under nova carpet

[bieransri]

what wires are under the carpet of a nova, thinking of taking the carpet out, removing all sound deadening etc. just wondering what wires i will uncover as dont want them on show all over the place

[Adam]

Not many at all.
If you dont have central locking,elec windows.
Fook all really.

Just a few down the passenger sill trim area.
None under the carpets.


The sound deadening is a bastid of a job, i gave up lol

[bieransri]

only electric windows but i put that in and ran it all behind the dash, wats best to get the sound deadening out with? is it on the roof aswell?

[Adam]

There should be pretty much no wires under yours then.
Just the rear lights, heater back window wires under the passenger sill trim.

Tis on the roof too iirc.

I just went at it with a wallpaper scraper, and it came up ok under the rear seats. But the front was stuck down well, and i gave up as tiny bits just kept breaking off,Lol.

It comes up easier with a heatgun, but that leaves more sticky mess on the floor.

[bieransri]

:confused: cant decide on half ish stripped, or stripped and carbon panneled

[Iain]

And some wires running to the fuel tank.

The roof has a thick fabric style sound deadening I believe, not the same as the red crap on the floor.

Edit: You replied while I was typing, just strip it out fully and see if you like it - If not, put a few panels in to tidy it up.

[Adam]

Its only a 30min job remove the interior anyway.
And the bare floor looks quite cool when painted up.

[bieransri]

yea, just the headlining i was worried bout really, and the a,b and c pillars that are full of random holes, gonna give the carpet a go though, is it just tucked under all the trims?

[Adam]

Yep.
Just the trims and the center console hold it.
O, and the front seatbolt anchorage bolts.

[bieransri]

excellent, seat belts are out anyway, and centre is a 2 second job. job for tomorow that

[Adam]

Heres mine atm, i could do with some buckets, anyone donating any? lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Nova-crew/int1212.jpg

I put the front carpet section back in as i gave up on the sound deadening,Lol.

[ANDYRACER]

Id recommend wearing a mask over your mouth and nose when removing the roof stuff. :thumb:

[Mike]

In the front, there just a central locking/elec window loom (if applicable) and the handbrake light cable, thats it. In the rear, just the one wire to the fuel sender.

You can see how i done mine:

Cross over of elec window loom from driver to passenger side
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/LHAura/PICT0103.jpg

Loom fixed to side of syll:
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/LHAura/PICT0104.jpg

Passenger side loom just visible under the plastic syll panel
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/LHAura/PICT0105.jpg

Loom fixed down under drivers seat
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/LHAura/PICT0106.jpg

Hope this helps mate.

M.

[Iain]

i could do with some buckets

:cool:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP/34.JPG

[Mike]

Ha, stripped out white nova's are getting common i see....

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/bootpainted.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/PICT0110.jpg

[bieransri]

lotns, is that yours now? thought you had totally stripped yours now?

looks quite well half carpet half not, just unsure what the headlining looks like in a half stripped car if it looks odd or not

[Mike]

lotns, is that yours now? thought you had totally stripped yours now?

looks quite well half carpet half not, just unsure what the headlining looks like in a half stripped car if it looks odd or not

yeah thats mine mate, the lower pic was took last year, i just used it to show reference to a stripped rear, the other pics showing the loom were taken tonight. All i got in the form of carpet/sound deadening are some matts tec screwed to the floor lol

[bieransri]

ah right, still not 100% wether it'll look dafte with the headlining still in

[Mike]

ah right, still not 100% wether it'll look dafte with the headlining still in

i reckon mine looks ok, and how heavy is headlining? about 8kg maybe? Meh the water in my cooling system weights more lol

[bieransri]

yea it not for weight yet, but will be done for the near future. love the stripped out look though n already have buckets and harnesses so i think thats the themem im going for

[bieransri]

R1CH do you have a template for them bits you made to go where the headlining was?

[Mike]

yea it not for weight yet, but will be done for the near future. love the stripped out look though n already have buckets and harnesses so i think thats the themem im going for

well, i like the look and loss of weight, but jesus christ its loud :S and in my Nova, you can feel the heat of the trans tunnel from the exhaust on your left arm!!

[craig green]

, just unsure what the headlining looks like in a half stripped car if it looks odd or not

Do you ever really see the headlining?

[Adam]

well, i like the look and loss of weight, but jesus christ its loud :S and in my Nova, you can feel the heat of the trans tunnel from the exhaust on your left arm!!
Agreed there.
You hear every rattle, and can hear the fuel pump buzzing etc,Lol.

[burgo]

you fannies!!! if your gonna strip it out then do it properly or not at all :thumb:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/19-07-07_1652.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/19-07-07_1653.jpg

there is still lots more bits i wanna take off in there yet aswell lol

[Adam]

After doing 60mile today on the motorway, my interiors going back in ASAP lol

[Mike]

After doing 60mile today on the motorway, mine interiors going back in ASAP lol

wussy lol lol

[Adam]

It really is unbearable, maybe if i had a decent stainless exhaust i'd keep it like that.
The ashley is just too annoyingly raspy with the current engine to have it stripped as a everyday car.

[Mike]

It really is unbearable, maybe if i had a decent stainless exhaust i'd keep it like that.
The ashley is just too annoyingly raspy with the current engine to have it stripped as a everyday car.

Yeah Ashley systems in stripped Nova's are a little loud arnt they lol ive got one on mine :D

Tuesday night i went to congleton, coming home down the M6 at midnight, every car/truck/coach i past there head spun round, probably thinking "WTF is that racket!"

[Adam]

Lol, yeah.

Mines now over-ly loud tbh. Well not so much loud, but raspy exactly at 3000rpm, 4000rpm and 5000rpm.
I look a right k**b driving through town lol

[Mike]

Lol, yeah.

Mines now over-ly loud tbh. Well not so much loud, but raspy exactly at 3000rpm, 4000rpm and 5000rpm.
I look a right k**b driving through town lol

yeah its the same for me TBH :S it is fecking annoying, and after spending 10months driving that corsa, TBH i much prefer it lol (the corsa that is, as its quite)