Progress Thread: Sheppy1

[sheppy1]

Hi All,

In this original post there are a few of the original mods that I carried out on the car but due to the limitations of the forum I was/am unable to update this post with all of the other mods I carried out (and am still carrying out). So I have had to create new replies throughout the progress thread for each different mod...Please have a browse through the thread to find them all

Also a list of ALL mods I have carried out is on post 408 (link below). I will update this with TEXT only for every mod i do.

https://www.vxoc.org.uk/forum/Thread-Pro...6#pid26326

Any questions about anything I've done please feel free to ask me.

Mods/Retrofits Installed

Leather Arm Rest

This was the first thing I bought for my car, it wasn't cheap (over £120 if i remember rightly) but i really wanted an arm rest in my car! This one was custom ordered from Italy and is real leather:





Alloy Wheels

I never really liked the standard alloy wheels on my energy model so I decided to buy some from eBay and have them fitted, i believe they are from the SE model..



Pedal Box V3

Not sure if this belongs on here but after reading the great reviews of the Peddle Box I decided to get one for my car. I wanted a bit of extra perkiness when I hit the gas and wanted rid of the turbo lag! This thing does just the job

Tinted Repeaters

Soooo I kind of like the dark, tinted style look of the lights on the Astra SRI and higher, want to get the rear lights done eventually but thought I'd start with installing tinted repeaters which I got for around £20 on eBay, nice and easy to install







Ambient GearStick Light

Now THIS is something I’ve always liked, really sets off the look of the interior, was made up when I saw this there was a thread on how to get this thing installed! picked up the part from VX themselves and set about installing it.

Needed everything that was specified in the how to section and simply wired it into the headlight switch connector.











Heated Leather Lumbar Support Seats

Okay this was something I never thought i’d want to do to my car, firstly thought it would be impossible and also thought it would be VERY expensive…managed to get the seats for cheap which came bundled with the door panels too (another project to install those soon). Got them to the garage and found out the seller had screwed me and sold me seats which had the connectors cut off the bottoms of the passenger seats!! I left it with the garage who was able to take the connectors off my old seats and splice them onto the new leather seats…not sure how he got power to the seats for the lumbar support but he did and they now work!

Next part of this project is to buy the heating module from VX and get the heated section of the seats working!







Additional Trip Computer Options

i have also had the additional options of the mid level trip computer display activated, this now tells me my average MPG, average MPH and miles until empty along with current MPG

Removed Energy Badge

There were too many badges on this thing for my liking as standard! So I removed the "Energy" branding from the sides of the car too (can be see in then photos above). Also hardly anything left of the energy model anyway so thought I may as well remove the branding lol

Litter Cup

Not sure if this is classed as a mod or retrofit but I have picked up one of the litter cup things which go in the centre console cup holders...For some reason I like the look of them and also be useful for putting rubbish in rather than stuffing it into random compartments! lol.





VXR Pedals NEW

So my original rubber pedals are starting to wear thin now and the mrs has decided to get me the VXR pedals for my upcoming birthday! They should be coming next week and I'll have them on my car in April Will post photos then.

Elite Centre Console Trim

Decided I wanted rid of the centre console trim that I had and wanted some that would match the new elite door cards i am going to install. Rusty2009 was selling this part so I bought it off him and installed today Thanks again mate!







Elite Leather Door Cards NEW

So I finally get round to installing the leather door cards which I bought a while back along with wiring up the LEDs in the door handles













More photos to come when it goes dark so that you can see the lights better! Thanks to rusty and tucpal for all their help with info and the cables I needed to wire the LEDs up .

Thanks to [MENTION=2]tucpal[/MENTION] I now have my rear leather door cards fitted too which have been modified to function with the manual winder as my rear windows aren't electric



IPC/Trip Computer Upgrade NEW

So I was able to upgrade the whole IPC from the rubbish stock one that I had to the one from a higher end model which shows more information and looks a hell of a lot cooler with the larger screen and white (illuminated dial surrounds).

Before





After











Indicator Surround Chrome NEW

It's always annoyed me that my car lacked pretty much all of the chrome trim...I was planning on replacing the whole indicator surround with one that had the space for fog lights and also the built in chrome surround but this was going to be quite pricey so I decided against it. Tucpal directed me to some chrome trim which sits on top of the current black trim and looks identical to the official part! So here it is







Sunglasses Holder NEW

Only a small one this but I swapped something with Rusty in return for a sunglasses holder for the driver side roof and here it is



Heated Driver Seat NEW

I got in touch with Andy from VXMODS who was willing to wire up my heated seats for me. We purchased the module which was needed to activate the seats (see below photo) and then met up today so that he could carry out the work. All went to plan and I now have this working on my car too . Turns out that my seats only have heating modules (and lumbar support) in the drivers seat though which is odd.



Mods/Retrofits To Do

Buy metal door lock pins (not sure if they look tacky or not yet though)

Navi 600..may ask vxmods about this when I get a bit of spare money!

Install fog lights (installed but now waiting for wiring and programming)