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29-10-2013, 10:40 PM | #1 |
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94' BA Astina Hatch
Thought I'd introduce myself and my latest car, I'm currently on a break from studying so working on the Astina has pretty much become my main hobby. I've previously owned a BG S2 Sedan and a KJ Liata, also 2 AE92 Corollas and an early 90's Honda Accord which I recently sold ( ) to save some $$ on fuel. Always used AstinaGT and Fordlaser.com in the past for help but never bothered posting much so here goes:
Picked up a Manual 1994 BA Series 1 Astina from a young girl near the City. She'd just bought a new CRV and was selling this car for well under what it was worth. I ended up offering $1100 and she happily accepted. Had around 204,000kms on the clock, a broken drivers seat and main power window switch, loose/peeling steering wheel grip, one headlight blown, ticking like crazy, 1 blown speaker and the hotdog muffler at the rear had rusted through completely. It was due for a timing belt replacement and also had a minor frontal collison directly in the centre that had cracked the bumper and bent the radiator mount. That had all been repaired (with a hammer at home) enough that it wasn't noticable. Other than that the car was in great condition as far as the body/interior/electrics/mechanicals. Here it is today: All the issues with the car have been fixed with cheap replacements from U-Pull-It. With the costs of repairs included I probably paid around $1400 in total for this car so I'm incredibly happy. I've brought it up to 212,000kms in the last 4 months and I've modified and added a lot of new things. I'm yet to do the timing belt/water pump but I'm not overly concerned. I've installed a Rapid Electronics alarm/central locking kit, replaced the radiator after it started to leak, replaced spark plugs/leads, air filter and I'm looking at replacing the incredibly floppy gear shift at the moment. Cruise Control has been installed on the car, I can do a write-up on this if anyone is interested. Cost me around $280 and 6 hours to complete. It's completely functional, just took a long time to make the adjustments. I've also installed a 6000k HID kit from Jaycar. I've modified the reflectors/cutoff also to create more of a flat cutoff by using a dremel. The Dash lights have been replaced with white LED's, it creates a much brighter and cleaner looking dash. Bluetooth headunit has also been installed, kept the stock speakers and added an underseat Fusion subwoofer on the passenger side: I also managed to install cupholders into the dash by removing some from a KJ laser. It was relatively simple to do and looks clean and functions well enough: Let me know if you want me to do a writeup on any of the mods/repairs I've done. I'll most likely complete many more modifications in my remaining time off, I'll keep you all updated. Thanks for reading! Alex |
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30-10-2013, 08:06 PM | #2 |
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BG Astina steering wheel? And I just picked up another BA Astina with the same cruise control - is there a triagularish box under the bonnet that the cable runs to?
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30-10-2013, 09:33 PM | #3 |
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those climate controls dont look 94 model.
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30-10-2013, 10:43 PM | #4 |
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Yep, actually BG sedan wheel. I looked around for ages for a decent condition BA wheel with no luck so settled for this one.
Um the cruise servo is a rectangular box, it's a Rostra Universal Cruise Control kit that I bought from the US. I've seen the same one installed in a BA Protege at U Pull it, shame theres not an easily accessible factory kit. Climate control unit was replaced, the lights in the original one were all not working to the point that I couldn't see what I was doing at night so grabbed a newer one off another Astina! Much happier now, though I don't like how this one has no 'memory' of the climate settings after the car is turned on and off. |
31-10-2013, 07:12 AM | #5 |
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I have a good condition BA wheel I think, if interested let me know
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31-10-2013, 08:47 AM | #7 |
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Nice little addition cruise control. My C'dore I have shelved for repairs has it & I miss it. Neither my wife's C'dore or my car have it *sigh* If the gearboxes were the same from VT to VY, I'd just do a swap. I know the ECU is configured with higher kw output on the VY. Would this effect CC operation? Excuse me for my ignorance, with an auto @ least, I thought the ECU had to recognise the CC module? Kinda have input data already? You couldn't just swap them?
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Oh and I'm satisfied with the BG wheel for now, I prefer the grainy material used on the older wheels. Thanks though |
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