Helloo - New here..

[bmk]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Hey guys,

I bought a 96 white astina hatchback a couple of weeks ago and it came slightly modded with hundreds of stickers LOL. It was an effort removing them thats for sure :laugh:

Besides that, its been dropped with a full bodykit and nice white 17's with the usual air filter and muffler.

Hope that you guys will be of assistance if need be! I'm in Sydney btw..[/color:post_uid0]

[sik astina]

[color=#0000FF:post_uid0]Hey Welcome, love to see pics of it. :;):


-Mick[/color:post_uid0]

[pr1mo]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]i wonder if it was the same one leanne was slightly interested in a few months back

cheers mike[/color:post_uid0]

[Toyboy]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Yeah WECOME dude :)[/color:post_uid0]

[bmk]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I've got pictures taken by the previous owner. Here's a couple..

[img:post_uid0]http://mi.aacdn.us/bigmouthkid55/astina.jpg[/img:post_uid0]

[img:post_uid0]http://members.asianavenue.com/bigmouthkid55/astina2.jpg[/img:post_uid0][/color:post_uid0]

[mrpayner]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Nice! Looks good mate. Although the pics didn't work in your post, i was able to copy the link.

I recommend using www.digitalpose.com (http://www.digitalpose.com) for use with posting pics. Some servers do not allow remote linkage, and the one that you're using seems to be that way.

Apart from that, WELCOME! :D

Adam[/color:post_uid0]

[MrShadow]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Welcome! Hope you enjoy... :)[/color:post_uid0]

[astina]

[color=#FF7F00:post_uid0]welcome, welcome. could'nt see any pics though.[/color:post_uid0]

[kyra]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]welcome to our club BMK...

:)[/color:post_uid0]

[supergirl]

[color=#000080:post_uid5]Hi and welcome to the club!!![/color:post_uid5]

[Critter]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Welcome aboard the Good Ship AstinaGT.com :)[/color:post_uid0]

[Sandyman]

[color=#FF0000:post_uid0]lets keep the navy out of this...

welcome. just out of cuiosity... seeing as your car is white, have you thought of giving it black/UV neon lights all around? I just reckon that it would look very sweet, seeing as UV light make white glow.[/color:post_uid0]

[bRaDiNhO]

[color=#FF0000:post_uid0]hmmm..... yea, maybe you could stick like 2 metre poles off of the car so u can get the whole glowing effect. Or not.

Welcome bmk to the house of love (for astinas :;): ) . Nice ride, hopefully will see it soon on the next crooze. where in Syndey are you?[/color:post_uid0]

[.::Astina|Brad::.]

[color=#728FCE:post_uid0]Welcome! Dude... love the rims.... i'm lookin for white 17inch rims at the moment... Not sure how it'd look on a red hardtop though...

Brad #2[/color:post_uid0]

[Rupewrecht]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]hey hey, welcome :)

Feel free to make your opinion known - and there are no stupid questions, only stupid people

/me looks at Sik_Astina again :p :laugh:[/color:post_uid0]

[BigMal]

[color=#000000:post_uid1]Sorry been away for a while, welcome bmk.[/color:post_uid1]

[MrShadow]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oh, yeah, feel free to bag people out, as long as you're willing to cop some back :p[/color:post_uid0]

[KittyKatSmack]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Hello from another newbie here too!

They seem like a weird bunch here so I figure I'll blend right in!
What do you think?

:D[/color:post_uid0]

[O-LYM-PIC]

[quote:post_uid0="KittyKatSmack"][color=#000000:post_uid0]They seem like a weird bunch here so I figure I'll blend right in!
What do you think?[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]i recon ud be rite there.

sandy what r u talking about?? where do u put the uv's so they will shine out onto the car??

and welcome bmk, please make urself feel at home.[/color:post_uid0]

[Sandyman]

[color=#FF0000:post_uid0]olympic...
(critter said):"welcome to the good [b:post_uid0]ship[/b:post_uid0] astinagt.com"[/color:post_uid0]

[BigMal]

[color=#000000:post_uid1]He has them on his space ship for those trips to "Ur-anus"
The best thing is the blue neon "La-ssser" (Dr Evil) he
uses to keep the galactic safe just like Captain Planet.

