Wrapping Job: "STRIPES ARE COOL!" - Opel Astra by WRAPworks

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Tuner:  WRAPworks

Platform: Opel Astra Nurburgring

Foliation: Exclusive WRAPworks-foliation

New Technical Stuff: Remus exhaust system,  lowered using EIBACH-30/30 springs, OPC 1 brake, cooling and yellow fog lights, adjustable Whiteline-rear, axle-stabilizer, Pipercross air filter,  Courtenay PU motor bearing and the bronze bushings for the guide pins of the ATE-break calipers,  new Nitro Motec Wheels in 8×18 ET30 and Rally-4-safety belts by SCHROTH.

Source: WRAPworks.com, MirandaMedia.com

Press Release:

THE NURBURGRING-ASTRA by WRAPworks

A total of 835 vehicles of the Nurburgring Edition produced between April

2004 and November 2010 of the Opel Astra with the index letter H have left

the Opel Performance Center – better known as OPC in Russelsheim – in the

year 2008.

The number 835 in turn was not arbitrarily determined, rather it is a homage

to the lap time of 8:35 minutes, which was set by Manuel REUTER with his

Opel Astra H OPC at the Nordschleife of the Nurburgring. The number 56 of

this series with two liters displacement and 240 hp turbo (= 176 kW) is to

be discussed here.

However, let us take a closer look at the outer appearance of the ring star.

The upcoming firm WRAPworks from Engelskirchen, which is situated somewhere

between Cologne and Olpe, has chosen such compact class Opel. The crew

around Timo LOHMEIER has deepened the theme “Nurburgring Edition” and

adjusted the design to it accordingly. The foil colors – titan-metallic mat

as well as high-gloss red – have been chosen to match the factory logo. To

realize the exclusive foliation and to foil every detail the car has been

largely disassembled into its component parts. A high-gloss digital printing

in carbon style was specially made for the engine hood to accentuate the

logo.

And the brute sound delivering exhaust system by Remus with the centered

tailpipe is perfectly accentuated by means of the red line ending on it. To

preserve the relation to the original Nurburg Edition, the series checks

have been left on the bonnet, top and tailgate, at least partially. The

price for this really exclusive WRAPworks-foliation is at 1.250,00 Euros and

it is realizable within two working days. So much to the Astra’s “designer

outfit”.

It goes almost without saying that the number 56 had also to stand some

changes. The Astra H OPC is lowered by means of EIBACH-30/30 springs. The

exhaust system from turbo is usually installed on the sister model Vauxhall

Astra VXR and it comes from REMUS. This Nurburgring-Astra has an OPC 1 brake

cooling and yellow fog lights. Also an adjustable Whiteline-rear

axle-stabilizer and a Pipercross air filter are installed. The Courtenay PU

motor bearing and the bronze bushings for the guide pins of the ATE-break

calipers at the front axle are also worth mentioning, which ensure a higher

pressure point and prevent an oblique wear of the lining. The very important

part of the connection between car and road take the rims called Nitro by

Motec in 8×18 ET30, which are tired with Hankook Ventus V12 in 225/40ZR18.

Finally the rear wiper was removed and Rally-4-safety belts by SCHROTH were

installed inside. By the way, this car is regularly running on the

Nordschleife and quite often it makes some larger caliber looking silly,

just to mention.

Wrapping Job: "STRIPES ARE COOL!" - Opel Astra by WRAPworks