pimped astina

[sandman_kar]

does anyone remember that pimped greeny yellow astina? The owner had a profile on here a while back. Well its now at pickles.

http://www.pickles.com.au/damaged/vehicle/CP-02-97-Mazda-323-BA1163-Protege-Sedan-5-Seats/itemid-1-402040212/lotid-0

The owner must b spewing. Such shame for it to end up there

[DavoAust]

thats astinaboi's... it was featured in autosalon. its the car that made my buy my hardtop :(. sad

[mrpayner]

Gee, most of it looks superficial to be honest.. I wonder what's gone on here..

[02-KQ-LASR]

yeah, that looks funny...
it loks more like its been vandalised than crashed i think, coz there is no major area smashed up, the doors are dented, headlights popped out, crack in the bumper, but it doesnt look too badly damaged.
it would have been nice too when it was all together!

[Rupewrecht]

...but why is the bonnet missing? LOL

[marcs_sp20]

I reckon its been stolen & recovered, or the car was repo'd? up on the dash on the passenger side, isnt that where the PS2 lived? also the steering column cover looks to have been tampered with... very sus...

[02-KQ-LASR]

i think that it would have been a screen on the dash not a ps2, because it looks too small to be a ps2, and i think the car is a few years old so the slim ones might not have been round..

[marcs_sp20]

Above the glovebox, not in the centre of the dash

here is the linky to the readers rides anyone too lazy to find it :p
http://www.astinagt.com/forums/vbpicgallery.php?do=view&g=85

Edit: Sandman you should buy this!!!! :D:D

Whichever way the intended buyer decides what to do with the car, they are getting a bargain...

[-dc-]

that is sad to see such a nice car wrecked, i used to love that car back in the 90's when it was known as Dilema. would be great for a rebuild as all the engine work and interior are done already just need some new panels and some paint!

[Putonyourshoes]

how much is it going for? i cant seem to find it?

[hks_kansei]

it's an auction, there is no set end price.

[70NYD]

shiiit this cars been vandelised. my guess... driver window broken to gain access, hotwired, driven around, hit a pole at front to crack the bumper, then stripped wahat could b taken n kicked the car a few times, pribably hit it with a bat more than kicking, cus the mirror has been ripped off. real shame. comparing the two links, ie the car and the wreck. but if a ma hatch owner is to buy it coulh he/she use the dash parts n stuff that have been suaded up?

[sandman_kar]

hmm its hard to believe it got declared a write-off. It still seems to be in decent enuf condition. Couldnt cost that must for repairs. Woulda been worth just keeping. Lol

[rodhog]

I think you will find it was not insured for what had been done to it.

Looks like a At fault issue. when they find out your car is not exaclty how you say it is they can usually take it cover you but you loose out - they dont' fix.

for example
he might of said - body kit - wheels suspension etc.
End of the day insurance companys go too expensive to fix, we don't deal with fixxing modded cars.
This is what they do now. It's why if you smart and you put a larger exhuast on - you don't make it obvious and it becomes part of the -replacment parts equivlant. So it's still covered.
The car is 10 years old and I have a feeling maybe some of that stuff like the PS2 and TVs etc have been removed before collection.

BA's might have high market value but due to parts costing, it only takes minor hit and they are written off due to finacial costs.

[RedLineResident]

Damn thats a real shame, what a great example of a hardtop.

You should the Accord that (AstinaBoi) has pimped out now. The guys insanely amazing with his modding.

[Cosmo Dude]

The shame is that it'll probably go stupidly cheap due to all the non-standard parts.

[70NYD]

but thats good if someone with a astina buys it gets cheap mods that way. sh!t i would if it was up for sale here in brisbane.. where is it up for auction?

[skitz]

yeah the poor lad a 17 year old bought it of aaron (astinaboi's) and paid top $$ (ruffly 17k) for it.

he didnt have it insured from what i heard.

he crashed it just of hindmarsh drive (near woden hospital) i drove past it on the way to work.

car was up a steep gutter from from the looks his a telicraph pole! it looked a LOT worse that that in real life that pic looks good i have some photos of it at the secen somewhere.

didnt look like anythink had been vandalised on it in person

i work with aarons X gf so i hear all the goss of that car

sympathys to ya man

[Ripper323]

It's a real shame to see a nice car smashed up.
Poor guy who owns it, but I will have to say, he should have had it insured.

[Ky_88]

Poor guy who owns it, but I will have to say, he should have had it insured.

SNAP!!!

[DavoAust]

he was driving a heavily customised car and he didnt have it insured? idiot..

there goes my original drive to buy an astina :(

[marcs_sp20]

he was driving a heavily customised car and he didnt have it insured? idiot..

there goes my original drive to buy an astina :(

Buy it and then you can drive your drive ;)

[skitz]

here it is, looks a little worse in the flesh,

the intercooler is stuffed but most of the other parts are fine.

this car wouldnt not be after looking at it a car worth buying with the intent of repairing,

the insurance compainy have declaired it a "repairable write off"

here is some closer pics:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n251/expenso/15072008143.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n251/expenso/15072008144.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n251/expenso/15072008145.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n251/expenso/15072008146.jpg

you cant really see in those pictures but the fans are pushing on the intercooler piping.

and the radiator mounts near the head lights are WAY off angle.


i will be bidding on the car on thurs if i get it ill be scraping it out all bar some parts :P

[pr1mo]

drivers door is a fair way out of whack too. whats the interior like?

