lazer blue 1.4 sr wip

[xe Dan]

rite after being without a nova for six months i found my self wanting another. so i sold my mk3 astra gsi and went on the look out and came across haggers/vx andys old lazer blue sr which was up for sale again:roll: .
i had always liked the car so i thought i would find out more. so after finding a bit out on here and phoning the lad who had it i sorted a deal and went for the 500:eek: mile round trip to get it.

got there and see all the bad bits people had said about.ie the rusty passanger quarter, rusty battery tray,no roof lining and the cut about sunroof mecanism and a few other bits. but i new what the car was like so i still did the deal and took the 250 mile drive home in it and it got home fine

here is a couple of pics to refresh peoples minds of the car

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/lazerblue1.jpg

[xe Dan]

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/lazerblue2.jpg

[that farmer]

looks sweet with them wheels, cool little car! wots the plan for it?

[General Lee]

Wehey, get some up to date pics of it and good on you. Are you restoring her to her former glory.

[xe Dan]

rite up to date now date of 13th november 09

ive had the car now 3 days now and over these 3 days its had/having a new front wheel bearing a new rear wheel bearing,two rear wheel cylinders,complete hand brake cable,heater matrix,complete battery tray,sunroof and complete mecanism and a roof lining.

plans still to come is get all the body work sorted and a full respray
engine out paint bay and clean and paint engine and really mint it up
and if i can get it half as clean as bretts and nick j's sr's i will be happy

hope you all like the plans and im going to sort some pics asap:thumb:

[SRimon]

Looks like its finally in some good hands, jobs that other people just didnt do!

[xe Dan]

yeah i did think that SRimon that since hagger no ones really spent any real money on it. i also want to no the dirty bugger who took the g-max front shocks off and replaced them with standard shocks with chopped springs

[kent14sr]

yeah i did think that SRimon that since hagger no ones really spent any real money on it. i also want to no the dirty bugger who took the g-max front shocks off and replaced them with standard shocks with chopped springs

Probably one of the previous owners that has just scammed me by selling me a "1400SR head with bigger valves and solid lifters" which was in fact an injection head with broken hydraulic lifters!!! (Bedford8526)

[xe Dan]

i think he was the one who ripped the roof lining out and cut the sunroof mecanism just to fit a rear cage thats not even in it.

[draper]

any actual pics of how it looks now ? im interested to see it after rading the advert (and seeing old pics) so many times

[xe Dan]

am goin to try and get some pics today of it as ive found my camera but its down the garage having the bits done and its raining it doesnt really look any diffrent from pics above. but its funny how well angled pics make a car look better ie in the rear pic the wheel just covers the rust on the quarter lol

[joeSRI]

is it for sale yet? lol

[xe Dan]

im keeping it for a while lol it needs a loving owner not of 1000 owners on the log book

[xe Dan]

rite if you have read through you will no that one of the things the car is having done at the sec is a new battery tray so went down and took some pics. the tray was worse than first thought as it had started to rot the fire wall. here is a couple of pics

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0285.jpg

[xe Dan]

yuk rust

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0284.jpg

[xe Dan]

so thats wots being done at the sec will have some pics of it finished soon
also why i was down there i took a couple of pics at the other real bit of rust the rear quarter which will be the next thing to be sorted

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0286.jpg

[xe Dan]

and here is a pic for the people who wanted a pic of how it looks now feeling sorry for its self down the work shop

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0288.jpg

[Rickardo]

Good luck with the resto Dan, it's about time this car had a loving owner. :thumb:

[xe Dan]

cheers rick yeah im going to give it some love

[Rickardo]

lol. Once all the krust has been sorted it should be a nice motor once again. What other long term plans Dan?

Engine change etc etc. :thumb:

[Spudly]

Its about time someone actually gave this some tlc or a scrapyard, thankfully its got the first option, shame the original owner didnt actually bother to look after it otherwise it wouldnt have been half as bad as it is now :(

[Graeme]

I love blue sr's, keep up the good work Dan, I'm sure you'll do it justice

[xe Dan]

lol. Once all the krust has been sorted it should be a nice motor once again. What other long term plans Dan?

Engine change etc etc. :thumb:na going to keep the 1.4 just tune it up a bit. and thanks for all the good coments lads it will get there in the end:thumb:

[Nunnsy]

Well done mate for sorting it out - nice car in a lovely colour :)

[Nobby]

as said glad its in good hands, however the problems everyones been on about are no worse than any other 9th hand nova lol its just that lazer blue sr's everyone loves!! Keep it simple and standard and guranteed when done itl be worth double what you paid ;)

[bmw156]

lol, rust, thats nothing lol.

looks good tho dan, im liking it, im sure it will last about 3 months :D

[hagger]

thank god this has got a decent owner since i sold it. i shall hopefully keep a eye on this, and hope it all goes well bud. still miss this car to this day lol! i have plenty of pics of her if ya ever want some.

