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**Little King** · 15:th-Apr-2014, 09:12:50

Morning all,

Thought I'd finally say hi and show you my car - 2011 White Astra GTC 1.4 Turbo

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What have I done to it so far?
PIAA DRL's
6k HID kit
Orsam 'Cool Blue' intense xenon number plate bulbs
Full LED interior bulb change
Wind deflectors
Sunglasses holder above driver's door
Aluminium pedals
Tinted rear windows - 15%
Part wrapped front grill in white
'Astra' door sills from a Astra H
Rubber 'GTC' floor mats
Rubber 'GTC' cargo liner
OEM visible exhaust tip
Inside rear griffin plastic dipped Black (standard white)
Lime green callipers with 'Vauxhall' decals

What's next?
Callipers - touch up/colour change
Alloys painting Black/dark Grey
Roof wrap (maybe)

Thanks for looking

**cornishtaz** · 15:th-Apr-2014, 09:38:08

Welcome nice to see you on the site. Car is looking good.

**J1ODYA** · 15:th-Apr-2014, 09:42:25

Oh the second best white GTC is here lol

Hi

***Lewis6317*** · 15:th-Apr-2014, 12:55:53

ooooohhh I like mate, your down abit already and its looking nice.
if you do the roof wrap do a before an after would be interesting to see Smile

Welcome to the site mate Smile

**JohnL** · 15:th-Apr-2014, 12:59:10

Welcome car's looking good. Do you have any pictures of the inside with the LED lights?

***Rusty2009*** · 15:th-Apr-2014, 14:42:07

Welcome aboard mate.

**tucpal** · 15:th-Apr-2014, 15:20:12

welcome and about time lovely motor Doublethumbs

**Little King** · 15:th-Apr-2014, 16:54:23

cornishtaz Wrote:Welcome nice to see you on the site. Car is looking good.

Cheers (Y)

J1ODYA Wrote:Oh the second best white GTC is here lol

Hi

Haha!

Lewis6317 Wrote:ooooohhh I like mate, your down abit already and its looking nice.
if you do the roof wrap do a before an after would be interesting to see

Welcome to the site mate

Will do, cheers (Y)

JohnL Wrote:Welcome car's looking good. Do you have any pictures of the inside with the LED lights?

No but I can take some for you ;-)

Rusty2009 Wrote:Welcome aboard mate.

Cheers for add (Y)

tucpal Wrote:welcome and about time lovely motor

Cheers

**Tottybye** · 15:th-Apr-2014, 18:53:02

Finally!!

**Little King** · 15:th-Apr-2014, 20:46:45

Tottybye Wrote:Finally!!

Funny

**Little King** · 15:th-Apr-2014, 20:53:33

Interior pics as request

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6 LED for interior lights (including govebox and boot) and 1 LED cree bulbs for map lights

**tucpal** · 15:th-Apr-2014, 23:15:02

They do make such a difference

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**Little King** · 16:th-Apr-2014, 08:19:40

tucpal Wrote:They do make such a difference

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They really do!

**JohnL** · 16:th-Apr-2014, 09:27:03

Like the interior lights a lot. Guess I'm going to have to pull my finger out.

**Cameron UK** · 16:th-Apr-2014, 21:03:13

Welcome to the forum

Little King Wrote:1 LED cree bulbs for map lights

Can you post a link please

**Little King** · 18:th-Apr-2014, 09:53:02

JohnL Wrote:Like the interior lights a lot. Guess I'm going to have to pull my finger out.

Cheers (Y) I guess you are :-P Lol

Cameron UK Wrote:Welcome to the forum

Can you post a link please

Course I can (Y)

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vie...1033466418

**Little King** · 18:th-Apr-2014, 21:07:23

It was such a Good Friday I decided to wash the car and take some pictures

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**cornishtaz** · 18:th-Apr-2014, 21:10:06

Looking good

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**Little King** · 18:th-Apr-2014, 22:30:58

Cheers (Y)

**tucpal** · 18:th-Apr-2014, 23:39:12

agree there looking very good

**Little King** · 9:th-Sep-2014, 22:21:11

Had a couple of little updates recently

Red callipers (third colour Lol

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Knew I should have gone red originally! Lol

And most recently I've had a play with some carbon fibre wrap on the interior trim

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Really happy with the results Smile

And it would have been rude not to clean the car too...

