My Nova Rebuild

[vaughanmc]

Since the Nova failed its MOT on Saturday Me and my dad thought we would rebuild it

The pics will do most of the talking but its nothing to major

There will be loads of help from friends and friend's parents lol - Its all gooood
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/4823/novarebuild1wf8.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1388/novarebuild2pd9.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6439/novarebuild4sq8.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5463/novarebuild6dh7.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/7748/novarebuildhg2.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6130/novarebuild3do7.jpg
Marked as **Dangerous** on the MOT sheet - The hole on the back beam
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5025/novarebuild5rd8.jpg

The List:
Full new front panel - Nearside sill at the rear welded up - New/Used rear beam - Welded around the nearside turret and a new nearside front wing

Vaughan!

[Adam]

Fook me, its suprising what a bumper hides.

The beam is an easy fix at least.

Good luck :)

[Lee]

Blimey, not seen a beam rot out like that before!!

[Iain]

Have fun rebuilding it, hopefully the pics are the worst of it.

[kevster]

good luck mate , that rear beam were its rotted looks like the old autin metro front lower arm, they went like that!!! oh so do the front lower arms on the mgf lol

[NovaLad]

You never told me you had that much rust lol ... Or didn't you know??

Good luck with the rebuild.

[Adam]

You never told me you had that much rust lol ... Or didn't you know??

MOT guys probably been poking at it, causing the holes.

[NovaLad]

My uncle only checked my sills, legs, arches and a bit of the bay and all was free of rust apart from the arches.

Looking at that is making me wonder what it is like under my bumper:(

[shy witness]

looks nasty enough

but all easily sorted really

good luck mate

[Dave.]

never had my bumper off.. looked ok behind the little gaps. but underneath is pretty rusty
might have to take mine off.. hope it isnt as bad as that

good look von!

[carls nova sri]

good luck mate

[vaughanmc]

I didn't know about the rust but I knew about that rear beam

It will all be sorted sooner or later as I have plenty of time

Cheers for the 'good lucks' etc :)

[vaughanmc]

Me and my mate is going to get the front wings off then get her up off of the back wheels and take the alloys off so they don't get damaged

I think she'l be getting a new nearside wing as well :)

I'll see if I can talk my mum and dad into a respray once its all done..

[moffat]

good luck mate

[greg1.4]

yep, good luck..agree with you doing it now while its off the road anyway. didnt realize your nova was quite as bad matey!

its all pretty easy to sort though. hardest bit is probably cutting/drilling old panel and crossmember out. i would advise putting a crossmember in aswell as front panel. get a complete front panel which includes crossmember.

hope we can meet up and have minted wee novas to take pics of sometime..

Greg

[vaughanmc]

Had the guy who done most of the work on it check the front end over he said it only needs some bits - So it will be getting a lower front panel and a passenger light socket/panel

Then the other wee bits of welding here and there then it can go again for another MOT :)

[vaughanmc]

Picked up this tonight. Thought I would put the front end back together to see what it'l look like

Going to get it done grey like the back bumper and put my red stripe in:
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6493/novagsile1.jpg
Vaughan

[Ste L]

i actually like the white against the red :)

should look good in grey :thumbs:
is it genuine, or fibreglass copy

[vaughanmc]

Genuine one I'd reckon - I'll need to check it for a GM stamp

Got my aim set:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/TotalVX1.jpg
Don't want the bumper as shiny as that - but it would do..

[Adam]

You got the tow eye cover?

GaryVaux's nova is a very cool car indeed.

[Iain]

If it's white and unpainted it may be a fibreglass one, I think all GM ones came in grey plastic.

[vaughanmc]

Its a genuine GM one - Got the wee stamp on the back of it - Been painted before - Its cracked down the bottom

Not got a towing eye cover, wouldn't mind one - Also want to big mouth the bumper..

Is that easy??

[Iain]

This is how I made my big-mouth GSi front (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showpost.php?p=597921&postcount=36), there's also a guide on Topbuzz I think.

[vaughanmc]

I'll give it a go on mine - Not complaining, got the bumper in a swap for 1/2 working Nova SRi clocks :)

[Dave.]

get the god dam thing legal first!!

[vaughanmc]

Shhh

[vaughanmc]

Finally managed to get a back beam!

Got it all degreased last night and power-washed it all

Rubbed it down with a wirebrush and powerwashed it again to remove what was left of the crap

Letting it dry now then going to give it a few coats of black hammerite!

Pics soon...

[vaughanmc]

Got my back beam that I had been after for a good while as mine had a hole - Will get better pics once its off the car

Heres the one I got from a scrappy - Clean as anything with some minor surface rust:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild15.jpg

De-greased the full thing and pressure washed it, wirebrushed it all and powerwashed it again

Finally giving it a few coats of black hammerite:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild18.jpg

...Till the next update!

Vaughan

[Lee-170]

getting there now mate looking a bit more solid that the old beam

[vaughanmc]

Aye its a much better one :)

Can't wait to see it on with the Red Drums - Should be some contrast :)

[Adam Moran]

Instead of red drums either get some new ones (quite cheap) or paint them silver with a coat of clear gloss

makes it look alot better though the alloys and non-chav

Good work tho, nice little car

[vaughanmc]

Finally got the back beam finished and all painted up

Looks quite smart I must say:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild23.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild24.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild28.jpg
Next on the list: A full front panel

[craig green]

Get the paint off the end plates though. You dont want the stub axles coming loose if the paint lifts.

I wire wheeled mine off yesterday.

[vaughanmc]

Aye I didn't think they were to be painted

But my dad said do the lot...

That will be fixed up soon enough, cheers Craig! :)

[Adam]

Looks a nice job mate.

[vaughanmc]

Hopefully it holds out better than the original one

Once its off I'll need to see how bad it really is...

[vaughanmc]

Got some good news!

Front Panel (complete) and a new passenger wing should be here for the weekend!

Let the build commence :D

[moffat]

that sounds good when you getting them fitted

[vaughanmc]

Don't know yet mate - Need to see the guy at the weekend

He said its only a weekends work...

[Gordon Livsey]

how did you get on with th rest of the welding work

[vaughanmc]

Nothings been done yet...

[greg1.4]

where you getting front panel from? new?aye shouldnt be too long welding a new panel on..its just a pain in the **** removing the old one..keep up the good work..

[vaughanmc]

New panel's coming from a place in Kilmarnock

Along with a front wing as well :)

Should be good to start workin' on it again

[chubbston]

looking good m8

[vaughanmc]

There finally here (a week late lol)
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/NovaRebuild33.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/NovaRebuild34.jpg
...Soon!

[Adam]

Cool mate.
I love new panels,Lol.

[vaughanmc]

Picked up some original grey GTE sideskirts - They need a wee clean up but they were lying about outside for a while

Not bad for ?40
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild37.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild38.jpg
Vaughan!

[ade]

Vaugh - did you get a FULL front panel including box section?

That looks like the skin only...

My front panel was very similar to yours (had rotted right through) but I needed to replace the box section thats behind the skin as that was corrupted also. I just bought the lower section though (dont need the lights due to my Punto lights going in)

Local garage did it for me in 3 days - took him 2 days to get the old one off!

[vaughanmc]

Aye it has the crossmember where the radiator bolts on to etc - Angle of the pic, sorry about that :)

[ade]

cool!

[greg1.4]

looking good vaughan..

shouldnt take much more than a weekend to fit the front panel..will only take a few hours welding..the bit that takes the time is getting the old one off..

cant wait to see the progress mate!

i also like new panels..i am going to buy some new wings i think.:thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate

Shouldn't be long for the welding - Few more weeks yet I think

[vaughanmc]

Bought a Nova Predator spoiler a couple of days ago for ?60 - Brand new in primer. Cheers Matt2107 :)

Should look good on the Nova and something a wee bit different:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/Spoiler.jpg
Vaughan

[vaughanmc]

Picked up my new wheels tonight along with a front Anti Roll Bar
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/CorsaGSiWheels.jpg
Also picked up a Peco Backbox for free as well

Till the next time!

[Dave.]

get the cav wheels on, they look sooooo much better than corsa wheels, theyre too curvy for my liking lol

get the exhaust on, anti-roll bar on and then get the front panel on, wing on, and axel on, then mot her, its alot to do for june, but youll do it, your super vaughan :thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Corsa wheels are stayin! There a wee reminder of my uncles old Nova

Dunno about the exhaust, we'l see how annoying it is 1st lol

Everything else you said, top job!

[SRimon]

Corsa wheels look awful on Novas, tbh they look awful on Corsa's

Your current wheels are MUCH nicer...

[Ste L]

should of kept the cav wheels, they look so much better...

[novacabrio]

cav rims rock, the corsa rims will spoil it, look to much like you got them cheap so stuck them on to me

[vaughanmc]

Nah trust me guys lol It will work!

Cheers for the comments about the old wheels, might keep them now

[Dave.]

i would, they look miles better imo, and the red nut covers suit it

[vaughanmc]

As you do when your a wee lad you draw cars sometimes, aye?

Well I drew Novas and the nut covers were body-colour

Had to do it with my real one lol

[Dave.]

when i drew novas when i was like 6 it had big alloys a bright breen body and like a red bodykit..

just because i want a green/red nova with big alloys doesnt meen i have to do it lol

[Leeboo]

Sorry mate I didn't see you're thread on here, just the one on RMS!

The car is coming on nicely, lovely new panels!

I reckon the Corsa GSi rims could work, with 185/55's?

[vaughanmc]

Aye me and my dad were speaking about tyres - 185/55/14 they will be :)

[NOV4_SPORT]

Hey mate, its looking good, not to sure on the wheels but hey it's your motor, thanks again for the rear bench mate, got the leather on it that night, will need to get picks upnow his nova has the full calibra leather in it


iain

[vaughanmc]

No problem at all lol

You should have taken the back bit, get it out my road lol

Cheers for the comments about the car in person as well, made me happy!

[moffat]

cant wait to see your car for real

[cazzy223]

car looks great, keep up the good work, think the wheels will look good also think there my old wheels and exhaust lol.

[vaughanmc]

Probably is mate lol Take it your one of Gregs mates?

[greg1.4]

aye 4 of them wheels are callums (cazzy223)

cant wait to get the novas parked up beside each other vaughan! wont be long..

[NOV4_SPORT]

No problem at all lol

You should have taken the back bit, get it out my road lol

Cheers for the comments about the car in person as well, made me happy!

ah not a prob mate, my mate aint got much space for nova stuff any more as his garage is full of cars and bits lol, the car looks well tidy mate very impressed ! will be good to see it down at pv, see you there mate.


iain

[vaughanmc]

Aye she should be there, will there be a convoy from Scotland going down?

[vaughanmc]

Got my spoiler today - Thanks again Matt2107 :)

[vaughanmc]

The Nova's been getting welded over the weekend

Whats been happening:
Back beam is fitted and a new passenger sill is on it

Still to be done / MOT Prep:
Front panel welded on
Turret welded (engine bay)
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild40.jpg
Vaughan!

[Leeboo]

Good progress there Vaughan, I look forward to the next update!

[vaughanmc]

Aye same here, might be during the week :)

[Dave.]

your egtting more done than me, lucky git!

[DW-Nova]

Looks like a nice little project on the go here mate, nice to see its being done properley aswell, i dont like the corsa wheels at all tbh but it's upto you. good luck with the rest of it.

[vaughanmc]

Got my front anti roll bar painted up in red during the week and got my sideskirts rubbed down for painting

Also been told that my front inner wings have been re-constructed

Just waiting for a bit of welding round the turret to be done and the front panel to be put on then jobs a good'n

Vaughan!

[stuartyj21]

good project keepup the good work... more pics:D

[vaughanmc]

There will be more pics once shes back home - Don't really have time to go and see it with being at school etc..

[vaughanmc]

The front panel has now been welded on and looks ace

All she needs now is body-shooted underneath and the inner wings etc, panels painted up then MOT (or in the other order) not too sure lol

Anyway heres some pics kindly taken by my dad:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild42.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild43.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild44.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild45.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild46.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild47.jpg
I should have some more pics during the week!

Vaughan

[meritlover]

it is great that these panels are still available. how is the fit? do they need to be fettled/scared into positions or do they violate with other parts?

[vaughanmc]

Don't have a clue mate - Cut the old panel out, tack the new one on, check fitment, then put on the real welds

I think that was the plan of attack with mine :)

[meritlover]

i see. mr MC thank you and keep up the good work with your project!!!!

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate

Will do :)

[moffat]

making some more progress now mate

[krobinson]

Good work boss, any progress since?

[vaughanmc]

Front panel is all undersealed etc and painted red

Don't know for sure though - Should be back today :)

[vaughanmc]

Here she is now with the front end on and all undersealed:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild51.jpg
Front end painted and new front wing fitted and primed in places:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild55.jpg
Shes back home now with the back arches all filled and smoothed:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild61.jpg
Just need to save some money and get her painted in places

Vaughan!

