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[Mr-G]

hi there just registered with the site.

ive got a 1989 Mk1 nova 1.0 but dont worry she isnt staying like that for long :wink: , i will get all the pics together and put up a WIP thread of whats been done so far.

[Adam]

Hi mate, and welcome to novaload :)

[Mr-G]

cheers matey :D

[Dan]

welcome :D

[Mr-G]

elllo dan lol fancy seeing u on here :D

[Ste L]

alright mate, welcome

[Lee]

hmm, name sounds familiar :lol:

[ANDYRACER]

HHHHHHeeeeeeeeelllllllllllloooooooooooo and welcome to novaload. :twisted:

[Riggy]

welcome to NL mate :lol:

[Adam Moran]

Welcome...

You will never be the same again now lol

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[scott.parker]

Hey up Mr G,enjoy the site.

Scott

[hendrix]

wilkommen :lol:

[srs1]

the invasion continues...................



welcome to the site

[Mr-G]

S t e, Bottlethroddy, ANDYRACER, Riggy, Adam moran, scott.parker, hendrix and srs1.

cheers for the welcome everyone seems very freindly on here :D

[hendrix]

u having a matt black nova?? i had a matt black sri but it wasnt matt black by choice :lol:

[Mr-G]

yea she is going to be a proper slag of a car, matt black bodywork all done with rattle cans, tinted windows and black wheels.. should be intresting when its done

[hendrix]

will deffo look like mine then, only with mine it wasnt indended to be matt black, the paint just reacted :x
andy

[Mr-G]

lol well this paint work will be by no means mint because the car is going to be used and abused on the tracks, so i wanted a paintjob that will be easy to sort if i get any chips and scratches and somthing that i wasnt going to cry about if it did start looking tatty.

i also wanted a car that looked fairly even so thats how i decided on matt black :D

[Jos]

you are going to use ?5 halford spray cans....?!

Heh, well... good luck on getting a good finish....

[novamadcars]

hi mate and welcome 2 NL hope you enjoy you stay and hope your car turns out the way you want it

[Mr-G]

you are going to use ?5 halford spray cans....?!

Heh, well... good luck on getting a good finish....

i am not hoping to get a good finish thats the whole point, its a track car not a show car, i am not concerned with the finish of the paint.

[sickrabbit]

dont waste your money on spray tins matey....go buy a tin of blackboard paint instead , it,ll make your motor look like something from Mad Max......


welcome to the jungle.... :D

[Mr-G]

blackboard paint :!:

[Stuart]

black board paint weighs too much and feels AWFULL!!!

as for using rattle cans... total false economy imo. you will need atleast ?200 worth to get a semi decent coverage to prevent rust and to be a consistent matt all over... id jsut go to a bodyshop and ask who much a cheap nasty blow over would cost.
The raw material paint cost will be approx ?100 if your not using the best products (why would you want to) and then a bit of labour etc..

you might not want a mint finish but im assuming that at the same time you dont want it to look a total pile of caka poo poo.

[Matt2107]

Welcome to the site fella

[Mr-G]

black board paint weighs too much and feels AWFULL!!!

as for using rattle cans... total false economy imo. you will need atleast ?200 worth to get a semi decent coverage to prevent rust and to be a consistent matt all over... id jsut go to a bodyshop and ask who much a cheap nasty blow over would cost.
The raw material paint cost will be approx ?100 if your not using the best products (why would you want to) and then a bit of labour etc..

you might not want a mint finish but im assuming that at the same time you dont want it to look a total pile of caka poo poo.

the cheapest quote i had from a bodyshop for a basic blowover was ?500, TBH i am not bothered at all about doing it myself with spraycans, and no i dont care if it looks like "a total pile of caka poo poo", this car is intended for the tracks not cruises and looking all shiney and nice

[Jim]

cheers for the welcome everyone seems very freindly on here :D

Don't worry, It won't last ;)

Welcome to the site :)

Jim

[Stuart]

indeed welcome :P

i dont think myc ar looks nice, but its got a consistent finish and it was "only" about ?150 in materials and a bit of DIY sprayboothing... I guess its all down to you at the end of the day but i know for a fact that once the bonent is buffed on mine to remove some other colour paint that will be the last time its ever polished, and even in most cases repaired lol.

[scott.parker]

S t e, Bottlethroddy, ANDYRACER, Riggy, Adam moran, scott.parker, hendrix and srs1.

cheers for the welcome everyone seems very freindly on here :D

Ha ha mate thats cus most of us are on PVG as well. :wink:

Scott

[ANDYRACER]

If ure not bothered about the paint work why u bothering to even spray it in the first place :?

[Philsutton]

Believe it or not andy but the metal will react with the atmosphere and rust. The paint is there to stop that and make it look wickad

[ANDYRACER]

What u mean u can buy novas without any paint at all :o I meant if u have the nova it is already going to have paint on it so just get a few rattle cans and paint the patches where the rust has come threw.

[Philsutton]

but that would mean painting it?


If ure not bothered about the paint work why u bothering to even spray it in the first place

[ANDYRACER]

No he was on about giving the whole car a respray im just saying to do patches and blend it in to the original paint work.

[Philsutton]

What ever i dont care now. Well if it was me id go an get some fence paint and paint it with a brush. Not only will it last for years without the wood rotting but it looks really good with brush strokes in it.