Another new BA Astina owner

demuire · 01-03-2008, 02:54 AM

Hi everyone,

I just picked up a 1996 BA11P2 Astina today - I'm stoked! A friend of mine had one many years ago (unfortunately she crashed it) and I had a chance to drive it on our big road trip down to the Blue Mountains, and certainly took a shine to it. Well, I now own one!

Anyway, my Astina is white and is completely standard apart from some dodgy 15" mags and an old dodgy immobilizer, and an old'ish Kenwood CD player. It's also got the spoiler on it. It's in great condition, it's certainly been taken care of. It's got 198500 k's on it so it's getting close to the big service, scary!

No real plans for the car at the moment (no more money!), but I suppose hypothetically if I got lots of money all of a sudden there are a few things I'd like to do:

- get the fog lamps off the 2L
- get the courtesy door lights off the P1
- get some nicer mags for it, maybe some multispoke 16" rims similar to the ones on the R32 Golf
- lower it!
- Get an MP3 head unit for it and some better speakers
- Get a better immobilizer for it
- Get a bigger exhaust tip for it. I don't really want the exhaust to be louder, just not have the tiny pea shooter out the back

But yeah, for now the plan is just to drive the car around and save a bit of money...

Astina Andy · 01-03-2008, 09:17 AM

Awesome. Welcome to AGT.

Nice Astina, you got the best model.

I'm sure you will find everyone here very helpful. Don't be afraid to ask anything, they helped me out heaps.

Rupewrecht · 01-03-2008, 04:27 PM

Welcome to AGT

demuire · 01-03-2008, 08:39 PM

Haha, went to take some photos of the car today and had a proper look at the wheels, I've got 14" alloys, not 15"! Bah, seller lied

Oh well, I'm not too fussed, I don't really like them anyway

marcs_sp20 · 02-03-2008, 02:51 AM

Welcome to AGT, and always good to see another Ipswich member, if ya see a sedately modified blue SP20 give us a wave

Marc

MIZ323 · 03-03-2008, 10:23 PM

welcomes.. hope u enjoy the site

01-03-2008, 02:54 AM	#1
demuire Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ipswich, QLD Car: 1996 BA11P2 323 Astina Posts: 13 View Photos By: demuire	Another new BA Astina owner Hi everyone, I just picked up a 1996 BA11P2 Astina today - I'm stoked! A friend of mine had one many years ago (unfortunately she crashed it) and I had a chance to drive it on our big road trip down to the Blue Mountains, and certainly took a shine to it. Well, I now own one! Anyway, my Astina is white and is completely standard apart from some dodgy 15" mags and an old dodgy immobilizer, and an old'ish Kenwood CD player. It's also got the spoiler on it. It's in great condition, it's certainly been taken care of. It's got 198500 k's on it so it's getting close to the big service, scary! No real plans for the car at the moment (no more money!), but I suppose hypothetically if I got lots of money all of a sudden there are a few things I'd like to do: - get the fog lamps off the 2L - get the courtesy door lights off the P1 - get some nicer mags for it, maybe some multispoke 16" rims similar to the ones on the R32 Golf - lower it! - Get an MP3 head unit for it and some better speakers - Get a better immobilizer for it - Get a bigger exhaust tip for it. I don't really want the exhaust to be louder, just not have the tiny pea shooter out the back But yeah, for now the plan is just to drive the car around and save a bit of money...

01-03-2008, 09:17 AM	#2
Astina Andy Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia Car: '97 BA Astina Posts: 122 View Photos By: Astina Andy	Awesome. Welcome to AGT. Nice Astina, you got the best model. I'm sure you will find everyone here very helpful. Don't be afraid to ask anything, they helped me out heaps. __________________ Astina Andy Astina P Plater Check out the ride: My Ride

01-03-2008, 04:27 PM	#3
Rupewrecht Administrator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: melb.vic.au Car: AZ-1, Astina Hardtop Turbo, BJ Protege, Beetle Posts: 16,525 View Photos By: Rupewrecht	Welcome to AGT __________________ jdmparts.rupewrecht.com Sourcing your not-quite-overnight parts from Japan WRECHT--\|--SLOWTEGE--\|--BEETLE--\|--SUBSTITUTE--\|--AZ-1

02-03-2008, 02:51 AM	#5
marcs_sp20 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ipswich, Queensland Car: 2002 Mazda Astina SP20 2006 Mazda 6 GY Wagon Posts: 9,769 View Photos By: marcs_sp20	Welcome to AGT, and always good to see another Ipswich member, if ya see a sedately modified blue SP20 give us a wave Marc __________________

01-03-2008, 08:39 PM	#4
demuire Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ipswich, QLD Car: 1996 BA11P2 323 Astina Posts: 13 View Photos By: demuire	Haha, went to take some photos of the car today and had a proper look at the wheels, I've got 14" alloys, not 15"! Bah, seller lied Oh well, I'm not too fussed, I don't really like them anyway

03-03-2008, 10:23 PM	#6
MIZ323 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: wollongong Car: mazda 323 BA Posts: 60	welcomes.. hope u enjoy the site