What do you think of my new nova? :-)

[NovaBoi92]

My old nova (the black SR) was going to cost me well over £300 to weld and there was alot of work to make it up to scratch. so my mate was selling this for £300, its really good condition. tiny bits of rust on arches, no major rust patches, dents, scrapes or anything. its going to be sprayed black. so far, i have fitted my 15 inch wolfrace katana's which fit perfect with no rubbing at all :)
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/P9200033.jpg
then i fitted the tinted rear lights.
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/P9200032.jpg
next up was the interior, my SR had a MINT red interior with a black gsi dash. (dash being fitted tomorrow, along with the central locking and leccy windows)
before:
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/P9170030.jpg
after:
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/P9200036.jpg
then i wired up my 12" mutant sub and amp, took a while because it didnt work, couldnt figure out why but i got it working in the end ;) also wired up 6x9's on parcel shelf.
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/P9200035.jpg
here's a blurred pic of my wheels lol
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/P9200034.jpg
i took off the rocker cover to give it a clean aswell and thought i might aswell take a picture with it off, pretty clean engine bay. but need a new rocker cover as my one has gone a gay brownie colour :( any suggestions on how to restore it to a nice shiny silver?
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/P9200031.jpg
thats about it for the moment, im getting it resprayed in black soon. what you think? thanks for looking. (by the way having this new 1.2 nova merit kind of makes my name pointless lol)

[General Baxter]

no wonder it dont rub, its that high its still in space lol

[Stuart]

Just so this dosent descend into crapness

Remember kids...
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=101086

[NovaBoi92]

lol im going to lower it, im not too sure on 40mm drop or 60mm drop. what do you think?

[NovaBoi92]

oh, also theres a few scrapes on ths mirrors, and i think they got there by going round a corner too fast and scraping them on the floor because of the silly bouncy suspention and high ride height lol

[Stuart]

I think you should mod it how YOU want to mod it.... NOT how someone else wants your car to look.

[NovaBoi92]

i aam going to, its going to be sprayed black, i already have a gsi front bumper and gsi skirts to be sprayed and fitted, may get a new back bumper. tints are going in tomorrow also. what im thinking of doing is getting a full body kit and the biggest spoiler i can find...yeah. lol

[Andy]

Looks good mate,i hope that last bit is a joke btw:mad:

[NovaBoi92]

yes lmao :) its a joke. im putting a standard gsi spoiler on it. looks nice but not over the top :)

[Andy]

Nice one.Are you keeping it as a 1200? As for the rocker cover,sand it until it gets the crap off then work your way through the grades from say 120 to 1500 then it will be shiny again

[NovaBoi92]

i was going to change over the engine to my 1400 out of the sr, but to be honest i had a little drive of the 1.2 and it seems great, nippy, cheaper to insure. so im keeping the 1.2 :) and thanks for the info

[TIDGE]

lol im going to lower it, im not too sure on 40mm drop or 60mm drop. what do you think?
personally i would go 40mm my mate has just dropped his 40mm still to high in my eyes but i like real low cars i will get him to take some pics if you want

whats going on with the black one now?

[Jim Mcrae]

It looks a nice shell, not keen on the wheels though

[LEWI007]

Wheels really ruin it !! :cry:

[astractr92]

do you think you could fit a digi-dash out of a astra GTE? i think it would look sick in a nova ;) and i love the new nova shame u had to let your old nova go man but it was for the best ehh

[Andy]

do you think you could fit a digi-dash out of a astra GTE? i think it would look sick in a nova ;) and i love the new nova shame u had to let your old nova go man but it was for the best ehh Err that must be one of the most done things to a Nova ever lol
Do you have a digi dash 91?

[NovaBoi92]

NOBODY LIKES MY WHEELS :( i do tho :) and the black one, i feel really sorry for it lol my mate is having it, i made a deal with him on my new car that he could have my old one once ive taken everything i need off of it. it was just too rotten to fix tbh, in the wheel well bit needed a big plate, and the other side. plates under each light, and on the ouhter bit of the light holder thing, new crossmember, new rear arches and a big bit in the boot. then the doors needed changing, and the wings, and alot of the electrics and little things like washer jets and headlights needed to be fixed because they werent working. im glad to say that everything works in this new one, its just a case of making it look like the old one - black with the red interior, rear tints, those alloys and a gsi front bumper with laguna splitter.

