My New NOVA

[ant_tay]

Hi guys i did a deal with a guy for this

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/636233-1.jpg

so far im not impressed i have had to change the discs because they were warped how the other guy drove it ill never know so i done that and also changed the wheels

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P240808_1240.jpg

I then took it down to one of my mates houses and we were going to fit my digi dash into it HAPPY DAYS all was ok at this point UNTIL we took the dash off and noticed that most of the wires behind it were melted together NOT HAPPY DAYS so we proceded to cut out the melted wires one by out and solder in new wires but since then we could only get the speedo working as its not attached to the loom we got all the extirior lights working so its time to get a whole new loom and rewire the car and thats as far as i have got .

its a MK1 1.2 merit shell with a facelift in good condition bar the rear arches and a good t-cut its got a 1.6 gte lump init and a full stainless (infinity) i think and the rear is completely striped the front has 2 gte seats door cards and a crap excuse for a gsi dash (grey dash sprayed black)
thats all i got at the mo

[Gibbo]

looks nice mate:thumb:

[ant_tay]

Hi another little update i have meshed the grille for my car but dont know if i want to keep it like that let me know what you think

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P260808_110301.jpg

[Welsh Dan]

I think meshed grilles look awful.

Is it blue or purple?

[The Simps]

have u got a small dog stuffed down your pants with its tail hanging out?

[ant_tay]

Nah it ma belt The simps

The problem i have with the grille is when the black bit is fitted the whole grille sits forward and makes it look stupid if anyone knows how to solve this please let me know im not realy a fan of mesh either but if mesh is the only way i can slove it then so be it

[ant_tay]

welsh dan: it is a dark blue that needs a dam good T-Cut

[Lee]

For some reason I didnt realise renaults ran 4x100 pcd. If the offset was right I think they'd look quite nice on a Nova tbh. New wheels look nice too though :)

[ant_tay]

i hate the renault wheels they were the first thing that had to go if you know any one who wants them let me know the new wheels are a 40 offset and are perfect

[vaughanmc]

I'd love a set of those wheels but not in gloss black :)

A bit too far away as well

[LEWI007]

I say you should do this

keep the GTE Seats
sell the GSI Bumper
sell the headlights, indicators and grille
sell the wheels
sell the rear bumper
sell the wings
strip the car down to bare shell
cut any rust off
weld it up
have the whole car painted (preferably white)
then get the folowing parts :

a MK1 Front bumper, grille, headlights and wings
http://www.pngclub.com/images/car_images/3298big2.jpg

A MK1 Rear bumper
http://www.pngclub.com/images/car_images/3298big4.jpg

buy a set of cavvy slabs :thumb:

http://www.pngclub.com/images/car_images/973big.jpg

slam it and i think your done

reason id sell all the mk2 parts, is because i think no MK1 Nova deserves to look like a mk2 :cry:

Also you just wrecked a nova grille by meshing it :cry:

[Lee]

reason id sell all the mk2 parts, is because i think no MK1 Nova deserves to look like a mk2

Couldn't agree more. They definately don't deserve it! lol

[Pistol Pete]

Not a bad looking car, you got there. I had Renault 19/Clio 16v on my first Nova (RIP). They are 4x100 PCD but not quite the right offset. They rubbed on the front bigtime, and i had abit of chaffing in the rear (ooo er misses)! I thought they looked good, each to their own!

MK2 conversion doesnt look too bad. Good colour aswell, what is it? Not keen on the new wheels.

[L14MNP]

R19/Clio ph2 16v rims are cool on Novas IMO. One of my all time favourites had them on, was a Q plate Citrine yellow GSi. Possibly the one with the twin hump vent things on the bonnet lol.

Keep it up pal :)

[LEWI007]

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/LEWI007/Slabsftw.png

[ant_tay]

cheers guys in mot going to keep the meshim gonna modify the black insert to fit properly and the car is gonna be painted white and im keeping the wheels that are on there.

The renault wheels have a gold flake but could do with being refurbed and they still go 2 good tyres on them anyone wants them let me know and much to some peoples disapproval im keeping the facelift and im not sure of the colour

got a 60mm lowering kit that will be going on it at the end of the week i will update then

THANKS FOR YOUR OPINIONS GUYS

[ant_tay]

Would anyone have know its a MK1 without me saying if so how

[vaughanmc]

Would anyone have know its a MK1 without me saying if so how

Aye, because its an E reg lol ?

