Vauxhall Astra Cabby (Edition 100)

[SoapHero]

How did you the camber in the rear?

[cus]

Should have vxr swapped

it would of eaten through driveshafts daily. plus i fancied a change

once the megane is sorted with a drop in height, then i'll start a thread, already has some Forge and Bailey parts fitted

[Miles.]

Should have vxr swapped

[cus]

in the end , i wanted to go for speed, so i picked up a Renault Megane Sport 225.

I had a final photoshoot with Kurt Blythman before the car went.
































and thats it. now its been sold, its been raised, and oem wheels. each to their own

[Earl]

Updates?

[cus]

Went to the Dubascrub local show and shine meet, and someone snapped a pic of the cabby. looking quite clean too

[cus]

went to a local meet in Hartlepool , called 'The Parmo Wrap Meet'. and if you've never had a parmo.. youre missing out. Considering it was only organised for a week prior, it was a good turn out, over 30 cars.

got a quick snap taken.



this is one from Fueled Society too.



oh, and im adding more camber to the back and lowering it a bit more tonight. see how that one turns out

[cus]

true, but the RHs are 18s.. and i couldn't get full lock, couldn't get low enough, and one was buckled with an air leak. so had to get rid of them.

[Justin.]

Car looks good, but with the RH`s it was even better !

[cus]

proper hijacking my build thread here :P haha!

well.. i haven't updated this in a while! so here goes.

i've been quite busy over the last week though

i had last week off work, so spent a lot of time clearing out the garage, so that i could get the car in there to work on.

i bought a load of new bits for her, and thought id share my progress with you lot

firstly.. a full service kit, very cheap off ebay, and a new sump plug, as my current one was pretty much welded to the sump! :/ and my sump guard has been destroyed, exposing the sump plug completely. you can see the damage in the picture caught it just in time i think!!



the new sump plug already looks like this...

thats after 2 days of not having my sump guard on. will be back on tonight though

so fully serviced the car, and also got the sump guard double plated, which should last a bit longer, possibly 2 months if i'm lucky! something to keep an eye on though.

this is the old sump plug... RIP dude





i got a new passenger airvent, as the painted ones in my car looked bad! very bad, so had to get rid of them. will buy a driverside one at somepoint soon!

my centre console still isn't complete but i'm not really in any rush, as its a free job, so dont want to rush the lad.



I bought some gold patterned fabric to do my gear and handbrake gaiters. got my brothers wife on the case now so hopefully they should turn out alright!
a bit crazy, but i dont care



replaced the amber sidelights with brighter ones, as they were very dull, and couldn't be seen clearly.

moved the battery to the boot, and tidied up the engine bay quite a bit. need a small filter to go on. this will tidy up the driverside more.





sub fitted into the suitcase, and amp fitted into the boot. all installed and working fine not after amazing sound quality, but its not too bad really.







i've gone through another driveshaft, so having to raise the engine a bit. i dont know how much higher, or how to do this yet. but the driveshaft is catching on the gearbox. i will see what i can do first.

random pic from work..



oh, and i fully washed, polished and waxed the car too!





enjoyed the great british weather! roof down for the full weekend



then ended up in Whitby, so took a couple of pics







and thats it for now

obviously, lots more planned!

current have no rear seats/doorcards in, because i'm getting the rear cards retrimmed.

will update once i get some more work done

[Stupid Kid]

[cus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oqK6217ey7M

more edited on the video.. new song too.

the roof going up scene is gonna get redone. let me know what you think

[cus]

well, here are some more recent pictures

dropped the front a bit more, i think this is the height i want to keep it at

These are the pictures from when i get a video shoot done.
Just some quick pics from my phone. couldn't take plate off as i forgot tie wraps














this is just a quick pic to show which parts of my interior have been removed to get painted. they will be just going gloss black. didn't want anything crazy, as i want to stick to a certain them



I also fitted airride to my mates audi a3, so a couple of pics of that took 8 hours to do. not bad for my first time. its airlift bags and management, 4 way system for anyone who is interested.


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[cus]

Lowered the front more, and also had a quick video made of the car.

forgot tie wraps so couldn't get the number plate off.

this is a very rough edit at the moment! getting a gopro to do some rolling shots.
the roof folding part is all getting changed too.

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[cus]

some more pics from Friday night..



















thats it for now