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My Old Vx Astra Sri

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I thought I'd share some photos of my old VX Astra SRi. I still have it sat on the driveway, but unfortuantely got written off so it is currently being broken for parts before I scrap the shell :(

I have a full progress thread here: http://www.astraowne...rogress-Thread. I warn you though, it's 71 pages long! ;)

This was the car on the day I bought it:

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After many, many mods and a fair wedge of cash, this is how it ended up looking (far from finished):

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Original Spec:

Vauxhall Astra H SRi 1.9 CDTi 150

Moonland Grey

Factory fitted XP bodykit

18" Penta alloys

Otherwise just standard trim

Complete list of mods:

DTUK Green Box (Made 180BHP on a low setting, would've been up to 200BHP if I had a chance to fix an overboost issue)

EGR blanking plate

18" Pentas refurbed in gloss black

Genuine VXR front bumper

Opel OPC honeycomb upper grille painted gloss black

Eyebrows

Wing mirrors wrapped gloss black

Side rub strips wrapped gloss black

Chrome boot strip painted gloss black with Astra J style CDTi badge

Team Heko wind deflectors all round

Facelift rear lights

Full piano black centre console & steering wheel controls

Full blue & white interior SMD conversion

9-tower SMD sidelights and number plate lights

Road legal metal pressed plates

Rear parking sensors

Corsa VXR side repeater surrounds

OPC-Line badging to replace SRi badging

Opel steering wheel airbag (Couldn't replace just the badge :()

Silver interior trim wrapped gloss black

De-wiped rear end

Those are what I remember. I'm sure there were a few more. Mods I had planned:

Dual exit custom ehxaust

DAP-R lowering springs

VXR shock absorbers

Roof wrapped gloss black

VXR seats

Maybe a set of 18" BBS CH alloys

Unfortunately, this is how it ended up just 24 hours after the rolling road photo above :(

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At the end of the day, the car did it's job and I'm still here unharmed, so although it's a shame to see with all the time, effort, money and plans that had gone into it... time to move on really. Hopefully, onto an E46 :)

Cheers for looking,

Mike :)

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Firstly glad your unharmed

Nice looking car and had some good mods

Take it was a wright off, what happened if you dont mind me asking

Two mates of mine have blue VXRs and a girl i know recently sold hers to be replaced by a lovely grey 04 e46 M3

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The guy in the Saab was in the wrong lane of the roundabout just coming onto the sliproad and I had to swerve to avoid him but due to carry a bit of speed (normally perfectly fine for that bit of road), ended up going straight into a crash barrier, skidded down the barrier, spun and hit the other barrier.

Front drivers wheel is bent on the suspension, not sure of the complete extent of the damage behind it as I haven't jacked it up and pulled it all apart yet... but the front bumper is completely totalled, as is the crash bar behind it. The drivers door is buckled. Rear drivers side door has a fair bit of damage. Both drivers side wheels would need at least a refurb, not sure if the front one is actually bucked or not. Both headlights shattered internally.

So it is repairable, but looking at a cost of around 4-6 grand to repair, so not really worth it :(

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