My super nova...

[vipesnova]

Eazy all
well its not realy super its a nova spin 1 litre gsi lol lol
only bought it for 50 quid,
im 17 n in need of sum help....what can i do with this shi**er! (except set light to it)
dont wana touch the engine until year or so, heard about dropin 2lt inside n all but leave that for now.
what can i do to the actual car? its white with the rough grey plastic bumpers and wheels smaller than biscuits, dont want it to look all big cos at the end of the day its a 1lt, jus wana make it look neat and tidy for now.
any ideas would be great
thx all:thumb:

[Adam]

Lowered.
And a set of 15s.

Also remove the bump strips etc.

And then just give it a clean and polish :)

[Welsh Dan]

Go rust-hunting+fixing. Check all the arches, inner wings, battery tray and boot corners first, then check everywhere else. If its completely rotten then I'd not bother spending anything on it other than whats needed to keep it running+MOT passable.

After that give it a good clean and polish inside and out.

If you want it to look "nicer", without looking over the top, then:

Nova GSi/GTE/SR/SRi 3 spoke alloys, matching grill+bumpers. Take the 1L and spin badges off the back, and the spin badges off the doors. Clear indicators + repeaters if it doesnt allready have them. Lots of people think novas look better with the bump strips down the sides taken off, and I agree.

I know with all the mods I'm listing here then this is a bit of a contradiction, but if you don't want to push the insurance up too much with regards to ICE, then get a head unit with a removable faceplate, and hide some reasonable 6x9's under the parcel shelf (not visible from outside the boot).

If that isnt enough then consider a GTE or GSi interior (black dash, bucket seats), full respray, and then you're on to mechanical....


I really would have a good hunt for rust, and when you find it, decide whether or not you want to fix it or just get a different car next MOT. If you decide to fix it, get it fixed before you do anything else, and make sure its done properly. :)

[projectcoshanova]

lol lol lol lol id call that great advice after all im now sellin my nova mark1 1.2 cos of rust and also because the twit who sold it to me told me that it was a gooden now its set me back ?300 in doing it up and now im havin to sell it in bits and no ones wantin anything off it so looks like yet another nova goes n bites the dust and joins the many ****heap nova,s on the rust pile<smiles> p,s i spent 250 on it and then the 300 and now people are still wanting bits for free oh man what is this world coming too lol lol lol

[vipesnova]

thx for the quick reply lol, ye bro said the lower and 15s would look nice cheers "long live", ye theres some rust over few ares like, under 2 of the arches, side of door, and at the bottom inside of the door, think the waters been sitting there, but duno how much that would cost, can tell its had sum filler put in alredy, but hopefuly aint to much, ive alredy got rid of the side stickers and the "SPIN" logo lol, so ye what youve said sounds good, colour code it, the indicates are clear allredy, no side skirt on there, got my 6x9s alredy so gona make a stealth shelf, and lower it, thx for that!

[Jack]

full respray
Excellent idea.
















....so long as you do it Mexico Red :D

[Welsh Dan]

Excellent idea.
....so long as you do it Mexico Red :D

Or silk violet, or storm grey :cool:.

[General Baxter]

miami blue lol

[Ste L]

Florida Green lol

[Wilson]

jus plain boring white lol

[vipesnova]

lol nah all pure white i think, dont want nuthing speacial yet, its a 1 litre come on lol, gte bumpers dont fit onto gsi's properly do they?

[vipesnova]

lol ye i think white will do for the min, its nuthing special,
so, colour coding the bumpers when i spray them there still gona be the rough texture aint they? are there smooth gsi bumpers about?

[Welsh Dan]

Don't spray the bumpers white, either touch them up with some bumper-care, or spray them hurricane grey :thumb:.

[vipesnova]

ye? why do you say that? i thought it ould look better all the same,
also do they do the smooth version (dont no the name) instead of the rough style

[Welsh Dan]

If you paint them, they smooth in.

white gsi bumpers:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/rallynova/white%20gsi/icy_pic.jpg
hurricane grey gsi bumpers:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Nova-crew/Rear1Medium.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Nova-crew/Frontp2Medium.jpg

side by side:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/riggy4/5c265206.jpg


Pics taken from here (http://www.novaload.net/forum/showthread.php?t=61339) and here (http://www.novaload.net/forum/showthread.php?t=62938).

[vipesnova]

yeee hurricane it is :D thx mate!!!
the front white looks quite neat but ye the grey looks beter,
jus wonderin lookin at the pics whys the white gsi got rear wiper? didnt think novas did

[Welsh Dan]

Novas do have rear wipers. For some reason unbeknown to me, some people remove them, and the rear washer.

[Jack]

Some poverty spec models, and saloons, don't have rear wipers - its likely that your 1.0 won't either.

[vipesnova]

ah right, mines poverty then lol, the bumpers on mine aint gsi there standard ones i think, and lookin at the gsi bumpers the towbar is in the way to fit them on mine, is there a way of fitting them? :confused: :tard:

[Welsh Dan]

take the towbar off.

[eddiecorke2]

Hi
i just read through this thread and it sounds like you got some good advice!
I baught my first nova about 4 months ago. its a 1.2Merit, and it is slow as fu*k but ow well.
When i first got it, it was comp standard, and so far i have:
had it lowered 60mm
15" voodo alloys
Exhaust
tints
clear lights
full GSI interior
new Steering wheel (standrd 1 is sh*t!)
flush boot and
d-lock doors.
now im just looking for a mint GSi kit but this is not as easy as it sounds!
once that is on, the last thing im going to do is have it re-spayed in the original met Gray colour and then be done with it!
Might put a few other bits on but not much!
What you think?

Ed

[vipesnova]

ye but its a 1 litre probs will brake down n il regret taking the towbar off lol, thats all i wana do with mine eddie! sounds good, what have you done on the exhust? i aint doin a halfords end tip lol
cheers

[Welsh Dan]

A towbar is for trailers and caravans. You could fit more on the passenger seat than you could in the trailer a 1.0 is capable of pulling :p. And towbars look awful.

Engines are easy enough to replace if it breaks down :).

[vipesnova]

towbar :tard: i ment the bull bar :roll: :cry: woops lol soz
but ye im after gsi bumpers n a set of 15" gsi/cav ?

[Welsh Dan]

Nova with bull bars lol? Can I see a pic of this?

[Ste L]

i think he means the front toeing eye...

the gsi bumpers, and a cover than can be removed so you can still be toed

[vipesnova]

ahhh right sweet, lol ye you now what i ment :roll:, most of the gsi bumpers ive seen look smooth so aint seen no "towing eye" but ye cheers, jus gota wait for one to pop up on ebay ...