View Full Version : First year with my Nova (w/ pics)
I've owned my little Nova for a little over a year now. It was/is my first car and is still going strong (after two headgasket replacements) :D I bought it as a standard 1.2 Merit and drove it standard for a year because of insurance problems.
When I bought it in 2004 (dodgy camera, it's Miami Blue (turquoise)):
http://www.iainel.co.uk/images/forums/1-Dec2004.JPG
http://www.iainel.co.uk/images/forums/2-Dec2004.JPG
Insurance renewal this year practically halved itself in price so I could finally do what I'd been waiting to do all year (better camera, its real colour):
http://www.iainel.co.uk/images/forums/3-Dec2005.JPG
http://www.iainel.co.uk/images/forums/4-Dec2005.JPG
http://www.iainel.co.uk/images/forums/5-Dec2005.JPG
Nothing out of the ordinary I know, but it's all my own work on my first car and I'm proud of it. :P Looking forward to another year of driving in 2006.
orange_andy
29-12-05, 12:39 PM
what do you mean insurance purposes ? please dont say you didnt get alloys filter exhaust becuase you couldnt declare it :) if you did respect for been genuin, but out of about 50modded cars in a car park i bet you 45 wouldnt have declared any mods, i know i dont bother, just strip the car down, car looks quite good, nice and clean, where abouts you at, do you know west bridgeford,
novamadcars
29-12-05, 12:50 PM
not looking bad mate :D
what do you mean insurance purposes ? please dont say you didnt get alloys filter exhaust becuase you couldnt declare it :)
Yep my insurance company wanted to charge ?100 for adding alloys and wouldn't insure me for anything else (suspension etc) so I thought sod it, finish the years cover, get some NCB and do it legit.
where abouts you at, do you know west bridgeford
Yeah I know West Bridgeford, I live down in Beeston.
looks a good base car mate dont ruin it!
Karl
NOV4_SPORT
29-12-05, 03:02 PM
absolutly bloody mint mate , please dont spoil it please.
Give it some rev
29-12-05, 04:27 PM
clean and simple with no rice buner body kit, just the way they shud be.
do them wheels catch your arches ??
cheers chris
looks good mate
also very niec to see a young lad with a bit of sense and doing it the proper ways
:+:
looking well... how mine use to exactly look!!! a month after I bought her... same rims, and yes the rims catch, well they did with me anyways.. if ur down 60mm, the right arch rubs slightly, when going over a bump or people is sitting in the back..
was going to keep them rims on for winter, but they where rough, so sold them, lovely looking rims to be honest,
astra ls rims
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ken.turner1/2.gif
do them wheels catch your arches ??
I've lowered it 40mm and there's no scrubbage or catching anywhere (195/50 tyres). It looks like it would go -60mm without catching but I'm not sure.
Thanks for the positive replies, I'm pretty happy with it and don't plan on ruining it with stick-on plastic items. :P
glad to hear it mate!
since you say theres not going to be a bodykit have you got any plans for it?
GSI bumpers? interior?
Karl
No immediate or definite plans to be honest. Engine is staying standard that's for sure though. I'm going to enjoy it as it is for a few months until the nasty weather is over then see about GSi bumpers/splitter, exhaust etc... I'll keep you updated :P
sickrabbit
29-12-05, 05:49 PM
Crickey mate - thought you,d nicked my motor - lol . Theres one thing I really regret on changing the look of my Nova - not taking pics ( before and after ) Seeing yours has certainly brought back memories of how mine used to look . Our cars are very similar - cept mines dropped 30mm on Fox Evos and has a Gsi spoiler fitted. All the bump strips are also gone ( hell of a job ) and the red strip in the bumpers removed . The door handles ,boot trim and bumpers have been coated with loads of bumper black , so are now nice and dark. The miami paint colour , really stands out , so treat it to regular waxes ( auto glymn is brilliant ) and seal it with top coat shine ( again auto glymn ) before lightly buffing it to a mirror finish.
Nice car.
Ejoy youre car and go steady - happy new year !!
out of about 50modded cars in a car park i bet you 45 wouldnt have declared any mods, i know i dont bother
Is it the name "Andy" (no offence Woody) that makes people to do stupid things?
Jim
out of about 50modded cars in a car park i bet you 45 wouldnt have declared any mods, i know i dont bother
Is it the name "Andy" (no offence Woody) that makes people to do stupid things?
Jim
pmsl
Looks tidy mate, keep it clean :)
8) Mint. basic looking is the future. nice clean and simpleis the way forward.
Keep it up.
Mike
lol @ Jim
but out of about 50modded cars in a car park i bet you 45 wouldnt have declared any mods
Quite. And we all know the kind of miscreants that frequent car parks.
If 45 out of 50 chavs jumped off a cliff, would you follow them?
lol @ Jim
but out of about 50modded cars in a car park i bet you 45 wouldnt have declared any mods
Quite. And we all know the kind of miscreants that frequent car parks.
If 45 out of 50 chavs jumped off a cliff, would you follow them?
allthough this may be true it doesnt make it right
i say fair play for doing it legit and properly and building up your NCB first
car looks mint btw :) keep it clean :D
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