[greg1.4]

good progress mate!!

didnt really take long to get her welded once it was started..

i think you should save for a full re-spray..will be WELL worth it imo. ;)

keep it up

[vaughanmc]

Aye we'll wait and see about a respray lol

Need to make it road legal 1st :)

[nov4801]

looking good mate, nice to see some younge lads working on cars and not causing trouble lol, hope to see it at pv

[vaughanmc]

Aye hopefully she makes PV - Not got too much to do :)

[stuartyj21]

progress is coming on very well vaughan, keep up the good work mate:thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate - Can't wait too see her all painted up etc

Held my Predator spoiler up against the car - Looks like it will be mega once its on :)

[vaughanmc]

Back to work on the Nova

Got most of the interior plastics in that were taken out for the welding etc

Stripped the back seats out as they weren't secure and put the passenger seat back in

Got my Cavalier alloys on as well as they have better tread for the MOT and got the front bumper and number plate on as well - Needs straightened up though

Now for some pics:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild64.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild65.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild63.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild67.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild69.jpg
Got my sideskirts cleaned up ready for primer as well and the 4 mudflaps all cleaned ready to be re-fitted
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild72.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild73.jpg
Another 'wee' thing - No wonder she failed on the back beam...??
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild74.jpg

[Martin]

nice work V, be good 2 see at pv

[vaughanmc]

Aye she should make it if the progress keeps up :)

[moffat]

your car is getting there now

[vaughanmc]

Aye is she, can't wait for her to be road legal :)

[NOV4_SPORT]

looks cracking mate, keep it up.


iain

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate, will do :)

Got some GSi 6-dial clocks for it as well and there in and working now

Roll on the MOT

[Stoo]

thought you were sellin up?

[vaughanmc]

Only wanted to see how much I could get for her incase I become stuck or the driving age goes up

She'l be staying for now :)

[novacabrio]

It was another how much s it worth thread to show your mate.................

Pointless!!

[Stoo]

i thought so, considering the asking price was pretty astronomical!

anywho, crack on with it

[vaughanmc]

Aye she'l see the road - Just wanted a rough value incase this driving age goes up

[Dave.]

vaighan yours is alot stronger than mine with that new front end lol.. and youve seen mine :thumb:

really looking forward to see this at the pod... yours and mine next to each other lol

also dad says cav expression :thumb: lol

[CoolTiger]

Lookin Great i think ill be doin the same with mine the front end is shot

[Matt2107]

or the driving age goes up


I doubt they'd be able to request all drivers under the new age limit to retest.
It'd just be a new age limit for new drivers.

[vaughanmc]

I'm only coming 16 in May though...

Anyway back on topic for the next update :)

[vaughanmc]

Got all the underside of the car undersealed with the spray on stuff - Went on well with no problems, easier than the brush I found

I still need to brush the inner arches - They have been done anyway but theres some primer overspray on them

The front end has all been done with Body Schutz along with the front inner arches :)

My dad also put on the front anti roll bar (in red) which looks awsome from underneath

Next in-line should be the painting then MOT

[7ova]

good luck with mot test :thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate :)

[Lee-170]

looking good mate keep it up :thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Shes going for an MOT on Saturday

Hopefully she passes!!

[Dave.]

good luck vaughan, hope she passes :thumb:

[Adam]

Good luck

[vaughanmc]

Cheers lads - I'll let you know how it gets on :)

She should pass

[Leeboo]

Good luck!

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate :)

[ade]

I'm gonna have to pop down to the "shire" and take a look at this car of your matey!

Good luck with the MOT this weekend!

[vaughanmc]

Aye come down anytime mate lol Just drop me a PM and we'l sort something out

[greg1.4]

good luck pal..

hopefully not too long til we can get the novas side by side for some pics..:thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Aye man should be soon - Hopefully mine passes then I'll get it down to show you :)

[boyle_46]

vaughans and boyle's red 1.2s going ot be cruiseing all over county down lol hollywood and bangor ! when vaughmyster gets it across the water , my car needs welded before mot ! ahhh ! good luck with it mate hope it passes

[vaughanmc]

Aye man she passed the MOT and shes also taxed :)

[Leeboo]

Congratulations lad!! Good feelin probably!!

[novautd]

minted, you get any adviseries or anythin?

[stuartyj21]

well done vaughan, it worth all the work when it passes mot:thumb:

[adam c]

congratulations:thumb:.car is always looking very nice and clean.
p.s how old are you?

[ade]

congrats mate

[vaughanmc]

congratulations:thumb:.car is always looking very nice and clean.
p.s how old are you?

I'm coming 16 in May mate :)

Cheers for the comments as well :)

Heres some pics from Saturday just after she got taxed:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild85.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild86.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild87.jpg

[vaughanmc]

My dad brought home my Corsa GSi wheels tonight with 4 decent 185/55/14 tyres which is a pretty hard size of tyre to get, so he says:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild90.jpg
We put the back two on to see what it looks like and it looks quite good, sorry about the s*it pic lol
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild92.jpg
Rubbed down my front wing and put some etch primer on it just to stop any rust from happening - Will be going for paint soon anyway I think:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild91.jpg
A quick pic to show the both fog-lights working as well:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild88.jpg
Till the next time...

[Adam]

Cool
Did you just splice the fog light wire over to the other side?

[vaughanmc]

Aye mate - Dad done it and put a bit of solder in...

Works like a champion :)

[ade]

looking good!

word of advice - dont expose the primered car areas to the weather (eg arches and your freshly painted wing) - primer is by definition an undercoat and not water resistant - when you apply the top coat of paint (the colour) some of it absorbs into the primer - so on this premise any water will also absorb and get to your panels!

This is especially important in the current weather conditions with all the salt on the roads!

Ade

[vaughanmc]

Cheers for that Ade :)

[Dave.]

we need a full car pick with them all on dude :thumb:

dont look too bad tbh

[moffat]

agreed your car is getting there now

[vaughanmc]

Just for you Dave :)

I put the front wheels on when I got in from school and took it out on the drive for some pics:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild93.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild98.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild95.jpg

[NovaLad]

Please don't von!

Please!

[vaughanmc]

Don't what ?

[NovaLad]

Don't use them wheels on ya nova. Please.

[vaughanmc]

Once theres some sideskirts on it she will look fine - Trust me :)

[Lee-170]

i prefer the old wheels but they dont look to bad mate

[Dave.]

i actually really like thme, i may be the only one but.. ido lol

i thought they'd look pants, but they actually look really smart :thumb: good job von !

[vaughanmc]

Aye they'l take a wee while to get used to - But there already much better than the old wheels

Might see about getting them powedercoated in the near future :)

[novacabrio]

Sorry mate but youve been robbed of a nice set of rims

Old wheels look
http://www.microkitten.com/images/c3ru/Brazilian-thong.jpg
New wheels look

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_01/pants1DM_468x327.jpg


Guess its what ever takes your fancy

[SRimon]

Sorry mate but youve been robbed of a nice set of rims

Old wheels look
http://www.microkitten.com/images/c3ru/Brazilian-thong.jpg
New wheels look

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_01/pants1DM_468x327.jpg


Guess its what ever takes your fancy

Couldn't have put it better myself

Tosh compared to the old ones!

[vaughanmc]

Aye cheers for the pics Mark lol

[greg1.4]

aye they look good..

my mate had a red nova with them wheels 2 years ago..reminds me of that wee nova..

[J4MES]

Old wheels looked 100% better imo!!!

[CoolTiger]

Looking Great! I quite like the wheels tbh

[moffat]

great job von!

they wheels are smart like

i doughted you at the start but i agree there really smart mate

[craig green]

looking good!

word of advice - dont expose the primered car areas to the weather (eg arches and your freshly painted wing) - primer is by definition an undercoat and not water resistant - when you apply the top coat of paint (the colour) some of it absorbs into the primer - so on this premise any water will also absorb and get to your panels!

This is especially important in the current weather conditions with all the salt on the roads!

Ade

Porous is the word I think you were looking for. :D

New wheels look, [ahem] Nice. Sold your old ones?

[Adam]

New wheels look, [ahem] Nice. Sold your old ones?
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showpost.php?p=829993&postcount=368

;)

[vaughanmc]

Aye Craig I sold them to Shaun for his saloon

Cheers for the comments good/bad about the wheels :)

[7ova]

corsa wheels on a nova, dont really look right!
astra or cav alloys, you cant go wrong :)

[wilson_sri]

Sorry man not into them at all!
mk4 astra sri wheels maybe?

[vaughanmc]

I like the Corsa wheels - I'll maybe go for something else in the future like

15" or 16" possibly :)

[vaughanmc]

We had her out the day up at the local track as my mate was doing an auto-test

Took a couple of pics of her, can't wait to see her painted now like:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/SV206470.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/SV206471.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/SV206472.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/SV206473.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/SV206474.jpg

[Leeboo]

The back sits really well in the 4th picture down!

