vauxhall nova sri

[gez c16b]

hi everyone bought my black 'j' reg nova a week today. bought it off a previous member off here. the car is 1992 and has only covered 95,000 miles which is low considering its age.
there is no rot/rust on the car what so ever, and the interior is mint with no bolster wear at all as the seats have been under seat covers. the only modifications on the car are koni adjustables and a full prospeed S/S system.
the only work the car needs is a bit of TLC on the paint as there are a couple of defects in it, but it wouldnt be a project if the car was already done ;)

so my plans are to put
*original slatted grill back on the front
*change the wheels. softstars/alessio speedline or vectra sri wheels
*get the car into a body gargage and get bits on the paint sorted
*meriva vxr brake set up like i did on my old corsa sport.
*half smoked back lights.
*front and rear strut brace whiteline.
*and obviously the engine :p

will get picks up shortly

[gez c16b]

interior: :!

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00832.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00833.jpg

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00828.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00827.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00829.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00830.jpg

[Plug]

Looks clean and tidy mate :thumb:

orignal grill will look loads better on it also :)

take lots of pics while doing the brake conversion, interested in this

[vaughanmc]

Looks good mate :thumb:

[Rickyb]

looks spot on that dude ide keep it 100% as it is.

[Fow16v]

i like that mate looks nice, black mountains road? one of the best roads i drove my corsa on

[SRimon]

Ebay? In Cardiff wasn't

Gloss black looks soooooo good when clean.

[gez c16b]

yeah seen it on ebay. im going to have to change the wheels to 16" for the brakes to fit under. im either going to 308mm 4stud disks or get the 280mmx25mm disks off the meriva 1.7 cdti to run with the vxr calipers. and some braided hoses. ill get picks of my old set up on my corsa now. they were 280mm.

[gez c16b]

this was my corsa:

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8252/geraints_sport.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8252/field_6.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8252/dsc00654.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8252/dsc00668.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8252/dsc00762.jpg

280mm brakes
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8252/dsc00645.jpg

[Gibbo]

very nice dude

[gez c16b]

yeah i loved it, was a shame it was worth more money in parts, so i broke it up. i experienced a 'twitchy' back end in the nova last night. has to use both sides of the road to correct it.

[gez c16b]

painted my front grill black yesterday. looks alot better now, that silver looked tacky

[Rickyb]

loving the look of this and the corsa we need more pics though

[gez c16b]

should have some good pics up by the weekend now. can get some more pics of the corsa asap tho. just will have to wait for better pics of the nova

[gez c16b]

ive put the sri stickers back on the car, doors and boot. looks 10x better.

[gez c16b]

UPDATE!!

done a few things to the car today. sprayed my front grill black, looks 10x better than when it was silver. doesnt look tacky now.

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc008541.jpg

also put SRI stickers back on the doors and boot. freshens the car up a little.

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00855.jpg

havent shown anyone the engine bay yet. so:
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00856.jpg
really good condition.

i have bought some mintex disks and pads today aswe, so nice update for the car and its coming along slowly

comments welcome :d

[moffat]

nova looks really good i like it

[gez c16b]

cheers buddy

[gez c16b]

nice scenery and views, weather was good so i took a couple of pics, cars are dirty :rolleyes:
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00859.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00858.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00860.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00861.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00864.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00863.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00865.jpg


comments welcome

[G-nova]

engine bay and engine look clean as ought looks good but i would lower it a bit more imo

[gez c16b]

yeah its on the 'to do' list, havent had the car 2 weeks yet :)

new wheels and springs next.

[G-nova]

oh ok then i'll let you off lol

[gez c16b]

lol ok then.

does the nova 1.6 gsi have an afm? if i put the 1.6 in mine could i just keep the 1.4 loom and have it mapped/ set up. i dont like afm. lol

[gez c16b]

laguna splitter will be on order soon too :)

[Jay]

Corsa looked very nice, hope the Nova turns out the same way.

[gez c16b]

cheers mate. yeah should do. ive got some plans whick should make the car look :cool:

[shed-on-wheels]

was that up usk res mate and your nova looks ace mate

[gez c16b]

yeah, it was up usk res, really nice place.

[gez c16b]

had a corsasport meet sunday so took pictures :D

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0009.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0012.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0011.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0015.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0014.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0013.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0016.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0017.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0020.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0019.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0018.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0021.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0024.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0023.JPG
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0022.JPG


comments welcome as always

[gez c16b]

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00890.jpg

[brainsnova]

it looks very clean :thumb: just park a little futher away from the pavement lol

[brainsnova]

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc008541.jpg

[gez c16b]

cheers buddy, :lol: will do

[gez c16b]

will be getting blue pin stripe to do the front and back bumpers tomorrow.

[novaload1992]

looks brilliant, is it just me or do nova looks so much better than corsas tho i do like corsas.

[Balley]

UPDATE!!

done a few things to the car today. sprayed my front grill black, looks 10x better than when it was silver. doesnt look tacky now.

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc008541.jpg

also put SRI stickers back on the doors and boot. freshens the car up a little.

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00855.jpg

havent shown anyone the engine bay yet. so:
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/dsc00856.jpg
really good condition.

i have bought some mintex disks and pads today aswe, so nice update for the car and its coming along slowly

comments welcome :d

keep that engine, its rare to see a standard SRi

[Balley]

had a corsasport meet sunday so took pictures :D









http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0019.JPG


http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8924/DSC_0024.JPG




comments welcome as always


....., i parked next to a corsa b sri the other day and realised justhow small novas are lol

[gez c16b]

yeah they are tiny :lol: my mate was by the side of me in his mk6 zetec-s i had to look up to speak to him lol

[gez c16b]

no updates really, just a couple of new pictures.

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/geraints_nova_2.jpg
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8890/geraints_nova.jpg

nice to have good quality ones.

[Zeus]

Looks really smart in the metal, def want another Nova some point soon. PM me your email & I'll forward the rolling ones on. Brownin hasnt uploaded them into our gallery yet.

[gez c16b]

cheers buddy, pm sent :)

[gez c16b]

quick photoshop with cesaros on the car

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/am4nf/geraints_nova.jpg

[gez c16b]

should have cesaros by next week :D

[let_nova]

looks nice pal.

[gez c16b]

cheers buddy, the wheel are photshopped in the pic above. cant wait t get the cesaros now though