Mal[/color:post_uid1]

[dfvadr]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]wecome bmk nice ride to mate catch on the road sum time[/color:post_uid0]

[sik astina]

[quote:post_uid0="rupewrecht"][color=#000000:post_uid0]hey hey, welcome :)

Feel free to make your opinion known - and there are no stupid questions, only stupid people

/me looks at Sik_Astina again *:p *:laugh:[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#0000FF:post_uid0]Oh dear :p :laugh:[/color:post_uid0]

[bmk]

[color=#000F22:post_uid0]Woah..

topic exploded after i got back home.. i'll try reup the pics somewhere else..

thanx for all the replies :p

as for the neons.. i think my car was riced up enuff haha maybe u should've told the previous owner that.. currently in the process of de-ricing it..[/color:post_uid0]

[bmk]

[quote:post_uid0="Sandyman"][color=#000000:post_uid0]lets keep the navy out of this...

welcome. just out of cuiosity... seeing as your car is white, have you thought of giving it black/UV neon lights all around? I just reckon that it would look very sweet, seeing as UV light make white glow.[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000F22:post_uid0]theres no equatorial inductments going on i hope..[/color:post_uid0]

[O-LYM-PIC]

[quote:post_uid0="Sandyman"][color=#000000:post_uid0]olympic...
(critter said):"welcome to the good [b:post_uid0]ship[/b:post_uid0] astinagt.com"[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]yeah sandy i got the navy part, im wondering about the uv **** u were talkin about. but mal cleared all that up 4 me. :D :p[/color:post_uid0]

[ABC]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Welcome bmk,

see you on the next Sydney/Canberra cruise![/color:post_uid0]

[Sandyman]

[color=#FF0000:post_uid0]olympic, ignore mal's comment about going to uranus and firing his "LASER" just like dr evil. I've just allways wondered how a white car would look fully decked out with UV light neons. i mean, u can get neon handbrake things, neon pedals, undercar neons, the small tubing stuff that you can mould and put all around, neon sub woofer rings(some guy put these in his wheels), neon exhaust pipes, and probably other stuff neon that i can't think of/heard about. and if you put something white under UV light, it will glow. so naturally, it would be the funkiest ever car if you added the hydraulic "pimp mobile" suspension, the purple velvet interior... yeah, that sort of thing; anything that looks sweet.

this didn't really clear it up, did it?[/color:post_uid0]

[bRaDiNhO]

[color=#FF0000:post_uid0]And how do u expect it to shine on the paintwork? Stick poles off of the roof? Hold the lamp out the window by hand? remote controlled flying lamps? Personally I'd rather not have to have my car looking like Elaine's World of Lights to get some attention.[/color:post_uid0]

[sik astina]

[quote:post_uid0="bRaDiNhO"][color=#000000:post_uid0]And how do u expect it to shine on the paintwork? *Stick poles off of the roof? *Hold the lamp out the window by hand? *remote controlled flying lamps? *[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#0000FF:post_uid0]ROFL. :laugh: i was wondering the same thing :p[/color:post_uid0]

[KittyKatSmack]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]*has mental picture of a neon halo flying along above the astina!*

rotflmao!!!!!!![/color:post_uid0]

[Sandyman]

[color=#FF0000:post_uid0]windscreen spray waster nozzle things

lights on back of mirrors

in the wheels

in back of side-indicators

windscreen wipers(front and rear)

numberplate part

UV fog lights(that could be interesting)

on dash

on sideskirts somewhere

door handles

clear fuel tank cap with UV lights inside(it could work)

basicly anywhere you want as long as you want to spend the $$$[/color:post_uid0]

[MrShadow]

[color=#810541:post_uid0]I'd rather spend my money on performance boosts rather than looks. Although, I have got a blue neon in the drivers footwell ... mabey I'll shut up now ...[/color:post_uid0]

[mrpayner]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]You have a very vivid imagination Sandy! :;):

Adam[/color:post_uid0]

[JynX]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]And while your at it... put a thousand stickers on the car and make it a perfect package...

