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Just had another couple of hours in the drizzle and forced indoors by fading light but what great fun. I've attached a picture of the bonnet after I'd applied touch up paint and sanded with 600 grit , really I should not have gone below 1200 grit but I'm learning, today I wet and dried all my touch ins with 1200, 2000, 3000 and 5000 grit papers and then using a foam pad on the drill some not so nice and rather old compound I had in the shed and I kust say the edges of the fix are really good and nicely blended in, what I need to rok on is getting more shine in the paint , tommorow I'll do a bit more using a new compound I bought today and also some autoglym polish to finish and then post some pictures for you to see , but even with the paint not glossy enough it's a big improvement on the stone chips I had and the bad touch ups the dealer or previous owner had made. So beer , dinner and movie time !! Steve

Hiya Would anybody be able to advise or guide me on updating the software of my 2011 Astra? If this at all possible. I don't know if this model year car predates download able updates and I have no idea how far the previous owner would have gone with updating software and infotainment, but if its doable I'd lime to do it. Cheers Steve

Hi chaps My younger brother , a tinkerer of many years scared me off buying a wet belt due to issues with poor oil maintenece and belt degradation. Steve

Hello, I wo der if anybody could shed some info on my cars heater issue? 2011 1.4 astra SRI , no matter how cold I set the heater control after about 50 mons the car is really hot inside the cabin. Is this a commen issue ? Should I use the climate control switch? To get cooler temps in the car? In winter it's now a major issue but come spring summer it's going to be no fun. Any and all advice or info gratefully recived Thanks Steve

I'm at home till Tuesday morning, powered thru a stack of chores already, little bit of admi to get done and then Gin and Movies evening with the Handbrake. Tommorow I will get back on colour cutting those stone chip repairs on the car and post a few progress photos , also I've a glass cleaning product I've been trying out and I'll post a picture of it, it's been really good so far. Good weekend fellow car enthusiasts.

Crossland 71 plate Had wet belt replaced by dealer £1400. 22/2025 Claimed via vauxhall customer service who have now agreed full reimbursement. You need to keep on at them

Hi @Snoopy and welcome to the Club We have moved your post to the For Sale section of the forums as more members will be able to view it there. Feel free to duplicate the post in the appropriate Astra section

Hi selling my Astra 1.6 SXI Twin port. Two previous owners full service history 69,000 miles open to reasonable offers.

Has anyone else noticed how dangerous it is to drive at night with the modern cars emitting light beams that can be seen in outer space (almost)? What do you do to improve the situation? Night (yellow) Glasses, Tinted Windows, break the other cars headlamps ? Let us know what you think - take it away the floor is all yours!

ah glad the cheaper option paid off and a lot safer in this sort of weather

Hi @MK7TURBO welcome to the Club As Andy has already said - what a great number plate Good to have you onboard

Welcome to the club. That is a nice looking beast. Love the reg.

Hello and welcome and thank you for posting the photo of your car , it looks great . How long hav e you owned this car ? Steve

Hi guys im kane i own a astra 1.4 turbo 150 elite love it cant fault the car touch wood...

Thank you i got the philips racing gt200 and philips X-treme vision pro150 and they have certainly made a difference Thank you

You can use aftermarket kits and even companies that can fit it all for you. Also, think there are bluetooth versions that don't require the wiring - quite possibly a camera would be better than the sensors and again, these are available in bluetooth as well

I would suggest popping over to Halfords and see what they do in the way of DAB add ons (aerial, interface, etc) - otherwise I would swap out the head unit for an aftermarket all singing and dancing one

And to add, does anybody know idmf DAB radionwas a thing on 2011 astra s? Idblike tonuse it but need to read the manual more or ask on this forum

Hi Peter and welcome.

Has anyone installed front parking sensors on a crossland sri

can anybody tell me which radio upgrade i need to have dab/dab+ to my factory fitted viva 2016 radio single din please

Nice one. Pity you can't make it, as it would be nice to put a face to your name 🫠.Have a great time though.

Would love to go but I am at Le Mans 24 Hours race that week

It should have beam levelling in some way shape or form but I would Imagine the codes are because some of the options such as HID headlamps aren't fitted so it flags the codes. It may be also that someone has swapped them over to Halogen as replacement HID lights weren't available or too expensive

Hiya That's great, I will check with work and then get ourselves some tickets. Thanks