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**tucpal** · 9:th-Sep-2014, 22:23:47

looking good mate still looking very clean love the GTC in white
i will move this thread over to members progress threads if you wish Thumbs

**Little King** · 9:th-Sep-2014, 22:26:57

Cheer mate (Y)

That would be great, can you rename it 'My GTC' too ?

**tucpal** · 9:th-Sep-2014, 22:35:13

i will over it over and rusty can rename it for you mate Doublethumbs

**tucpal** · 9:th-Sep-2014, 22:37:24

you now have a progress thread
rusty can you change the title thank,s.

**Little King** · 9:th-Sep-2014, 22:42:33

Cheers guys (Y)

***Rusty2009*** · 9:th-Sep-2014, 23:09:53

Looking good mate not sure on the carbon. Title changed aswell.

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**Little King** · 9:th-Sep-2014, 23:18:39

Cheers (Y)

I was reluctant at first but it's definitely grown on me! Lol

**Little King** · 6:th-Dec-2014, 09:35:47

I've not been on recently for one reason or another.

Updates? Kind of, cars had the front tyres changed, it's first MOT, third year service and a full winter detail/protection. I've also had the wing mirrors wrapped and front grill re-wrapped with a view to having the roof wrapped.

Anyway I'll let the pictures do the talking...

New boots (well car with no wheels Lol

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Wing mirrors

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Summat different from standard gloss black. I will be getting the roof wrapped in the same stuff, looks like it'll be next year tho now.

Grill

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Mud flaps

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I never wanted them but it became a necessity to try and keep the car white, saying that now they are fitted I'm really pleased with them Smile

First MOT (Passed!)

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Winter detail/protection

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And the beeding...

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Really happy with the results Smile

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Loving my GTC at the minute Big grin

**cornishtaz** · 6:th-Dec-2014, 09:38:35

Looking good mate love the mirror and grille wrap definitely different to the norm

**tucpal** · 6:th-Dec-2014, 11:18:17

looking really good mate i also love that wrap very nice
the roof wrap will look real good also so look forward to that Smile

**Little King** · 6:th-Dec-2014, 13:26:46

cornishtaz Wrote:Looking good mate love the mirror and grille wrap definitely different to the norm

Cheers, that's what I thought. From a distance it looks gloss and then you get the glitter/silver when your up close Smile

tucpal Wrote:looking really good mate i also love that wrap very nice
the roof wrap will look real good also so look forward to that

Cheers, I can't wait to get the roof done either! Grin

**J1ODYA** · 6:th-Dec-2014, 14:58:40

Looking good... think I want my mirrors & grill wrapped in matt black... Just not sure who can do them!

WhelanUK · 6:th-Dec-2014, 15:19:08

[MENTION=34]Cameron UK[/MENTION] has done wrapping for a few people

**tucpal** · 6:th-Dec-2014, 15:22:33

J1ODYA Wrote:Looking good... think I want my mirrors & grill wrapped in matt black... Just not sure who can do them!

There must be some were near you that does wraping for sure
most window tint places now offer this but it is easy try it your self

**J1ODYA** · 6:th-Dec-2014, 15:41:08

Think that's the thing, I'm fundamentally tight and think I could do it myself but then can't find the time to do it lol

**tucpal** · 6:th-Dec-2014, 15:58:52

it will save you lot of cash Lol

**Little King** · 6:th-Dec-2014, 17:27:59

I agree it's cheaper in the long run Lol

**pope30** · 15:th-Jan-2015, 18:36:37

Hi Little King,

How did you remove the wing mirror cover?

Matt

**tucpal** · 15:th-Jan-2015, 19:17:20

they come off by using a trim tool
start at the top and work your way around

i will do a how to tomorrow for you if you like

**pope30** · 15:th-Jan-2015, 21:09:15

tucpal Wrote:they come off by using a trim tool
start at the top and work your way around

i will do a how to tomorrow for you if you like

That would be awesome thanks!

Someone actually hit the drivers side one recently and took the casing off but I have never managed to get it back correctly.

**tucpal**

here you go hope it helps

http://www.vxoc.org.uk/forum/Thread-How-...rs-Astra-j

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