My Projects thread

[krobinson]

Good work Nick :D

[staggy_gsi]

amazing Nick.

wish i had the motivation some of you guys have

[Nick J]

Now for the astra... Yesterday evening the astra was on the lift and all wheels were removed, All tyre beads were broken then the wheels were prepared and painted. I've only done the faces at the moment as I was unsure how the colour would look but I opted for it after using it for Andy bishops wheels earlier in the year which look great on the car imo, Apologies for no prep and paint pics as I actually forgot my camera but heres the final result.........

[Nick J]

Also While the wheels were off last night I attacked the brake calipers and prepared them for some nice black paint too as they havent been painted before and looked rather ugly! This morning was spent removing the old reg plates and rusty screws to replace them with new euro plates and sticky pads also I had a wander to see a valeter that works with me as he has a massive pile of floor matts and got myself some free ones! Below are some more pics now the bodyworks all finished I'm really pleased with the final look.

[Nick J]

I'm now currently deciding what to do with this..........



As I dont think it looks good at all. I thinking of removing the whole vent and replacing it with either a plate cut to suit etc or putting back a standard vent and using an a pillar pod etc any other ideas welcomed!

[krobinson]

Great work, looks awesome. Such a cool "runabout" :D

[Adam]

For a runabout, that car is fooking awesome,Lol.

Looks sweet.

[hybridturbo]

A nice runabout but its let down by a cut up front bumper and with the standard of your nova i feel you could do alot better

A simple gsi front bumper and rear spoiler swap would make a nice runabout a possible show car

keep up the good work and get some back to black on the tyres

[Nick J]

A nice runabout but its let down by a cut up front bumper and with the standard of your nova i feel you could do alot better

A simple gsi front bumper and rear spoiler swap would make a nice runabout a possible show car

keep up the good work and get some back to black on the tyres

Thanks, without doubt there is room for improvements with extras that could be added etc however I'd much rather spend that cash on the nova and keep upping the standard of that instead, The astra will never be a show car not while I own it anyhow! As for the tyre black etc I havent put any on for the reason that a lot of them use certain chemicals that can mark fresh paintwork and with the wheels being painted under 24hrs ago I think I'll leave it a week or two! Nick.

[John]

nick whats up with the front fogs? i take it they've lost their reflective chrome backing making them look orange? Apart from that i love it!