View Full Version : It's a girl ! My 1st Nova
NovaLad
20-03-07, 07:35 PM
Ok i went to go and finally see the Nova today that i will be getting on the 31st of this month. (Also went for a spin)
It's a Vauxhall Nova 1.2 Merit (J) Reg in a burgendy(<can't spell) colour which has ONLY done 44thousand miles since new in 1992.
Their is 3 prev owners and has every M.O.T since 1995. (because they don't M.O.T for 3 years when new obviously)
I checked the arches and their only seems to be rust on one arch and to be honest their is virtually no rust at all on the car. (couldn't see any)
The owner didn't know i was coming to see it today so it isn't very clean on the pictures at all. (Please see past this)
Anyway here is some pics i managed to get of the Nova.
P.S Their isn't any pictures of the right hand side because the big flipping bush was in the way!
Links to pictures below!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/MD_Crew/Image000.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/MD_Crew/Image050.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/MD_Crew/Image001.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/MD_Crew/Image005.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/MD_Crew/Image004.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/MD_Crew/Image002.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/MD_Crew/Image003.jpg
Nova-Dan
20-03-07, 07:41 PM
its diferent
Looks pretty tidy. Good luck with it.
How is a standard Nova different, Dan?
looks a good first car, whats the plans ??
NovaLad
20-03-07, 07:47 PM
1) Get it in my garage and give it a really good clean lol...
2) Get new springs on (lowered). (60mm on front and 80mm on rear i think)
3) Buy a SUB and AMP.
4) Mite de badge it and colour code everything.
5) Get them horrid alloys sorted.
What would you lot recomend???
vaughanmc
20-03-07, 07:49 PM
general clean-up (inside and out)
bumper gel on the bumpers...:)
back to black on the tyres
de-badge and de-rubstrip
then it should look good :)
Vaughan
1) Get it in my garage and give it a really good clean lol...
3) Buy a SUB and AMP.
What would you lot recomend???
i have a sub and amp im not using ;)
id recomend you buy them lol
Nova-Dan
20-03-07, 07:50 PM
geting all engine bay and engine sorts,then go for all rust spots,and seal hole thing,then go for apearance
Nova-Dan
20-03-07, 07:51 PM
i have a sub and amp im not using ;)
id recomend you buy them lol
haha
NovaLad
20-03-07, 07:51 PM
What SUB and AMP are they DRAPER?? and how much ;) p&p also..
coochiSR
20-03-07, 07:58 PM
geting all engine bay and engine sorts,then go for all rust spots,and seal hole thing,then go for apearance
Thats a fat lot of help! Sort the engine bay out and then do rest of car, it'll of rotted away by then!!!!
Anyway back to point :- Good old clean in and out, check for rust ALL over, make sure it runs sweet as a nut, then spend some money on it, de-badge, de-strip, lower and alloys (if you want)
But looks like a good first car, at least it's not gonna be ANOTHER C20XE project!!! ;)
vaughanmc
20-03-07, 07:59 PM
1st thing i did on mines was the de-badge
makes a whole lot of difference!
Jon_nova1
20-03-07, 08:00 PM
i thought by the title you meant the seller was a girl, i was going to ask was she fit lol
fusion 12" in a ported box and matching amp
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/draper01/Image040.jpg
NovaLad
20-03-07, 08:02 PM
Yeah it's a great runner.(went for a spin) The guy that owns it now has had it for 18 month or so and said it only failed one thing on last M.O.T and that was that it needed a new bulb lol... An old lady had it before him for years and thats why the original interior is smart and not been ruined...
Looks tidy for a 1st car,
its the same colour as Nick(williams?) nova
NovaLad
20-03-07, 08:04 PM
DRAPER arn't they selling them in halfords right now??? What wattage is it?? And how much you want for it?
NovaLad
20-03-07, 08:05 PM
Who is nick williams? What is his username??
coochiSR
20-03-07, 08:09 PM
Yeah it's a great runner.(went for a spin) The guy that owns it now has had it for 18 month or so and said it only failed one thing on last M.O.T and that was that it needed a new bulb lol... An old lady had it before him for years and thats why the original interior is smart and not been ruined...
Good new! Any advisory's though??? could be bit of rot underneath of car!
NovaLad
20-03-07, 08:10 PM
Yeah i didnt bother looking under the car as the weather was extremely cold and windy and i didnt have a jacket on (wimp ahha) , plus it started to snow AGAIN!
coochiSR
20-03-07, 08:12 PM
Yeah it's a great runner.(went for a spin) The guy that owns it now has had it for 18 month or so and said it only failed one thing on last M.O.T and that was that it needed a new bulb lol... An old lady had it before him for years and thats why the original interior is smart and not been ruined...
Good news! Any advisory's though??? could be bit of rot underneath of car!
parrycakes
20-03-07, 08:13 PM
1st thing i did on mines was the de-badge
makes a whole lot of difference!
really stupid question but how do you get the badges off?just pull them off?:( (im a girl doing up my own car by myself)
yeah halfords hace them in for ?200 - dunno really im after about ?100, its only been used for about 3months as i never put it in my XE
NovaLad
20-03-07, 08:16 PM
Lmao i just asked VAUGHANMC the same thing on MSN lol and i'm a lad ahah... He told me to use my mums hair dryer then they will start to loosen off till they are easy enough to pull off... Then use some white spirits to get any extra double sided tape off and clean the car. Finally polish it up...
vaughanmc
20-03-07, 08:16 PM
how i done it was:
Used a hair-dryer to heat up the double-sided tape on the back of the badge, then pulled the badge bit-by-bit 'til it came off
Then used white spirits to remove the stickyness ;) lol
Then once all the sticky stuff is away give it a good old wash and polish to remove what was left on the tailgate
Not sure if this is the correct way but it worked for me
Vaughan!!
coochiSR
20-03-07, 08:16 PM
white spirits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you don't want the colour left, fooking hell!
NovaLad
20-03-07, 08:17 PM
I'll gte back to you another time about the sub and amp DRAPER. i was in halfords today looking at a VIPER sub and amp... it came to 80quid...
have you ever taken off any badges/vinyl coochi?
white spirit is fine.
vaughanmc
20-03-07, 08:18 PM
yeah we call it 'Turps' up this end but it worked for me and washed the car straight after the use of it...was told it was dangerous stuff lol
Vaughan
coochiSR
20-03-07, 08:19 PM
yeah i took mine off, just got a toffee wheel on all the left over glue, better than white spirits, wouldn't go anywhere near my car!
NovaLad
20-03-07, 08:20 PM
Yeah the tech term is turps here to lol!!! ;)
vaughanmc
20-03-07, 08:21 PM
need to use some more of it on my nova to take the stickyness of where the 'Ultra Cool' Spin decals once were...
Vaughan
coochiSR
20-03-07, 08:23 PM
Braver man than me!!! I took the grey decal and all badges off mine and a "toffee" wheel works really really well, just polish it up after and looks spot on! ;)
NovaLad
20-03-07, 08:30 PM
Yeah i want to take off all badges because ive seen cars without and they look good ... But the other side of me wants to keep them on and keep it original lol... I'm in a dylema!
coochiSR
20-03-07, 08:31 PM
Up to at the end but IMO i would looks tidier
vaughanmc
20-03-07, 08:36 PM
take them off...nothing you cant replace..
much better without them IMO..
