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Some of you may know my old nova club That was crashed into and wrote off in January,
But I don't wana talk about that because I loved that car... This was it
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn232/seth171708/C93B2B4E-3D9B-4049-ADE7-8CDA4828E589-11834-00000AD69446FB67.jpg
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But I've moved on quickly and just thought if post some new piks up of what I've bought for my next project.
It's a Miami blue mk2 gsi replica, the bumpers where brand new when they were fitted and they've never been on another car, it has a single wiper conversion with driverside wiper smoothed off, gsi black dash fully working with a digi dash fitted with blue LEDs, that was how I bought it, since then I have stripped the back seats out as it has non reclining bucket seats in so I couldn't get people in the back anyway, I've fitted 2 new wings which have smoothed off indicators and are rust free. I have de stickerd the full car and had the badge on the bonnet removed, I've also changed the backbox for my Omp racing one, the rear arches have been rolled so I can run a wider wheel and lower it a bit more.
The car is in paint at the minute having a full shoot on miami blue because there was a few bits I wasn't happy with on the body. I have some pictures of it before as it was a lads on here anyways il let the piks do the talking haha
This was it when I picked It up...
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And how it looks at the moment
Rolling tha back arches
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Bit of prep at the body shop thanks for the photos Darren!!
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And sides and bonnet painted, roof and boot are getting done this weekend.
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As you can see the mirror caps have been done aswell and I've also had some morettes done in the same miami blue which should smarten the front end up a bit
I have lots of parts to fit including Gaz coilovers all round, my wheels which are being painted but I do have a full 5 stud setup inc a set of anthracite cav turbo wheels I could fit aswell but I doubt I will do that at the minute
conza123
28-02-13, 07:14 PM
looks sweet m8
im still gutted for you about your mk1
Thanks mate!! I think after a while of having it up thre ill take it off just so I don't have to look anymore
DAVIDKEDENS
28-02-13, 07:34 PM
Miami Blue is my favorite colour for a Nova but still your mk1 was so tidy! Feel sorry for you buddy. :(
conza123
28-02-13, 07:40 PM
one more question how many sets of wheels do you own lol,
is it getting the same engine bay treatment as the mk1
kevster
28-02-13, 08:26 PM
lookin fresh pal. sorry about the other nova
Miami Blue is my favorite colour for a Nova but still your mk1 was so tidy! Feel sorry for you buddy. :(
I think so too! And thanks a lot mate it was a big project the white one an just about had it finished lol
one more question how many sets of wheels do you own lol,
is it getting the same engine bay treatment as the mk1
Yeah mate it already has a Redtop in ill post piks tomorow the bay is shocking tho, tht will be coming out an being replaced by the let for Pvs, ill be at the fast show hopefully with it as a Redtop, oh and ive had quite a few sets of wheels in my time haha, the white ones are currently getting painted gloss black which should look pod against the Miami blue with the interior being black aswell, what do u think?
lookin fresh pal. sorry about the other nova
Thanks mate (y)
Good to see you've jump straight back in too it. Where you able to use much from the white one? Blue ones looks very nice.
Davids old miami, looks like a decent example.
conza123
28-02-13, 10:12 PM
Yeah mate it already has a Redtop in ill post piks tomorow the bay is shocking tho, tht will be coming out an being replaced by the let for Pvs, ill be at the fast show hopefully with it as a Redtop, oh and ive had quite a few sets of wheels in my time haha, the white ones are currently getting painted gloss black which should look pod against the Miami blue with the interior being black aswell, what do u think?
black will look good but i personally prefer the silver softstars
Tim Harpley
28-02-13, 11:45 PM
Looks good :thumb:
novadave24
01-03-13, 12:06 AM
i like very much :)
I'm going for a euro style track look so I think black wheels will make it look more aggressive mate that's the reason for that colour
Davids old miami, looks like a decent example.
Yeah it's daveys old car, I think it only has about 45k on it so yeah it's pretty tidy mate
Good to see you've jump straight back in too it. Where you able to use much from the white one? Blue ones looks very nice.
Thanks mate I have a image in my head of how I want it to look haha, and yeah I used most bits and sold a lot of it to fund this one. This is how it looked when I scrapped it
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Updates on the car.. I've had it back from the body shop for a week and been buisy on it, I've fitted the Gaz coilovers all round and my strengthened bottom arms which it didn't have already. I've also cleaned and painted the arches up, front and rear and it looks loads cleaner and should keep the muk out haha. I have also fitted the morettes and converters the inners to indicators so they all work legitely.
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As you can see I've also had the wheels painted and tbh I don't think the pictures do it justice, but if your at the fast show this weekend it will be on the bodge it Motorsport stand if anyone wants a look at it.
Joe
peter gsi
09-03-13, 07:20 PM
that lpooks the nuts
Thanks mate it's getting there
novadave24
09-03-13, 07:55 PM
looks really nice mate love them headlights :thumb:
That's really tidy looking mate. Love that colour.
looks really nice mate love them headlights :thumb:
Thanks mate and yeah They look really good mate but are a poor fit, and paint isn't the best as they weren't in great condition, maybe it's the ate of them I don't no but it was a nitemare getting them to fit that we'll haha
That's really tidy looking mate. Love that colour.
