Vauxhall Astra Mk4 Front Wing Removal

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in this video I have to remove the front drivers side wing to get it colour matched at the paint shop as we couldn't match up the colour code with the swatches. It came in 8 shades but they don't seem to match.
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@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

I put the tissue in my ear to stop crap dropping in my ear when I was laying under drilling that lower screw out but I forgot to remove it lol

@intensewalkera 3 жыл бұрын

Pardon. 🙂

@steveball1909 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, I thought it was a bit more of your ingenuity and you had converted your ear to a paper towel dispenser for convenience.😜

@paulyh4531 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you answered that , I thought has he cut his ear shaving or summit. Lol 👍

@nualaferguson592 3 жыл бұрын

That's the best thing to do Martin , I have the wife constantly giving me down the ear lug about something or nothing.The longer the ear plug is lodged in, the better!

@danelectro68 3 жыл бұрын

Lol, I'll say it made the video!, what we got next time something up the nose?!!!!!!

@vincef836 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video martin the black bottle thing is a CHARCOAL CANISTER / FUEL VAPOUR FILTER.

@chasmcl42 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant Martini love these type of videos it encourages me to crack on with the jobs on my van, I'm defiantly getting one of those wrenches.

@benrage5373 3 жыл бұрын

Wow these videos are coming thick and fast love it😁 thats why this is one of my favourite channels its an average mans channel for the average man no showing off and no junk 👍

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@steve45678 3 жыл бұрын

Got the whole family watching your vlogs now, we absolutely luv them. Keep up the fantastic work with this channel and Butler's Empire.

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@matt8906 3 жыл бұрын

looking forward seeing the rest of the work on this, when i had a clio with side skirts i decided to take them off and clean out all the crap behind. you'd be surprised how much mud is caught in them. and can cause rust to start along the sills

@vijayantgovender2045 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Martin I love watching your car repair videos can’t wait for more I am from South Africa

@adeh503 3 жыл бұрын

Good to see you back on the cars bud 🇬🇧🇬🇧

@125sm3 3 жыл бұрын

Martin you seem to have a strange white thing sticking out your ear 😂 great video.

@ashleyscobbie3171 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice car looking forward to seeing more videos.

@Couldntthinkof1gudenuff 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video Martin 👍🏻 superb channel.

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@haydenuk02 3 жыл бұрын

Great work and thanks for sharing this with us take care

@shaineriches4369 3 жыл бұрын

Loving the new ear defenders martin lol 🤣😂

@jaggass 3 жыл бұрын

Ant Anstead and Mike Brewer eat your heart out. I remember that video of WD you did with Jimmy. Very funny.

@LZDEN 3 жыл бұрын

good work Martin.looking forward to more of the same.

@alandykes2519 3 жыл бұрын

Yet another great video Martin thumbs up buddy 👍👍👍👍

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@chrisross-smith4358 3 жыл бұрын

Love you working on a car again. It's an adventure of discovery as you remove bits. It's amazing how quickly the 14 minutes pass by...

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

So true!

@Wtf11qq 3 жыл бұрын

Another class video 📹 once again huge respect and salutes fi Edinburgh Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@andy_v4443 3 жыл бұрын

got some thing sticking out ya ear ahahahhaha, great vid martin, BIG THUMBS UP

@jaggass 3 жыл бұрын

When it comes to seized in screws or rounded off Pozi's i use a screw extractor or slice across with a Dremel so i can get it out with a flat head screwdriver

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't get a screw extractor in these, The dremmel was on standby Michael.

@neilwalsh4058 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent start to your Astra project. Enjoy the sensible, no B.S way you tackle jobs.

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@vdubs6068 3 жыл бұрын

Great Vid Martin 👍

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@LFBsmokealarm 3 жыл бұрын

You'll need to find your blanket for when you tackle those springs Martin!

