Progress thread Tucpal

[tucpal]

This is my Astra 1.4 SRI VVT MY10.5..

I am starting a progress thread so i can keep all the upgrades and mods
that i have done over the last 2 years in one place.

INTERIOR UPGRADE LIST....
 
I started with painting the interior trim a peal white and gloss black






I have swapped the rubber pedal cover for the VXR alloy covers



I have swapped the seats over for the leather heated seats with electric lumber support  
and i have dyed a white stripe to the seats to go with the black and white trim.
and i upgraded all the speakers to alpine, and fully sound dampened the car

 



As well as fitting the leather seats i got the heater controls and the heated seats working
this was plug and play i just put the heater controls in and they worked.
There was a bit of wiring to do too get the electric lumber support working but it is working.



I then retro fitted power fold mirrors and retro fitted the factory Bluetooth
also i fitted a DTUK pedal box and a Superchip Bluefin remap






I then fitted some foot well lights
and retro fitted the front and rear ambient door lights




I also retro fitted the anti dazzle rear view mirror



the sensor at the top of the mirror is for the reverse parking sensors i did
Also i got the EPB button swapped over for the chrome trim one
and got a irmscher badge made for the cup holder



I also upgraded the console and sun visor bulbs to LED,s

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And i got some black and white car mats
i did some red stitching on the gear surround and made the numbers on the gear stick white
and i plasti dipped the roof console black






That is the interior covered now for the out side mods i have done

OUT SIDE MODS...

I have upgraded to the 19 inch SRI alloys 235 40 r19 conti sport contact 3 tyers
and i painted the calipers red and the inside of the alloys anthracite.







i have put on the alloy door pins
smoked side repeaters
and plasti dipped the back ground of the rear griffin badge.





I have put the badge less front grill on the front bumper in gloss black
and put on the irmscher front lower spoiler
and put on a black number plate surround



I have retro fitted the factory DAB to the car in full working order
and i have put the shark fin Ariel on the roof.




i have removed the window trim from the car and had it painted in gloss black
and i put a irmscher logo on the rear trim
and put Hako wind deflectors on the windows
also i retro fitted the mirrors and they are now power fold
and i fitted the VX line roof spoiler
and i also put chrome door handles on the car
and tinted the rear windows and front quarters.
 



i added the VX line rear lower spoiler
tinted the rear window
and fitted some parking sensors to the rear of the car



The VX LINE SIDE SKIRTS WERE THEN PUT ON THE CAR.




well just a blog update
the latest thing that i have done is to finely get around to fitting the factory DAB
it is all working and the sound is stunning compared to the FM so i am really happy with that
and also i have had the NAV 500 with sat nav retro fitted as well
and i am very very happy with that also





Late update but LED DRL,s and LED NUMBER PLATE LIGHTS AND LED rear FOG LIGHT
and silver Tec front indicator bulbs have been done.







Plus I changed front and rear discs and pads and annual service has been done.

please read the below posts for more up to date pics the car has changed alot.

[tucpal]

so i have my list of things to do before trax

VXLINE bumper fitted
lowered
alloys powder coated
and re tint the rear window that i have forgotten to do after i replaced the glass for the one with dab
and may be a few more bits so looks like i will be very busy

[Cameron UK]

so i have my list of things to do before trax

VXLINE bumper fitted
lowered
alloys powder coated
and re tint the rear window that i have forgotten to do after i replaced the glass for the one with dab
and may be a few more bits so looks like i will be very busy

gonna be looking good, what colour are you doing the wheels/?

[tucpal]

think they will go anthracite but may just go silver still 50/50
i got 4 weeks to make my mind up

[Turner_SRi]

Anthracite 100%

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[SI SRI]

Looking really good mate. How long did it take you to plastidip the rear badge and what black did you use Gloss or Matt.

[tucpal]

mat black real easy just spray the whole thing and peel away at the griffin leaving the back ground black

[tucpal]

as most of you know but just an update LED tail lights fitted.



there will be a few other changes on the way by the end of next month also.

[tucpal]

wright car booked in wednesday for rear hatch tinting
as i still have not got it done after fitting the DAB and replacing the rear window so it is about time that got done

also next wednesday car goes in for alloy refurb powder coating decided on antracite
but he say he has a gunmetal that is very popular so i will check that out

and the VXLINE bumper comes home from paint this wednesday so that will be done in the next week or so

i will also be rewrapping the window trims gloss black
as the paint has started to scratch

and i will also be lowering the car in two weeks time

then the car goes back to the paint shop to get a dint fixed that a kind person did with their shopping trolley

so this will be a very busy 3 weeks for me but all will be ready for trax.

[Rusty2009]

Cool mate that's costing a few £££'s

Do you know if you can have two colours when powder coating as I want silver on the front and Anthracite inside.

[tucpal]

i dont think so that would have to be wet sprayed

i have been saving like crazy to get this all done

[Rusty2009]

i dont think so that would have to be wet sprayed

Ok mate can you ask when you take yours in please?