[skitz]

honestly

the rear seats and front seats are like brand new the leather is great and i am impresed but the door trims and the swad is fu#king ew its all dirty faded and shamefull looking and the trims falling apart, ask Aaron we were by acident pulling it apart today

and yes the door is bad.

[sandman_kar]

hmmm doesnt take much to write it off. mine only has a damaged radiator at the front too and the bumper, bonnet and head lights of course. hmmm good luck with ur bidding

[02-KQ-LASR]

Damn thats a real shame, what a great example of a hardtop.

You should the Accord that (AstinaBoi) has pimped out now. The guys insanely amazing with his modding.

you got any pics of this accord? id be interested to see his other work!

[marcs_sp20]

I did a search for pics of "dil3ma" on google, and found a protegetech link to some cars that this bloke (not sure if its astinaboi or the other owner) has had, and dil3ma was his first car...

Here is the link anyways...
http://protegetech.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=271890

marc

[02-KQ-LASR]

he now owns a rx8 with 20's.
the tgz80y is a member on
teamgroundzero.net ill get a link for the car..

[02-KQ-LASR]

edit.
http://z8.invisionfree.com/tgz_gc/index.php?showtopic=5863

scroll down a bit and youll see.

[RedLineResident]

they don't look like 20's to me man.

[bourbon]

i think youll find this isnt astinaboiv6 (aka stickaboi) who now has an accord...

[RedLineResident]

yeah i realized that not too long after i posted it. :D

i confused the 2 of them,

[Plutonus]

How does he afford so many cars, lol!

[sandman_kar]

yeah wat the hell. How does he afford to pimp each one of em. He would lose so much each time he sells them

[Ripper323]

I'm pretty sure he works at a tuning company, so I'd say he gets a lot of the stuff cheap. That would make it more wallet friendly being able to get stuff at cost price, and also "over night parts from japan":p

[skitz]

just a heads up guys about the auction:

i bidded up to 3k and droped out, car ended at the hightest bid of 3,750

but was reffered.

turns out they lied and looks like there was a reserve!

hmm feel kinda sorry for the guy who bought it! as it isnt what it looks like in the pictures! the pictures hid a lot.

there is no way any one will be able to get that car engineered to pass road worthy, and it in my opinion isnt worth 4k in parts.

would be interesting to see what the reserve was set at

[rodhog]

reserve ? hmm sounds like it owned someone money.

Interesting he was not insured - why is it at the auction? repairable write-off ?

Maybe a car loan gone wrong LOL. but you have to have insurance to get the loan.
sorry but I have to laugh at silly mistakes.

looks like it was insured and he LOST out hard.

I never touched anything modded so, I can't say why it's so high.
Normal V6 astinas are in the $4K mark or less depending on damage.
BJ's are now in the $3-5K mark mild damage.
Prices have gone up on all small cars but. due to resale vaules holding.
Recently worked on a near new festiva - cost $7K sold $11K, spent $2K

[RedLineResident]

you got any pics of this accord? id be interested to see his other work!

http://www.preludeaustralia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36116&highlight=progress+thread

[marcs_sp20]

we have to members to see the pics :(

[02-KQ-LASR]

i signed up, just to see the pics, and the car looks ok. it looks to be more american themed...

[Ripper323]

There were some photos floating around here of the prelude in the early days when he first started modding it. Search for threads started by astinaboi

[RedLineResident]

i remember that car.

it went through a silly number of resprays until he found a colour he liked... after which he sold it.

go figure ey?

[Aaron]

Jumping into this thread a bit late, but tfiguring the car is going up again this week (The 24th) it's worth putting down my thoughts shoudl anyone be tempted.

Now please be aware these are my observations of having a look at the car when it's at the Pickles yard, and a lot could have happened to it since it was stacked. So please keep that in mind, I'm being honest about what I saw last week, and making observations based on that alone.

