any ideas for my car

[Mike.]

any ideas for my car? just bought a 1.2 luxe and its pretty boring it needs livening up a bit

[badnova]

got any pics

what sort of look you goin for
what sort of money do you want to spend

[peester]

debadge, lower 15"/16" alloys, green air filter.
done. great isn't it? no need for bodykits, neons nothin.
keep until can afford gte/gsi or if shell is near/mint: transplant.

[robb]

Take the strips off the side of the doors and wings too.

If it is MK1 then clear winkers or MK2 front end.

Do something with the bumpers, colour code or clean to look new.

Don't mesh the grill if the car is a dark colour.

Make it look clean.

[epo]

k&n air filter stainless steel exhaust

[cooper_nova]

if its a mk1 look at karl rowentree's nova for some inspiration
8)

[HEVY-nova]

GSI or GTE replicas are they way to go

lowered with speedlines looks pretty smart

[Mike.]

what i've done to the car so far is, a new set of rear lights(red) and colour coding. I have also been ringing the scrap yards up and i've found a set of 15s. the car has had the side strips and badges removed. I will try and get some pics soon

ps has anyone got any doors because mine are a bit rotten

[smitty5door]

i've seen this nova and i told him to slam 60mm i also helped him with some of the work. i think it should have a GSI kit on it

[Hairboi]

I think, u should get sum skirt, lower bout 60mm... erm if u got the money...Gsi bumper...n 15" sound nice...they 5 spokes or 3???

[Al Wilson]

Fibreglass, carbon fibre and titanium is the way forward. Not the only one before anyone says anything. :D

[Mike.]

i've only got a limited budget so i think carbon fibre might have to wait a bit
i was thinkin about a carbon fibre bonnet but i think there about ?300 not cheap :o

still trying to get some pics of my car :)

[Al Wilson]

Custom fibreglass then, realitively cheap and infinite possibilies for your choice!

Not good for cracking on stupid fields though. :lol: (Yes, I'm still bitter!)

[Mike.]

i never really thought of that could u get tailgates and other body panels made then

wuold make the car really light aswell :)

[Al Wilson]

Thats the idea with mine. It is expensive but I've been building it over 2 years so the cost has been spend.

[Mike.]

must of cost a fortune, is the fibre glass for a ice install aswell as body panels?

[Al Wilson]

Haven't got any ice in mine whatsoever but it can be used for whatever you wamt really

[peester]

if its a mk1 look at karl rowentree's nova for some inspiration
8)

check through the old skool thread (all 30 pages, lol) for inspiration!

[Mike.]

ma cars a mk2 i was thinkin about goin for the smooth euro look and maybe a stripped out interior

[Gunzi]

I love the smooth euro look, especially their choice of wheels 13's but mega wide

[Mike.]

it would look great with 13s u can get mini wheels that size its just the off set that would worry about

[epo]

pm phill sutton am sure he's puttin mega wide 13" wheels on his nova v8

[Mike.]

13s on a v8 ive seen the pics that hes got an they are really wide, isn't he puttin a different back axle on it tho

[epo]

yeah a volvo one

[Mike.]

a volvo????????????

[epo]

its gotta be cut down as far as i can remmeber he'll be able to tell u all the ins and outs

[smitty5door]

slam a load of GSI parts on it n ur sorted:D

[Mike.]

sounds good but i was thinkin about GTE front bumpers

[cooper_nova]

sounds good but i was thinkin about GTE front bumpers

ur car is a mk2 so the gsi bumper willlb a better fit than the gte one
and coz u got the mk2 grill it will (imho) look better wiv a gsi as opposed to a gte front bumper

[Mike.]

it was just a idea really, it would be different

[cooper_nova]

it was just a idea really, it would be different

it is possible to fit it but u'll need the mk1 bumper iron too(i belive) by all means do it but u might need to mod the grill a bit to get a good fit 8)

[Mike.]

iron it, is that to make it curve or somethin, i would try it iff i had a gte front bumper :o

[Dpnova]

you are joking arent you :(

[cooper_nova]

iron it, is that to make it curve or somethin, i would try it iff i had a gte front bumper :o

lmao :lol: :lol:
soz mate i didn't mean iron as in iron clothes but iron as in the metal iron bar that the bumper is mounted to also called a carridge bar

[cooper_nova]

you are joking arent you :(

lol denny!
give the lad a brake mate he's obvioulsy new to modding and isn't up wiv all the terms yet :P

[Dpnova]

its monday mate, every one is excused 8)

[Mike.]

ironing bars!! :roll:

i'm not that new to modifying i have never heard of that term before :(

[Gunzi]

If you wanna make your car faster, buy some astra 16v brakes calipers and pads.
They are a lot better than thee flimsy discs that the lower spec models came with, then you can brake a lot later into corners.
They go for around ?50-?60 and take a couple of hours to fit max.

[Mike.]

i thought puttin new brackes on your car would effect the insurance?

[robb]

If anything it could bring the premium down as these are better brakes and you can say you are thinking of safety first.

But 99% of the time it won't affect it at all.

[Mike.]

cheers for that you'v opened my eyes about the brakes

[dan_mk1]

If anything it could bring the premium down as these are better brakes and you can say you are thinking of safety first.


If only they thought like that!! it will put the premium up....

[Gunzi]

it probably will put the premium up if you tell them
As its a modification to the car, a non standard part