Neon=Ghey.[/color:post_uid0]

[MrShadow]

[color=#810541:post_uid0]Don't forget the "Powered by Mazda" and "Type [i:post_uid0]R[/i:post_uid0]" badging :p :D

JK Sandy[/color:post_uid0]

[Rupewrecht]

[quote:post_uid0="MrShadow"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Don't forget the "Powered by Mazda" and "Type [i:post_uid0]R[/i:post_uid0]" badging :p *:D[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]The Astina [b:post_uid0]was[/b:post_uid0] released as a 'Type R' in Japan :p :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:[/color:post_uid0]

[MrShadow]

[color=#810541:post_uid0]Ahhh, hell. I hate it when smart-arse remarks backfire on you, goddamn it. :)[/color:post_uid0]

[Rupewrecht]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]hehehhehhehehehe :p *:p *:p *:laugh: *:laugh:[/color:post_uid0]

[Sandyman]

[color=#FF0000:post_uid0]dan, it wasn't really a type r. it was simply "Lantis R 2000". that was the v6. wait, it might have been "Lantis 2000 R"...
By the way, how is the rebuild going?

jynx, what a comment to make. even if you using sarcasm, fouling up a car by giving her stickers is wrong. very wrong. windscreen stickers ok, but body stickers, WRONG WRONG WRONG. And noens, my friend, nice. i know its a bit tryhardy [i:post_uid0]fast and the furious[/i:post_uid0] stuff, but i would like the effect of UV neons because it is original. have you ever seen anybody do that?[/color:post_uid0]

[O-LYM-PIC]

[quote:post_uid0="Sandyman"][color=#000000:post_uid0]jynx, what a comment to make. even if you using sarcasm, fouling up a car by giving her stickers is wrong. very wrong. windscreen stickers ok, but body stickers, WRONG WRONG WRONG.[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]mate if stickers are wrong, then those neons of yours would be a sin!!![/color:post_uid0]

[BigBoyLemonade]

[quote:post_uid0="Sandyman"][color=#000000:post_uid0]dan, it wasn't really a type r. it was simply "Lantis R 2000". that was the v6. wait, it might have been "Lantis 2000 R"...
By the way, how is the rebuild going?[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#006666:post_uid0]There was Type R, Type S, Type X and a few others...

where did you get Lantis R 2000 from? Grand Turismo?[/color:post_uid0]

[bRaDiNhO]

[color=#FF0000:post_uid0]BWAHAHAHAHAhahahhA.

heheheheHAHAHAHAHAhmmmmmmmmm...... :laugh:

Why would UV fog lights be interesting? Oh, i see, then there is white light on the road. Wait, isn't that what foglights do?

I still like Kitty's halo effect..... im thinking of doing some photoshop work with that..... :p

And why are body stickers wrong? If u want to do a racing replica then it looks awesome. There is a Pepsi (Jap sponsor) hardtop driving around at the moment..... and looks pretty good. At least u can still see out the window.... which is the purpose of having a window instead of more bodywork.....

In conclusion, GIVE UP.[/color:post_uid0]

[MrShadow]

[color=#810541:post_uid0]UV fog lights, for when you drive your car into a night club!!!

:laugh: :;):[/color:post_uid0]

[BigMal]

[color=#000000:post_uid1]Hey Brad,
I agree with you about promo cars they look great with
stickers all over them. Not like I would have a bad word to
say to one of the red bull girls driving their little blue cars
around. I think the JTCC Astina rocks but I wouldn't own it.
I just think stickers are like Tatts on a girl. Carefull placement
and only a couple and it rocks any more and she looks like
she should be in the dikes on bikes parade.

But thats probably an old guys opinion. By the way my
windscreen is clear not even a rego label on the front.

