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charlfourie 20-01-2014 05:33 PM

1996 Astina BA Matte Black
 
Hey everyone, time to introduce my ride. The car will be a complete stealth look car, and everything I am going to be doing will be keeping that in mind.

Car Specs:

Mazda Astina 180se (BP 1.8L DOHC 16 Valve)

Engine:
- Engine overhauled about 35 000km ago (this included new bearings, gaskets, seals, pistons, rings, oil pump, water pump, cam belt, tensioner pulleys, head overhauled, clutch, pressure plate and so forth)
- Induction kit
- Mild cams
- Vernier pulleys
- The head is ported
- Powerflow Branches (4-2-1)
- Powerflow stainless steel exhaust system

Suspension & Handling:
- BC-Racing coil-over suspension
- Front strut brace

Wheels & Tyres:
- 17" black Lenso wheels

Interior:
- Pretty much stock (This is where the next load of work is going to be)

Exterior:
- Anti smash & grab window tint
- LED Park lights
- Crystal indicator lights on fenders
- Lamin-X on most lights
- and the subtle complete matte black vinyl wrap ;)

Excuse the shoddy images, but I'll be taking some more soon enough and update.

http://i43.tinypic.com/105p1kp.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/14xgykx.jpg

A fair bit of smaller jobs will be following and I'll happily post the progress here. Mainly it is going to be on the interior, but here is a preliminary wishlist.

- Full interior reupholster
- Possibly new front seat install (not racing for now, but comfortable)
- Amp and speaker install, current Pioneer headunit does not fir the stealth profile, possibility of going double DIN with GPS
- Theme for interior might be focused around MOMO and MOMO products, I've always been a fan, so red and yellow accents around the majority of black
- Reverse audible indicators or camera, visibility is pretty limited on the Astina despite being a compact car
- Aerial install on the windscreen as the matte black vinyl required bodywork to be smoothed nicely and the aerial was just in the way, read ugly, and had to go
- USB port installation in the armrest

Sure I will think of more :)

ghetto3 21-01-2014 02:42 AM

NICE!
the matte vinyl wrap looks sweet.

Drakh 21-01-2014 04:55 AM

Looks sick!
How much did the vinyl set you back?

charlfourie 21-01-2014 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drakh (Post 332253)
Looks sick!
How much did the vinyl set you back?

Thanks a lot. Well I am in South Africa, here it was R4000, so that is NZ$440 roughly.

project.r.racing 21-01-2014 02:42 PM

how did you go wrapping around near the C pilars? did you just do a overlap of 2 sheets there?

charlfourie 21-01-2014 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by project.r.racing (Post 332259)
how did you go wrapping around near the C pilars? did you just do a overlap of 2 sheets there?

Wish I could say I did it myself, but I had the wrap done professionally, from what I could see watching videos on how they wrap, the rather overuse the wrap and then cut away sections not needed, over door handles, windows, etc

z100 21-01-2014 03:32 PM

Nice! Is it hard to keep the surface of the matte wrap clean?

charlfourie 21-01-2014 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by z100 (Post 332261)
Nice! Is it hard to keep the surface of the matte wrap clean?

Damp cloth some soap and your golden. Just can't use anything containing alcohol, shine factor additives, silicon, etc

Pretty much something with the least amount of chemicals.

Clean_Cookie 22-01-2014 07:52 PM

So like $400 aud for a professional wrap. Here it's almost 3000!

charlfourie 22-01-2014 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clean_Cookie (Post 332290)
So like $400 aud for a professional wrap. Here it's almost 3000!

Must be the labour charges that really add up. Car related labour charges are quite cheap here when compared to the US and EU, guess the same applies to AUS. Raw material can't be the most expensive par.

Clean_Cookie 22-01-2014 07:59 PM

Yeah it would probably still be a few hundred in materials. Most wages are between 20 and 35 for trades.

charlfourie 22-01-2014 08:07 PM

A complete car respray cost me R15,000 or AUS$ 1500 2 years ago. Yeah definitely cheaper labour here.

charlfourie 27-01-2014 03:00 PM

Really wanted to take some good photos the weekend for you guys, but I didn't because I was too busy driving :) Snapped this when I got home though.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-X...7065732183.jpg

ghetto3 27-01-2014 03:12 PM

Thats evil looking bro.

charlfourie 27-01-2014 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghetto3 (Post 332401)
Thats evil looking bro.

Especially when the sun starts to go down :)

Consindering if I should Lamin-X the headlights too.

charlfourie 03-02-2014 04:05 PM

Had some time this weekend to install a bit more sound in the car.

So I had quite a bit of fun mounting this in,
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-l...202-WA0000.jpg

And these speakers
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-O...131_220534.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-E...131_220602.jpg

Did not actually get to take one of the final install, will follow soon enough. :)

I've never been one for subs, and losing bootspace. So for me it is just about a good amount of clean sound I can turn up when I feel like it. This does the job very well.

Made for some good road tripping.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-j...1222346126.jpg

derb 03-02-2014 04:07 PM

Car looks great mate. I love seeing Astinas all over the world.

Mirka_45 09-10-2017 05:41 PM

Wow, this matte black vinyl wrap looks superb. I am just a big fan of matte finished vehicle wraps because they give a classy look. For my own car I too would be installing a matte wrap. If you have any tips or suggestions please share here.


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