**The Astra (a.k.a. Miss325) Thread **

e93 · 08-16-2007, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by astra

was thinking about a radenergie engine cover and strut brace...

that would be

VGR00 · 08-16-2007, 05:19 PM

Hey Astra ... The intake looks great. Where is it getting it's cold air feed from now as it looks like its butted up to the headlght ?? Are you going to re-route the origional air feed to the front of the new intake with some silicone tubing.

astra · 08-17-2007, 01:30 AM

well the original airbox was only geting air through something the size of a drinking straw... bt now it is getting air from around the bonnet gap and headlight... has to be a whole lot more healthy now that it has this... it feels like it can actally breathe now, and it revs nicer and easier too

wasn't considdering re-roting anything, as i plan to put the original airbox back in when i take the car to the stealership next, which is coming up soon...

BMW //MPOWER · 08-17-2007, 08:50 AM

Looking good!

VGR00 · 08-17-2007, 08:51 AM

I think the reason why it revs nicer, easier and actually breathe better now is more due to the fact that the air is flowing directly into the filter assembly rather than entering and then hitting a series of twists and turns to arrive at the filter. On my previous car I tossed out a "resonator" box it had on the intake before the filter box and replaced it with a straight flowing pipe that was on the GTA model. This made a huge difference to sound and performance while still using the standard air box. The car came alive and I suspect I can also acheive a similar situation with the E90. Love the CF though!!!

BLOWN · 08-19-2007, 12:03 AM

Looks nice Kim.

Also I showed Mick (Merc) how your BM is rolling now and he loved it

astra · 08-19-2007, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by vgr02

I think the reason why it revs nicer, easier and actually breathe better now is more due to the fact that the air is flowing directly into the filter assembly rather than entering and then hitting a series of twists and turns to arrive at the filter. On my previous car I tossed out a "resonator" box it had on the intake before the filter box and replaced it with a straight flowing pipe that was on the GTA model. This made a huge difference to sound and performance while still using the standard air box. The car came alive and I suspect I can also acheive a similar situation with the E90. Love the CF though!!!

precicely

the irbox was only getting air throgh something teh size of a large straw before!

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Originally Posted by BLOWN

Looks nice Kim.

Also I showed Mick (Merc) how your BM is rolling now and he loved it

the merc with blaring chipmunks?

all in good fun

got new wheels?

and i see in my absense i have missed a great deal of action in one certian closed thread.......

astra · 09-04-2007, 03:50 AM

some bastard went and jacked my wheels!

thought i would take a pic of the coilovers and sway bars while i had the wheels off, as i didn't get a chance to when they were fresh on...

and the whole point of it... limited edition centercaps (the ones that come on all the super duper bbs wheels)... well worth the money, cos they make the wheels look so much deeper and bring out the bling

to put these bastard center caps on the wheels had to be taken off so that you could push them out from the back, took all afternoon, and the jack didn't fit properly under my car, apparently bmw doesn't expect their cars to be lowered lol

BLOWN · 09-04-2007, 05:09 AM

They look so much hotter now. Good work 99

. Come cruising with me...I've got to run my car in some how.

WOPALX · 09-04-2007, 05:52 AM

Astra,

Looks great, what settings are you running on your Pss9's?

Thanks,

S

astra · 09-10-2007, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BLOWN

They look so much hotter now. Good work 99

. Come cruising with me...I've got to run my car in some how.

thanks! they stand out a lot more now i think, but they took a bit to put on

organise a cruise and i will

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Originally Posted by WOPALX

Astra,

Looks great, what settings are you running on your Pss9's?

Thanks,

S

i have the pss

so other then height, no dampening adjustments, but i have them about half way down at the moment, when i take it to a show i am going to lower it, then bring it back up for the road

astra · 12-12-2007, 04:10 AM

Done alot of things with the car since i have last posted here...

I slammed it for a show, and then brought it back up. Unfortunately i didn't take note of the height it was at previous to lowering, so now it is riding like a truck! lol

In the engine bay - the new strut brace and engine cover...

And the AC Schnitzer bodykit...

And a few more for good measure...

Woooo, tucked ftw! I wish it was this low again... But i know i would rip the splitters (there was probably about 6 cm ground clearance on the front)...

CaptOz · 12-12-2007, 05:37 AM

OMG

What a transformation. Looks brilliant Astra.

The red in the engine bay looks incredible. Did you win?

(Is that you and some friends in the 5th photo?)

Cheers,

CaptOz

VGR00 · 12-12-2007, 04:16 PM

That red engine cover is very sexy. The ACS kit looks the business. No question the car has always and continues to look hot. Well done!!!

astra · 12-12-2007, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptOz

OMG

What a transformation. Looks brilliant Astra.

The red in the engine bay looks incredible. Did you win?