-80mm me thinks:thumb:

[greg1.4]

looking really nice man!

cant wait to see her beside mine!

[SRimon]

Awful wheels, look Ronal teddy like almost

Like the irmy badges.

[vaughanmc]

The back sits really well in the 4th picture down!

-80mm me thinks:thumb:

Shes down 60 all round man - Just because it was parked on un-even grass because on the other side its sitting higher lol

[Leeboo]

Yea I know its down 60mm, but I meant that it might glook good lowered another 20mm when you get the skirts and spoiler on, seeing as you have shortened shocks aswell:thumb:

[Adam]

Does look tidy.
Are you having the primered bits professionally sprayed?
I hope you've cut out any rust on the rear arches because if not it WILL come back through again in no time.

[vaughanmc]

Aye the back arches have been sorted very very well

And all the primered bits will be painted professionally - I think we're going to see about a price tonight

Paint the front wing, passenger sill, 2 back arches and paint and fit the spoiler...

[Adam]

Cool :)

They will have to respray the whole rear 1/4...

[vaughanmc]

Don't know mate - I heard that the back arches were just being 'blown in'

My dad is organising it so I don't really know..

[Ste L]

car will be faded, the colour will never match..



PS - still dont like them wheels on it :(

[Adam]

/\Hence why i said, they'll probably do the full quarter.
Fresh paint wont blend into 15year old paintwork unless they blow over the whole side of the car....

[vaughanmc]

My GSi sideskirts before I painted them:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild38.jpg
Here they are after a day or 2 of prep and 2 coats of Rover Hurricane Grey:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild105.jpg
Vaughan!

[NovaLad]

Nice.

You going to do ya bumpers in that aswell thne otherwise will look out of place because it's not same colour.

[vaughanmc]

The bumpers will stay original for now

If I'm doing bumpers it will be colour coded GSi ones

[Leeboo]

Looks great Vaughan!

Rover hurricane grey should be very similar to the colour of the bumpers anyway!

[DW-Nova]

Good progress mate but no offence the wheels really spoil the car, 3 spokes have never suited any car! let alone the angular nova, as has been said before it's gonna need quite alot of paint to get it to match properley, if i was you i'd put new rear arches in the car before shelling out on painting, if they have been fixed with filler it's just time before the rust comes back out, it may appear that you have got all the rust out but trust me there will still be some there, theyre only about ?12 for the repair panels so if i was you this would be the first thing i did, good luck with the rest of the project mate, just take car when you pass your test not to smash the nova up or yourself, it's really easy to end up driving like an idiot when you pass your test as i did but i really aint worth it, anyway look forward to seeing the next update.

[vaughanmc]

Cheers for that mate - I'll get it all painted up and mint in the future when I'm driving it

As my dad says: No point in spending all the money for it to be run about and pick up scratches and dents before I can even drive it

Which I'd say is a fair point

[vaughanmc]

Waterpump and cambelt now fitted - Engines as sweet as a nut now

My dads doing a mini-service on it then it should be good to hit the long road to PV

[vaughanmc]

Some pics after its 1st wash since October 2007 lol - Neglect ?

Only needs to be painted now, sideskirts fitted, spoiler painted and fitted and a couple of GSi interior pieces fitted

Pics:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/TCSNova5.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/TCSNova4.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/TCSNova13.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/TCSNova14.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/TCSNova18.jpg

[Dave.]

looking good von :thumb: looks tidy

[vaughanmc]

Cheers lad

I'm looking forward to seeing it painted with the skirts on and the spoiler :)

All in good time like..

[novacabrio]

Are you egetting new wheels lol

[vaughanmc]

Nope unless someone can find me some Mim Raffino's or Revolution RFX's lol

[moffat]

looking good mate , cant wait to see it myself

[wilson_sri]

Nope unless someone can find me some Mim Raffino's or Revolution RFX's lol
I can get you mim raffinos, no tyres though.

[wilson_sri]

http://www.fifecarnutz.com/html/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5801

there ya go bud.

[vaughanmc]

Aye they'd be good to tidy up like :)

Put an offer in for me mate

[wilson_sri]

What you wanting to offer him?

[vaughanmc]

How much is he wanting do u know ?

