Nova GSi XE full restoration with tbs etc

turbodrew1
tell me what the "J" in fjc means

it stands for jungle juice !!!!!!!! as thats what i live off at the weekends !!!!!!!!!! lol

Those wheels offend me!

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Originally Posted by Big_Chap

wow wow wow, they're just temporary wheels thats were lying about til he got the ones he wanted fitted, got good money for the rev's so was a bit of a rush! still, they do look good in the flesh but 15's are far too small for the ride heights, scrap's on everything round here!

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He sold the revo's!?
Shame, they really made the car what it was tbh.
Oh well, its his car.

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Originally Posted by turbodrew1

boy am i glad you got to that c**t first big chap!! and by the way i am the new owner not (owener) lol! lets be fair my car (rick,ben,gary's old one) would look great with any wheels, infact fcuk it 17 inch venoms are next!! big chaps right they are just a stop gap til the new wheels get sorted out. anyways i better calm down. (I'm sure i got banned from the vectra forum for people mouthing off about my ST).lol

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Its nice to have a bit attitude back around these parts, I've missed it lately as most people have started to grow up, even the 14 year olds can take a bit criticism now and then. The comment on the wheels was simply as my signature says. A lot of people worship cars with cav slabs, personaly I think they have been done to death. I'm glad your not one of them.

The RFXs arent to everyones taste but made it individual. Best wheels I ever seen the car on was the RL7s in gold but they are mega rare

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Originally Posted by DW-Nova

The problem with brushing on underseal is that it will start to sag after a while and get water trapped underneath it, which will obviously completley nacker the underside up, also after some time in the wet and cold the brushed on underseal will start to fall off and leave the car with patches of no protection. if you'd painted the underside it wouldnt have rotted as soon as you drive through a puddle so long as you regulaly pressure washed the underside, also you'd have done away with loads of dead weight from the underseal. i wasnt suggesting that you simply patch up the car with botched on panels though, the complete rear quarters look brill, aswell as the doors and wings, and you no that you've got nice new metal around you thats gonna last.

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I agree with everything you've said to be honest. Chucking on loads and loads of underseal will only make it rust more, and I know this from experience.

If I was you (bigchap) i'd get a big wire wheel and remove all the underseal, and then spray the floor with modern stonechip as this will make all the rest of your work worthwhile and the car will last.

Please don't take this as a negative tho.

Keith

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Originally Posted by Sherco

Can i ask where you got the blue rocker cover bolt washers?

Cheers

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they were on the car when i bought it, think they're called cup washers, can get them from rally design etc

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Originally Posted by RJM25R

Those wheels offend me!

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Originally Posted by Big_Chap

wow wow wow, they're just temporary wheels thats were lying about til he got the ones he wanted fitted, got good money for the rev's so was a bit of a rush! still, they do look good in the flesh but 15's are far too small for the ride heights, scrap's on everything round here!

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Originally Posted by novacabrio

Its nice to have a bit attitude back around these parts, I've missed it lately as most people have started to grow up, even the 14 year olds can take a bit criticism now and then. The comment on the wheels was simply as my signature says. A lot of people worship cars with cav slabs, personaly I think they have been done to death. I'm glad your not one of them.

The RFXs arent to everyones taste but made it individual. Best wheels I ever seen the car on was the RL7s in gold but they are mega rare

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he perhaps could have been a bit more diplomatic in the response but if you look at the time it was 4hrs after new year. on the other hand saying it looks awful is a slight exaggeration.

people liked the rfx's, people liked the rl7's, its andy's car now and as he said the 15's are too small for the roads round this way so the car needs 16's for a little extra clearance so it really comes down to speedline's, softstar's or rl7's (although they are rare as you say). speedlines may be "common" but thats for a reason and there isn't exactly loads of rio verde's with speedlines! (except A16VTB and any other replica's that have cropped up!)

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Originally Posted by krobinson

I agree with everything you've said to be honest. Chucking on loads and loads of underseal will only make it rust more, and I know this from experience.

If I was you (bigchap) i'd get a big wire wheel and remove all the underseal, and then spray the floor with modern stonechip as this will make all the rest of your work worthwhile and the car will last.

Please don't take this as a negative tho.

Keith

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i hear you mate, can you tell me more about your run-in with underseal? the main reason i went for underseal (and a layer of seam-sealer) is because the car had been undersealed when first "built" and the area's i removed it from were still pristine, the floor pan is still in as-new condition, the only repairs were to the rear chassis legs where water had got inside so i justused it again as it had done its job. my crossmember was stone-chipped and it rotted.:cry:

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My very first nova. I bought some black underseal, it was like a tar stuff and it dried hard. About a year later the MOT man found that the underseal had torn and water got under it and basically rotted the floor. Luckly the car ended up being rolled before I bothered to fix it.

Modern car's use Gravitex now, which is sprayed on.

If its worked for you in the past then stick with it mate!

Keith

well it wasn't me who applied it first time round and also don't know what he used, i just prep'd it best i could by cleaning it too bare metal with no sh!t then acid etch, primer, seam sealer (for flexibility) and underseal, didn't just go for the cheapest either in the hope it would be better quality.

i'll certainly keep an eye on it and may even remove a bit in the future and see whats been happening, that is of course if i ever get the bastid on the road! you think you'll be at pv/billing with yours?

Fingers crossed for both mate, going to try my best to finish it for then!

Keith

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Originally Posted by novacabrio

Its nice to have a bit attitude back around these parts, I've missed it lately as most people have started to grow up, even the 14 year olds can take a bit criticism now and then. The comment on the wheels was simply as my signature says. A lot of people worship cars with cav slabs, personaly I think they have been done to death. I'm glad your not one of them.

The RFXs arent to everyones taste but made it individual. Best wheels I ever seen the car on was the RL7s in gold but they are mega rare

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i,m far from growing up mate. cav slabs looked not bad on the car when i first put them on but they're never going to be permanent plus when i put my 4 pots on the wheels wont go over them. would you rather i left the car in the garage on axle stands just incase you lot dont like the wheels. like i already said it was all that was lying about and i got good money for the revs. anyway who cares about this pointless conversation. p.s this is just my opinion:thumb: