my first car

[deankenny]

been driving my first nova 1.2 for the past few days cant believe how good these cars are even as standard pretty fast too ooo im ejoying it, looks like im suffering from NOVAdose :D

[Philsutton]

glad to see your enjoying driving your nova, wish i could say the same about mine at the moment

[nathan.]

got any pics.

whats up with yours phil?

[deankenny]

nah will have to borrow my bros cam tomoz and take some but its jus standard nuttin special at all but i do have some 15" TSW 5 spoke alloys coming for ?80

[Mike.]

sounds alright mate

[deankenny]

bad points is that its a 89 + its got 5 door but its a car and i like it thats the main thing

[Philsutton]

errrm it wants building back up an mot'ing

[deankenny]

huh, its motd till oct lol

[Philsutton]

5 doors doesnt mean its shit either

[Mike.]

five doors can look great just look at phils car

[deankenny]

but phils has got a newer model with the nice grill i have the old ugly black grill

[Philsutton]

that isnt hard to correct if the mk1 look isnt for you just a simple front end swap

[Mike.]

change it for a GTE grille then mate, or put a entire GTE body kit on it

[deankenny]

ok this is where that wont help i have no clue on cars whatsoever, one m8 said saw the black bits out and put mesh inside

this is the same front grill i have on this nova

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9858&item=4520132947&rd=1

[Mike]

ah ha, you have got a nova for youre first car then?

if you can get hold of a hyanes manual, u will see that nova's are like mechano on wheels, there a piece of pish to work on/modify.

just swap the entire front end for MK2 stuff of an 1990+ onwards nova, the bits should be easy to sourch from a scrappie. :|

[Mike.]

you could saw the slats out of the grill but i would just get a GTE grill or something similar tbh

[deankenny]

also my m8 has some 15" tsw 5 spoke alloys to go on it, do i need my wheel arches rolled or something or will it be ok?

[Mike]

what is the offset of ur mates tsw's? nova's are ET49, if ur unsure, it will be stamped/embossed inside the rim.

e.g offset-ET49 etc etc

[deankenny]

he jus said 15 inch wid 155/195 tyres
he doesnt know the offset, ill check it when i see em

[Adam]

Theres nought wrong with 5drs mate. I am thinking about getting a 5dr nova and modding that.

[5_door owner]

you shouldnt have any problems with the wheels mate, 5dr arches are have more room than the 3dr due to the roundness of them( as appose to the boxy ones on the 3dr) pressuming you havent lowered it you shoudnt have any rubbing with the wheels. and if the offset is close to et49 you should be able to lower it upto -60mm with no problems.
:+:
and 5dr's can look amazing, and not many people modify them so it's easyer to be unique with them :wink:

[deankenny]

yeh good point 5dr owner, ill check the offset on these alloys anyway hopefully they should be ok

[Mike.]

have you got any pics of your car mate