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, exactly lol

@GadgetGazza1690 3 жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to the car project video series .I like the way your taking us through the process of how much Astra cost and what jobs you've planned on the car . Rite the way up to selling the vehicle and the total spent on part's and profit made, even though Sharon has claimed it for herself 😂😂

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

That's the plan Gaz

@bizman185 3 жыл бұрын

On some old cars I had, it would have a steel spare wheel which needed different wheel bolts. Worth checking, although mine usually had aftermarket alloys.....may be why it has 4 bolts sitting

@chrisgray2686 3 жыл бұрын

another great video martin :)

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris👍

@baconbuttties 3 жыл бұрын

I always chuck the locking wheel nuts in the bin as I have had to many problems trying to get broken ones out. If I owned a Bentley then I would probably keep them on 😂

@alandavies2122 3 жыл бұрын

Great video again

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@josephcarino5829 3 жыл бұрын

Good Work Martin. NYC

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

@fixitorstripitGardenmachines 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work there, catch you in the next one.

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@fiveminuteman 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid. Had to check the comments as thought you had some kind of funky new white ear piece😊👍

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

😁

@marknorman389 3 жыл бұрын

Nice car pal really like it

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@jackrusselclan 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta catch uo with your vids Martin, missed some nice jobs grtzz Charles

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back!

@tc3rs4 3 жыл бұрын

Hi martin. I absolutely love your videos. Yours and project mans relationship is similar to mine and my fathers. I don’t get to do so much with him nowadays so it makes me smile seeing you both together and having a laugh. Much love to family hope your keeping well. Also love butlers empire vlog videos! Cheers 🍻

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Harry.

@dodgydruid 3 жыл бұрын

I did the oil change on me upstairs neighbours MK4 saloon, he got it up in the air on stands and I turns up with me magic tool for the filter... 2 pound club hammer and a hammer thru screwdriver, he's put the flush in before hand and given it a good hard drive round the lanes, so up in the air, drain plug and fill cap off, oil was blacker than a Tory's heart so whilst waiting for the short strokes on the dripping of the oil, I went round with me WD40 and did all his connector plugs, mounts and whatnot. Gets underneath, puts the hammer thru up against a flat on the filter, tappety tap tap, straight thru and spun the filter off, smeared up the new one, new filter on nice and snug, drain plug cleaned and back in, dropped the beast to get a level and measured in the required amount of what he paid for quite expensive synthetic stuff from Comma (I used to live near their factory in Gravesend lol) and job done. Fill level on the nose, engine sounds like new and took more time jacking up and down than actually anything else.

@lindameehan949 3 жыл бұрын

Good see back doing car m8

@leeroberts5496 3 жыл бұрын

Great video

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit

@vespamorelli7090 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely motor Martin. Sure you knew rightly that herself would claim it once she saw it 🤣🤣 unbelievable 😂😂

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

🤭 I did have an idea Tom lol

@garyclifton2180 3 жыл бұрын

Nice strip down martin id get some wd on them strut bolts and i like that ratchet cool lol..

@andycousins5016 3 жыл бұрын

Superb

@normsmowers4758 3 жыл бұрын

Lots to do but fantastic video 👌👍

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@WestYorkshireGuy1 3 жыл бұрын

Black box is a carbon canister. For fuel evap. system.

@martincraig1974 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Martin those wheel nuts are for the steel wheel spare . It would be great to get all the parts blasted on the car subframe etc alot of work tho 👍👍

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

I'm treating this car as a flip car for the video to keep the cost down but I may revisit that in the future as we are keeping the car.

@a11csc 3 жыл бұрын

very interesting martin

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@a11csc 3 жыл бұрын

@@retrorestore anything from the butler studios is much appreciated

@md-detailing 3 жыл бұрын

Its a special Astra to me,its called the Astra G bertone here in Europe. Very rare and still looks good! puts a smile on my face. i would reccomend putting bosch aerotwin wiper blades on the Astra :D Love the videos,keep up the good work :D

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!

