my nova ts sx project

[corsavalver22]

well swapped my gsi astra for this nova as i needed a diesel seems to have been looked after with alot off new parts fitted plan is to get a full respray 2 new front wings as theres abit off rust here and there
quite nippy for a td boost and fuellings turned up 1st thing i did on the drive home was remove the gay tints it had on it lol parts that have been fitted new to it recently are

Brand new transmech clutch done less than 1000miles

Brand new gearbox and engine mount

Brembo discs and pads

New handbrake cable

New wheel bearings (4)

Brand spanking new front valance, professionally fitted

New oil sump

New battery

Reconditioned alternator

Fresh engine and gearbox oil

New oil filter

Black hammerite brake callipers

New brake lines

New rear brake cylinders

Powder coated intake pipes

Citroen C2 VTS cone filter

Welded in section in place of cat (decat)

Midbox present with cherry bomb style back box (quiet untilyou hoof it, mostly induction and turbo noise inside car)

Fuel pump screw mod

Mumby developments Boost Control valve (holds 0.9 barcurrently, standard is 0.5. The engines will take up to around 1.4bar I haveheard but mine still has the standard over boost valve that opens at 1.1bar tokeep it safe)

Central locking including boot release all on key fob

GSI skirts, spoiler and bumpers
Single wiper with rally style tube washer jet

Road legal pressed plates

Solid battery tray (prone to rot)

Solid boot floor

Front wings and rear arches replaced 2 years ago whenresprayed

Focal front door speakers with cross overs and tweeters

Boost gauge

Recent headlamps

Road legal HID’s, low and high beam, LED white side lights

GSI interior

New alternator belt

New timing belt

12 months MOT


PLANS ARE
full respray in white bumpers as well
powder coat wheels white
fit my 2 wipers that i got today as it aint a single wiper on it old one has meant to have snapped
get rid off the gay red interior bits
coilovers down more DONE TODAY
fmic
bigger bore exhaust
em anything else ill add at somepoint lol
being the sx model comes with electric windows etc has remote locking and a boot popper installed aswell and from what ive heard there is less than 20 td sx's left on the road apparently pics as i got it home
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[corsavalver22]

and today i took adjusters out the rear and dropped the front down some more
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poked around it today needs 2 patches welded one at the corner off boot floor and other at coolant expansion tank so ill get a mate to do that..
anyways today i took grille off and painted it up anthracite much better me thinks and also changed my broken rear light
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[corsavalver22]

yesterday got rid of the gay red pink interior bits had some anthracite so painted them up looks alot cleaner now also some fotos from m&ds car show on saturday
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needs a couple bits welded to be expected really so my mate is going to be doing that to make the shell 100percent respray should be done soon aswell

[steviegsi]

Tidy. Looks a lot nicer with the dark grill

[NoVaBoOt26]

Looks spot on mate :thumb:

[novasrikev]

saw this on mig looks better now fella

[corsavalver22]

Cheers fellas

[novasrikev]

the black parts look far better than the red lol

[corsavalver22]

does that lol
well after arguing with the previous owner and his bull**** turns out the car aint moted so its getting done on friday and a visit paid to the little c##t so a mate welded up the bits that were rotting now shells 100percent almost
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[novasrikev]

not good about the mot fella at least you will know if there is anything else that needs doing though

[Connor]

Nice looking nova. Shame about the previous owner messing you about, could of cost you dearly if you didnt realise it was mot'd and carried on driving it etc.
Get some white bumper tape, would finish off the outside for me :)

[corsavalver22]

not good about the mot fella at least you will know if there is anything else that needs doing though

yea true mate if the guy was honest about it from the start it wopuldnt have been half bad but a wouldnt off swapped my astra for it now ave dug in about it i can see what it needs and what it dont so still happy with it and gets plenty attention down this way as its the only td here

[Balley]

Looking good, have a look at my Project. Similar sort of thing!

[corsavalver22]

i was going to paint whole car white but decided to keep the anthracite theme as it looks good for the minute may get wheels done in white yea exactly i need the car for long distance work so its a kick in the balls iff i got pulled previous owners a bellend from off the is site

[corsavalver22]

Looking good, have a look at my Project. Similar sort of thing!
have had a read through yours made well some off it my comp is slow lol

[corsavalver22]

some more pics i found from m&ds car show
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[corsavalver22]

after putting car in for mot on friday it failed no surprise there...
so after i did some welding new ttrackrod end it passed this morning...
also put on my espace splitter and painted inner arches up..
boost has now been turned up to 1.2 bar aswell
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[corsavalver22]

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[corsavalver22]

HAVENT UPDATED in a while met up with some other novas in ayr had 6 off us rare in ayr would have been 8
next time no doubt:)
ALSO RESPRAY HAPPENING NEXT WEEK :);)
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[corsavalver22]

took car down earlier and i started stripping it and begun repairing it semi smooth boot delocked etc and underseal any bad bits all rust is now cleared
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[raf24]

Nice nova mate

[corsavalver22]

cheers fella be mint when finishedd in couple weeks

[corsavalver22]

some pics i found from scotttish car show yesterday
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[corsavalver22]

more work down tonight repairs done and sanded full motor down
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[corsavalver22]

tonight got engine bay smoothed well last night tomorrow going to start welding up key locks and boot lock and got rest off bits sanded
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[corsavalver22]

cars ready for primer finally gett it masked up tomorrow
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[corsavalver22]

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[corsavalver22]

car primered up today and then rubbed down earlier tonight
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[jafanan]

looks good!

[corsavalver22]

cheers cars all painted now colour is fantastic changes as you look at different angles

[raf24]

good progress mate,well done

[corsavalver22]

cheers bud
cars nowpainted kept it a secret long enough its 10 different shades off blue with an ultra blue topcoat
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cant beat a 150quid respray lol

[corsavalver22]

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[corsavalver22]

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[corsavalver22]

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[Balley]

Looks very impressive for a quick job pal!

[corsavalver22]

cheers bud yea its come out very well