Regards

Mal[/color:post_uid1]

[Rupewrecht]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Yeh i agree with Mal - i've only got 2 stickers on my car - one's the AstinaGT.com one and the other is the other club i'm active in - TeamAZM

As it is they're not really big ones. I see no point in sticking Pioneer/HKS/etc stickers on your car as it only encourages people to steal it - and why should i advertise their business anyway - it's not as if they paid [b:post_uid0]me[/b:post_uid0] to put their stuff in my car!

/end rant

there's not even any Mazda badges on my car anymore![/color:post_uid0]

[Sandyman]

[color=#FF0000:post_uid0]lantis; i did get it from grand turismo.

mal, that is a good way of putting it.[/color:post_uid0]

[BigBoyLemonade]

[color=#006666:post_uid0]hey Sandyman goto Lantische (http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/%7Ehaha/lantische/) and use World Altavista (http://world.altavista.com) with Japanese to english translation... lots of stuff there! all in engrish of course

My guess is most 1.8DOHC are type S[/color:post_uid0]



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[Sandyman]

[color=#FF0000:post_uid0]lol at engrish

why doesn't anybody like the uv neons idea? its original, unlike alot of things in the auto world.[/color:post_uid0]

[bRaDiNhO]

[color=#FF0000:post_uid0]BECAUSE IT WONT F#$%IN WORK! :O :laugh:[/color:post_uid0]

[KittyKatSmack]

[color=#736AFF:post_uid0]I have just heard that not only can you get clear indicators for the side indicators, but you can get green ones *drools*
so how about neon ones there?

I sooooooooo want the green ones.
Anyone help me there?
And I have been hunting for the 'just right' fog lights for ages.
*sigh*
So much to do, so little time![/color:post_uid0]

[MrShadow]

[color=#810541:post_uid0]In the computer industry, it's known as "jinglish" (japanese + english).[/color:post_uid0]

[Sandyman]

[color=#FF0000:post_uid0](to bradhino)

bloody mundane minded fascist! :p[/color:post_uid0]

[KittyKatSmack]

[color=#736AFF:post_uid0]facist schmasist.....

whoever can sell me the green indicators wins!!!!!!


:;): :D :cool:[/color:post_uid0]

[JynX]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]How much u wanna pay for em... i can paint my old oranges ones green... dont think they will work to well though...[/color:post_uid0]

[mrpayner]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Are you talking about these, kitty??

[img:post_uid0]http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~haha/lantische/parts/no5-020925-1.jpg[/img:post_uid0]

Adam[/color:post_uid0]

[BigMal]

[color=#000000:post_uid1]Got that off the Lantishe site didn't you ??

Mal[/color:post_uid1]

[dfvadr]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]i wouldn't waste my money kitty anything but orange or clear is illegal an u just need 1 smart ass cop comin up through the ranks to slap on the defect sticker then its over the pits an they will check every nut an bolt in the car its about 300 dollars i think for the infringement same as neons lights in the washers[/color:post_uid0]

[Sandyman]

[quote:post_uid0="odd12c"][color=#000000:post_uid0]...its about 300 dollars i think for the infringement same as [b:post_uid0]neons lights [/b:post_uid0]in the washers[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#FF0000:post_uid0]what, so are neons illegal or what?[/color:post_uid0]

[mrpayner]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Got that off the Lantishe site didn't you ??[/quote:post_uid0]

Yep!! *:D

I thought they looked alright until i actually saw them on the Premacy [same colour - sparkle green]. I'd prefer the clear ones.

[quote:post_uid0]what, so are neons illegal or what?[/quote:post_uid0]

No, [except for the washer ones]. Under car neons [b:post_uid0]aren't[/b:post_uid0] illegal. There's a A4 sheet of paper stuck to the wall of the Autobarn shop here in Ballarat [right beside all the neons :) ], it's from the Victorian Police and it says that as long as they're not too bright to distract drivers they're ok. I'll try to get a copy of it somehow and post it up for you.

