my cav's replacement

[Chip Pan Dan]

well I bought the car not long ago, as the advert seem promising. but as I'm sure we all know most people lie through there teeth. but I bought the car anyway as it was cheep enough. £440 with a years mot and 6 months tax. mechanically the car seems great, brakes are good runs well. But it's just the body work that's letting it down. Driver's side rear arch, around the rear bumper and a few dints and scratches. So yeah, rate and or slate my boat

mods so far - momo steering wheel, omega wiper stalk, my cd player and flat wiper blades.














it needs a bloody good clean but that will happen once I have space back on the drive.

well the car had some pampering today, took the front seats out and had the carpets wet vacked and the plastics cleaned. its a much nicer place to be in now. and the engine bay was steam cleaned , still dirty but much better than it was

before:





after:





smells much nicer now too!

[John Owens]

Lotta love out there for belmonts , they deserve it too !

[TurboDan]

Its not technically a belmont...

You forgot the seats on your mods list

[Chip Pan Dan]

well there only half done didnt know weather to count them yet

[cavaliersri130]

Not a bad looking astra m8 looks good.

What are the plans for her mod or just drive?

:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

[Envoy CDX]

Looks good, even if it does need a bit of work, its all part of the fun.

[Mikebmth]

Fair play...You don't see many of those around to be honest they are just as rare as a belmont nowadays...

I have had several mk3 Astras and they just keep going if looked after, which mine weren't...lol

Be interested to see what you do with it as have seen a few gsi / reiger kitted examples of these and they look really good.

[Chip Pan Dan]

bonnet pic



i know its the wrong colour but it was £13 couldnt say no, and its in better condition than the last bonnet

[gsi pie]

very nice

going by how you cav looked this should be a epic build

[terkin]

very nice

going by how you cav looked this should be a epic build

agreed!!!

[Chip Pan Dan]

cheers guys, i think once i have my wheels and suspension on it will make a huge difference

[cavaliersri130]

Looking good m8 and a bargain at £13.

:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

[Chip Pan Dan]

bought a few goodies for the astra since the last update.
manage to find some new old SPAX stock someone local was selling for £70 so I snapped that up. appart from the tatty box there brand new, never been on a car.
think they will give a 35-40 mm drop.
also bought some service bits, and hopefully if the weathers okay tomorrow that will get done before work.
oh, and I bought some vectra sri 4 stud wheels from a mate of mine.







new rad hose, header tank, air filter, fuel filter, oil filter, spark plugs, oil, coolant, engine flush and a new top hose and the current one has been boded with tape lol



today i took the boot carpet out and spare wheel to have a look what condition the boot floor was in. then i gave it a quick wipe down.



hole behind the bumper



and another lol



after a wee wipe

[gsi pie]

looking good

[Chip Pan Dan]

my last car 'cavalier saloon' was lowered 75mm front and 50mm rear that sat lovely and the ride well i was use to it haha.
so i'm not to sure how im going to feel about a 35mm drop, can hardly notice it. but i suppose it will handle a lot better?

managed to service the astra today too, oil was black, still had a crusty gm fuel filter on it, witch i dont think was even doing anything, as when i tipped it up brown fuel was coming out of it nice.

this was the bodged top hose



and brown header tank, bought a new one. but it had 3 outlets on it. so i've blanked one off im sure i will need the 3rd when it has a new engine put in