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Warren G

posted on 29th Dec 06 at 17:26

really nice :thumbs:

z19dth is what you want, 200bhp with a chip! then it will really shift, and be able to carry heavy loads too

or the z20let


Robin

posted on 29th Dec 06 at 17:14

Y22SE would be a good choice ;)


c20let

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 21:18

or v6 would be sweet


c20let

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 21:17

quote:
Originally posted by jonesy_sri
lovely van.. twin engine z20let? showcar/ van lol...would be different if possible to do... only an idea anyways :)


id love a c20xe on tb's.
always wanted a car with tb's. plus i'd keep it 4 stud/keep the MO's.

but then it seems a bit strange binning a perfectly good, low mileage engine, and swapping it with a 15ish year old lump.


steve_b

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 21:10

admit it is cool for a van just couldnt see myself in it,

but its not mine!lol


Seany

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 21:05

this van is fekkin:cool: nice 1


steve_b

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 20:52

never realy got vans, yes this looks nice but its a van???


c20let

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 20:43

quote:
Originally posted by steve_b
not bad but its a van, the corsa was lush get it back!!!!


i could if i wanted, its in my mates garage down the road.

i think it being a van makes it better.


[Edited on 28-12-2006 by c20let]


steve_b

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 20:40

not bad but its a van, the corsa was lush get it back!!!!


c20let

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 20:24

z20let would be great, but then id need to change brakes, convert 5 stud, new wheels etc.........


Ojc

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 19:20

White on white with bits of black is amazing, I need to do this to the Nova.


Anthony

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 19:00

lovely van.. twin engine z20let? showcar/ van lol...would be different if possible to do... only an idea anyways :)


Robin

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 17:41

Makes me wish I'd bought a van instead of my car every time I see pics.


jamesvalver

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 17:38

love it. always wanted to get myself an astravan and this makes me want one even more now!!


Rich H

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 17:37

Thats awesome. Best van I've seen!!!

Hope your taking this to PVS? Would love to see it in the flesh!


MikeE

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 17:30

best van ive seen :D still use it for you'r trade?


mwg

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 12:40

quote:
Originally posted by Jules
:cool: as fuck!


yes!

Looks awesome! I would probably stick with the front bumper you have now TBH. Looks well as it is :thumbs:

Z20LEt in the future? :look:


Jules

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 12:36

:cool: as fuck!


Tommy L

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 12:30

love it...thats all i can say


L30 SCT

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 09:09

always wanted this van.

i wouldnt change the front bumper get a single wiper conversion and leave it


c20let

posted on 28th Dec 06 at 02:22

i started off with this:


was a limited edition in black and loads of extras, electric everything etc.
wheels were already on when i got it before people comment on them :o
got sick of it, so sold it and soon after bought a '53' astra van.

started off as a standard astra van


drove it standard for ages as it was just the daily driver/work van.
then last winter while the corsa was in the bodyshop i decided to buy a few bits for it.

first bits were tints, an fk debadged grille and full colourcoding.


then the wheels, 18" cheap rondells from ebay.
tried them on, christ thats high!



so back on with the steelies until my suspension arrived a few days later.
full spax adjustable kit.
60mm front / 40mm rear
also got my smoked headligths and side repeaters from ebay so they went on.



next i wanted to change the rear lights, it was between the opc rears or the fk smoked. i went for the fk's, 130 quid and took aaaaages to arrive.
i also found an early sri bumper with factory irmscher splitter fitted.



new lights


i left it like this for a while as i was really happy with it. then someone was splitting there astra on migweb so i bought their steinmetz grille as there a fortune new. i also bought an lmf armrest

i also bought some wind delfectors, much to some peoples disgust :o




goold old diesel power :lol:


by now the back end was pissing me off as the bumper wasnt deep enough and made it look too high, especially with no load.
and also after seeing the opc rear end, i decided to go that route.


finding the parts was proving to be a bit of a bastard, but i finally managed to get hold of ther parts through LMF (rear spoiler, bumper & tailgate trim).
the parts werent cheap though, cost me about 800 for those. the spoiler cost 360 alone!
but i was happy, it made the van different from all the others going about my area.






i also had the tailgate repainted and badge holes smoothed at same time



then i saw some brand new compomotive mo's for sale (old style), so i had to have them.


first i had to get the centres bored out slightly to fit the vaux hub, then i had them painted glacier white.


these were fitted to bring it to its current state



bigger brakes needed?


i have some more things to do to it next year, hid's, seats and gsi bumper are next on the list.

p.s. van is now back on steelies and standard bumpers for winter :|

[Edited on 28-12-2006 by c20let]