(Is that you and some friends in the 5th photo?)

Cheers,

CaptOz

Oh thanks... That engine cover is a bastard to install cos of where the screws are positioned (right back under the filter thing)... But no i didn't win... I didn't have chrome dubz or tribal graphics lol

And no, the skanks are not my friends... damn leaning on my car half the weekend

After a coat of polish, 2 coats of wax, and then a coat of final inspection, with more the next day - i don't like people leaning on the car!

Quote:

Originally Posted by vgr02

That red engine cover is very sexy. The ACS kit looks the business. No question the car has always and continues to look hot. Well done!!!

Thanks for the kind words vgr

More red to come, lol... Brembos soon

astra · 12-18-2007, 03:37 AM

Well the day is finally here, the front Brembos are finally on their way! (I have had the rears for a while now...) How exciting

CaptOz · 12-18-2007, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astra

Well the day is finally here, the front Brembos are finally on their way! (I have had the rears for a while now...) How exciting

Perhaps Santa will deliver them.

Cheers,

CaptOz

Chris.G · 12-18-2007, 05:15 AM

NICE!!! Very tastefully done

VGR00 · 12-18-2007, 04:26 PM

Santa may get held up at customs clearence stage but I do hope you get them before Christmas. Nothing worst than knowing your shipment is in Australia but you cant get your hands on it. Fingers crossed for you.

astra · 12-18-2007, 05:14 PM

I checked on them this morning and they are finaly on a flight over here, but will be landing in melbourne I think, then making their way to Sydney... Does anyone know if BAX uses comercial flights, or uses FedEx's planes or something? Cos they are on a United flight of all things?!

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptOz

Perhaps Santa will deliver them.

Cheers,

CaptOz

Lol, I don't care who brings them, but I am so sick of waiting for them now after all the hassles that a hobo could bring them and I wouldn't care!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris.G

NICE!!! Very tastefully done

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by vgr02

Santa may get held up at customs clearence stage but I do hope you get them before Christmas. Nothing worst than knowing your shipment is in Australia but you cant get your hands on it. Fingers crossed for you.

Yeh like last time with my back brakes...

They held them in their office and didn't tell me, then rang me and said that if I didn't pay their fees that they would be sent back within the day (they chose to ring me at 4pm)... Bastards

VGR00 · 12-18-2007, 09:28 PM

Bax / Shienker have their own planes but also use commercial flights. My wheels went via Hong Kong as they were on a Cathay Paciic flight and took 7 days to arrive in Brisbane from when they were picked up. After 3 days they arrived I hadn't heard from Bax so I called them and only then did they start to clear them through customs. If I was bringing them in via a company name then I'm sure it would have priority but then I also would have been hit with GST. As soon as they land, contact them to speed it up and I'm sure they will allow you to pick the parcel up.

astra · 12-18-2007, 10:50 PM

Interesting...

I was told by the guy who is shipping them to me that BAX was going to be the quickest, now I find that hard to believe after reading what you just wrote vgr!

I looked up their flight number and I THINK it means that the package will be ariving aroun 9am tomorrow morning... Since they are coming from LA, and the flight number that I found, I think it is a direct flight.This is what it says; UA 59985822 FLT UA0839/18 ETA SYD 0940/20

Do they use their own couriers? Or do they use a third party?

