Liam's Nova X16XE Project

[Liam]

I’ve been on here a while now and have decided to start a build thread. Back in July I was looking for a first car and came across this, a 1992 Nova 1.2 Expression. It wasn’t too far from me so I went and had a look at it and then won it on eBay for £400. It’s in excellent condition; 63,000 miles with no rot or rust but just a little bash on the front wing/headlight.

Once I had picked it up and got it home I removed the wing to inspect the damage which didn’t actually turn out to be that bad, just the headlight panel and the bottom of the inner wing. I then went on a search for a genuine wing with no luck so got a pattern wing and surprisingly it fitted pretty well after about 4 hours of cutting and shutting.

Since then I have been at college so not had much time/money but have managed to collect and do a few things to the car.

·Clear rear lights (going to tint top half red)
·Strut brace front and rear (getting a rear strut brace welded in soon)
·White rear bumper
·Bucket seats and harnesses
·Aluminium petrol cap
·Revolution RFX alloys from my dad that need refurbing
· GSI Sideskirts
·60mm Suspension
·Rear mudflaps
·Momo race steering wheel

[Liam]

[Liam]

The other day I got some suede and recovered my front door cards. Only got pictures of one though. Going to get some plyboard tomorrow so going to make some rear cards up and cover them in suede aswell. Also got a sportex backbox on its way and a normal front bumper as I can't get hold of a GSI one and the original was painted black and looked crap. I also fitted my new fuel cap.

[connor c]

nice,tidy looking motor lad
did you not have a thread up before

[Liam]

nice,tidy looking motor lad
did you not have a thread up before

I head a thread on Migweb but not on here. I didn't like it on there so never updated it.

[moffat]

looking good. doing a gsi rep? looks very clean for a mk2

[Liam]

looking good. doing a gsi rep? looks very clean for a mk2

Not exactly looking to do a GSI rep it's just that I like the GSI sideskirts and front bumper. I'm looking to be a bit differant and put a GTE rear spoiler on it.

[Spudly]

I hope youre going to paint that wing soon before the rust gets hold of it!

[L14MNP]

Nice clean Nova matey. Cool name too.

[Liam]

Its been like it since August! I just haven't had the money at the moment. I've had a word with one of my dad's friends about painting the wing and spoiler and he's supposed to be getting back to me soon.