Project Merit Plus

[PicklesSE8]

Hi all, I've been on here for a while so thought I'd get a few pics up. This isn't a huge project as it's my daily runner, just a few upgrades for now The starting point was this 1.2 Merit +, bought cheap off Ebay with no tax or MOT (listed in the Parts section)





Apart from a bit of hassle getting it through the emissions, the only thing needed for the MOT was both rear spring seats which were replaced





Next job was to get rid of the rubbing strips and crappy limo tints



And replace the clocks with GSi ones



Next to go was the manky steels, took a while to find the right wheels







But finally managed to find a set of 14" RFX's



And a GSi front bumper

[PicklesSE8]

The grubby interior was the next thing to go





Replaced with a blue SR interior, I removed the carpets and steam cleaned them while the seats were out



I'm going to get it resprayed next year, for now just had the front bumper and tailgate done, and fitted a GSi spoiler







40mm Gmax shocks and springs and a quick rack have got it handling like a go-kart









And the next upgrade is some Astra GTE brakes

[novadave24]

Looks good mate a nice project

[jafanan]

well done on the progress so far!

respray will do it a world of good

[chadders]

nice little project keep up the good work

[Spudly]

Looks like good progress, and youve lined up a breaker to XE it aswell by the looks of the background

[PicklesSE8]

Thanks for the comments! Leave my Calibra alone, it's never getting broken

[mikey093]

Looks a good little project. Just a gsi bumper painted white and different interior makes a bigger difference

[pie]

looking good

I aint a calibra lover im with spud they all donor's

buts that's nice looking one ? oem bumper? liking the the bbs's to

[PicklesSE8]

looking good

I aint a calibre lover im with spud they all donor's

buts that's nice looking one ? oem bumper? liking the the bbs's to

I'll ignore any more donor quotes Cheers, it's an Irmscher front bumper, the BBS's are pretty rare to find in a 17" 4 stud. Would like to be doing more to the Nova but not easy when its used every day