Sam.

[xe Dan]

yeah feel free to send me some pics and im starting to get some where with it now

[g111mds]

i've got a complete sr boot in that shade of blue including spoiler, glass and vynal if you're interested?

[Connor]

Dan just stumbled across this!!!
Glad to see you have come back to nova's!!
Good Luck getting it back to its former glory!!

Connor

[nova-taken]

lovely little nova mate, bit tatty but im sure you'll do it justice

loving the plans and progress so far.

subscribed :)

[xe Dan]

well ive now got the car back from having the battery tray done so thats one job done lol at least its water tight for winter as it is my every day driver

here is some pics

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0295.jpg

[novaload1992]

good luck

[xe Dan]

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0294.jpg

[xe Dan]

so i got it home after having the tray done and to say the least it was grubby in there so thought i would give the car a proper clean out and i will let the pics do the talking
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0290.jpg

[xe Dan]

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0291.jpg

[xe Dan]

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0292.jpg

[xe Dan]

with all the interior out i realised the carpet under lay was soaking wet so with a trip to a friends i came back with a nice dry under lay and started to put back together hovering and cleaning as i went. i was happy to find no rust holes any where even the boot corners are good
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0303.jpg

[xe Dan]

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0302.jpg

[xe Dan]

and my 5th alloy yum yum lol
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0304.jpg

[xe Dan]

then i thought i would tackle the sun roof as the one that was in it had been hacked about.so old one out new one in was quite hard on you own balancing it on your head while trying to get some bolts in lol but done it. next job is roof lining

here's a pic of the hacked sunroof wtf is chopping it like about and it was razor sharp
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0306.jpg

[xe Dan]

and thats it for now hoping to have roof lining in this weekend
then save up for the body work
here is a couple pics of how the car is on my drive at the mo
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0297.jpg

[xe Dan]

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0296.jpg

[bmw156]

good work dan. battery tray looking good dude.

[Edd]

Top work in short space of time. Battery tray looks quality.

Keep it up.

Edd

[SRimon]

Nice work Dan.

The car soooo needed it! Loves you for it too! lol

[Cormac]

Battery tray looks a really tidy job!!

[gregs]

rite up to date now date of 13th november 09

ive had the car now 3 days now and over these 3 days its had/having a new front wheel bearing a new rear wheel bearing,two rear wheel cylinders,complete hand brake cable,heater matrix,complete battery tray,sunroof and complete mecanism and a roof lining.

plans still to come is get all the body work sorted and a full respray
engine out paint bay and clean and paint engine and really mint it up
and if i can get it half as clean as bretts and nick j's sr's i will be happy

hope you all like the plans and im going to sort some pics asap:thumb:

Is the roof lining second hand or have you managed to source a new one?
Looking for one for my Gsi but only option seems to be getting one made for it:confused:

[Connor]

good progress dan

[Leeboo]

Nice work on batt tray etc, be careful parking it in built up area take something off it to immobilize it

[xe Dan]

Is the roof lining second hand or have you managed to source a new one?
Looking for one for my Gsi but only option seems to be getting one made for it:confused:roof lining is second hand but very good condition was lucky to find it really

[xe Dan]

Nice work on batt tray etc, be careful parking it in built up area take something off it to immobilize itits got a alarm and an immoboliser on it and i put a steering lock on to:thumb:

[Spudly]

its got a alarm and an immoboliser on it and i put a steering lock on to:thumb:



The alarm is a toad ai606 cat1 btw, was wired in by the previous owner but he purchased it from me after i scrapped my old nova!

[hagger]

Very nice work on the battery tray bud, nice to see it coming along nicely.

Sam.

[Bobminda]

Nice one Dan....So thats 12 novas now ?

[xe Dan]

yeah i always come back lol. but do miss the green beast

[Bobminda]

lol

It's just had bottom end bearings and purrrrs lovly now !

Nice Sr btw

[dj_wudgey]

lovely car mate i nearly bought it a few times but i was just getting carried away really ive got a nice sr allready lol

[dj_wudgey]

nice plans aswell mate glad your not going to ruin it!!

[xe Dan]

well here is a few updates since last time. i had fitted my new sunroof and it was time to fit the dreaded roof lining so me and my bro popped the windows out and set to it and after a couple of hours we had it sorted here is a couple of pics

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0314.jpg

[xe Dan]

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0315.jpg

[xe Dan]

its a little grubby but nothing a clean wont sort:thumb:
then i poppped down to sr jack's to have a nose at his sr he was breaking and ended up comming home with some clear rear lights and some 100mm rear springs.
the rear lights i decided to change a bit so with a bit of masking and tint spray i had them how i wanted them.

take clear rears lights
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0307.jpg

[xe Dan]

clean and mask up and begin to tint
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0308.jpg

[xe Dan]

after a few coats and time to dry de mask and finished
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0309.jpg

[xe Dan]

then i fitted them

before
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0310.jpg

[xe Dan]

after
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0311.jpg

[Rickardo]

Looking good Dan.

