My Insignia Elite, 2.0 CDTI. tucpal.

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[align=center]I have been of work this week and i got bored so i decided to do a few jobs that needed doing to the insignia
first i painted the calipers gloss black and added some vauxhall logo stickers
and i also plasti dipped the alloy wheel nut caps mat black and i went over them with some glossifier to make them shine.















I have also fitted a tail pipe to the rear end
and i am very happy with the way it turned out.

I also removed the fly eye wrap i did on the rear third brake light
and used tint spray this time now it looks like a much better job.







I have fitted a K@N panel filter.







And i had the dreaded humming noise on and off for a while now on the 2.0 cdti engine
so it was time that was sorted out it is the turbo wastegate solenoid valve
so for the sake of £40 i just replaced it and the problem is now solved.






I have also done a new start up animation on the nav 600
it starts out with the insignia car and fades up to the insignia logo
then i have a new day theme that is gray
i have kept the red night theme
and use the insignia car as the standby logo.














And one last thing i did was to bin the elite front dampers
and change them over for the SRI front shock dampers
the elite ecoflex already has the SRI front and rear springs but it has softer dampers
so by changing the front dampers i have stiffened and improved the ride on the front end
the SRI dampers have got rid of the overly soft front suspension the elite has
it has improved the handling drive and feel of the car and it is much better for doing it
the elite was a bit of a handful to drive around the twistys before i did this
but now it handles so much better and is actually fun to drive as it holds the road very well now.





so a very busy week but well worth the effort
the next jobs will be to get saving for side skirts and a rear lower spoiler
but that will have to wait till the start of august.