Thanks mate it's not a ba colour to start with, just had a full respray to tidy it up
smithy_1984
09-03-13, 08:28 PM
i know this car rather well dude. used to be my mates a few years back. i have a few pics of it in standard form. ill post them up for you in a min. it was an elderly womans car from being 6 months old & just a 1.0 spin. my mate bought it off her son when she died & i sat in it for him to tow me home :)
smithy_1984
09-03-13, 08:39 PM
here it is when we went to go collect it. i think this was 2008
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and once he got it home we put these 3 spokes on he had lying around and lowered it a bit
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and how it was when he sold it. apart from he added a couple of irmscher decals & spoiler inbetween me taking these 2 pics & selling it
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8543125264_f4d8875326.jpg
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DAVIDKEDENS
09-03-13, 09:06 PM
Looking great Joe.. love the lights :thumb:
here it is when we went to go collect it. i think this was 2008
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8543128094_402cc5ef6a.jpg
and once he got it home we put these 3 spokes on he had lying around and lowered it a bit
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8543127334_8d16c7ee79.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8379/8542026933_0730c992c6.jpg
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and how it was when he sold it. apart from he added a couple of irmscher decals & spoiler inbetween me taking these 2 pics & selling it
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8543125264_f4d8875326.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8246/8542024939_209d816eea.jpg
That's great mate!! Really like them photos have u any idea of the mileage then? When I got it, it still had the irmscher stickers on and i took them off lol, thanks for that mate its nice to see what it was like, where was it from btw?
smithy_1984
09-03-13, 10:15 PM
grimsby area (lincolnshire). he bought it off a bloke in a small nearby village. tbh i cant remember the milage off it but when i see the lad who's it was ill ask him if he can remember & let you know. you got it looking good btw. nice to see its getting well looked after. i believe he sold it to a lad up newcastle way (or around that sort of area)
danjpickett
10-03-13, 12:03 AM
Shame about the mk1 love the look of it in the first picture,
grimsby area (lincolnshire). he bought it off a bloke in a small nearby village. tbh i cant remember the milage off it but when i see the lad who's it was ill ask him if he can remember & let you know. you got it looking good btw. nice to see its getting well looked after. i believe he sold it to a lad up newcastle way (or around that sort of area)
Thanks for the info mate and yeah it was one of my mates who got it off your pal, he only had it for a couple of days then sold it on to another one of my mates who has had it for the last 5 years or something,
smithy_1984
10-03-13, 02:00 PM
will be about 5 years yeah because my mate got it just after i got with my mrs. & ive been with her just over 5 years now. the only reason he got it i think was to save it as it was a tidy shell & this bloke just had it sat at the side of a barn collecting dust/dirt. he basically just tidied it up, recomissioned it & added a few subtle mods along the way, ran it around for a few weeks & then sold it on.
thats one of the nicest mk1's ive seen
Didn't realise it was this long since I updated, the car has changed loads since then and is in bits again upgrading and renewing a lot lf things since it's the start of the new year almost I'll start updating again
Firstly after the fast show I took the old xe out
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when that was out I changed to 5 stud and fitted cav turbo wheels with 195 40 16 tyres
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I then towed the car to my mates garage to get the stitch welding done on the front end
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I then freshened up the paint on the let and put a new timing belt and water pump kit on.
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Then the engine bay was painted and new parts where fitted ready for the engine
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then fitted the engine took about a day to have it in and running
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I had also fitted a omp swede steering wheel somewhere along the line
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And that's how it looked for a while
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up at the local tyre place getting wheel aligned
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I started to change bits in the engine bay
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And it pretty much stayed that way for Pvs and billing just with the addition of the gsi skirts
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Now the car is in bits again and the engine is getting a few parts renewed, I've also got a few updated parts I am fitting inc 3" top hat and bigger fmic, there's a up rated turbo to go on aswell.
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and that's about it I'll post updates as they go because I want the car ready again for march
Car is running again, new turbo, headgasket and timing belt, tran-x lsd, f20box, 3"top hat and boost pipes, haven't drove it yet but all sounds good, (touch wood)
heres a few pictures
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Just waiting on my bottom arms to have the strengthening plates welded on, then hopefully mot this weekend, shame It wil miss the fast show because it's a good one to get in the show season mood haha, nvm be at Pvs with a bit of luck, cheers
Few new pictures after I had the car motd last month, looking forward to the show season now and it's on the rollers on the 31st of May!! Happy days!
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jafanan
01-05-14, 05:56 PM
silver turbos looks alot better, last photo looks spot on
you should try and pop the dent on the bonnet with your fingers. good work though
novadave24
01-05-14, 06:37 PM
that looks the nuts mate looks really mean :)
dgbnova#1
01-05-14, 06:40 PM
Looks nice mate I would look at geting paintless sent removal on the dings if your wanting them gone or reduced wort a look but looks nice regardless
Looks good with the silver big alloys and Miami blue
nice clean combination ;)
Thanks fellas! I'm really happy with it, it has a couple of dents on the roof aswell really want them sorted
craig green
05-05-14, 12:33 PM
Looking stunning. 2 things.
Good move on keeping the wheels silver.
Sit the bonnet down flush/remove the risers.
Yeah the silver sets the car off mate so there staying that colour, I like the bonnet raisers mate plus with a 3" top hat there needed or else the bonnet don't shut
I took some more photos today after doing a bit work on the gearbox. There's a couple of with my TT in the background aswel, which is my daily I'm sure some of ou won't approve but it was a lot of car for the money!
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