Sad to see. This is my old car which I traded in July to a John Clark when buying my m140i, was a great car so happy it’s not going to waste and someone is giving it the love it deserves. Incase you’re wondering the car did have a full service history and I serviced it myself when I traded it in.
@@Its_Waki sorry to hear that, nothing worse than seeing something you like looking a bit worse for wear! I’ll get it sorted back to OEM don’t worry! I thought it would have had full history as it looked to have been well looked after! Was there anything wrong with it that you know of? Do you know who did the mods?
@ glad to hear it! yeah it has been very well looked after and no the car wanted for absolutely nothing at least not when I owned it, it also had the gearbox oil changed about a year before I sold it as they’re coming for the lsd whining when the oil hadn’t been changed or was underfilled. I did all the mods myself, it’s obviously got the Airtec intake, the wind deflectors but idk where the second set came from 😂 the badge you found in the boot was from the front bumper, in terms of the exhaust it’s just a res delete. Also had the clutch (not sure if just clutch or flywheel too) done at the end of 2023.
Boy lance had it a was working on it few weeks back had a new turbo and turbo smart actuator but was set correct car is a cat car as in been in a wee ding wheels where refurbished and had a cheap tesla screen fit wheels are bein sold let me know a come get them dave
@ yup, that sounds about right 👍🏻, yeah the wheels will be goin up for sale once I’ve got some steal wheels to throw on it, will let you know in a video when I’m getting ready to break the bits I don’t need 😃. Do me a favour and don’t tell him I’m breaking his car if that’s ok? He really liked it and I had to tell him I was going to fix it up as I didn’t want to make him sad by telling him I was breaking it for its parts
So nice to watch your videos again you and your brother must have a blast hanging out in the garage heater on and a couple pints off camera. Great editing see you next week 🇨🇦👋
Hi dave, the the VXR is coming along nicely nicely, after replacing the hinges finding the gaps can be do frustrating sometimes, we will miss the disco light when you replace it😁😁
Hi Dave, a very interesting video from yourself doing this work then. It is starting to look slowly better just with changing the Bonnet and rail on the Red one. Looking forward too watching your next video this weekend coming again. Hope you and your family are keeping well just now Dave.
@@johnreid7904 yeah it’ll look 100% better once I get all the other stuff across in the next video 👍🏻, hoping to be able to run it for a period and see how it runs sometime soon as well 😃
It's the wing on the NS that looks like moved a few mil at the front giving slightly more panel gap at the front. If look at front wheel 90 degrees from curb the front of the arch is slightly closer to the wheel it's moved out and down in the shunt
@@TheMackem4ever 😂 I know I do dude, it’s driving me bananas! I don’t really notice it when I’m working on the car but when I’m editing and speeding up the footage it looks like a rave 😂😂
Subscribed on the back of your first video 👍🏻 I put a deposit on one of these autumn 2011 and was one of the first to pick up my black vxr in July 2012. It was a fantastic car, loved it to bits but needed a bigger car, so had to part ex it 2016 for a 5 series, after 27 year's of fast vauxhalls. The arden blue cars were chipping really bad as soon as they were released, they were all going back to dealers for, in some cases, full resprays. I never had mine in bits or modified it due to its lifetime warranty so I'm no help with the rebuild but looking forward to it😃
@@paulward6016 awesome, thanks for the sub! Oh I bet it was stunning on black!! Well the blue one I have has been resprayed a few times, but not by a garage from the looks of it 😂
Hi David, enjoying having you back.... Did you edit out the bit where you said. . I've disconnected the battery so we don't have any accidents and the airbags go off. . 😂😂😂
@@petercross8871 lol, well I definitely don’t need to worry about the airbags in the red one 😂, but it’s a very good point! Battery disconnects will be the first thing I do next time I’m out at them 👍🏻
loving the series. This is a car you should not sell. They didn't sell many and In my opinion its up there with the Astra GTE and MK4 Astra GSi. Future classic. Couldn't care less about the badge at the front
Yeah Ive wanted one for years so not planning to sell, well, unless something else catches my eye to rebuild and I need the cash 😂👍🏻, but at the moment, it’s a keeper 😃
@@DaveRebuilds In the future invest in getting some pec rods and wossner pistons and getting the car forged. Once done you can run more power safely with peace of mind. Also driveshaft boots dont last very long and you can find brand new SKF ones for £90 each. Parts are not all expensive but you have to look at the right places and do research because people overspend on these cars. You can get brake pads and discs on these for cheap as well. They don't cost £1,000 like most people pay
