Hey everyone,
This page is dedicated to my 1987 LD Astra (N13 Pulsar). OK, starting from the beginning, i bought the beast stock back in August 2003 relatively cheap due to some body damage sustained in a hail storm in queensland... Since then, i have so far done only a few simple, mainly interior mods such as my custom parcel shelf installation (thanx josh) with 6.5" splits and a Clarion 6 disc changer & head unit. Pics of the setup in it's various stages will be available soon. Other than that, i have done a little work with the instrumentation, repairing the temp sensor, speedo and fuel guages, which were all a bit dicky and also changing the dash illumination to a nice shade of blue. I have installed blue/chrome racing pedals, a nice autotecnica shift knob and monza boot and am saving for an autotecnica sports wheel. I have created & fitted a custom front grille which somewhat resembles that of an equivalent pulsar SSS except with the creative touch of a blue aluminium mesh mounted in behind. I have fitted a pulsar Q rear wing which really tidies up the rear end and purchased a new tailgate with no dents, intact window seals and tint. I have purchased a rear bumper from a wrecked later model pulsar Q which has much smoother lines. I also resprayed the front bumper and removed the unsightly towbar. As a small artistic touch, I found removing all the 'holden' badging to be a necessary modification to further smoothen up the lines... Mags/lowering/exhaust are still quite a long way away and will probably follow havin the old girl resprayed. Other future plans include full bodykit, pod filter, extractors and maybe even a CA18/CA18DET. She doesn't look much at the moment, but i think that after a lot of time and money, she will be looking and going sweet.
OK, well as of 16/09/04, after months of deliberation, i finally have pics! So enjoy!
When i first got her:
My custom parcel shelf:
Amp & Sub:
Front now:
Rear now (distant & close up):
Summary
Current Mods:
AutotecnicA Silver Max 0199/1 shift knob
SAAS 19116 blue/black gear boot
SAAS 19510 blue/chrome pedals
Custom blue dash illumination
Sony CDXR3000 CD head unit
4 x 50WRMS Jaycar Re/sponse amplifier
6.5" Jaycar Re/sponse carbon fibre cone woofers
1" Reisen neodymium tweeters
6.5" Sony Xplod 2 ways
Customised MDF parcel tray with drop down sealed chamber for splits
Black dash mat(boring, but makes it look a helluva lot better)
Custom colour coded grille with AutotecnicA blue aluminium mesh
Pulsar Q rear wing
Tinted rear window
Debadged & rebadged as Nismo
Colour-coded centre on hatch
Planned Mods:
Full body beat, bog, and respray
AutotecnicA sports wheel (suggestions?)
Pod filter with custom cold air intake
Exhaust & Extractors
PowerChip custom ECU memcal
Late model barina rear mounted aerial
Lowering & 16 -17" Alloys (Possibly Speedy Hyperfangs)
Re-trim roof lining and floor in black velour/carpet
Blue racing seats with harnesses
Full window tint
Pulsar SSS viscous LSD
Eventually, i will probably end up ripping out the standard GM 18LE motor in favour of a NISSAN CA18DE/DET which has A LOT more balls...
