Hey yall

[Silentj]

Hello from across the pond my ride is an 08 saturn astra xe with a z18xer engine i have done a couple mods 2.5in cold air intake i gutted the cat and ran 2.5in pipe from the bottom of the manifold straight to the 3in muffler

 

[Silentj]

Guess I need 10 posts to post pics so ill get to that when I can

 

[Silentj]

As far as other mods I think the head lights suck so I put a 52in curved light bar on the top puts out 651000 lumens no that's not a typo

 

[Silentj]

Also car came stock with wheelies so I found a set of stock 17in 5 spoke alloy wheels from an 09 Pontiac g6

 

[Silentj]

As im kind of going for the rally car look i put 3in wheel spacers in the front and 21/5in in the rear and in order to prevent fender rub i mounted lexani 205/40/zr17 on the g6 rims it reduced my tire height by about an inch compared to the 16in wheel and tire combo which was stock and gave me the stretched tire look that I guess is all the rage these days

 

[Silentj]

Made a set of custom roof racks that my light bar and my double stack wing are mounted to. It started its life as 1in square tubing cut dead in half fit perfectly in the grooves in the roof had to do a bunch of shaping to fit the roof line just right

 

[Silentj]

And then I wanted to fix the grill always hated it couldnt stand the big gap between the hood and the grill lit like seeing this hot ass chick and when she opens her mouth she got a gap in her teeth big enough to drive a truck through lol I digress

 

[Silentj]

So after months of searching not finding anything that pleased me i decided I wanted a billit grill so back in the shop i made one and of course I had to have a vertical grill as opposed to a horizontal grill i tend to tastefully over engineer everything I found out why most billits are horizontal because my grill has 96 individual billits each a different length and a different angle so yeah got 12hrs in that piece alone

 

[charger69]

Hey buddy. that is a sweet car< I personally love Opel/Saturn/Vauxhalls. Do you plan on doing ECU, turbo maybe? some fender flares and those wheels could make it look sweet

 

[Silentj]

Would love a turbo and new ecu thats acually why im here and I already have fender flairs on the car

 

[Silentj]

I hope im close to 10 oosts so I can put up pics I guarantee there is no astra like it on the planet

 

[Silentj]

Here is the state's performance parts are hard to come by my vent visors alone i had to get from russia

 

[Silentj]

Also did a full badge swap i made a custom stainless steel opel badge for the hatch its about 6×10in in size put a momo wheel on a detachable hub is how I got rid of the final saturn badge

 

[Silentj]

I also made some custom opel center caps for the wheels using the stock pontiac caps and a set of opel center caps ordered from wish that suprise surprise didnt fit

 

[Silentj]

As far as other mods a made an aluminum centar consol with cup holders a pedal commander throttle booster got the ok com interface which is sketchy sometimes and a performance chip that in my opinion does nothing but i keep it on any ways

 

[Silentj]

I'm currently building an engine cause I dropped a valve 2 weeks ago and we'll you gotta see the pics

 

[Lunchmoney]

Get some photos up!

 

[charger69]

Here is the state's performance parts are hard to come by my vent visors alone i had to get from russia

careful to not be called a spy lol

 

[obi_waynne]

Hello and a very warm, welcome to TorqueCars from me the admin!

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[thexav]

This sounds like an awesome project I'll be watching with interest.

Welcome to the site, good to have you along. You'll find this site really friendly, helpful and supportive.

 

[TCJBOLDIE]

I'm currently building an engine cause I dropped a valve 2 weeks ago and we'll you gotta see the pics

How did that happen Over rev , wrong gear on a downchange ?

 

[obi_waynne]

I like the way you burst through the 10 posts limit!