@@kylewatson9493 thank you! Yeah the set that are on the blue on currently will be going up for sale once I find a set of steal wheels to chuck on it lol
@@alex_r_photo I will most likely b breaking the blue one for sure, so stay tuned as I’ll prob make a video on breaking it for content and cos it’s good fun lol
I will def be breaking the car for spares dude, but atm I’m not sure the value of the parts. The wheels have been refurbed and have decent Michelin tyres on them, will try and figure out a way of getting a price list for everything or make me an offer 😂
Sad to see this, seen this car before a went to work on fb market place, finshed and she had sold it before I could get there, was a nice wee 13reg vxr for a great price, you snooze you lose should of just messaged her when I first seen it
@@Lisa-mackenzieBarrett you mean the red one? Or the blue one? I did a walk around of the blue one if that’s the one you mean, check it out as it has quite a bit of damage
@@AndrewReid-im7us I think the guys name was Andy dude, but I’ll check the v5 👍🏻. He did say it had had a new turbo and actuator a couple months ago tho
Yeah dude, it will be! I’m going to get a price list sorted and add it to the description of the next video for everyone to see, but all the prices will be negotiable 👍🏻
@@markmemory6363 not a stupid question at all! I recon it would have cost me way more to fix the cosmetic damage than the red one tbh, plus the blue car is a cat N damaged car and has clearly had a really hard life! I’ll give everyone a small tour of it in the next video so you can c why 👍🏻
@@ANDY-we7mr trust me, the blue one isn’t as nice as it looks from far away! I’ll show everyone round it in the next video 👍🏻 and yeah, I’ll be painting it all to match, just need to get it all aligned first 😃
I'm confused what you done makes no sense a 39k mile car that's a little scruffy to rebuild a completely destroyed vxr with more miles make that make sense 🤯🤯
@@waynelittle5583 yeah I did a poor job of explaining in the video, sorry! the red one has less miles than the blue one, the blue one is a catagory car already, was repaired terribly, and has a lot of cosmetic damage that the red one doesn’t have! I’ll explain it and show everyone the damage in the next video 👍🏻
Yeah a spent a few hrs trying to line it up best a could but because it has a shut in the front it was all off hinges are bent as well car was cosmetic bad roof etc dent bones where there but your doin the ryt
@@markmemory6363 don’t worry about it dude, I was being genuine when I said it wasn’t a silly question! You didn’t miss anything, I should have done a walk round of it before I started stripping it as loads of people have asked the same question 😫
@DaveRebuilds newer vauxhalls no as good as the older car's older vauxhalls were far better engine and gearboxes look the part newer one's right enough
@@DaveRebuilds blue ford mondeo m503 vhk registered under issac eric mccarthy craig mccarthy car sold it altogether at 71 bradan avenue glasgow g13 4je for 500 pounds never had it down london full of whatever wherever it's lieing craig mccarthy couldn't tell you where that car is lieing down there in london sold it altogether at 71 bradan avenue glasgow g13 4je wasn't evan here in glasgow when a sold that car was in london before we left on the ferry sitting across the road from the chippy in london whatever junkies riddled junkies way aids hiv hep t hep c septicaemia and deep bone trumbosis bought that car ill owe them money up in yokermill road certainly not craig mccarthy anyhow
@@DaveRebuilds mk1 audi a3 R651 FUS registered too issac eric mccarthy on January 13th 2010 is a stolen vehicle that day too them that had that vehicle they've too be charged for they offences today regardless that's craig mccarthy police statement for that date give it to chief inspector christie and he.ll deal with it and sign it cheers nobody else 👍
sorry but unless i missed something while sneezing you are telling us that the "Blue" astra was in worse cosmetic condition than the "red" ? in what way ? on what planet ? what a waste of a perfectly useable car.,...
@blastingweevil2968 trust me, it’s just as bad, it just doesn’t look it on camera and I did an awful job of exposing and showing it. Will be giving a run through of it in the next video 👍🏻
Sad to see. This is my old car which I traded in July to a John Clark when buying my m140i, was a great car so happy it’s not going to waste and someone is giving it the love it deserves. Incase you’re wondering the car did have a full service history and I serviced it myself when I traded it in.
@@Its_Waki sorry to hear that, nothing worse than seeing something you like looking a bit worse for wear! I’ll get it sorted back to OEM don’t worry! I thought it would have had full history as it looked to have been well looked after!
Was there anything wrong with it that you know of? Do you know who did the mods?
