Mk2 Breeze Blue project

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Well these took some work and plenty of autoglym interior cleaner to get to this stage. Still not perfect but much better than they have been for some years


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So completed the wire tuck. Decided to move the horn into the recess between grill and rad as it’s just spare space. Also ran the loom across the front and had to extend the drivers headlight loom to reach.
Had a real mare with the bonnet pull tho, wanted it completely concealed but just couldn’t get it to reach. Had to wrap it around the bay and tuck into the front passenger leg. It’s better than it was so I’m happy.
Just leaves some filling and painting for next time.

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Mats cleaned and in!! Even repaired the Vauxhall logo’s


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So not done much since the end of the summer other than use it daily.
Needs a replacement battery as it struggles after a few days and the alternators charging it.
Finally managed to get a new plug loom for my chopped dizzy to coil and also fitted the new straps to my parcel shelf. Think this will be re trimmed next year.
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Picked up a few bits today for the Nova. Found a guy local to me who was stripping a GTE so managed to pick up the larger fan for my radiator, got a very good set of rear surrounds and also a Larger GTE servo unit.
Was going to put the fan straight on but realised the plug was different to mine so will modify it when I have time.
Also allows me next year to get some paint mixed to match my pillar vinyl sample I have and il do all the surrounds and skirts the same.

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[torquey]

Good find. It's coming on pal. Did he have anything else off the gte? Need a 5speed gear knob and gte grill badge?

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Good find. It's coming on pal. Did he have anything else off the gte? Need a 5speed gear knob and gte grill badge?

i can ask him. Didn’t get to see the car itself, He got it as a stripped track car so may be there still.

[torquey]

Ok let me know pal cheers

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So got myself a GSI front bumper and it was at a very good price even tho it’s had the bottom cut out and toe eye missing.
Needs some work and a jet wash to get the surface paint off but I’m wanting the original grey finish so hopefully will clean up well.
Plenty to do in the new year!


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[torquey]

Seen this on eBay shame it's been cut at the bottom.

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I was a long time contemplating it but because it hadn’t been smoothed and painted I thought I can work with it. Going to add a honeycomb grill to the lower half and hope it looks too 90’s

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So I’ve started tidying this up a bit. I’ve trimmed the remaining plastic from the cut section so it’s symmetrical on both sides. Also had to repair 2 of the brackets that where damaged. I found a 2 part epoxy by JB Weld that dries a dark grey and extremely strong. So far these hold very solid.
Next thing is to jet wash this to remove the paint and then I can see what the finish looks like.


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[millworm]

Interested to see how the bumper turns out

[Will F]

Rather than mesh, I'd go for slats to match the grille...not as easy but more pleasing on the eye!

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Rather than mesh, I'd go for slats to match the grille...not as easy but more pleasing on the eye!

I really don’t want to go for mesh if I’m honest, was actually looking at ABS stuff as it looks more modern. I’m just thinking how best to attach it to the rear of the bumper.

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This sort of thing I think is more in keeping and not too 90’s bodykit style. Picture not great but you get the idea


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Came home to this waiting for me. Thought Christmas was a few weeks ago.

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Turns out it must be Christmas!! Not bad for £50. Just needs a good vac and wash.




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[torquey]

Where did you get that for £50 I want one lol

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Where did you get that for £50 I want one lol

Basically Just clicked on a eBay sellers item and then looked at their other items got sale. There was other nova stuff but never came up on the standard search as the seller was in Republic of Ireland. Really just stumbled on it by mistake, a good mistake mind!

[torquey]

Good find pal.

[Will F]

Bargain! I remember back in the day, there was a silk violet Gsi that had slats added to the bumper - they used a Zafira bumper iirc - looked ace!

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Bargain! I remember back in the day, there was a silk violet Gsi that had slats added to the bumper - they used a Zafira bumper iirc - looked ace!

I did have a quick look online for a standard slatted grill but nothing really useable came up. Il look at the Zafira tho, see what it’s like. The only thing is tho is I’m not painting or using filler so it must attach fairly easily as I cannot cover any holes or fittings etc

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Well cheap that carpet, never had a car that'd pull off the blue or red carpets though

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All clean!! Just gotta wait awhile for a good dry day to take all the trim and seats out now


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So switched over to the GTE servo today, have to say I can feel the difference on the pedal, much firmer at the end of its travel.


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[millworm]

Surprising the difference they make

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Surprising the difference they make

Thought it was in my head but it definitely pulled me forward more when braking. You get so used to pressing hard on the brake to get them working on these cars!!

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So got the pressure washer this weekend to test the theory that I could strip the paint from the bumper. I have to say it did a pretty good job of stripping it off. It wasn’t perfect and did leave a small bit of paint and primer behind.
So it was a case of carefully rubbing with some nail polish remover. Again it wasn’t easy and did fade in places so out came the heat gun. Gave it a quick pressure wash and then went all over with heat. Once finished I rubbed on some bumper gel.
This is the final result.
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More progress with this


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Managed to pick up this spare wheel for my Astra sport alloys, only £30 and still has the original unused Michelin tyre.
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Ideally want to repaint the wheels back to this colour but is there a particular silver used on these?


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[millworm]

Star silver at a guess

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Star silver at a guess

After looking this afternoon I do also think it’s star silver. There’s 2 versions but guessing it’s the later

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So posted this on Facebook but whilst the sun was out and the MOT getting cancelled I decided to strip out the old carpet and put in the Antibes one.
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[millworm]

Looks good mate, do your seats not rattle without the plastic seat runner guides?

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They are fitted, just not when I took pics


Looks good mate, do your seats not rattle without the plastic seat runner guides?

[Will F]

Nice! Carpet does go well with the colour!

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Nice little addition, Corsa B manual rack


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[torquey]

Nice will be watching this let me know what's involved in fitting the rack. Got a feeling iam gonna have to put a new one on mine.

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Should just need to take off the Corsa rods and fit the Nova ones with my ends. May need to trim the top off the Corsa pinion shaft but hopefully that’s it. Not quite a quaife but this was £40 and il make money back on the Corsa rods.


Nice will be watching this let me know what's involved in fitting the rack. Got a feeling iam gonna have to put a new one on mine.

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From an epas car?! Because it'll be the same ratio as a nova if not

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So I have checked and it is a similar ratio to the Nova. Shop emailed for a refund. See how that goes!!

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That’s the braided fuel hoses made up and fitted. Also got through some proper rear view mirror glue to attach to the glass so have fitted the Corsa B option and removed my original which was rusting under the glass.
Now my local garage has opened up I’m hopeful for a MOT next week.


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Not sure what to do with the previous mirrors mounting area.


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Few more bhp with this fitted now!! Forget what’s not included on the lower spec models.


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Nice big bag of clips for the skirts


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[Iain]

Didn't realise there was ever a rubber cover on the throttle pedal! Mines just always been metal.

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yeah realised when I got one on my early C reg nova and then it was missing of this one. Been waiting awhile for one that wasn’t a stupid price.


Didn't realise there was ever a rubber cover on the throttle pedal! Mines just always been metal.

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So following on from my post on Facebook, with thanks to PNG member Pistol Pete aka Peter Belgrove he made scuttle covers to order. This one is Matt black and it’s of good quality with magnetic strips along the front edge of the firewall. Well recommend. Look up snretro on Facebook.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200521/09ff4ce0a2654496f5cfc605ea85d69e.jpg


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Essential styling for the Nova today. Honda Jazz rear wiper upgrade. Why do I assume everything just fits 1st time!!

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So I picked up a replacement bumper bar L bracket as mine had a snapped bolt in and meant the bumper was low on one side (passenger)
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