@ront841 3 жыл бұрын

Hi martin vauxhall paint code 4AU silver lightning metallic from 2003 to 2011 another great vid keep em coming

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, we got that Ron but it's not matching up on the paint swatches for that colour. That's why i've taken the wing off to have the light colour gun scan it to get an exact match.

@neilaaitchison4473 3 жыл бұрын

@@retrorestore maybe had a respray.

@byronmills5952 3 жыл бұрын

@@retrorestore The base Astra shells were transported to Bertone who converted, painted and built them. It meant that whilst the colours were similar to the main factory cars, as Bertone had their own batches of paints made for their own factory line - their shade variant doesn't show up on the usual schemes. 👍

@chriseverett1142 3 жыл бұрын

Good if you show us some pdr how to.

@philipnewton7524 3 жыл бұрын

Martin Great video mate I have mised you working on cars mate Phil in stoke

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Phil👍

@davieanderson3856 3 жыл бұрын

A little hint Martini cut a slot in the torx screw with a dremel and is a flat head screwdriver

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

I know all that Davie, The dremmel was the next stage

@fonzypop 3 жыл бұрын

The sill cover at the front is held in with a posi self tapper! They are a pain

@peterimmington549 3 жыл бұрын

That looked like a job for young Jimmy (save the old mans back) lol. Would have been worth a fair bit of babysitting😅

@billywhizz98 3 жыл бұрын

Get Jimmy on that wing he will sort it out for you

@davidvickers9029 3 жыл бұрын

Good idea Martin putting tissue in your ear stopping crap from dropping in.

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Yes Dave, i've had it before and its a nightmare.

@adierob1 3 жыл бұрын

Nice motor Martin and looking forward to the next video. Do you and Bert still have your st's. 👍

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Yes bud, we do.

@neilaaitchison4473 3 жыл бұрын

Martin the Black box is for your emissions.

@steveball1909 3 жыл бұрын

Thoughtful of Vauxhall to provide that, but an air freshener will take care of most farts.😜

@nigeldempster3720 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Martin, Maybe an idea might be to protect that metal post so you do not damage the drivers door. Maybe a noodle {not the Italian kind) or and old piece of carpet. The advantage is not only will it stop the drivers door being damaged but you can lean the door against it getting out.

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

I'll be revamping the car port, that's a good idea Nigel.

@jonfulton7825 3 жыл бұрын

You need to invest in a set of cobalt drill bits. They'll go through a stainless steel screw or bolt that a regular drill just dulls on. A little pricey but a lifesaver.

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip Jon.

@classicgamer4451 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Martin did wounder what the white tissue was in your ear lol I thought you had a bad ear. There's always a screw hiding and a screw that won't come out sod law lol hope that crankshaft bolt ist too tight to undo when you do the cam belt sore knuckles when it makes you think it won't undo and then it suddenly dose hit fingers on something sharp lol you do make my day with your videos Martin and your humour nice one 👍

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud, yes, so do I lol they can be tight.

@derbyjohn1258 3 жыл бұрын

Always one bolt. Look at the dewalt drill bits they have a centre bit. Amazing buddy 👍🏻👍🏻. Were do you get your ear plugs from 🤔🤔😂

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks John👍

@01arron 3 жыл бұрын

Them charcoal canisters are a pain in the back side. Black box behind the wing

@chrisvectra5296 3 жыл бұрын

I think that’s the charcoal evap canister

@TheDaftApple 3 жыл бұрын

Had one of these years ago, buletproof thing as well. What happened to the veccy? I'm a few vids behind I think. And hows the ST220?

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Still got the Vectra and the ST220 is going great.

@paul-zh7ek 3 жыл бұрын

Martin someone is breaking the exact car on FB. I believe it's Vauxhall UK group.

@Tiffany.1970 3 жыл бұрын

Have you a video on how to change a drivers door mirror your help wud be much appreciated

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

No sorry I don't

@sdone7672 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work Martin, will you respray it yourself or get your lad to do it ? 👍

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure yet

@VSTV1993 3 жыл бұрын

Are you getting new drop links, that one looked like it had lots of play, i'd go for the metal ones as well them plastic ones are crap

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Probably, They are not dear.