The damage from the crash:
The story we know is that it hit a roo, and maybe after impact smacked something else. The main hit was roughly in the middle of the drivers side.
Panel/bodywork damaged:

Drivers Door
Both front guards
drivers side frame-rail
front radiator support
bonnet (missing)
front bar
all lights on the front end


Mechanical bits:

Engine has had oil filler sheared off - possible crap floating around in engine from it
timing belt cover backing plate damaged - possible timing belt/cam pulley damage under cover
radiator
fans
Intercooler and pipework to/from intercooler
A/C (if still fitted) has lost everything from engine block forward on the drivers side
possible intrusion of bodywork into A/C compressor and P/S pump
Passenger side strut has been displaced badly - the camber top has either slipped with impact or was loose and moved easily
battery dead flat - or no power at all (we tried IGN)
some intrusion onto dump and turbo - but probably minor
drivers side top engine mount may be damaged/bent


Overall Condition:
The car looks rough - the interior is basically stuffed - while I don't like some of the style choices the biggest shame was seeing those really really well trimmed seats sitting in a suede covered slum. The suede is filthy and not one interior trim panel was in the correct place and clipped/screwed in place. This leads me to think that prior to it coming to pickles the owner had a chance to remove as much stuff that they could with leaving what was covered in any insurance payout. For example there's a headunit and a bunch of stuff where the ECU normally mounts for the stereo. But the PS2 (above passenger airbag location) is gone, it's possible the speakers have been removed (all door trims loose) and there didn't seem to be amps and stuff like you'd expect. but there was one huge capacitor in the boot and stacks of wiring around.

Then we come to why it'd make a great parts car and nothing more...

1. It's a Repairable Write-off. That means a serious inspection of crash repairs before it can be registered again. This means everything has to be done right and no short-cuts (like glueing up the cracked headlight brackets) are acceptable - that's for ACT anyways.

2. It's not engineered. It might have been, I don't know but without the slip in your hand it's not engineered - even if it was on record with ACT rego as having been engineered and you had the certificate you'd have to restore/repair it to the same spec as on the certificate. This may be a problem? Either way - to get it engineered legitimately it's going to need a lot of work.

ECU needs to be physically mounted instead of sitting under passenger footwell carpet loose
The coilovers which are not designed for a BA (probably BG) need to go - or be drop limited and the strut tower reinforced as the drilling of new mounting points is pretty much not OK unless it's documented to have been done in consultation with an engineer
the wheels are possibly 0.5" too wide - no big deal but another thing to take care of
turbo piping etc needs to be all sealed up and have all same factory emissions controls in place
The body may be a P2 or P3 which means these days the BPT can't be a conversion (the engine is too old) but a "aftermarket" turbo charger which means emissions and noise checks (just basic but still needs to be done)


Other "stopping it from rego" concerns would be:
Steering wheel ring is twisting on itself
The tailights have been painted/sparkled or something
pedal covers perhaps

It's not all bad though - the seats are fantastic, the turbo piping is very sexy and very very well done, if the exhaust is similar quality then there's a significant investment there. It has a polished cam cover! The GTX conversion is complete - the dual stage fuel pump controller is in place, the AFM is mounted nicely, the manifold has heat shields hiding the turbo and there's no obvious signs of corner cutting and bad wiring for the swap - except the ECU mounting. There's lot of good bits on the car - white faced guages, the stereo stuff we couldn't see etc etc


In short unless you're really really keen getting it on the road and prepared to pay a lot of $$ or favours to get stuff done right and certified it's probably going to cost almost as much to start from scratch with a straight stock car. Remember this has has a pretty decent hit up the bum in the past too (and the reapir evidence in the rear is obvious - even if well done on the outside)

But as parts it's got the lot required to get a BA turbo'd, the pipework is excellent, there's the converted wiring and heaps of stereo stuff, the seats, coilovers (may be not for a BA if you've got to drill the strut towers) wheels exhaust and the usual complement of doors glass and electrics etc

[Aaron]

Passed in for the 3rd time last week.

Going up again this Thursday.

A.

[sik astina]

The car looks and sounds like a big mess.. shame tho.

[infusion]

i seen the car in flesh also.. bit of a mess..

i was initially going to bid on it. way too much imo.

the car was obviously a private entry from the person who smashed it.

by the looks of it, it has eventually sold as it is no longer up this week. (or withdrawn)

[i-BAZ]

hey everyone
i bought this car from auction in Canberra
i fixed it , the only thing i am waiting for is it to pass emission test !!
didn't have time, i think the computer is playing funny ..any idea ??

[Cosmo Dude]

First up hello and welcome.
Which computer is it running? From there we may be able to point you toward some diagnostics.

[-dc-]

i know this car definately ran some kind of aftermarket computer like a microtech or wolf 3d computer. although it will be hard to get the car through the emissions test with any kind of aftermarket computer, my car just scraped through with the stock bpt computer.

i cant wait to see pics of the car all fixed up.

[sik astina]

My car passed no problems with an aftermarket computer at a approved EPA station for emissions. Make sure you do get it passed my a approved EPA station coz when and if you get pulled over they dont care about the other emissions test but there own.

[mussing]

hey everyone
i bought this car from auction in Canberra
i fixed it , the only thing i am waiting for is it to pass emission test !!
didn't have time, i think the computer is playing funny ..any idea ??

Must have been an epic repair job, can you post some pics of how it turned out?

[Aaron]

I'm quite sure it was a stock GTX ECU - if it wasn't leaving the stock AFM and FP control on probably ain't helping!

Be interested in hearing about the rebuild and what your certifying engineer thought of some the build....

A.