[tucpal]

yes no problem i will pm you next week

[tucpal]

1st job done i redid the window trims wrapped in gloss black this time

[Rusty2009]

They don't look as good wrapped mate not as shiny.

[tucpal]

agreed but i just don't have the time to repaint them again
they will do for now if they last that long

[Cameron UK]

agreed but i just don't have the time to repaint them again
they will do for now if they last that long

they look good, ive had mine on about 6 months now, no problems

[tucpal]

also when i had my door cards off i swapped the rear coaxial speakers to the front
and that really has made all the difference i much prefer it that way

[tucpal]

another busy day today and after 6 months after replacing the rear glass for the one with DAB
i finally got the rear hatch tint done at last



also i got some new number plates made to go on the new bumper that is nearly done and should be on by the weekend hopefully
i got the plates made with the vauxhall logo and the VX.O.C address as the signature at the bottom

[Cameron UK]

Nice plates!

[tucpal]

another little job today wrapped the front window switches
they look much better

[tucpal]

also i removed the black plasti dip from the console in the head liner and put the alarm sensors
into the center it has no purpose but it does look better

[Rusty2009]

Looking good mate,

The only thing that puts me off the window switch wrapping is the pull/push can't be done and it looks odd then.

[tucpal]

it looks ok in real life

[Cameron UK]

it looks ok in real life

Yeh on think the same, no light gets in the toggle bit so can't really see it, much better than standard

[tucpal]

here is the first sneeky peek at my new front vxline bumper :cool



more pics and how to will follow in the retrofit thread very soon later on tonight.

http://www.vxoc.org.uk/forum/Thread-VXLI...earch--541

i am very happy

[Cameron UK]

Looks great, all the time,money and effort has paid off

[J1ODYA]

Needs a front splitter

[Turner_SRi]

Personally I think it's perfecto without a splitter.. its in line with the skirts so doesn't really need one well done.

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[tucpal]

here is all the pics i have at the moment.


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no front splitter will fit the VXLINE to my knowledge
the lower bumper on the vxline molds in better at the bottom the splitter is part of the bumper
there is no black plastic spitter and the bottom and i love that
i love the way it is now so no more plans for the front

there will be two other things happening next week but you will all have to wait and see on that one.
then the car will be complete.

[Rusty2009]

Look great mate well worth the wait..

[tucpal]

The next little mod was picked up today
thank,s to dicko nice to meet you and thank you.

[tucpal]

All done 40mm lower and real good drive too
if anything it is much better than it was not bumpy at all
so i am very happy and it looks much better also.

also the chrome door handles have been removed

rear standard



front standard



rear lowered



front lowered



and the results

[Turner_SRi]

Progress makes perfect, one of the nicest looking 5 doors I've seen by far.. High five.

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[Rusty2009]

Looks nice mate, thank god you got rid of them tacky chrome handle covers

[Cameron UK]

Looks nice mate, thank god you got rid of them tacky chrome handle covers

Haha I agree, looks good!,

[J1ODYA]

Beautiful, all these cars should be lowered!!!

[tucpal]

thanks everyone

i should have got rid of the handles long ago

two more things to go and the car is 100% done
i have plane run out of things to do at last

alloy refurb on wednesday powder coated anthracite,
and the lower skirts and roof spoiler are going in for paint correction on thursday friday.

[Rusty2009]

Glad your getting there mate, don't forget to ask if a you can have two colours when powder coating please.

[Cameron UK]

Glad your getting there mate, don't forget to ask if a you can have two colours when powder coating please.

I asked when I enquired about mine, just the one they said

[tucpal]

i will ask but i am 95% sure they can not

[tucpal]

it is going to be a big change going to anthracite but i am bored of silver now
i have seen a j in silverlake with anthracite alloys and it did look good to me

[tucpal]

just in the process of wrapping the mirrors one down and one more to go
but i am pleased with the results so far.



hard work but worth it

[Rusty2009]

Gotta be fair easier to paint them gloss black.

[tucpal]

3 days to paint vrs 3 hours to wrap
the lacquer i use to paint them originally had started to crack
my fault to much too quick
so i opted to wrap them for quickness and so they match the other
window trim bits i wrapped last week.
takes some time but they do look good

[tucpal]

here are the widow mirrors wrapped gloss black



And also the last piece of the puzzle has been done at last
the alloys have been refurbed in anthracite




i love the color they look brand new again
thanks to birkenhead powered coats on the wirral.

So this is the finished car now and a completely different look
to how it was a few weeks back but i am 100% all done now at last

[Rusty2009]

Looking good mate.

Maybe a bit too low thou.

[tucpal]

the 40mm pro kit i dont think they do a 30mm i may be wrong

[Cameron UK]

Your car is perfect, not too low!! The wheels look so much better than black!! Looks amazing mate!

[tucpal]

thanks they are much better seen in the flesh they shine and have a metallic look also.
and powder coated is so much better they look factory fresh now
we had a good talk about the color and i could chose from a few different shades
but we all agreed on this color and i am happy with the outcome