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Jenks
14-11-07, 11:50 PM
had a bit of an accident! one of my mates decided to stop by using his handbrake and i didnt realise till the last minute!! ended up ramming the back of his corsa!! and dented the bonnet, and the front panel. just wnated to know if its worth fixing or just brake it??

cheers Aaron:cry:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/Aaron-nova/DSC01151.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/Aaron-nova/DSC01150.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/Aaron-nova/DSC01149.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/Aaron-nova/DSC01148.jpg
Adam
14-11-07, 11:53 PM
Meh, just pull the dent(s) out with some mole grips lol

Easy to replace the slam panel if you know someone that can weld.
Jenks
14-11-07, 11:54 PM
lol, not mutch of a job then??
DTR-DEVIL
14-11-07, 11:56 PM
you running a webber on that?
Jenks
14-11-07, 11:57 PM
nope spi lol! the damage dosent look good?? oh ****
Jenks
15-11-07, 12:09 AM
was lookin at 'conad's' thread "dont drive your nova in the rain" his looks alot wors, but people have said its fixable, whot would i need doing to repalce the front panel?? sorry if my spelling is off ,still a bit jump after it happend
Pillar
15-11-07, 12:15 AM
easy just replace the slam panel, nothing to worry about
Jenks
15-11-07, 12:16 AM
how mutch of a job, any idea where id need to cut it??
Pillar
15-11-07, 12:22 AM
you dont look for the spot welds and drill them out the slam panel will come of easilly
Adam
15-11-07, 12:26 AM
Get a spot weld drill, drill the spot welds on the front middle bar, and the ones on the ends(attaching it to the inner wings/lower panel)
Then drill some small holes in the new panel where the spot welds were on the old one, and do some puddle welds to replicate original spot welds.

Thats the theory anyway.
Pillar
15-11-07, 12:30 AM
have a look on ebay there coming up all the time
Jenks
15-11-07, 12:30 AM
great help lads! cheers
Jenks
15-11-07, 12:32 AM
fonud one on here for ?100 made by Hadrian Panels with cross meber,
or there's this one on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-NOVA-83-93-FRONT-PANEL-UPPER_W0QQitemZ170164286514QQihZ007QQcategoryZ1040 4QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

decent?
Welsh Dan
15-11-07, 12:57 AM
http://bap.dominohosting.biz/bap/bapdb01.nsf/Plookup2/62-20-205VAUXHALLNOVA4-83-3-93!EditDocument&Ret=ALL
Jenks
15-11-07, 01:00 AM
cheers xen!! would it be better if i just got the upper panel??

http://bap.dominohosting.biz/bap/bapdb01.nsf/Plookup2/62-20-204VAUXHALLNOVA4-83-3-93!EditDocument&Ret=ALL
Welsh Dan
15-11-07, 01:04 AM
NP.

Yeah, it would actually.
Jenks
15-11-07, 01:09 AM
top man. Ide be fooked without your help. cheers,

just one more thing, whats a spot welding drill?, will i need one??
Welsh Dan
15-11-07, 01:11 AM
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cht467-38in-spot-weld-drill/path/spot-welders
Jenks
15-11-07, 01:17 AM
spot on!!
Pillar
15-11-07, 01:30 AM
ive got a spare one if you want to buy it
Jenks
15-11-07, 01:31 AM
if you mean spot weld drill bit?? damn already bought one off machine mart!!
paulnova
15-11-07, 02:23 AM
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88824

complete front pannel, handy to have as spare, even if you only use slam pannel as nova cross-members tend to rot after a while :)
Stuart
15-11-07, 08:28 AM
Id get a new mate. and also cave his head in for being a prick... make him pay for it all etc.

but then im a cnut lol
Dar
15-11-07, 08:51 AM
Another option, assuming that its just the center bit thats bent.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/DPursey/2007%20Mods/DSC06452_640x480.jpg
Although you would need bonnet pins.
Welsh Dan
15-11-07, 09:33 AM
Id get a new mate. and also cave his head in for being a prick... make him pay for it all etc.

but then im a cnut lol

I'd only cave his head in if he didnt pay :).
Ernie
15-11-07, 10:18 AM
It does'nt look that bad to me.Just bend it back out and get another bonnet.
Jenks
15-11-07, 03:08 PM
Stuart- I was very close to doing, but held my self back lol

Dar- it is just the centre bit that’s bent, spot lamps got pushed up and caused it to bend; otherwise it wouldn’t have been so bad,

Think ill just get the upper front panel as I have already got someone to weld it for me and I should be getting a new bonnet and steel bar by this evening if all goes well.