VXOC Astra-J/GTC

Ok so here is whats happened

Astra J Progress

Retro fitted:

- Front & Rear Mud Flaps
- 17" Alloy Wheels
- SRi Pedal Covers
- Alpine Speakers & Tweeters
- Full Leather Heated Seats With Lumbar Control
- Full Leather Steering Wheel & Front & Rear Door Cards & Armrest
- Pedal Box Version 2
- Auto Power Fold Mirrors + Module To Fold In & Out When Car Locks & Unlocks
- Auto Dimming Mirror + Windscreen & Cover
- USB Slot
- Front Fog Lights
- Driver Information Package menus on the Instrument Cluster - Speed Warning, Fuel Range, Average Fuel Consumption, Instantaneous Fuel Consumption, Average Vehicle Speed,
- Chrome Door Pins
- Facelift Front Bumper, With Chrome & Wheel Arch Liners
- Coolant Tank With Level Sensor
- Washer Bottle With Level Sensor
- Warning Package Menus - Coolant & Washer Fluid
- Extra Menus - Unit, Coolant Temperature, Relearn Remote Key, Battery Voltage, Timer
- Extra boot light

Want to do
- Navi600 With SatNav & DAB
- TPMS
- Footwell lights
- Full Car Wrap

your car is very nice and well worth a progress thread but dont forget the pics,

I have no before pics :-(


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dont worry you have to start at some point and it will change over time
are you going for the VXR alloy reps they will look very good

Yeas mate :-p next month


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thanks for the tweeters mate they are very good

Thats ok i want to redo mine now lol


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well done and glad my fogs have a new life in your car

Hehe yeah :-p lovie mate, some reason the fogs housing gets alot of condensation in side them even when i dont use then :-/


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they shouldn't do are the bulbs in correct and turned nice and tight

Yeah, i did buy new bulbs for them aswell. So they white like my headlights. But i could get them in with the new rubber band around them so i changed the band around.


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that will be the problem may be worth taking the bulbs out and checking the fit again

I changed the bulbs for brand new one all i done was use the rubbers off your old ones on my new ones...


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but the new bands are for the new bulbs and the standard bands my not fit correctly in the inserts for the bulbs
in the light unit and you may not be getting a good seal
what bulbs did you use mate
and what wattage are they as they may be getting to hot if this is only happening when the fogs are on
if it is happening with out the lights on then i would look again at the seals

Oh right i see, no it happens even when im not using them. So when i go out to car in morning main lights will be fone but the fogs will be steamed up. I will try again with the other seals was really hard though as why i swapped them :-)


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you will also need to get the moisture out the unit and that will not be easy
the fogs come out with a bit of effort but the indicators are a pig

Best off pulling the bumper off take them out remove bulbs and allow the unit to dry indoors by a radiator over night if it's all gone by morning all good if not nick the wife's hairdryer and carefully heat them (don't do what my wife did and hold it one place for too long). keep it moving and get air in through the holes.

Once you've got rid of it put the bulbs back in then refit to the car.

Nice mate

So after my deer incident i got car back today :-) here is before and after look



New looks



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That looks better don't hit any deers now.

Lol, with the new wheel arches i get Wednesday yeah :-) but do i need to remove my wheels fitting them?


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Easier to remove wheels to give you more room.

Kool mate. Is it easy to do mate?


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Yes mate thought you was popping down to me?


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it was well worth hitting that deer mate
as the car looks much better now and you never would
have done it without your little mishap
well done it looks real good

Cheers mate, mishap?


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well after a trip to rusty and we done the following

We Changed the lower grill on my new facelift bumper from a grill without chrome to a grill with chrome.





looks so much better

While bumper was off change the washer bottle for one with the sensor

Rusty fitted a new mirror module so when I lock car the mirrors fold in, when I unlock car mirrors fold out

Even More Menus - Unit, Coolant Temperature, Relearn Remote Key, Battery Voltage, Timer

So now I have the following;
Information Menu Page - Unit, Remaining Oil Life, Coolant Temperature, Relearn Remote Key, Battery Voltage, Speed Warning
Trip/Fuel Information Page - Trip 1, Trip 2, Fuel Range, Average Fuel Consumption, Instantaneous Fuel Consumption, Average Vehicle Speed, Timer, Speed

Lewis6317 Wrote:We Changed the lover grill on my new facelift bumper from a grill with chrome to a grill with chrome.

mate we changed a lower grill with chrome for one with chrome did we?

Mate can you send me some pics of the new menus please so I can add them in my thread
http://www.vxoc.org.uk/forum/Thread-Extr...luster-IPC

Once I get my new MDI I'll turn on the warning package for you, hopefully be able to do it when you go to Bov mate.

What about your new addition to the rear mate

lol nice spot mate, I would add the photos on here but there is 15 menus i have now would take up alot space lol

looking much better lewis

Yeah i have to say i do like the front bumper, if i can get a rear face lift 20r paint code then i get it


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think the old rear looks better without the chrome
but you should get the rear lower spoiler it sets the rear off nice

I do want the lower spoiler for front and rear


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Today rusty and me fitted

Secondary boot light
Enabled Warning Package Menus - although at moment saying they are low when they are full, all fitted and enabled.

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Im sorry mate :(

hurry up then