i'll get meself a statement tomorrow, i've lost track of all the money i've spent this week.

if I can afford it that means i'll have a 83k champion for £1500

[astrasteve23]

Re: bartrums 16v

bargain!

[richie00boy]

Re: bartrums 16v

Bargain price on the motor, looks in great nick, clean and quite low miles. I'm sooo jealous!

[BazW]

Re: bartrums 16v

I was going to fit my stereo but it was too hot to be sat in a car all day so all I managed to do was fit the front strutbrace and start to finish off my rocker cover

[Kris]

Re: bartrums 16v

how did you do them ,did you get a polishing kit ?

[BazW]

Re: bartrums 16v

how did you do them ,did you get a polishing kit ?

took the old paint off with nitromors, then started sanding them down starting with coarse stuff gradually moving down to 2000 then polishing up with autosol.

Its pretty easy once you get into it, the worse bit is stripping the old paint off as some of it doesn't want to budge.

The sparkplug cover is a piece of piss to do, strip the old powder coating off with paint stripper paint it whatever colour you want, then use a sanding block to take the paint off the letters back down to the metal