08-16-2007, 05:19 PM	#134
VGR00 Major 53 Rep 1,497 Posts Drives: 430i Gran Coupe Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brisbane - Australia iTrader: (1)	Hey Astra ... The intake looks great. Where is it getting it's cold air feed from now as it looks like its butted up to the headlght ?? Are you going to re-route the origional air feed to the front of the new intake with some silicone tubing.
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08-17-2007, 01:30 AM	#135
astra Brigadier General 94 Rep 3,748 Posts Drives: BMW 325Ci Individual Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 325Ci Individual [0.00]	well the original airbox was only geting air through something the size of a drinking straw... bt now it is getting air from around the bonnet gap and headlight... has to be a whole lot more healthy now that it has this... it feels like it can actally breathe now, and it revs nicer and easier too wasn't considdering re-roting anything, as i plan to put the original airbox back in when i take the car to the stealership next, which is coming up soon... __________________
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08-17-2007, 08:51 AM	#137
VGR00 Major 53 Rep 1,497 Posts Drives: 430i Gran Coupe Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brisbane - Australia iTrader: (1)	I think the reason why it revs nicer, easier and actually breathe better now is more due to the fact that the air is flowing directly into the filter assembly rather than entering and then hitting a series of twists and turns to arrive at the filter. On my previous car I tossed out a "resonator" box it had on the intake before the filter box and replaced it with a straight flowing pipe that was on the GTA model. This made a huge difference to sound and performance while still using the standard air box. The car came alive and I suspect I can also acheive a similar situation with the E90. Love the CF though!!!
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08-19-2007, 12:03 AM	#138
BLOWN Private 5 Rep 97 Posts Drives: BMW E46 330Ci Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sydney iTrader: (0)	Looks nice Kim. Also I showed Mick (Merc) how your BM is rolling now and he loved it
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09-04-2007, 03:50 AM	#140
astra Brigadier General 94 Rep 3,748 Posts Drives: BMW 325Ci Individual Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 325Ci Individual [0.00]	did a new mod over the weekend... some bastard went and jacked my wheels! thought i would take a pic of the coilovers and sway bars while i had the wheels off, as i didn't get a chance to when they were fresh on... and the whole point of it... limited edition centercaps (the ones that come on all the super duper bbs wheels)... well worth the money, cos they make the wheels look so much deeper and bring out the bling to put these bastard center caps on the wheels had to be taken off so that you could push them out from the back, took all afternoon, and the jack didn't fit properly under my car, apparently bmw doesn't expect their cars to be lowered lol __________________
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09-04-2007, 05:09 AM	#141
BLOWN Private 5 Rep 97 Posts Drives: BMW E46 330Ci Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sydney iTrader: (0)	They look so much hotter now. Good work 99 . Come cruising with me...I've got to run my car in some how.
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09-04-2007, 05:52 AM	#142
WOPALX Lieutenant Colonel 86 Rep 1,993 Posts Drives: 335i Sedan Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (2)	Astra, Looks great, what settings are you running on your Pss9's? Thanks, S
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12-12-2007, 04:10 AM	#144
astra Brigadier General 94 Rep 3,748 Posts Drives: BMW 325Ci Individual Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 325Ci Individual [0.00]	Done alot of things with the car since i have last posted here... I slammed it for a show, and then brought it back up. Unfortunately i didn't take note of the height it was at previous to lowering, so now it is riding like a truck! lol In the engine bay - the new strut brace and engine cover... And the AC Schnitzer bodykit... And a few more for good measure... Woooo, tucked ftw! I wish it was this low again... But i know i would rip the splitters (there was probably about 6 cm ground clearance on the front)... __________________
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12-12-2007, 05:37 AM	#145
CaptOz Captain 31 Rep 833 Posts Drives: Porsche 911 Carrera S Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (0)	OMG What a transformation. Looks brilliant Astra. The red in the engine bay looks incredible. Did you win? (Is that you and some friends in the 5th photo?) Cheers, CaptOz
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12-12-2007, 04:16 PM	#146
VGR00 Major 53 Rep 1,497 Posts Drives: 430i Gran Coupe Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brisbane - Australia iTrader: (1)	That red engine cover is very sexy. The ACS kit looks the business. No question the car has always and continues to look hot. Well done!!!
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astra Brigadier General 94 Rep 3,748 Posts Drives: BMW 325Ci Individual Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 325Ci Individual [0.00]	Well the day is finally here, the front Brembos are finally on their way! (I have had the rears for a while now...) How exciting __________________
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Chris.G Banned 105 Rep 3,120 Posts Drives: 2011 LCI MSPORT X5 30d Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (0)	NICE!!! Very tastefully done
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12-18-2007, 04:26 PM	#151
VGR00 Major 53 Rep 1,497 Posts Drives: 430i Gran Coupe Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brisbane - Australia iTrader: (1)	Santa may get held up at customs clearence stage but I do hope you get them before Christmas. Nothing worst than knowing your shipment is in Australia but you cant get your hands on it. Fingers crossed for you.
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12-18-2007, 09:28 PM	#153
VGR00 Major 53 Rep 1,497 Posts Drives: 430i Gran Coupe Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brisbane - Australia iTrader: (1)	Bax / Shienker have their own planes but also use commercial flights. My wheels went via Hong Kong as they were on a Cathay Paciic flight and took 7 days to arrive in Brisbane from when they were picked up. After 3 days they arrived I hadn't heard from Bax so I called them and only then did they start to clear them through customs. If I was bringing them in via a company name then I'm sure it would have priority but then I also would have been hit with GST. As soon as they land, contact them to speed it up and I'm sure they will allow you to pick the parcel up.
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12-18-2007, 10:50 PM	#154
astra Brigadier General 94 Rep 3,748 Posts Drives: BMW 325Ci Individual Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 325Ci Individual [0.00]	Interesting... I was told by the guy who is shipping them to me that BAX was going to be the quickest, now I find that hard to believe after reading what you just wrote vgr! I looked up their flight number and I THINK it means that the package will be ariving aroun 9am tomorrow morning... Since they are coming from LA, and the flight number that I found, I think it is a direct flight.This is what it says; UA 59985822 FLT UA0839/18 ETA SYD 0940/20 Do they use their own couriers? Or do they use a third party? __________________
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