Work has got in the way ....

Well as title says not been able to do much really As been on shift

Been shopping though, needs bit of tidying but got idea for that

May have changed mind on the wheels , these are 16s and think will really suit the car , also bought a ecu chip so need to fit that too 

Simon 

Quick random update 

Been lucky enough to locate some door cards in mint condition without holes etc so they are on route asap and will be fitted next week, still need some rear ones at some point and thought would do a shopping list of stuff over next few months:

- Satin black paint for Alpina Rims

- Bluetooth , Parrot Head unit

- Vibe Co-Axials (hidden behind kick panels)

- Vibe 6X9s (will be hidden under shelf like ones got at minute)

- Coilovers 

- Service parts 

......and depending on money over next few months some paint for the Astra Daily ;-)

Future mods and restoration:

- Sort electrical issue out if not sorted when doing audio install

- 2 x new rear arches 

- 2 x new front arches 

- Respray in same colour 

- IS Splitter

- Alcantara headlining 

- Engine chip

Simon

something I picked up ....

So this was fitted a few days ago with my ever faithful mate, very few pics as was in a huge rush and one of mates from work popped over to have some bulbs changed and was a headlight out job :(

Damn you FIAT

Anyways when took the Mrs away for night to a spa hotel and Beamish for her 30th , managed to arrange to meet a guy at hotel and pick up a seriously immaculate leather sport interior, just as i wanted without rear headrests, so fitted that and the alcantara rear shelf

Pics

Bad pic due to camera phone and sun - no complaints with sun mind better than snow or rain!!

All bolsters are this tidy too :)

Whilst was there took picture below of steering wheel that will be replaced by something much nicer due to my friend Ebay 

Will be gone when new ones delivered 

Other than that not much to tell been doing some window shopping and will hopefully be making my alpinas look like this shortly :

Further window shopping means that in month when my dreaded 30th arrives i will be doing quite a few upgrades audio and suspension wise and might just throw in a IS Splitter for good measure 

That will do for now as cant really do a lot , dog sitting after she had surgery so thats my job for next few days then back to dreaded work.

Simon

More Alcantara and glue ....

Same as last time something was bit tatty had some alcantara left over and guess what still no patience so ...

From this :

To this:

Pics of the new interior fitted too when get hands on keys to take pics of it 

So that will do for now house work to do and dog to go pick up 

Simon

Using left overs....

well i bought some fly eye for my daily drive after a headlight tint disaster and had some left over so of course it made its way onto the BMW

this was done ages ago just didn't take pics so popped out to take some now

Needs a clean :(

Sat next to daily drive 

Simon

Suede , glue and lots and lots of patience .....

To start with I don't have any patience!!

So i set about turning this :

into something that was A) Black B) Had no holes in, plus it had to match something that was getting picked up ;-)

Trial fit to make sure got enough alcantara / faux suede 

Shortly after this , I lost patience so didn't take any pics and have never done this before so heres a random pic of my dog Maisy chilling

So the finished product:

Not that bad to be fair for a 1st attempt

That was it for this week to be honest due to wife turning 30

Simon

1st jobs

As started this blog today this is not correct date or time but is in order that things have been done that took pics of anyways

- Heater blower replaced, was lovely job to be honest no dash out job like on modern vehicles, no pic at this stage as wasn't thinking of doing a build thread / blog

- Removed sun strip and some vinyl as wasn't to my taste

- Tried to fix electrical issue with fuses and relays - FAILED so still working on that one!!

Least got some premises now and some tools etc

Pretty boring lets be honest and been working loads to fund project and taking Mrs away for birthday.

This isn't going to be a quick project where its done in  month its self funded and may take a while hahaha

Simon