which is the best look MK1/2 ???

[Huffy]

Hello another thread by melol Ive got a mk 1 nova now its a 1.3L white 3 door with 37000 on it. The pic in my avitar is my old mk2 which i wish id never sold but we all make mistakes:roll:. At the moment im looking to buy mk2 bits for my mk1, but before i go ahead with it id like to know what everyone else thinks ? which looks the best Mk1/2. it would be a good sleeper as the mk1 but it does look like a grandads car a little bitlol. Anyway id be gald to hear your opinion ive tried to add pics of my mk1 but its know good.

Thanks Huffy

[craig green]

Dont be a fool. Keep it mk1.

[meritlover]

i like the look of the pre-face lift models, that is the way the nova was designed to be, the facelift was just a last minute attempt to make it look more modern before they could design a corsa B to replace it.

but this is an opinion of meritlovers.

[craig green]

Each to their own, but nearly all mk1s end up being GSi replicas or similar.

Its so refreshing to see a mk1 or GTE styled Nova. I'd go as far as saying you would be doing something 'different' by staying with the mk1 styling.

The mk1 bumpers etc should sell easily enough if you decide to change.

[Huffy]

Ive just bought a mk2 dash from ebay for a £1 im after some of them cessaro wheels but people are selling for around £150 ive tried to add a pic of it but i dont know how to ?

[L14MNP]

MK1 all the way.
I MK1'd my old H reg (MK2) SR. Amber indicators too, much better IMO
People did (and still do) fit MK2 parts to modernise Novas, but they are an old school car (verging on classic imo) Yes a GSi looks newer than a GTE but not by loads, it can't beld in with the sea of featureless modern metal on our roads today, which was probably the reason a lot of the cars (90's) were facelifted.
As said, most MK1's got the GSi treatment, a Mk1 is a rare site these days :)

There might be a sentence in there somewhere lol

[Rich]

Keep it mk1, its cheaper and although i wouldnt say better looking they are different to see. Especially if its an sr because they are getting rare!

[twistysnovagte]

mk1,its pure sacrilege to transform the most beautiful nova into something its not!;) :(

[draper]

have 2 novas so you can have both lol

mines a mark1 and staying mark 1 as its a 1.3SR - although if i have my way the missus will have a mk2 as her first car

[Lynsey]

My first MK1

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/lynz_sr/novas/nova1016.jpg

My MK2 (complete with the GSi bumpers and Cav slabs- DON'T BE A HATER!)

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/lynz_sr/novapics-1.jpg

Current Mk1

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/lynz_sr/pv26410027.jpg

I'd say 'If I had my time again blah blah blah...' BUT I am having it again, my current car is wikkid!

Keep it Mk1, you know it makes sense[all the hott people drive mk1s!]. Don't waste time, effort and money swapping it all about, if you want a mk2 just go and get one. Looking forward to seeing some pics :D

[Spudly]

Mk1 FTW......

But having said that i still prefer the mk2 dash so have the best of both and GSi the interior but leave exterior mk1 and keep it cleeeaan!

BTW if you still decide you dont like mk1`s ill swap it for some tropical fruit bubbalicious..... and some skittles lol

[tony k]

KEEP IT MK1 MATE THE RETRO LOOK IS A MUST BUT AS SRspudly SAYS THE MK2 DASH IS BETTER WELL I THINK SO

[burgo]

mk1 ftw. mk2 is for gayers only

[twistysnovagte]

well said burgo lad,hit the nail on the head once again:)

[Lynsey]

I had GSi interior in my MK1, minus the dash (:gay:)

Think it worked quite well with the blue-

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/lynz_sr/novas/nova1015.jpg

I've got MK1 Astra GTE seats for my current one, just need to get them in :D


I'm sorry, going to stop stealing this thread now lol

[twistysnovagte]

how do you go about fitting mk1 astra recaros into the nova lynz? ive had this thought in mind recently.:)

[NatJK]

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk79/NatK89/Norris%20the%20Nova/DSC00410.jpg

mk1 all the way!!!

oooo about fitting mk1 astra interior, post up somepics when its done :D
im thinkin ofoptions for my sr, got mk2 interior atm, and struggling to find the burberry check interior :(, so keeping options open.

[mikey14sr]

'kin 'ell lynz! that's a bit bent aint it!

My opinion, keep it how it was intended, mk1 all the way!