@ glad to hear it! yeah it has been very well looked after and no the car wanted for absolutely nothing at least not when I owned it, it also had the gearbox oil changed about a year before I sold it as they’re coming for the lsd whining when the oil hadn’t been changed or was underfilled. I did all the mods myself, it’s obviously got the Airtec intake, the wind deflectors but idk where the second set came from 😂 the badge you found in the boot was from the front bumper, in terms of the exhaust it’s just a res delete. Also had the clutch (not sure if just clutch or flywheel too) done at the end of 2023.
@ awesome, thank you! Appreciate the info!! Will hopefully have it back on the road within a month or so 👍🏻, can’t wait to give it a drive 😃
Boy lance had it a was working on it few weeks back had a new turbo and turbo smart actuator but was set correct car is a cat car as in been in a wee ding wheels where refurbished and had a cheap tesla screen fit wheels are bein sold let me know a come get them dave
@ yup, that sounds about right 👍🏻, yeah the wheels will be goin up for sale once I’ve got some steal wheels to throw on it, will let you know in a video when I’m getting ready to break the bits I don’t need 😃. Do me a favour and don’t tell him I’m breaking his car if that’s ok? He really liked it and I had to tell him I was going to fix it up as I didn’t want to make him sad by telling him I was breaking it for its parts
Great mate, you are really starting to take things to the next level, like some other rebuild channels (MA) keep up the good work.
@@WEFLIPANYCAR thank you dude, I really appreciate that! 👍🏻
So nice to watch your videos again you and your brother must have a blast hanging out in the garage heater on and a couple pints off camera. Great editing see you next week 🇨🇦👋
Thank you! Yeah it is good fun, I enjoy it for sure! Just a shame it’s so cold 😂👍🏻
Happy New Year Dave good to see you back
@@colinallen39 happy new year to you too dude 😃👍🏻
Hi dave, the the VXR is coming along nicely nicely, after replacing the hinges finding the gaps can be do frustrating sometimes, we will miss the disco light when you replace it😁😁
@@eamonkelly2792 lol no one will miss that disco light 😂, I swear at it every time I’m in the garage lol
Hi Dave, a very interesting video from yourself doing this work then. It is starting to look slowly better just with changing the Bonnet and rail on the Red one. Looking forward too watching your next video this weekend coming again. Hope you and your family are keeping well just now Dave.
@@johnreid7904 yeah it’ll look 100% better once I get all the other stuff across in the next video 👍🏻, hoping to be able to run it for a period and see how it runs sometime soon as well 😃
Great vid mate, but need ta fix that garage light lol
@@stevetaylor1670 thanks dude! Yeah I know, it’s driving me mad! I’ll get it sorted during the next video 👍🏻
Looking forward to the next one
@@michaelstevens7533 😃👍🏻
HI DAVE HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR LOVELY FAMILY 👪 GOOD VIDEO THANKS FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION VERY USEFUL
@@ANDY-we7mr happy new year to you and yours as well dude 😃👍🏻
It's the wing on the NS that looks like moved a few mil at the front giving slightly more panel gap at the front.
If look at front wheel 90 degrees from curb the front of the arch is slightly closer to the wheel it's moved out and down in the shunt
@@Takedown717 cool, I’ll take a look at that! Thanks for pointing it out 👍🏻
Nice one 👍🏻
@@peterarries7879 👍🏻, thank you
All the best Dave, project is coming along nicely. 👍 You really need to change that florescent in your garage, tho M8. 😂
@@TheMackem4ever 😂 I know I do dude, it’s driving me bananas! I don’t really notice it when I’m working on the car but when I’m editing and speeding up the footage it looks like a rave 😂😂
Subscribed on the back of your first video 👍🏻
I put a deposit on one of these autumn 2011 and was one of the first to pick up my black vxr in July 2012. It was a fantastic car, loved it to bits but needed a bigger car, so had to part ex it 2016 for a 5 series, after 27 year's of fast vauxhalls.
The arden blue cars were chipping really bad as soon as they were released, they were all going back to dealers for, in some cases, full resprays.
I never had mine in bits or modified it due to its lifetime warranty so I'm no help with the rebuild but looking forward to it😃
@@paulward6016 awesome, thanks for the sub! Oh I bet it was stunning on black!! Well the blue one I have has been resprayed a few times, but not by a garage from the looks of it 😂
@DaveRebuilds
😂 oh dear! Can't wait to see it's condition.
@@paulward6016 😃👍🏻
such a beautfifull car, hope opel will give us something like this in the future cause lately jesus christ...
