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http://www.gumtree.com/posting_images/9 ... _big__.jpg

thats what my car is but with these problems that need to get improved or sorted

left mirror is white
both mirrors dont work from inside
rear wiper smudge's
the lil bit were the water comes out are blocked front n back
the car keeps overheating too quick. 5mins at the lights raise's it to the halfway point or further
vauxhall badge fallen off front
bumpers all over have lost colour aswell as the roof n front panels
the trims are mashed and makes me look a bad driver haha

what i want todo

bigger engine heard get a nice astra engine init think hear get a 1.6???
better cooling system
central locking
power steering
new speakers and cd/player
lcd clock on dash added as ive seen some on here with nice one's
rev counter added to dash
alarm system

things like bodykit/alloys.tint and stuff get added later just want the car to keep up with me dads 2.2 astra sri 04 well would be nice if it could :lol: faster i get the inside job done quicker your see pics. which i'll add so you get the drift of what it looks like now n hopefully in the end
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Most of those jobs you mentioned should be fairly easy to fix,

The badge on the front is if it's the pre 97 bumper is just stuck on from what i'm aware. Could pick one of them up for a £1 or £2 from a scrapyard, The engine overheating, (might sound a stupid question but have you checked that there's coolant in the raditor? If so try draining it and then starting a fresh with it, (incase someone has added just water).

The mirrors not working i'm afraid is prob the mechanisms broken. I had this on one of mine. Again the best job is get some replacements from the scrapyard. Only be about £10-£15 for the pair.

Wheel trims you can pick up from £15, the wiper blade smudging should just need replacing. The blcoked windscreen washers should be just a case of pushing a needle or pin into the hole to free the gurp!!

It's difficult to say exactly what is wrong with the bodywork without pictures. Could be peeling lacquer, or faded paint etc.

Looking forward to seeing some pictures. Hope this info helps.
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MattyB wrote:Most of those jobs you mentioned should be fairly easy to fix,

The badge on the front is if it's the pre 97 bumper is just stuck on from what i'm aware. Could pick one of them up for a £1 or £2 from a scrapyard, The engine overheating, (might sound a stupid question but have you checked that there's coolant in the raditor? If so try draining it and then starting a fresh with it, (incase someone has added just water).

The mirrors not working i'm afraid is prob the mechanisms broken. I had this on one of mine. Again the best job is get some replacements from the scrapyard. Only be about £10-£15 for the pair.

Wheel trims you can pick up from £15, the wiper blade smudging should just need replacing. The blcoked windscreen washers should be just a case of pushing a needle or pin into the hole to free the gurp!!

It's difficult to say exactly what is wrong with the bodywork without pictures. Could be peeling lacquer, or faded paint etc.

Looking forward to seeing some pictures. Hope this info helps.
got the badge in car somewere so just stick back on :)
mirrors if aint said aint leccy so yea scrappy or see myself. 1's white 1's black so its odd job atm lol
trims thinking just ripping off the 15-20 notes go towards something else
paint is faded due to sun. uncle said tha red fades quicker in sun and were mines old they should av proper paint now as its like tester pain or something lol
radiator just replaced the sensor so fan kicks in but still over heats too quickly feel like ripping it out and sticked a office fan there :lol:
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Save the wheel trim money for a set of alloys. Really changes the look of the car.

Check your anti freeze/coolant level. Mine overheated once due to running out of coolant! :?
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av try that then cheer's :D
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my car was that colour to start with but its now this colour

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No prob,

With the paint, get yourself some tcut or paint restorer and then se some car polish like Autoglym Super Resin Polish or the car polish Chrex's has a link to.

Have a look at Carl's project log (roperstun) his paint was faded and it looks amazing now! His is red! (As i was saying, he's just added a picture! :lol: )

With the wing mirrors, if you went to scrapyard you could pick up some red ones if your lucky.
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roperstun wrote:my car was that colour to start with but its now this colour

[ http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/ ... e004-1.jpg ]

:)
yours looks better well newer as mine hasnt a sunroof lol. but the mirror is white not black n the bumpers that are black are gray aswell as the panels but it old so its got an excuse :lol:
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for the paint work get sum t-cut and t-cut it all over all the body panels not the bumpers. then get some turtle wax colour fast polish and go all over the panels again then polish it up with some super resign polish then wax it and job done. on the bumpers just get some back to black simple as 8)
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With the grey (which should be black) plastic panels get yourself some bumper spray or back to black. That sort those bits out!
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look at that, same wavelength! :lol:
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yea sound cheer's just seen his and he lucky cos his only show lil bit were with mine i got the entire bumper grey his red then grey lol but i got some sshit ages ago which did the trick for 1day so must of pickked up wrong stuff or something
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Only prob with the back to black, if you get the polish on stuff you have to be very careful cus if you get it on the paintwork you have to re polish the paint work. Spray stuff is prob easier as normally clear so doesn't stain the paint work
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my bumpers got a grey patch cuz its got laquer over spray.

trust me my car was pink and the arches and bumpers were all grey

i no wat im tlkin bwt 8)
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He's right, i saw the original pictures! Was pink!
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