[LEWI007]

lol and maybe it has a MK1 Boot but theres no pic so idk

also im happy your going to paint it white are you going to paint the bumpers black ?

in my opinion they look much better with black bumpers.

http://www.pngclub.com/images/car_images/3479big.jpg

heres what white bumpers look like

http://www.pngclub.com/images/car_images/2662big.jpg

[Lee H]

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/LEWI007/Slabsftw.png

They don't even look good on Chavalier's, never mind Nova's lol

[LEWI007]

They don't even look good on Chavalier's, never mind Nova's lol

Ive only ever heard 1 other person say that before :thumb: and it was wierd, i mean how can you possibly think such a thing :eek:

[The Simps]

I'm with Lee on this one, don't see the fascination!

[LEWI007]

Well do you agree black bumpers look better than white ?

http://www.pngclub.com/images/car_images/1403big4.jpg

[The Simps]

yes I do. black bumpers work better with certain colours. White & red being too. I am biased tho. I've had mine gloss black and also a textured matt black. I prefered the matt look personally.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/TheSimps/Nova/Photoshoot%20Day/DSCF0308resize.jpg

[LEWI007]

Nice pic :thumb:

Never saw matt bumpers before ? :wtf:

[ant_tay]

well i wasent having black bumpers i have been converted

[The Simps]

The pic above is more of a satin finish.

I had the bumpers redone in a textured finish in matt black. A lot of olders cars had the bumpers done in this colour for example nissa micras in the late 90s. I like it, just took the shine off.

[LEWI007]

well i wasent having black bumpers i have been converted
Thank god ! :thumb:

[The Simps]

The biggest thing your car is missing imo is side skirts. get some them paint them along with the bumpers in black.

[ant_tay]

i got 2 set of GSI ones but i aint got the the clips to put them on

[LEWI007]

I was thinking it would look good with the skirts on aswell

[The Simps]

i got 2 set of GSI ones but i aint got the the clips to put them on

don't need em, I never did. Mine were screwed in then eventually bonded.

[The Simps]

I think you should spray the bumpers, skirts, wing mirrors (incl bases), window surrounds black.

[ant_tay]

yeah but ATM my priority is getting the car rewired

[The Simps]

get a new loom mate, will be much easier.

[LEWI007]

Also spray the doorhandles and the tailgate plastic thing black

[LEWI007]

get a new loom mate, will be much easier.

He is getting a new loom READ ! ;)

[The Simps]

Also spray the doorhandles and the tailgate plastic thing black

nah, I say leave em bodycoloured ;) lol

[The Simps]

He is getting a new loom READ ! ;)


I'll go stand in the corner and face the wall :cry:

[LEWI007]

lol simps

and why leave them bodycoloured if everything else plastic is being done glossy black theyre gonna look odd :(

[ant_tay]

i decided to leave the mesh and i have sorted out the black bit so it now fits propper ill put it back on tomorrow and see if it fits better than it did before

[The Simps]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/TheSimps/Nova/P2180065.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/TheSimps/Nova/P2180062.jpg

;)

[ant_tay]

thats VERY nice

[The Simps]

I miss her :(

I think your mesh is fine. What colour is it? black? ;)

[ant_tay]

its back to a standard grille now it just didnt fit tidy so i put the mesh in to see if it would fit better and it did but decided against it and modified the standard black insert to fit tidy

[ant_tay]

this is my grille as it will stay

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P260808_2208.jpg

[The Simps]

:thumb:

[LEWI007]

Standard grilles look better any day i meshed mine once and thought it looked mint then i realised the car was just looking like a chav mobile so i went and bought a standard grille again and hate meshed nova grilles since

[ant_tay]

Glad i have your approval

[ant_tay]

i have now put the grille back on and it stits perfect now looks much better

[ant_tay]

herea a pic

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P270808_1352.jpg

[ant_tay]

just thought i would add a pic of the back end

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P270808_135201.jpg

[ant_tay]

and this is another little bit the guy i bought it off neglected to mention

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P270808_1354.jpg

[The Simps]

I've never seen a nova rot around there before.

