My nova WIP thread starting 14/09/05 (56K beware)

[Mr-G]

well i suppose i better start a WIP thread for my car, she is a 1989 1.0 and i bought her on the 9th of july this year, progress has been a little slow so far but hopefully soon things shall start speeding up a bit.

anyway here she is the day that i bought her..

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/8148/nova15zh.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/5601/nova20mz.jpg

As you can see a pretty much run of the mill poverty spec mk1 nova, lovley that means no heavy extra electrics and stuff :D .

The clean up began by first respraying the grill, mirrors and boot trim.

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/9657/i1grill8vo.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/571/i1mirror1js.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/7362/i1boot6mw.jpg

then it was onto the interior, first the dash has been treated to a new coat of satin black.

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/4012/dash9cz.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/6637/picture002859xm.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/5467/picture002863fn.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/4093/picture002875mw.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/9939/picture002899xx.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1025/picture002907sb.jpg

Then i decided to update the door cards a bit as they were looking a little bit on the shabby side.

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/4334/doorcard5va.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/9521/doorcard8wc.jpg

I then decided the back seats are coming out and i also retrimmed all 4 rear quarter panels and the boot panel to match the doors.

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1715/i1trim2ox.jpg

Next was the centre console this one is my own little creation and i think it turned out pretty good :D

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/3724/picture002759mk.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/2253/picture002760zs.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/5430/picture002775xr.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/3347/picture002786ps.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/396/picture002794xo.jpg

all thats left to do to the interior is spray all the exposed metal matt black, fit some GTE seats, an Astra GTE steering wheel, Nova GTE clocks, and harnesses, exterior wise the list is much much longer but look out for future updates :D

[Jack]

What a fine choice of colour Nova :lol: :lol: :lol:

Looks like some good work going on, makes me wish I still had my saloon...

[NovalutionGSi]

looking good so far fella..... not sure about the under-crackers on the washing line, they look like they ahve seen better days! :lol:

so whats hitting the out side then?

[Mike.]

looks good mate, the mk1 dash does actually look good on black :wink:

keep us updated

[novamadcars]

nice work mate keep it up yes i also like the dash looks good

[RJM25R]

that bra looks nice. where are you gonna fit that?

[Jack]

^ perv :lol:

Just out of interest, what black paint did you use there?

[peester]

it take it ur not spraying the car then??
good ideas so far on the interior though, that black spraying works well.. but theres no denying it; a minimum 60mm drop and alloys are screaming to go on there lad. Keep it up though.

[Adam]

Nice work mate.
I have to admit that the satin black mk1 dash looks a lot more modern than standard, nice one :wink:

Interior re-trimming looks cool as well :)

Keep the work up.

[J4MES]

progress looking good there mate.....keep it up.....

[Hazel]

Looks good!

Did you have to prep the dash in any way before you sprayed it??

[Mr-G]

^ perv :lol:

Just out of interest, what black paint did you use there?

the paint is Holts satin black bumper and trim spray very good stuff ?5.99 per tin.


Looks good!

Did you have to prep the dash in any way before you sprayed it??

yes i sanded the whole dash down with wet and dry and then it was primed with Holts grey plastic primer.

[Jack]

it take it ur not spraying the car then??
If you do respray the car, keep it the same colour! :lol: :wink:

[Mr-G]

it take it ur not spraying the car then??
If you do respray the car, keep it the same colour! :lol: :wink:

Sorry but no :lol: , the car is getting a lick of matt black next year :wink:

[Jack]

BLASPHEMY!!! :lol:

Won't the matt paint be a bugger to keep clean tho?

[Mr-G]

satin black isnt to bad but u do have to clean a lot, although am not going to be to concerned as its going to be a track car, more worried about performance then looks.

[Jos]

satin black isnt to bad but u do have to clean a lot, although am not going to be to concerned as its going to be a track car, more worried about performance then looks.

You'll have a hard time getting a good performance from a 1.0 :lol:

You haven't mentioned an engine conversion after all!

[Mr-G]

a tuned E16SE engine :wink:

[Jos]

a tuned E16SE engine :wink:

well, it'll certainly be an improvement! :P

[Mr-G]

picked up a few more bits for the car yesterday....

got a new rear bumper because mines crap.
new wing mirrors.
new clocks from a mk2 1400 SR
dash clock
second fog switch for the front spotlights when i get them
smoked side repeaters
new rear offside lights because mine has some deep scratches
Nova 1400 SR wrap round boot spoiler

i may also have a set of red SR front seats and steering wheel but they are a maybe at the moment got to speak to the better half about them..

pics a comin when its all in the car :D

[Jack]

Nova 1400 SR wrap round boot spoiler
Nick put up a post somewhere about how to fit this, complete with exact dimensions for drilling the holes for putting the bolts through the tailgate. Could come in handy, except I can't find it... :oops: Oh and you'll need a degree in quantum physics to understand it lol

[Mr-G]

:lol: bit like that is it.

its a fairly simple spoiler to fit just 4 holes at the top of the boot and then lots of double sided tape on it :D

[NovalutionGSi]

:lol: bit like that is it.

its a fairly simple spoiler to fit just 4 holes at the top of the boot and then lots of double sided tape on it :D

Just never try to remove a factory fitted one.......leaves nice bits of paint stuck to the spoiler!

BTW... nice Siggy! :lol: :P

[SRimon]

Looks good my style modding, what can be done in the back of the garage modding! :)