[vaughanmc]

Got my GSi rear 1/4 interior panels fitted and rear parcel shelf supports

Interiors looking much better now

I'll get pics tomorrow when I clean it all :)

[vaughanmc]

Done 100+ miles today and got the wee 1.2i up to about 85 mph - Well my dad did

We had it at the Scottish Nova meet and it was a good day out

Heres some pics of my Nova beside some proper Novas lol
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Scottish%20Nova%20Meet/NovaMeet12.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Scottish%20Nova%20Meet/NovaMeet4.jpg
Vaughan!

[vaughanmc]

Date set for the painting of the car - Well touch-up's

Should be the week starting 5th May

I'll keep it updated to let you know if anythings happening or changing

Vaughan!

[vaughanmc]

Got the inside pretty much finished off apart from a black dash and black door cappings - But there the least of my worrys lol

The full inside was black pretty much apart from the window winders and the door handles, but some Matt Black paint sorted that out!
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild111.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild112.jpg
Vaughan

[NovaLad]

Coming on well!

[mulletor]

wow. looks like it has been stored in the sea. lol

[Dave.]

i guarantee the paint will come off the knobs on the door handles. their slippery rubber.

[Adam]

Looking good.
Shame youve had to cut the doorcards fit winders!
Rare as fook uncut gsi front cards

[Iain]

Get some proper black door handles and winders... Should be able to find some in a mk1 at the scrappy.

[vaughanmc]

Aye I have the black door handles but getting the originals off is a different story lol

As for the doorcards - I've been told there rare like but there for my car so it doesn't matter if there cut or the likes :)

Cheers for all the comments!

[John]

I'm sure i have a pair (black winders) knocking around you can have if you're interested, let me know.

[vaughanmc]

Theres supposed to be a set coming through but I think there from a Corsa

I'll wait until the paint starts coming off these ones then do something about it

Cheers for the help anyway :)

[SRimon]

All poverty spec mk1's have black door winders.

[vaughanmc]

I'll keep a look out :)

Thanks for the hints and tips!

[moffat]

aye there right cause im going to have ood door handles and window winders inside my nova.

[TIDGE]

just read from page 1 i think the corsa gsi rims look good i think would look better spayed grey or black

[vaughanmc]

I want to keep them silver - If anything they will get re-furbed in silver

I'm not a fan of black wheels at all and those wheels wouldn't look good in grey either

The car should be back later this week or next week all painted as well with the spoiler on it :) :)

[vaughanmc]

The Nova should be back to my house by Tuesday or Wednesday next week - Well aslong as its back next week sometime I'm not too bothered

Its been in since Monday and I've had the updates that its all ready for paint and everything is ready to go

It will come back like new but with a Nova Predator spoiler on it

I really can't wait to see it

[vaughanmc]

Couple of minor updates really!

Swapped my spare 4 Corsa GSi wheels for these Mk3 Astra LS alloys:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/NewAlloys.jpg
And my uncle from Ireland sent me over new numberplates at my request, the middle plate is the original one to show the difference in text size:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/MetroStylePlates.jpg
Vaughan!!

[vaughanmc]

The Nova is now painted thanks to Davie and Drew - Great guys

The spoiler isn't fitted yet as it had just been painted as my dad went down to see the car

Needs a good wash and polish to bring the paint back to the same colour but all will be done soon

Heres the pics my dad got for me:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/DSC01172.jpg
And one with Davie looking very happy - Probably glad to see the back of it, nearly:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/DSC01171.jpg
Vaughan!

[Dave.]

them wheels have grown on me vaughan, never seen another nova with them on, makes the car unique and easy to distinguish lol.. cant wait to see her at pvs :thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Cheers Dave - Will be good to see them both side by side :)

[wilson_sri]

Looks good bud, still dont like the wheels though lol

[vaughanmc]

I have the Astra ones as well, they could maybe go on

But the Corsa wheels will do for now :)

Cheers anyway lol

[wilson_sri]

I think you should try and get more of the spare one you got, the astra sport steelie. The boy that bought my 2 door saloon off me has them on, looks awesome.

[vaughanmc]

Don't know about that yet - I'll try the Astra LS alloys on it 1st :)

You going to the Total Vauxhall thing at Crail ?

[wilson_sri]

Yeh should be, u?

[vaughanmc]

Aye probably go with the Nova

Up for a mini-meet ? lol

[wilson_sri]

Yep im up for it.

[GTE999]

looking good vaughan. get more pics up when you can.

craig.