@@andrepinto2602 😂👍🏻
Hi David, enjoying having you back.... Did you edit out the bit where you said. . I've disconnected the battery so we don't have any accidents and the airbags go off. . 😂😂😂
@@petercross8871 lol, well I definitely don’t need to worry about the airbags in the red one 😂, but it’s a very good point! Battery disconnects will be the first thing I do next time I’m out at them 👍🏻
loving the series. This is a car you should not sell. They didn't sell many and In my opinion its up there with the Astra GTE and MK4 Astra GSi. Future classic. Couldn't care less about the badge at the front
Yeah Ive wanted one for years so not planning to sell, well, unless something else catches my eye to rebuild and I need the cash 😂👍🏻, but at the moment, it’s a keeper 😃
@@DaveRebuilds In the future invest in getting some pec rods and wossner pistons and getting the car forged. Once done you can run more power safely with peace of mind. Also driveshaft boots dont last very long and you can find brand new SKF ones for £90 each. Parts are not all expensive but you have to look at the right places and do research because people overspend on these cars. You can get brake pads and discs on these for cheap as well. They don't cost £1,000 like most people pay
The Mk5 was far better imo, and I've owned both, shame you can't get a decent Mk5 vxr now, there all battered and chavs had run them into the ground
@ never drove a mk5 vxr, will keep an eye out for a rebuild one tho 👍🏻, it’s the same with a lot of these types of cars, always thrashed to death 😫
@@guyhorner8165 definitely a keeper!! I’ll see if I can find one for rebuilding in the future 😃👍🏻
Why is the intercooler mounted between the AC condenser and radiator ?
@@autoacoustics4938 I have no idea tbh lol
Enjoying the video Dave! Will you have a spare set of alloys to sell?
@@kylewatson9493 thank you! Yeah the set that are on the blue on currently will be going up for sale once I find a set of steal wheels to chuck on it lol
to be sure just measure the square on the front support and crash bar.
@@NicolaasPlatenkamp 👍🏻, great advice, will do that tomorrow when I’m back out at the car 😃
Love my vxr, could do with a spare boot release button if you go down the breaking route! 😂
@@alex_r_photo I will most likely b breaking the blue one for sure, so stay tuned as I’ll prob make a video on breaking it for content and cos it’s good fun lol
@ will keep an eye out!
@ awesome, thank you! 👍🏻
If you do break the spare car, how much do you want for the alloys? Keep up the good work mate 😉
I will def be breaking the car for spares dude, but atm I’m not sure the value of the parts. The wheels have been refurbed and have decent Michelin tyres on them, will try and figure out a way of getting a price list for everything or make me an offer 😂
Sad to see this, seen this car before a went to work on fb market place, finshed and she had sold it before I could get there, was a nice wee 13reg vxr for a great price, you snooze you lose should of just messaged her when I first seen it
@@Lisa-mackenzieBarrett you mean the red one? Or the blue one? I did a walk around of the blue one if that’s the one you mean, check it out as it has quite a bit of damage
Hey dave did you buy the blue vxr of a boy lance by any chance if so a was workingbon this fee weeks back and know a fair bit about it
@@AndrewReid-im7us I think the guys name was Andy dude, but I’ll check the v5 👍🏻. He did say it had had a new turbo and actuator a couple months ago tho
Yeah a was workingbon it goes into limp mode because it's not set up correct a take wheels if you selling them and rear spats
Any chance the rear spoiler is available on the breaker?
Yeah dude, it will be! I’m going to get a price list sorted and add it to the description of the next video for everyone to see, but all the prices will be negotiable 👍🏻
@@DaveRebuildsperfect! Thank you
Stupid question, but wouldn’t it have been cheaper to fix the cosmetic damaged car?
@@markmemory6363 not a stupid question at all! I recon it would have cost me way more to fix the cosmetic damage than the red one tbh, plus the blue car is a cat N damaged car and has clearly had a really hard life!
I’ll give everyone a small tour of it in the next video so you can c why 👍🏻
What's wrong with the blue one? 🤔
It’s had a very very rough life! And is more beyond saving than the red one believe it or not! I’ll show everyone round it in the next video👍🏻
How much for the rear bumper on your blue car buddy ???
Honestly not sure what it’s even worth tbh, say £300? Don’t know whether that’s good or not lol
Heads back to eBay to look at one to buy knowing I can't afford to 😂
@@guesswho8628 😂👍🏻
What was wrong with the blue one wouldn’t have been better to use the red as a donor and make the blue one 100%
Trust me, the blue one is wrecked! I’ll show it in the next video 👍🏻, the red one is in far better overall condition 😃
@ looking forward to it mate good series so far!
