VXOC Astra-J/GTC

Air filter but LEDs too! They look awesome in all four footwells.


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Too right they do!! shame they will take like a month to come :( ha but cheers mate

Haha yep!


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(14:th-Feb-2016, 22:28:29)Tonto Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah as Sheppy said mate. There will be a hole at top and should have a piece of plastic sticking out that pushes in and out to turn on and off


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I have a hole but no plastic sticking out to turn my light off. It would seem my bulb has also blown haha

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Probably as its on full time lol, take bulb out and see if bit is there/snapped/ missing


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Soooo I've bought an odb2 dongle thing for the car and also a proper electric cordless screwdriver too... Bosch one with loads of extra bosch bits including torx and hex etc [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] never had one before! Always used standard screwdrivers!

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(16:th-Feb-2016, 19:28:52)Tonto Wrote: [ -> ]Probably as its on full time lol, take bulb out and see if bit is there/snapped/ missing


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Nope, nothing in there mate. I've had the box out before now and not seen anything

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(16:th-Feb-2016, 21:47:06)sheppy1 Wrote: [ -> ]Soooo I've bought an odb2 dongle thing for the car and also a proper electric cordless screwdriver too... Bosch one with loads of extra bosch bits including torx and hex etc [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] never had one before! Always used standard screwdrivers!

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I loved my cordless screwdriver.... That was until the batteries died and then I had to revert to manual....pain!

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Air filter installed [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] silly question but does it matter which way round the filter goes in the box? Mine is like this



Those slots in the filter are going towards the windscreen... Is that correct or should the filter be the other way around so the slots are inning left to right? Or does it not matter?



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Umm I hope it doesn't matter, I just put mine in! Just checked and that's same way I have mine and not had any bother!


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Haahaha I'm sure it either doesn't matter or wont fit the other way anyway

It only fits one way as its not square :-)


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Phew! Thanks ....Better add 100BHP or I won't be happy! ha

My head unit has been dispatched from China and is on it's way to the UK. Been told I should have it mid week next week [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

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Woohoo, at least you now know it's on the way mate! What do you think of the k&n filter?


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Yep indeed! Will take a half day off when it comes to fit it [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

Ermmmm it's defo an air filter! That's for sure hahaha. Can't feel any difference if I'm honest... When I revved it with the bonnet open it did sound a tad more muffled and beefier but that's about it

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I have a rattle in my passenger side and it's winding me up! Do you have a link to the tutorial you did about fixing rattles?

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way hay air filter mate cant wait to see this new head unit in pal. bet your excited af!

Hey mate! Yep I couldn't resist even knowing it may not do anything haha.

Yes!!! It's winding me up having to wait! I'm not a waiting person!! Haha. I'm taking half day off work to install it when it arrived next week! [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

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Setting myself a challenge to get a HappyBlue dongle which allows for the opening of the boot via the key (among other things) AND to try and find gas powered struts powerful enough to fully lift the boot lid once the boot has been popped via the key

The gtc boot could be popped from the key without unlocking the other doors

Yeaaahh limited to GTC but must have more powerful struts than the 5 door! Unless it has a lighter boot?

The boot never lifted fully just enough to get your hand in to lift it manually

I may have just bought the Happy Blue dongle...Hahaha

Your spending like it's going out of fashion these days mate!

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I have a problem!!! [CRYING FACE] help me! Haha

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You need your passwords changing and you card cutting up.... It's the only way!

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Haha you sound like my Mrs

So we saying there's no way for me to get struts strong enough to lift the boot lid once i pop it open with happy blue dongle?

Keep spending if you can, my other half is moaning as I've bought vxr pedals for a car in don't yet own lol

Hahaha nothing wrong with prepping mate! And i can...sort of! I mean we have stuff to pay for (new house, wedding, holidays etc.) but i am paying into all of the savings funds for each. Mrs moans when I spend money on anything car related but what she doesn't know etc. etc.

So guys... Something arrived in the UK earlier today and I've just been on a two and half hour round trip to Liverpool to collect it... Here it is!



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Nice box. =)

Hahaha thanks [WINKING FACE] best pic I could get as I wanted to get back on the road asap to avoid traffic.

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Oooohh


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yey about time lol

Looking forward to this!

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+1 get a vid up of it asap mate

good luck mate

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is that from icebox autos that is only about 15mins from were i live haha

Great I'm glad you got it , thanks for the info

Hey guys! Sorry, I got the Mrs to give us a hand (held the torch etc) right after I came back from collecting it and only just done now! I got some pics and have tonnes of info etc. I will do a video tomorrow... Please let me know what you all wanna know and I'll find out via the system and get pics etc of that specific item [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

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what we have in those pics is the android UI, the driving UI and a bunch of cool live car stats I found in a car app.

