Shes looking Damn fine there Iain. Give her a few coats of wax/polish underneath then its all easy wipe clean after you've had it out n about :thumb: edit: The Nova That is lollol
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Shes looking Damn fine there Iain. Give her a few coats of wax/polish underneath then its all easy wipe clean after you've had it out n about :thumb: edit: The Nova That is lollol
Cant wait to see this in the flesh, stunning!
Small update on the nova folks.
I decided to give the front end suspension and steering components a refresh recently which turned into me buying new bilstein dampers and all new bushes and bearings and having the powder coating re done ! flol.
so any way here is what is was like before, which wasnt that bad, only a light amount of over spray from the respray and light damage over the years since it was first done.
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/9466/pict1872.jpg
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1283/pict1875x.jpg
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Got to love cable ties lol
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While the bits were off at the powder coaters, i dismantled my dampers and sand blasted the top mounts spring cups etc
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/2231/pict1887.jpg
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/1522/pict1890.jpg
Then painted them all and fitted new bearings and spring dampers
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/9291/pict1904j.jpg
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4622/pict1906.jpg
Also blasted the hubs and painted then aswell
http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/1264/pict1900p.jpg
Then i called into the powder coaters and my way home from work the next week to collect all the parts.
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/9210/pict1896.jpg
Fitted new bushes to the traction control arms and used new bolts to secured then to the car
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/9754/pict1903.jpg
The new bilstein dampers all built up with the top mounts etc, and powder coated springs to match the rear ones.
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/1056/pict1910.jpg
Also finished painting the rest of the brake lines on the car, still some areas of the white paint to touch up and steering rack boots to change but still.
http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/1462/pict1944.jpg
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Now the front end it all built back up with new bolts etc.
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8387/pict1933x.jpg
Not bad for a set of brakes i salvaged off of "H1GTE"
http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/1332/pict1936.jpg
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/3695/pict1935r.jpg
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Then fitted the new rear dampers also got the rear dust covers from bazil as the dampers never came with any so got a pair of old ones from him and cleaned them up and covered them in blue heat shrink so they match the fronts now, and sand blasted the metal caps at the to and powdercoated them in work the only blue they had lol, big thanks to allan for these, saved the day once again lol.
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/529/pict1950.jpg
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I have lost quite a lot of the pictures from doing the front end stuff when my camera decided to fook up sadly
That is all
iain
Mate seriously, there is OCD and then there is you lol
But on a serious note mate, spectacular work as always, she best be at Billing this year:p
Flol, yeh iam quite sad that way........Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudly
Oh i will most defonetly be at billing this year !!!! plenty of cleaning to do when i get down there mind flol
Looking good mate, glad I could help but didn't enjoy it at the time lol.
Sooooo how much is the trailer hire for billing lol
love your car mate,
its so much better working with new clean parts
it make's it all worth while.
and i'm glad to see somebody else (not just me)
has a bit of carpet for the top of the axle stand
hope you have one on the jack as well.
great work
stu
going to looking into the trailer and its quite handy your insured to be able to tow a trailer lol, yeh thanks again for the covers you are a legend !!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by bazil
Thanks buddy, yeh i always protect the paint when iam jacking up the car and suport the car also, as would be a shame to damage the paint ect after all the hard work and effort that is put into the car.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7ova
OOOOHHHH SHINEY :eek:
Cracking mate:thumb:
Given me ideas for more things to powdercoat now that i wouldnt have done before :p
Its def worthy of it but its not going to be a trailor queen is it???