But doesn’t the red one have a category title and the blue one doesn’t ?
Hello Dave, another brilliant video,it was definitely worth buying a donor car as parts are very expensive.it will look awesome when painted.
@ thank you! Yeah I think buying the donor was the best option, although I’ve no idea where to put all the parts 😂
DAVE WHY NOT KEEP THE BLUE VXR CAR LOOKS BETTER THAN THE RED ONE AND LESS WORK Dave Aren't YOU GOING TO PAINT THE PARTS TO MATCH THE RED CAR 😊
@@ANDY-we7mr trust me, the blue one isn’t as nice as it looks from far away! I’ll show everyone round it in the next video 👍🏻 and yeah, I’ll be painting it all to match, just need to get it all aligned first 😃
I'm confused what you done makes no sense a 39k mile car that's a little scruffy to rebuild a completely destroyed vxr with more miles make that make sense 🤯🤯
@@waynelittle5583 yeah I did a poor job of explaining in the video, sorry!
the red one has less miles than the blue one, the blue one is a catagory car already, was repaired terribly, and has a lot of cosmetic damage that the red one doesn’t have!
I’ll explain it and show everyone the damage in the next video 👍🏻
Bad news the bonnet is bent so prob won't line up av ig you as well
@@AndrewReid-im7us hmm, well that’s annoying if the bonnet is bent! Cool, I’ll go check out IG 👍🏻
Yeah a spent a few hrs trying to line it up best a could but because it has a shut in the front it was all off hinges are bent as well car was cosmetic bad roof etc dent bones where there but your doin the ryt
I know this car, was an old work colleague that owned it. Can tell by the duthies locking nut bag
@@jw3sty87_6 really?? Any chance he would have the service books etc? Or any kind of info on the car would be amazing!
@ I will get in touch with him about the service book. I do know it was well looked after and was traded in to the garage we worked at. Was immaculate
@ yeah I can tell by how the paintwork looks it’s been well looked after 👍🏻
Wasn’t being funny.Just wondered if I’d missed somethin.
Only new to the channel.
@@markmemory6363 don’t worry about it dude, I was being genuine when I said it wasn’t a silly question! You didn’t miss anything, I should have done a walk round of it before I started stripping it as loads of people have asked the same question 😫
Standard engine's aren't the greatest in the new vauxhalls look the part
@@CraigMccarthy-e6x do you mean in that age of vxr? Or newer Vauxhalls?
@DaveRebuilds newer vauxhalls no as good as the older car's older vauxhalls were far better engine and gearboxes look the part newer one's right enough
@ I’m with you dude, I’ve had a couple mk2 gte astras and loved them!
@@DaveRebuilds blue ford mondeo m503 vhk registered under issac eric mccarthy craig mccarthy car sold it altogether at 71 bradan avenue glasgow g13 4je for 500 pounds never had it down london full of whatever wherever it's lieing craig mccarthy couldn't tell you where that car is lieing down there in london sold it altogether at 71 bradan avenue glasgow g13 4je wasn't evan here in glasgow when a sold that car was in london before we left on the ferry sitting across the road from the chippy in london whatever junkies riddled junkies way aids hiv hep t hep c septicaemia and deep bone trumbosis bought that car ill owe them money up in yokermill road certainly not craig mccarthy anyhow
@@DaveRebuilds mk1 audi a3 R651 FUS registered too issac eric mccarthy on January 13th 2010 is a stolen vehicle that day too them that had that vehicle they've too be charged for they offences today regardless that's craig mccarthy police statement for that date give it to chief inspector christie and he.ll deal with it and sign it cheers nobody else 👍
sorry but unless i missed something while sneezing you are telling us that the "Blue" astra was in worse cosmetic condition than the "red" ? in what way ? on what planet ? what a waste of a perfectly useable car.,...
@blastingweevil2968 trust me, it’s just as bad, it just doesn’t look it on camera and I did an awful job of exposing and showing it. Will be giving a run through of it in the next video 👍🏻
I’d still have taken the good parts from the red and put them on the blue one, a no crashed car vs a crashed one? No brainer really!
@ the blue car has been crashed tho, at least twice! One of which gave it the category status is has on an hpi check
Hi dave can you fix that light mate doing my head in
Good work by the way
@@markroberts35 lol I will do dude, it’s doing my head in as well 😂👍🏻