[NovaBoi92]

yeah jon it was for the best, and tbh people fit digi dashes in novas all the time, i prefer the standard clocks imo

[LEWI007]

I dont think your nova is gonna look nice when its done but its your car so it only matters how you tune it or "rice" it shall i say, nah joke you got any pics of your old nova ?

[NovaBoi92]

yes i have pics, one minute ill upload some

[NovaBoi92]

in most of these pictures it looks really nice, but when you remove the wings and everything then you can see how rotten it is
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/200807201458_00007.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/200807201502_00008.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/200808091528_00009.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/200808111548_000112.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/200808111548_00012.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/200808111550_00013.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/200808111551_00014.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/Nova4.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/Nova5.jpg

[NovaBoi92]

when my new one is finished it will look like my old nova but everything will be sweet, and its not costing any more money than it would repairing my old one!

[LEWI007]

Not bad looks a bit chavvy but the front end is nice but not on an sr. really smart though except for those DAMN WHEELS!!! lol

[NovaBoi92]

lol whatever floats your boat, i really like those wheels but everyones entitled to their opinion lol

[LEWI007]

Yeah in the end its what you like, you know what i think your wheels would look better painted white or black ? what you think

[NovaBoi92]

im thinking the same, been thinking that for a while. not going to do it tho, ill probably fcuk it up! and im not too botherd i like it like that. :)

[LEWI007]

LOL i can just imagine painting your rims black and putting night rider l.e.d's in the grille lol everything would be black

[NovaBoi92]

thats a good idea thanks for that. night rider l.e.d's...hmmm? good thought lol

[LEWI007]

No prob mate i was gonna do it to mine once but it would look better on yours with a black car and red lights flashing along the grille

like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDyuPlsrxZo&feature=related

would look great on a black nova imo

[LEWI007]

Just read your 16 born in 1991 ? so am i, turned 17 couple of weeks ago :thumb:

[NovaBoi92]

im 16 born in 1992 lol my car was born in 91 lol

[rex-16v]

looks fairly clean, shame about the alloys but each to there own.

[NovaBoi92]

hi again, i have more piccies of the nova :) put the tints in today and my GSi dash, looks really nice. take a look!
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/P9210037.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/P9210039.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/P9210038.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/P9210041.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn150/91-Nova-SR/P9210040.jpg
what do you think its like with the tints in? any my interior now? thanks
oh yeah, i need a new grill aswell lol

[Mike]

IMHO ditch the wheels, tints and the gash rear lights :thumb:

[LD16v]

Is them wheels the wrong offset or is it just me? I'd fit the window frames from the SR and remove/or fit the vinyl to suit the frames.
Not sure about them tints and rear lights, alot lighter smoke would suit better... Imo
Why fit the black dash with a grey interior?

[NovaBoi92]

the offset on the wheels are perfect :)

[NovaBoi92]

i dont really think that the tints look too good on that nova (being blue) but i want to get it resprayed in black like my old one, then it will look really nice. it looked nice on my old black SR the tints and black back lights, its just they dont really match the blue

[LD16v]

i dont really think that the tints look too good on that nova (being blue) but i want to get it resprayed in black like my old one, then it will look really nice. it looked nice on my old black SR the tints and black back lights, its just they dont really match the blue

Defo work better on black car, when you planning on getting the car sprayed?
When you going to lower her? It'll make big difference.

[John]

Hmm, blue car and red seats doesn't work imo. The lights are awful, and the wheels don't suit it. Well the thread title is "what do you think of........"!
Get it lowered, clean the muck off the tailights, and find a better looking set of wheels, say some cesaro's with 195/45/15 tyres.

[NovaBoi92]

well theres a few little spots of rust that i can repair with some filler etc. . make that all smooth. if not late this month then next month some time it will be sprayed. i did find a lowering kit on ebay, 60mm front, 40mm back. but my mate said to me today that you cant drop the back by 60mm because of the axel or something? what does he mean? so what would i need to do to drop the nova by 60mm all round? just new springs? no problem?

[John]

Your mate is wrong. G-max/spax etc etc wouldn't produce a 60mm lowering kit if it wouldn't work lol. If i were you i'd stick with either 40 or 60 all round. what offset are those wheels? they look like they're going to catch, badly.

