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Little mince update tonight,
I dropped off my plug cover, exhaust manifold heatshield and scuttle cover to be powdercoated the other day, i went and picked them up at dinner today and i'm well happy with the results!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11072.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11080.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11081.jpg
I decided to go for matt black powdercoat in the end as i just wanted the bits too look nice and tidy in the bay and i think that matt black pulls it off quite well!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11082.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11084.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11086.jpg
I wasnt sure about doing the manifold heatshield aswell but i think that there was a bit too much silver going on with the rocker cover and gearbox and manifold heatshield all being silver but i think it look squite good black and ties in with the scuttle cover and plug cover and other black bits in the bay! I've also got a spare rocker cover that i'll be getting painted at some point as my home done effort is a bit poor as you can see :tard:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11087.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11088.jpg
I couldnt trim the scuttle cover anymore so as you shut the bonnet the hinge catches slightly on the edging i have fitted but it will have to do because other wise i would have trimmed right through the scuttle cover and we couldnt be having that!
Thats it for tonight, plans before the end of the week are to trim the front arch lips, seal and then repaint the lip, get the car down on its wheels and try and get the ride height set in time for going having the exhaust fitted on friday, wooooo :cool:
Cheers
Andy
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Looks really good dude, thing with scuttle covers is NO TWO nova's are the same! lol and if it was made from a template off another one it will always be different, as i found out when Ive made them, though most did fit quite well, also i made my covers so they lapped under the wings, but they weren't metal.
Scott
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Cheers Scott,yeah I know I tried a template of one that you actually made dude that graeme dixon kindly let me try but it was a way off,like you said no two are the same,so I used lee h's template (cheers bud) and that was quite a good fit! Vauxhall build tolerances haha!
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Not sure on the pure black plug cover - Looks very bland
Would be smart with silver or polished letters
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All looks really smart.
Where can/did you get the scuttle cover from ?
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Vaughan - I was going to do silver letters but I don't think my skills would let me do that without ruining it so I think it'll just have to stay as is for now ;)
Edd - I used a template off a member from on here and then gave the template to another member off here who cut it out of thin metal sheet with a jigsaw for me dude and then bought the edging off eBay!
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Some wet & dry paper on a block ?
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ahh right.
do you have a link to the edging from ebay ?
would be a great help.
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The problem being that some of the chrome silver stuff on the letters had started flaking off so I don think I'd get a uniform finish on all the letters so the only way to do it would be too paint and I really don't want to do that!
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Ahh right - If your happy with it then that's fine :thumb:
As said before, nice car