Adam[/color:post_uid0]

[supergirl]

[quote:post_uid0="MrPayner"][color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]what, so are neons illegal or what?[/quote:post_uid0]

No, [except for the washer ones]. Under car neons [b:post_uid0]aren't[/b:post_uid0] illegal. There's a A4 sheet of paper stuck to the wall of the Autobarn shop here in Ballarat [right beside all the neons :) ], it's from the Victorian Police and it says that as long as they're not too bright to distract drivers they're ok. I'll try to get a copy of it somehow and post it up for you.

Adam[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000080:post_uid0]hey guys,

well i dont know about melb road laws but up here in qld - neons are illegal same as different coloured headlights and indicators (other than orange or clear). My dad is an inspector with Qld T'sport and trust me you wouldn't want to be caught with one tiny speck of neon!!!! We can't even drive with fog lights on unless its soooo foggy you cant see the end of your windscreen ... but u just gotta take the chance no cops or qld t'sport will see ya ... i just have to turn my fogs off and turn the music down before i turn into my street so my dad cant see :angry: :(

But hey neons do look good but only when in minimal use (like f&f under car or inside) ... that idea of sandys would look terrible!!!! :D

just my 2c[/color:post_uid0]

[sik astina]

[color=#0000FF:post_uid0]In NSW Neons are Illegal too. You cannot have them on while youre driving at all, no excuses.

You can have the car parked with them on, but thats as far as it goes.

If they were legal in NSW I'd be driving with em on in my car all the time...I hardly ever get the chance to show em off :angry:


-Mick[/color:post_uid0]

[dfvadr]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]hi guys as i said earlier illegal in nsw $300 fine blow-off valves r now fetching $250 i think an im informed that there going for intercoolers now , sumthing to do with there mounting ill check it out an get back .[/color:post_uid0]

[BigBoyLemonade]

[color=#006666:post_uid0]Will you still get defected if you have a engineering certificate?

Bloody RTA![/color:post_uid0]

[KittyKatSmack]

[color=#736AFF:post_uid0]it does look like a sickening shade of green.....

maybe clear is the way to go....

so how many bazillion dollars do they retail for??

I had an idea on the weekend while we were following a debadged stock noble green Astina up Northbourne Ave on Sunday about 1230-1pm ish....
Has anyone considered tinting the big red ass of the Astina?
Not the lights or the reflectors or the reversing lights, just that big ole red piece across the back of the hatch?
I figure use some window tint and viola!!!!
Or is this like old news?[/color:post_uid0]

[Trav]

[color=#3A6EA5:post_uid0]Ummmm - my best amtes dad is head of a police station in Vic - the word of the law is basically emmitting any light from a vehicl apart from the normal colours (white, orange and red) is classified as illegal.

I however have seen a similar thing about the Vic police leaving you alone if it is not too distracting to other drivers - but if you have a wanna-be tough cop out there.......[/color:post_uid0]

[BigBoyLemonade]

[color=#006666:post_uid0]yeah but if you get it done tint it with paint.. then get a clear coat put over the top so its nice and shiny... there is one astina in canberra with it tinted but its a matt finish and looks dodgy[/color:post_uid0]

[KittyKatSmack]

[color=#736AFF:post_uid0]OK, the tinting can wait.....

*sigh*

And here I thought it was such a cool original idea

LOL!!!

:D :laugh: :laugh:[/color:post_uid0]

[pr1mo]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]aparition one of the melbourne astina boys has a gloss tinted back end. taillights and all. looks really good :P somsone should be able to find a pic from one of the cruises!

cheers mike[/color:post_uid0]

[KittyKatSmack]

[color=#736AFF:post_uid12]Thanks Mike,
but is more a case of
my original idea ain't so original after all......

poo bum poo

:([/color:post_uid12]

[BigMal]

[color=#000000:post_uid1]Kitty,
When/if you get it done mix half paint half clear together
and then apply light coats till you get the desired darkness.
I like the idea a lot but with the current trend for clear
have reconsidered it and am trying to think of a better
alternative.

Regards

Mal[/color:post_uid1]