[NovaBoi92]

the offset is 40. and when i went to fit those new wheels, the front bolts were SO tight it seemed impossible to get them off by hand, i was trying for ages lol so i took it to local tyre and wheel place and they fitted the new ones for me, and they tested it to make sure that it wouldnt catch, and it doesnt. trust me, it may look like it in that picture but its been tested and doesnt catch or rub! so im thinking 60 all round? sound good?

[TIDGE]

60mm imo

[NovaBoi92]

thanks tidge my mate must just chat poo then lol

[John]

the offset is 40. and when i went to fit those new wheels, the front bolts were SO tight it seemed impossible to get them off by hand, i was trying for ages lol so i took it to local tyre and wheel place and they fitted the new ones for me, and they tested it to make sure that it wouldnt catch, and it doesnt. trust me, it may look like it in that picture but its been tested and doesnt catch or rub! so im thinking 60 all round? sound good?

They may not catch now, but when you've got it down i reckon they will catch. Only one way of finding out!

[NovaBoi92]

no thats what was tested, pushed the back end down and the rear arches just pass straight down the side of the wheel with a few mm to spare, doesnt rub or catch

[LD16v]

Defo 60mm, ask your mate why you can't fit 60mm's to the rear again, I'd love to hear that for a cock & bull story!

[John]

Hmmm, what about cornering at speed? When the tyre sidewall flexes? what profile tyres are you running? I'm not being picky, just trying to warn you of the inevitable arch mods after lowering. I originally lowered my nova 45mm on 185/60/14 tyres, and it caught the outer arch lip.

[NovaBoi92]

he said something about the rear axel...?

[NovaBoi92]

ooh it is 195 tyres

[John]

he said something about the rear axel...?
lol more info required.

[John]

ooh it is 195 tyres

What about the aspect ratio? (ie the middle bit 195 55 15)

[NovaBoi92]

thats all he said he just mumbled afterwards, then i asked what did you say, then he mumbled agan so i didnt bother lol. he also said something about the axel on his 5 door nova being a diferent shape ti that of the 3 door axel>? hmm

[NovaBoi92]

the aspect ratio is 50, they are 195/50/R15 tyres with the rim offset at 40

[John]

thats all he said he just mumbled afterwards, then i asked what did you say, then he mumbled agan so i didnt bother lol. he also said something about the axel on his 5 door nova being a diferent shape ti that of the 3 door axel>? hmm

Rubbish, the axle is EXACTLY the same, the arches differ obviously.

[John]

the aspect ratio is 50, they are 195/50/R15 tyres with the rim offset at 40

Ok i'll have a quid says they catch!lol

[NovaBoi92]

i was just told that i should roll the front arches. kept meaning to find out how to do it. so, how is it done? thanks (and im not giving you a quid!!!!) :)

[John]

The fronts should be fine, it's the rear that you'll have trouble with. A professional oufit should be able to roll them up for you.

[NovaBoi92]

but the front - what about when i turn the wheels

[LD16v]

I went for 195/45/15 on ET49 vaux wheels to be sure, don't think I've seen fronts rolled on nova, sometimes rears are rolled with big wheels. Don't think it's something i'd do...

[NovaBoi92]

i think i might aswell buy the springs, fit them and then run the car for a while to see if i get any problems. sound good?

[John]

but the front - what about when i turn the wheels

Yeah the higest part of the tyre still stays in exactly the same place when the wheel is turned. The nature of the arch means they should be fine. I've only ever heard of the fronts catching with naff et 17's/18's.

[John]

i think i might aswell buy the springs, fit them and then run the car for a while to see if i get any problems. sound good?

Sounds like a plan;) :thumb:

[NovaBoi92]

oh right sounds ok then. i really have to do SOMETHING tho lol its just so high, am i right in saying that the SR's were standardly lower (i dont think standardly is a word but you know what i mean!)

[LD16v]

Good luck, hope it doesn't rub.
SR's couple mm lower

[NovaBoi92]

me too :)

[NovaGuy1400SRi]

iirc SR's were down 10-15mm lower than base models.

Looks ok, not too keen on the wheels but get it lowered and they might suit it a bit better.