Are you having fun with it? lol

[xe Dan]

i think they look good make the rear look a bit modern and also helps with the euro,retro look im going for then next was to fit the rear springs.
fitted
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0316.jpg

[xe Dan]

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0317.jpg

[xe Dan]

just got to re fit windows now and i should be out and about again hope you all like

[xe Dan]

Looking good Dan.

Are you having fun with it? lolyeah really gettin into it at the mo giving it some love and my own touches to make it mine:thumb:

[Rickardo]

Tbh, it's always been a lovely looking Nova, the wheels and the paint make it standout.

It's about time someone like yourself got hold of it.

Keep it up Dan. :thumb:

[Novaboi_1991]

^^

Agreed, about time this car had another caring owner, wont be long until its restored to its former glory.

keep it up mate. your not too far from me lol,

+rep.

[bmw156]

looking really good dan im liking this alot.

keep it real dawggggg lol

p.s headlining looks like a real good job :)

[vaughanmc]

Rear lights look good mate :thumb: Quite fancy a set for my other Nova

Did you just use red tinting spray on them ? Did you need to prep the lights in any way ?

[xe Dan]

yeah just red tinting spray and just give them a light scotch pannel wipe then painted

[vaughanmc]

Nice one - Cheers :thumb:

[AlexW]

Looking good, you can do more than 1 pic per post though!

[Connor]

This car is starting to look ace.
I deffo want to get hold of those lights they look good!!

Keep up the good work Dan :thumb:

[hagger]

Nice work bud, nice to see someone looking after it since i sold it on ages ago!!

Sam

[Joe Richardson]

looking good mate:thumb:

Glad someone has bought this car,and is looking after it:)

[dj_wudgey]

as said nice to see its being looked after now wish i had the wheels off it for my sr when i had the chance though lol!!!

[bearbenuk]

i love this car!

[dj_wudgey]

i nearly ended up with this car afew times would have just been a run around though as i allready have a good sr glad to see some one is going to sort the rough bits and look after it now!! while it was down my kneck off the woods it poped round to say hello to its brother lol i didnt get no pictures off the together unfortunately though not like me or id have sent you some!!!

[scott.parker]

Just seen this, Looks well nice mate, is a lovely color too, hope you dont go too mad on it though?

I did some red/clear rear lights from mine, put them on then decided i didn't like them, so sold them on, but if your happy with it why not eh..

Just dont go XE'ing it, please.....

Scott

[xe Dan]

Just seen this, Looks well nice mate, is a lovely color too, hope you dont go too mad on it though?

I did some red/clear rear lights from mine, put them on then decided i didn't like them, so sold them on, but if your happy with it why not eh..

Just dont go XE'ing it, please.....

Scottno xe here scott just a tuned 1.4 and im not goin to go mad just a nice standeredish looking sr

[xe Dan]

rite not really much of an up date but just keeping thread alive
got my self a few small bits for the car a k&n filter, strut brace,and a new dizzy for under the bonnet

heres a pic
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0319.jpg

[xe Dan]

also got my self a sub box thats specialy made for a nova so it fits the contors of the boot
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0318.jpg

[xe Dan]

and heres a couple of pics as car is at sec
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0320.jpg

[xe Dan]

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0321.jpg

[Nova_Tek]

Just read this post start to finish. Great progress. I like the way you've made small touches that have made a big difference. She looks much tidier. Loving the colour and the wheel combination really suits it.

Also great job tinting the rear lights, they look factory finished :thumb:

[xe Dan]

cheers! the big works starting the end of the month as ive got myself a corsa deisal as a daily work horse so the sr is comming off the road.the first job will be engine out re paint and tidy the bay up and paint engine box and a few tarty bits. then respray time

[vaughanmc]

Nice and low mate, I'm liking it :)

[Connor]

looking :cool:

[sr jack]

The 100mm springs come to good use then lol looks cool Dan. will have to sort out a little meet up

[xe Dan]

yeah came good yeah will have to sort a meet

[hagger]

Looking well bud! just noticed it aint got the Weber 32/34 Carb i fitted anymore lol!

Miss this car at times lol

[xe Dan]

yeah i noticed that as i got recipt for it still

[nova josh]

i just read this from the start and decided i love this car keep up the good work mate.:thumb:

[Plug]

cracking on with it mate :thumb:

lol at last couple posts is these a thread for all the past owners to rejoice (sp?) on what they sold :d

[liam944nova]

nice looking car, wheels really suit it

[Bobminda]

Looking good dan, Keep it as standard as poss hey !!

Thanks for the brace at the weekend