@connormorse9191 3 жыл бұрын

I've got one of these but it's got a few dings and scraps with a gash on the bumper, what you reckon it's worth as is Martin

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

I've heard them go for over £2,000 in good low mileage condition.

@connormorse9191 3 жыл бұрын

@@retrorestore cheers Martin mines coming up on 100k so wouldn't consider it low miles, but I appreciate that maybe with some TLC and a second hand bumper I can squeeze a few quid more from it 👍

@professionalidiots101 3 жыл бұрын

Charcoal filter, I kept saying it but you couldn't hear me as you have a hanky in your ear 🤣

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, is that what it was.

@pm1104 3 жыл бұрын

Mr slim you have stuffing coming out of your left ear !

@danielclift1 3 жыл бұрын

my brother has had loads of astra and we found there was 5 different shades of star silver he had one just like that one but was hard top with leather seats and 2.2 engine still bertone and irmisher tho anyway unless i missed something whats with the tissue in the ear lol

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

I put it in to stop crap dropping in my ear when I was laying under drilling that lower screw out but I forgot to remove it lol

@geoffgreenhalgh3553 3 жыл бұрын

That's a great tool. have you a link for it?

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Here's what I got amzn.to/3dgdXa0

@geoffgreenhalgh3553 3 жыл бұрын

@@retrorestore Thankyou.

@benjyboichambers6030 3 жыл бұрын

Will it be worth your time for me to send you a Rear spring off my crf250r for Powder coating all cost payed and for it to be sent back done may be good Content ?? Not shore how to arrange this ?

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry bud, I don't take on jobs, far to busy with my own stuff.

@benjyboichambers6030 3 жыл бұрын

@@retrorestore ok thanks for getting bk to me 👍🏻

@vickyleese4063 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly would love for you to come and fix my partners zafira, it was his brothers who passed last year to covid, and the garage have literally ruined it, the timings way out, overfueling an misfiring,, please help lol

@jaggass 3 жыл бұрын

I bet you don't miss the days of cars having welded on wings and have to drill out all the spot welds just to take it off.

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

So easy with bolt on wings but they do put some bolts in silly places.

@avocado71 3 жыл бұрын

There seems to be something in your left ear, might want to check it.

@VSTV1993 3 жыл бұрын

Think it's to stop rust and dirt going into his ear whilst under the arch

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@mustie1214 3 жыл бұрын

I’m looking for some wheels what time do you go out 🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

You'll be on CCTV lol

@kellytaylor3134 3 жыл бұрын

With them shitty torx grind a slit in it then use a flat head screwdriver screw can be reused then

@vijayantgovender2045 3 жыл бұрын

Martin what happened to your ear ? I am from South Africa

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

I put paper in it when I was laying under the car to stop dirt dropping in my ear but I forgot to take it out lol

@mrrustman1657 3 жыл бұрын

surprisingly not a lot of rust... 400 quid is a bargain...

@chrismills9346 3 жыл бұрын

Is that in ya ear to stop shite dropping in to it when ya head under the wing 😁

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

I put it in to stop crap dropping in my ear when I was laying under drilling that lower screw out but I forgot to remove it lol

@markmawson1 3 жыл бұрын

Carbon canister/EVAP crap that's fitted to cars now

@MARKLOCKWOOD2012 3 жыл бұрын

Sluggish I’d check the throttle body butterfly being dirty and the intake being dirty.

@louisjames1062 3 жыл бұрын

Those lockers are absolute shite. Good choice to bin

@aguyfromthe60s7 3 жыл бұрын

Is that a fiver in your ear? Lol 😂

@d4tjr165 3 жыл бұрын

Best comment !!

@Jasonhughes258 3 жыл бұрын

Removing dents in Vauxhall’s we can’t help you. We are experts at putting dents in them though.

@retrorestore 3 жыл бұрын

Yes you are Jason lol