[Pistol Pete]

oooh, that is abit rotten! Might want to give that some attention mate. Did you say you had a lowering kit for it? It would certainly sit better :thumb:

[LEWI007]

The grille looks mint mate :thumb: i really think you should get rid of that fartcan exhaust and put some sensible sized stainless one on ;)

[ant_tay]

Neither had i thats why i never checked there.

Yeah got a 60mm kit from a guy on here hopefully will be with me tomorrow and fitted friday.

It is a full stainless on there 4 into 1 manifold straight through infinity job or atleast thats what i was told the make was

[ant_tay]

what does everyone think of black rear lights

[ant_tay]

here is a pic what does everyone think

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P290808_1701.jpg

[ant_tay]

just droped the car down to 60mm all round

before
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P030908_183501.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P030908_1651.jpg

After
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P030908_165101.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P030908_1835.jpg

[vaughanmc]

Not that much of a difference mate, what was it down before ?

50mm ?

[ant_tay]

40mm it looks like that because they aint settled proper in the pics i will change them tomorrow for pics of when they have settled

[vaughanmc]

Nice one :)

[ant_tay]

thanks :)

[ant_tay]

update time the before mentioned rewire of my car has now been done completely stripped the inside bare
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/27092008214.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/27092008215.jpg

also the engine loom was done aswell
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/27092008212.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/27092008213.jpg


and so begun the saga of soldering two halfs of a loom together and putting it all back in
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/28092008217.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/28092008218.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/28092008216.jpg

Thanks TomTom for the looms

[ant_tay]

also on the same weekend the gsi interior went in and the digi dash again Thanks TomTom
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P031008_2234.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P031008_223401.jpg

then today i have changed my wheels again
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P031008_223201.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/Nova%202/P031008_2235.jpg

i will get better pics tomorrow

[LEWI007]

Its looking good mate.

[ripley]

Hi mate looks realy good how many weekends did that take? i bet that was a fcuking nightmare to on your own. what does it look like now?

[ant_tay]

it took me and my mate Terry a massive help so thanks to him 1 weekend to strip it rewire it and put all my interior back in i will get pics of it later on today

[ant_tay]

sorry it took so long but here is the car as it stands on the outside now

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/P111008_182802.jpg

will get pics of the inside tomorrow

[LEWI007]

needs gloss black cesaros and decals taken off the window

[ant_tay]

decals are staying sorry the whole plan for the car is going to be black and white

body and all the suspension calipers and drums and and stuff is going to be white with black bumpers and wheels handles wing mirrors

interior is black gsi and its going to have all the removable bits form the dash white i have spares if i dont like it

possibly going to be selling it soon

[ant_tay]

this is what the inside looks like now untill i get the E/W and C/L for the gsi cards to go on
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q196/astranin/P161008_0826.jpg

[ripley]

HI mate do u still have that nova for sale?????????

[ant_tay]

hi mat eno sorry i swapped it for an Sreg polo
and then bought myself another nova

[ripley]

why dont u buy a corsa

[ant_tay]

nahh im a nova guy not a fan of corsas

[ripley]

whats happening with this new nova

[ant_tay]

it broke an hour after picking it up not happy

[ripley]

what happened

[ant_tay]

the camshaft seized solid i have had a spanner on the cam and cant move it any ideas

[ripley]

no iam not very good with cars

[ant_tay]

its a x20se out of an omega dont think they are very good engines

[ripley]

not sure mate just get the car down here and will sort it out

[ant_tay]

you need to come and tow me then

[ripley]

i know

[ant_tay]

get this redtop rebuilt ready to go into it

[ripley]

what are u doing about the parts what are u getting first

[ant_tay]

top end first = gasket set, lifters, stem seals, lap valves, new piston rings, head bolts and possibly a head skim

[ripley]

you must be rich

[ant_tay]

hell yeah in my wildest dreams

[Rich]

Dont you guys have msn? OR a phone? lol

Can you not turn the cam either way? Checked if the cambelts still on?

[ant_tay]

cambelt is off can not turn it at all in either direction i think it run dry and i was only doing 80 in 5th

[ripley]

did the belt snap or slip off?

[ripley]

http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo336/ripley360/nova%202/IMG_0017.jpg good old days

[ant_tay]

it just slipped off and is a no go