Things that are a bit weird ATM are:

When I open driver door it says that the passenger door is open and vice versa, and music streaming ain't working yet. Rest is spot on incl. 3G via dongle

Looking good mate!!

Cheers mate! I'll get loads better pics tomorrow, try and complete the tutorial, veg videos etc. Also need to do all the configuration as I didn't get to do hardly any of it.

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Looks good mate. Look forward to tomorrow!

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Me tooooo! When I get some time to play with it

One thing to note...the wiring is ermmm...like a birds nest! Ha. Easy to connect everything up...just connect an extension block and then connect every wire that comes with the unit to the back of the unit and then just plug every other cable you have from the factory looms to the back of the unit too...you end up with about 2 or 3 that won't fit in the back of the unit so they're redundant.

After that you've just have to cram it all back behind the unit and push it towards the back and hope you don't break anything! Hahaha

Ooh that looks awesome bud, I bet you're well pleased!! I just want to see videos of it working, different apps, nav, music, sd card music, reverse camera, Bluetooth and whatever else lol!


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I am mate!! Just wanna have a go on it now! Haha anything else?? I'll get those videos for you anyway mate...I did test a few of those things and they worked great

BT: Connected with my phone just fine, pressed a button on the screen and it synced my whole contact book from the phone to the car. Test call rang just fine, answered via the screen and call sounded okay...I think...Need to have a test of that again.

Nav: This is provided by a on screen button called "Navigation" and open an app called "iGO" (note that these don't appear to be android app store apps but proper apps designed for the system only usable by this system). Anyway, programmed a quick route and it found me right away...VERY nice UI.

Apps: Haven't tried any except the built in ones yet but will download some from the play store, try those and also give a description of the in built apps.

Music: Radio worked VERY well, actually sounded clearer than the radio via the VX system even with my 5 quid china shark fin. Not tested anything else.

SD Card Music: Have an SD card, will try it tomorrow with music

Reverse Camera: Wired up the receiver behind the head unit, the power just needs providing to the transmitter in the boot...will do it tomorrow. However when i put the car in reverse a live video feed with guide lines instantly appears on the unit! Very quick but obv no video feed yet till I finish the wiring.

Quick final note...The UI is VERY VERY responsive, all the "apps" are VERY VERY well designed and look like something you'd see on a top end car screen...all looks like they have been designed specifically for being on a car system and nothing is just plonked on top...all looks like a proper car UI...every app seems to be this way, not just a reworked "app" that could be on any old system...these seem beskpoke

Thanks for that mate, it does sound excellent! Looking forward to the videos!


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Couple of final things...I THINK the bluetooth music streaming required me to be within the bluetooth app...not the "music" app that I was looking in...Will try this tomorrow. Also all steering controls work as you'd expect and so do all controls on the factory unit except the hazard/lock buttons...which I forgot to plug back in!! Hahahaha

(23:rd-Feb-2016, 23:18:01)Tonto Wrote: [ -> ]Ooh that looks awesome bud, I bet you're well pleased!! I just want to see videos of it working, different apps, nav, music, sd card music, reverse camera, Bluetooth and whatever else lol!


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Basically he wants everything including the system itself Haha.

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All sounds promising. Time will tell with these things though. It's like a phone, it's quick fresh out of the box but when it fills up with data then it starts getting slower.

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Indeed! Will keep an eye on it [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

So I've got the Bluetooth music streaming working... Just needed to open an app on the device before playing the song on the phone and it works fine. You can then close the app and do whatever and the music carries on.

Two issues... Some of the indicators like the doors and also the heated seats etc are the wrong way around... Says passenger heated seat is on when the driver one is on.

Next I can't seem to get the info I'm MPH from KMPH lol. I'll work on out today and get back to you all.

Need to take the unit apart again as I forgot the speaker which does the door chimes, lock car sounds and the indicator sounds! Haha

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Soooo reverse camera works [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] vet a bit of static like an old vhs every now and then but probably because of the placed I've out the receiver (wedged in between ***** loads of wires behind the head unit). It's not that bad though [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]. Also seem to get two lots of guide lines... Guessing one lot are provided by the head unit and the other lot by the camera... Will check settings to see if there's a way to turn this off!



Indicator sounds work fine now... I forgot to plug the speaker in that it uses for its beeping! Ha

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Happy light show came too [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]



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