PDA

View Full Version : my nova



doherty
17-03-07, 05:49 PM
i started a thread in general chat months ago but never got round to posting in this section... progress has been uber slow but finaly i have pics worth posting


this is how it looked for the past year lol

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7199/photo0121kb0.jpg

then it got a full rub down an 2 coats of high build primer..

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/6894/photo0225ml5.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/4356/photo0226ex4.jpg

let it sit for a week so the primer got a chance to sink...flattened it back an got painting...

pre laquer..

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9416/photo0233fe5.jpg

laquered..

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3885/photo0237gn5.jpg
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/2473/photo0239qw9.jpg

then it was flattened using 2500 grit and moped...

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/2169/photo0256bi3.jpg

as you can see im not 1 for masking lol but it'll be gettin ripped out shortly anyway so it didn matter...
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/5584/photo0264hm7.jpg

iv a GSi bumper with the numberplate recess smoothed an rear bumper with towin eye an rear numberplate light smoothed to get colour coded an put on her along with a full GSi interior...

let me know wat you think...

Iain
17-03-07, 05:52 PM
Paint looks really good, what engine?

doherty
17-03-07, 05:54 PM
goin for a 1.6 sometime in the near future...its a strimmer sized 1ltr at the moment :(lol

Nova-Dan
17-03-07, 05:55 PM
looking good,i like the colour

doherty
17-03-07, 05:57 PM
thanks man...i was unsure about it myself to start with unitl i seen it on the car...now i love it lol

krobinson
17-03-07, 06:05 PM
Nice colour, that you doherty from Jon44?

doherty
17-03-07, 06:23 PM
tis indeed lol... so dont go stealin my colour for your turbo nova lol

krobinson
17-03-07, 06:28 PM
I've a mint radiator from my 13k 1.2 to replace that oversprayed one on yours. Lazy git think you'd remove it first!!

?15

Keith

doherty
17-03-07, 06:30 PM
nah i might have a full GSi for a doner car...so ill use wat evers worth usin off that lol...but ill keep it in mind ;)

krobinson
16-04-07, 06:18 PM
Update!!

NovaLad
16-04-07, 06:20 PM
Love the colour what colour is it ?

doherty
23-10-07, 03:19 AM
well not done a wile pile latly between workin at other things an not workin enough to buy nice new things...mainly jus been cleanin bits an waxoylin inside the sills,arches etc

few pics of my GSi bumper an other stuff jus...
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5512/gsibumperbn5.jpg
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/3210/bumpersmoothmd5.jpg
still needs a lil bit more time spent before gettin the finished paint but heres 1 with a
wee bita paint i had lyin about threw on to see wat the bumper will roughly look like...should look well colour coded
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1823/lickapaintno9.jpg
some astra seats i got off a mate for nothing
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/7853/photo0352iu8.jpg

after gettin the glass in..
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/1232/photo0316nm6.jpg
and windscreen...
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/9411/photo0317mj1.jpg
her sexy lil ass
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/816/photo0355ev9.jpg

closer pic of the seats ( will be changed again 4 leather ones at some stage jus needed somethin to sit on rather than a bucket )
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/2827/photo0353dr8.jpg
closer pic of the paint....
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7662/photo0343cn8.jpg

tucked in bed for the night.....
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4430/photo0338cv1.jpg

doherty
23-10-07, 03:22 AM
few wee picys off the phone...spent a few days last week cleanin an paintin in underneth the yock... :D

wee pic after she got polished a lil bit :)
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1386/photo0373cd2.jpg
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/8037/photo0384lo1.jpg

an underneth..
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/2899/photo0381eg9.jpg
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/5157/photo0382id3.jpg

an before anyone starts about paint on the brake pipes dont worry she's gettin copper piped at some stage...jus didn want to rip everythin out as she needs to be kept mobile for the time being :(

thats all i took in the mean time...spanks for lookin :)

doherty
23-10-07, 03:32 AM
oh heres some old 1s that i took 1 sunny day ( not that often over here lol )

love the way the different light changes the colour on the wing in these...

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2189/novaoutsidecl6.jpg
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/4679/outsideagaintu2.jpg

oh an the colour is vauxhall satin red novalad16 :)