[castanhas_15td]

cool project...keep up with the good work

[ade]

hang on! Youre considering changing the wheels!!!

After I spent ages making mini ones for your model!

YOU EVIL SOD!

lol

[castanhas_15td]

nice nova man!!

[vaughanmc]

hang on! Youre considering changing the wheels!!!

After I spent ages making mini ones for your model!

YOU EVIL SOD!

lol

Ade the Corsa wheels will be kept but I want to try the Astra ones on as well :) lol

[vaughanmc]

Heres some pics of the Nova all painted with the spoiler on as well

Sills have been re-painted in black and the new number plates on and all the bumpers gelled - Looking like a real car again:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Painted/NovaPainted11.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Painted/NovaPainted14.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Painted/NovaPainted17.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Painted/NovaPainted20.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Painted/NovaPainted23.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Painted/NovaPainted1.jpg
Vaughan!!

[Iain]

That spoiler looks ace! The back end is cool. Just the wheels letting it down now IMO!

[vaughanmc]

Aye I know lol

I'll have the new ones on after PVS - I want my car and the wee model to be the same on the day :)

[CoolTiger]

looks really smart :) jealous of it lol :)

[vaughanmc]

lol

Aye its coming along now, especially from what it was back about October 07

Next on the agenda is to fit an Astra Mk3 SPi intake system so my Alloy strut-brace can go on :)

Might also pop a wee K&N on it as well ;)

[GTE999]

Really like this mate. Im surprised that i like the spoiler. It really suits your motor. What did you use on your bumpers and where did you get that cheeky wee griffin badge from:D

craig

[vaughanmc]

Just bumper gel from the garage down the road lol

The griffin came from the Vauxhall dealer - Well Mark (Novacabrio) sent me it up but it came from a Vauxhall garage all the same :)

Where are you in Scotland mate ??

[GTE999]

cool man, looks like im going to kerr and smith in ayr tomorrow. Im in irvine mate.

Ive tried all sorts on my side skirts and front and rear valances on my gte but none seem to work.

[vaughanmc]

lol You should come up and see me - I'm in Cumnock so not too far away

Shame I can't drive yet though...

[GTE999]

im sure we can sort something mate. Ill pm you in the next couple of weeks. Keep an eye out on my wip (89 gte). Ive been busy the last couple of months with welding and collecting loads of parts to finish of my interior. Plus fixing loads of bloody leaks:mad: But at least there all sorted now:thumb:

craig

[vaughanmc]

Aye no problem

Be sure to pop in like

Would be good to see another Nova out and about, locally :)

[greg1.4]

lookin spot on!!

love it with that spoiler! looks different but really cool.:thumb:

will be brilliant to get the novas together..

[vaughanmc]

Aye it will so mate - You need to get yours on the road as soon as :)

[greg1.4]

mmm..i tried to get my mate to insure it last night but he wasnt up for it..he said he would get carried away and crash it.

i was going to pay for mot and tax, he just needed to insure it.

would be great to get her out on the road, cant wait till i am 17!

[vaughanmc]

Another wee update before PVS:

New leads, dizzy-cap and rotar arm went on along with the car having a full service a couple of weeks ago - All genuine GM parts used!

The front mudflaps are now on as well

Need to try and get some measurements for the sideskirts because every idea that everyone else used doesn't work...

Vaughan!

[Adam]

Cool.
You just at pvs on the sunday? going to be a fair drive down! Lol


The bodywork looks sorted now, looks to match well too :)

[vaughanmc]

Aye the paint match is OK lol

Not 100% but at least its Red...

Aye we're only going for the Sunday - Should be minted

[Steve Barker]

is your exhaust tip red ?

[vaughanmc]

Aye - Painted it over a year ago for a laugh and it hasn't burned off yet lol

[Novaboyleon]

i had that spoiler on my old sr.

http://i29.tinypic.com/34g2ddd.jpg
http://i25.tinypic.com/ajumhk.jpg

Your car looks miles better mate, will be good to see at pv!

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate :)

[vaughanmc]

Had this alloy lying about my room for a year or two now, so decided to put it to good use

My Nova needed a spare and I demanded an alloy lol

So I put one of my bedroom pieces to use on the car

Quite a tidy touch if I say so myself:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/Nova.jpg
Vaughan

[vaughanmc]

I tried my spare Nova GSi alloy on the car - I really want a set now lol

Let me know what you think:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Painted/Nova12i27.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Painted/Nova12i28.jpg
Vaughan