NovaLad
20-03-07, 08:38 PM
Hmm ok ... I'll think about it once i have spent more time with the car, When i get it 31st of this month...
cooper_nova
20-03-07, 09:13 PM
looks like a clean tidy motor you have your self there fella!
as for mods just keep them simple and subtle and you can't really go too far wrong:thumb:
NovaLad
20-03-07, 09:22 PM
I think i'll go stand out side RJM25R house and look at his car for inspiration haha... I hope his neighbours don't think im up to no good again standing near his car lol oj...
goldengraham
20-03-07, 09:33 PM
nice condition and good first car your gonna have, dont ruin it by puttin a gay bodykit on please! but nice lil mods always look the nuts
I hope his neighbours don't think im up to no good again standing near his car lol oj...
already been caught once then lol
how much did you give for it
NovaLad
20-03-07, 09:39 PM
Yeh DRAPER lol, i went looking for his car the other night lol... Stood outside in the dark with my mate looking at it taking a pic or 2 then lol, came home told RJM25R and he said his neighbour rang him saying basicly " some lads have been taking a look at your car" lol... They must have thought i was up to no good haha!!!
goldengraham
20-03-07, 09:58 PM
haha tut tut lol, how much u get it for?
Clean it with some Megs, that'll bring it up nice.
Who is nick williams? What is his username??
Nick as in username "Nick"? Yes, same colour.
really stupid question but how do you get the badges off?just pull them off?:( (im a girl doing up my own car by myself)
Hot air gun or hairdrier; plastic scraper; little bit of meths or white spirit and some tar/bug remover stuff to get the residue off; and plenty of eblow grease lol
Take it off slowly, and give it a damned good wash after wards to get rid of any excess fluids. Then get some Megs on it to bring the colour back.
really stupid question but how do you get the badges off?just pull them off?:( (im a girl doing up my own car by myself)
bless lol
FFS dont use white spirit tho!! Itll take the damn paint off lmao!
use a filler spreader card to take the badges off then get a fudge/toffee wheel (only a five) and it will be done in 5 mins
nice wheels trims are you selling them?
NovaLad
20-03-07, 11:58 PM
TBH have my weels got alloys or just some plastic covers on them? I hate them anyway want some 15" alloys on it lol ... pillar care to swop me haha... Thanks for all the help guys, since ive been coming here for about 2 and a half week ive learnt loads about Novas cheers ahah...
Yes, plastic wheel trims, you can see the 13" steel wheel behind them. I did wonder why you said alloys lol :p
craig green
21-03-07, 10:10 AM
Looks OK does that, but I would have got hold a TD like the one I'm selling. Way quicker!
If youve not got under it to check for rust, That would be the FIRST thing to do before even washing it..
Sod making it look pretty if its going to fall appart in a few weeks. You wouldnt build a house on sand, so dont build a car on rust lol
NovaLad
21-03-07, 02:50 PM
HAha true but there has not been any signs of rust on any of the M.O.T's etc... but i iwll check anyway.
an MOT is far from comprehensive.....
infact go to the right MOT stations and they will test it without it moving lol
NovaLad
21-03-07, 03:06 PM
HAHA cool ... Bought some springs yesterday for it and going to get a new filter soon ... anyway i will be back later i'm at college shouldn't be on here lol ... Bye
novabex
21-03-07, 04:24 PM
Good base car you got there. x
Another person from Oldham, might see it around then. Hardly see any Nova's around here anymore.
(I know my location says Manchester as I don't like admitting I live in Oldham)
novabex
21-03-07, 04:39 PM
To be honest I wouldnt want to admit it if I lived in Oldham. lol
To be honest I wouldnt want to admit it if I lived in Oldham. lol
lol Some of my mates are proud to be from Oldham but i'll never understand why :confused:
novabex
21-03-07, 04:43 PM
Freaks. ;)
NovaLad
21-03-07, 06:48 PM
Lee H where in Oldham are you lol... and i can't belive you just said your not proud to be a Oldhamer.... Not everywhere is full of asians in Oldham just places like Glodick and Clarksfield...even if it is full of asians they are ****ty bolocks anyway and can't fight for **** so turn to using knifes lol
NovaLad
21-03-07, 06:48 PM
BTW lol thankyou for ya comments much appreciated haha
NovaLad
22-03-07, 10:22 AM
Cool where abouts down lees are you... i'm up near waterhead!
I'm over near Holts estate sort of way.
NovaLad
22-03-07, 10:35 AM
Ok... well i'm at college so can't stay on here i will be home in abut 1 hour!
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