weather gutter on top of nova

[nova_172]

you know that gutter that runs along the top of yours doors, mine was rusted so i pulled the platic off and repainted it, is the plastic easily avalible or can you do something else with it.

[Jim]

Provided you've treated it well enough so that it doesnt rust again you could always leave the plastic strips off. I dont have them on my car.

Jim

[burgo]

i think they look better without the strips, or u could go to the extreme i have and get rid of the gutters lol

[Al Wilson]

Provided you've treated it well enough so that it doesnt rust again you could always leave the plastic strips off. I dont have them on my car.

Jim

Exactly on mine, Think they look tacky on imo.

[burgo]

i agree with al very takky especially as they are always hangin off

[novaexplod]

arent those gutters the main joint for the roof? meaning if u cut them off ur roof would sink?

[novaexplod]

support was the word i was lookin for :lol:

[burgo]

yes but come on i ent that stupid, i didnt just hack em off and smooth em it took many hours of cuttin and weldin to get it rite

[?Marty?]

^^^ nice one, got any pics?

It's a pain in the arse to do actually, as it's what bonds the roof on so needs welding. But it's very thin there so difficult to weld.

[burgo]

now then it obviously aint done yet so aint pretty

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RQAAAOkT4pugoIxvw!JsbeC3gjF5hnXBTH6WWs1u28Bzio7AM srmfAU0t8VR0gbA3rSDNZNjKU69v9pXeLEYi1KGFXtXmDq4hHi p0tm30Uw/DSCN1981.JPG?dc=4675486108234265511

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RQD*AuwTl5ygoIxvw!JsbR3TsZUJbRtYEUznhOLgXlgc261lw rPBiiW1wX3WlR6yiK*Z1e1f6c7EKm4hsnV3QTiuGutgoz1WWC1 cFmHgHhc/DSCN1993.JPG?dc=4675486108266525487

p.s. dont laugh to much its workin progress

[Al Wilson]

Looks good but wont it be a nightmare in the rain?

[burgo]

rain u think its goin out in the rain lmao

[Al Wilson]

Mine sits out in every weather, all year around.

[Chris_W]

If you dig through on the EPC you can actually find there are different colour rain gutter covers, on mine I had chrome ones, but then again that nova was a bit to bling for my liking, lol.

Chris

[epo]

there pretty expensive from main dealers i remeber dave gsi on about them and the prices a while back

[johnny27]

anyone know any websites to buy them from, don't want the orignal vaux ones.

[epo]

theres that place in wakefield that do vaux spares autovaux i think ill try find it out broody on here will know maybe even luke

[burgo]

indeed i do heres the link

http://www.autovaux.co.uk/SelectCar.asp

i just had a quick look and couldnt find what your looking for.

[epo]

wayhey i was right with auto vaux tho

[burgo]

indeed u did mr epo.

[novaexplod]

i think the orignal ones to buy from vauxhall were 33 quid each! so i didnt bother lol :lol:

[5_door owner]

check out this nova ; smooth gutters on it look mint, also check the scuttle panel 8)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/dathers/DSC00355.jpg

[Mike.]

i couldn't imagine a nova without rain gutters untill now, that blue nova looks really nice

[burgo]

plz plz plz tell me the blue one is foto-shopped or scrapped

[Jules]

Burgo it's only just back from the bodyshop (It's a guy on MiG who owns it).

Also don't you have to weld the inside of the gutter, as I believe it's quite a structural point for rigidity - I know they are on Mini's and when I had one and wanted them smoothed off.

[burgo]

ha ha so he didnt do it himself ok thats made me feel abit better bout it