[Jack]

mk2

[burgo]

mk2gayer

[NovaGuy1400SRi]

i have a J reg mk2, and after my dad managed to find me a mk1 bumper/grill combo in a field, same as lynz's in the pic above, i went and got the other parts for a mk1 front, keeping the car mk2 for now but might put the mk1 front on in the future :D

the car the bumper came off was being used to scare birds away from the farmers field too, but had been rolled and was being scrapped :( not that there was anything else worth having on it anyway, must have been in the field for a few years as the car was rotten.

[Spudly]

Now now kiddies play nice lmao lol

[Huffy]

Thinks for the advice every one looks like i mite keep it mk1 i need to get my mate tom to help me put some picks on of it also ive got it lowered at the min 60mm rear 40mm front i want to go lower i was thinking 80mm R 75mm F the biggest wheels i want are 15inch do you think this is a good idea ??

[hagger]

keep it MK1!

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f210/hagger69/nova%20sr/DSC00099.jpg

[Novaboyleon]

yers mk1 is old skool cool for definate, i dont mind the dash either, atleist the hazard switch doesnt break, altho ive learnt how 2 fix them now.

[Huffy]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/riggy4/DSC00592.jpg

[Huffy]

here is a pic of the beast ill try an get more:thumb:

[Huffy]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/riggy4/DSC00590.jpg

[Huffy]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/riggy4/DSC00591.jpg

[SKoob]

MK1 all the way, but the dash is gash lol. I've had 5 novas all have been MK1s :thumb:

[Ste L]

Keep it Mk1..

everyone facelift's then, so it's refreshing to see a very clean mk1


but i would have to have a mk2 dash, hate the mk1 dash with a passion

[Stoo]

can

worms

[Jack]

can

worms
Far from it, I think I'm the only person who said Mk2 so far lol

[burgo]

Far from it, I think I'm the only person who said Mk2 so far lolwhich is strage concidering your love for 2 door loons which only came in mk1

[Stoo]

my neighbour used to have a white mk2 2dr loon

[burgo]

my neighbour used to have a white mk2 2dr looncant have originally been a mk2

[Stoo]

as far as i know it was all origional

j plate i think

[andy_017]

Most definitly keep it mark 1 mate:thumb:

[Jack]

Must have been facelifted (crash repaired with different front end?), they never made a Mk2 2dr saloon from the factory.

Cue someone with a pic of the wonky arched blue saloon lol

[NovaGuy1400SRi]

Just for you Rj :D

http://file014b.bebo.com/13/large/2006/08/24/17/196464400a1823478904b488504696l.jpg

[Jack]

Nope, thats the decent one as the arches are correct (i.e. the rear one sits lower, as it would on a hatch).

The wonky one I was thinking of was this one:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Cars/Saloon/CGcamphone086.jpg

Nice :tard:

[NovaGuy1400SRi]

to think i used to like that a few years ago :tard: front arches on the back if i mind right.

quite like the look of the G plate one i posted up tbh :D

[Huffy]

that other saloon is nice on the other page

[SRimon]

Keep it Mk1, you know it makes sense[all the hott people drive mk1s!

Thanks Lynz lol

MK1 fo sure!

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h73/syep2001/PV/IMG_1267.jpg

[Andy]

Mk1 FTW. as said in the world of Novas Mk2's have been done to death,so so many Gsi reps about

[ade]

I have a mk1 and a mk2 and have to say the mk1 has really grown on me

Stick with mk1 - not many about in standard kit form now...

[ade]

Huffy - your novas really tidy - just get the wiper for the back and sort the bumper bolts and leave as is! too nice to trash

[GTE TURBZ]

what i'd like to see is an J K or L reg mk1'd, the green mk1 is nice is it a GTE or sr come gte lookalike, think i might put my orange indicators back on

[L14MNP]

This in the one I was referring to in the 2dr wide arch thread Jack lol

http://file014b.bebo.com/13/large/2006/08/24/17/196464400a1823478904b488504696l.jpg
Cool IMO

[Mike B GTE]

MK1 front FTW!

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1030278.jpg

:thumb:

[Huffy]

thats nice wish i had the cash to have mine resprayed ive got a yaris rear wiper now a £10 from the srcappy am going to take the rubber door protectors off some time and look for gte bits and some alloys thanks again for the advice every one am very greatful:thumb:

[Jack]

6 pages, and I'm still the only mk2 lover in the village lol

[Huffy]

nar i still like em to mate got to have a good think there aint many novas round my area so dont know think 1 other lads said mk2 as well

[NovaLad]

6 pages, and I'm still the only mk2 lover in the village lol

MK2 FTW!

[wilson_sri]

I prefer the look of a mk2, but i wouldnt go changing a mk1.