View Full Version : my SR is on the road finally!
well i took the car in for its mot last friday after having it standing since febuary, ?240 for the mot later it was on the road.
its an absolute beast! im taking it easy for a while but now and then i just carnt help myself, all my mates are surprised how quick my little 16yr old 1.4 sr actually is.
and to top it off im off to give the car a re-spray monday morning
(if it makes it to devon tha is)
will take a couple of pics of it in a minute and put em up.
just thought id share my joy with you all :D
lew
orange_andy
24-11-05, 03:06 PM
looks good nik, jus make sure its colour coded or suits the colour coz the black bumpers on that look nasty :S i just got a 1.4 sr exhaust , filter, and it was alot quicker than i expected,
how much are you spending on breaks, i was thinking about getting mine done
oh yes! in standard form the 1.4SR is surprisingly fast for an old car!
A standard on in the dry can give a standard VTR a run for its money, until you reach around 90+ then its game over nova so to speak :lol:
i just baught some breaks actually mate, 16v ones. there well good i think thayv just worn in now so there wicked. paid ?100 for them and that was with brand new discs and pads.
yer this used to be my brothers and he was neck and neck with a vtr until it reached top end.
excellent mate! lol i dont condone racing, as ive already 3 points for the privledge of being caught for it!
Ive found that 1.6 GSi brakes with brembo pads + disc's are far better than a) standard SR one b) 2ltr ones?
may just be me? but i got the lot got under ?60.00, recon calipers with pads and new disc's of ebay :wink:
that was including postage aswell so im not to botherd and im happy with them. the 2.0 ltr one are a fair bit bigger, when i put the wheel back on i caught my finger in between the calliper and wheel! bloody hurt!
well took some pics. it doesnt look to good but then again its getting a re-spray :D
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/srlew/Picture104.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/srlew/Picture105.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/srlew/Picture106.jpg
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Looks alrate mate :)
Will look very tidy when sprayed, nice original mk1 SR :)
cheers, yer should look good when its done, it'll look pretty much the same as it does there but just proper tidy, its defanetly going to be a keeper though!
black wheels or not? im gunna keep these wheels cause the spoked stick out and i think they suit it.
iv been thinking bout it for ages, maybe matallic black.
hendrix
24-11-05, 06:06 PM
i like it as it is, looks good, is it staying red???
gotta love the mk1's
nice one
as said should look nice when been sparayed , be sure to get some pics up
looks really good, defo get it resprayed in the same colour...would look ace.... 8) 8)
novamadcars
24-11-05, 09:49 PM
will look realy good when sprayed up :D
Snowface
24-11-05, 10:29 PM
looks nice.
black/grey skirts and rear 'spoiler' add to it.
Like the look of that!
I think black wheels would look evil, do it!!
Matt2107
25-11-05, 01:26 PM
Looking good mate, nice little bit of paint and your laughing.
cheers guys. yer spraying the spoiler, skirts and bottom of the rear bumper and the window surrounds grey or some dark colour then im removing the vinyl between the windows. getting a front splitter possibly, but im having loads of fun around the back roads so dont want it to low.
yer its getting done in flame red.
driving down in the morning at bout 4am. so possibly start working on it on tuesday.
gunzi, i like you. i needed to hear that, cus started to debate it. but they will defo get done black.
cheers, lew
yer its getting done in flame red.
GRRRRR lol
^^^^ whats wrong with flame red?
dont make me depressed! my dads got the paint ready.
get it resprayed the same colour!!!! it looks so nice....do it!!!
ANDYRACER
27-11-05, 09:28 PM
Nice to see the beast is going again Lew, u remember where i live so get ur beast down my end. Rims in gloss black all day long mate. :wink:
yer its getting done in flame red.
GRRRRR lol
Jacks a more of a MEXICO red type of guy :lol:
car will look good mate, flame red with black wheels will look brill :wink:
:o dont remove the vynal!
especially the rear hatch.
Theyre rare as f00k nowadays because on most modded novas these are the 1st bits to go.
The mk1 really suits the vynal (unless you need to derust the doors and lower sill area).
I've got a mk2 but I'm really starting to like the old mk1 - it looks "hard" unlike the softer "gurly" GSi's
Keep it vynalled and true to its roots - man
:wink:
ade i know what you meen mate i wanted to keep it sooo much but there was rust under it from where it had like chipped and stuff and around the wiper hole. so it had to come off really.
someone baught a standard mint white 1.4sr and it had no rust anywhere and the vynal was mint and guess what he f**king took it all off, i actually felt depressed, to be honest i couldnt actually take mine off i got my brother to get it over and done with.
well drove down monday morning, cleaned the car and then let it dry over night,
tuesday, my dad done all the welding and filling, and my brother took some vynal off while i sanded my bumpers.
wednesday it got sanded and primed.
thursday it got sprayed.
friday i put it all together while we had the light on it to get it dry.
then friday dinner time i was driving it.
didnt spray the roof yet though as we didnt have that much time but its getting done next time im down.
went and took pics of it on the saturday, so will get them developed tomorrow as i took them with my SLR camera.
looks well good though i think, you carnt notice any differance in paint between the roof and the rest of it so its alright.
it was a full on strip down job, just a basic one if you know what i mean.
please dont put any bad comments down untill you see the pics tomorrow at least.
cheers, lew
also, im now deciding if i should get dark grey wheels (anthracite) to match the unpainted parts, which you'll see what iv left tomorrow, keeps it looking like an sr not a gte.
my brother got his wheels sprayed gloss black while my car was getting done. so ill see what his looks like on his red xr2.
been thinking about buying grey comp MO's brand new in 15's and lowering the back by 80mm aswell.
pictures look a bit wierd cause i had to scan them.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/srlew/File0001.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/srlew/File0002.jpg
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F188CHG
06-12-05, 02:38 PM
Looking good m8 :wink:
Should have kept the bottom part of the front bumper grey to match the skirts and rear bumper like it is on the GTE and also would paint the grill but looks good apart from that.
well im getting a splitter for the front bumper and that'll be unpainted, so it'll look a bit better.
and i was debating about the grill for a while, but im off to buy another one and get it colour coded so then i can choose which one i want.
also shall i do the mirrors red? (leaving the baseplates black)
cheers, lew
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