New changes Look well Andy..... Subtlety always goes down well on novas.;)
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New changes Look well Andy..... Subtlety always goes down well on novas.;)
Nick.
Update time,
Well i said a couple of pages ago that i was going to book a day off work today to get the exhaust done on my car and try and get a couple of other bits and pieces done the same day!
So starting off with last night, had a disaster with the car, the engine had all been plumbed in, all fluids in etc about 3 days ago so i thought meh i'll just check if the car will start, (just in case in the morning it wont), so tried to start it and guess what it wouldnt start! Big thanks to Lee H for being patient with it last night and helping me troubleshoot the car, to have no success but anyway more on that later!
The recovery fella turned up at 8am this morning with the wagon to load the car on, so the car had to be towed up the drive rather than driven as it wouldnt bloody start, so towed up and onto the recovery truck and then onto the exhaust place, after lots of nervous on looking at bumper/floor clearance!
Only got one pic at the exhaust place as the guys doing it were a bit strange to be honest, but anyhoo, up on the ramp,
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11090.jpg
The only pics i have after is of it fitted, on all the magnex exhausts i've seen they always have a stupid little box just after were the gearlever mounts to the car and i would imagine it would make ground clearance low so i got them to remove said box and weld a new piece of stainless in and all was good!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11107.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11111.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11097.jpg
It sits really well IMO and totally finishes off the back end of the car, it seems to be rattling from one of the joins though so i need to crawl under and look into that at some point, job for next week i think! Then a picture of him on the way home :cool:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11098.jpg
All in all quite a good do, it was a long day to be honest as i got messed about a little by some people that i had to rely on etc but i think when you're relying on people in the 'motor trade' so to speak theres always going to be a bit of messing etc but meh all turned out well.
Then onto the problem of it not starting, i got him home with the exhaust a fitted and stuff ad i thought i'll just gove the key a shot at turning, turned it and it started first time, ran it up to temp and got all the air bubbles out of the cooling system etc and all seemed fine, the engines a bit tappy but its not been ran for about 18 months so as soon as its insured and stuff hopefully taking it out for a drive will sort that!
Another update to follow:
That looks really really well, liking it a lot :cool:
Even the speedlines look cool! Lol
What did you have done to the exhaust? Modded so it joins to the xe manifold??
Ive got the same system to go on mine.
Another little update,
Since i have had the gte bumpers fitted i havent really had any chance of getting some proper pics of the car with the bumpers on and stuff, but today seen as it was out i thought i would take some,
The car hasnt had a clean for weeks on these pics, so is very dusty and a bit manky :cool:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11093.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11094.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11095.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11096.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11099.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11100.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11101.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11102.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC11105.jpg
Little bit of pic whoring there but i think that i definitly made the right choce for changing the once piece bumpers for the gte jobies, IMO they look cool as fook!
Theres still abpsolutely loads to do on the car, camber and tracking and all that stuff needs sorting as its miles out due to uber lowness, front wings need the lips trimming but i'll sort camber and tracking and stuff first, needs a good clean and polish which i'm going to do properly and take my time with and it also needs interior bits finishing off but i'm putting them off as theyre really fiddly and i cnt be arsed with them yet!
Thats all for now!
Cheers
Andy
THats done it. I need some gte bumpers! lol lol
You need your grab handle and spoiler done in the same colour :)
Looks ace Andy, can't wait to see it
Cheers Adam :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam
Yeah the exhaust was bought for a 1.3sr i think, so at the exhaust place they cut the system just after it bends round the transmission thing, then welded a new piece of stainless steel in there with the original flange welded back onto this new piece of stainless steel and then cut and welded a flange onto the manifold as i bought an ashley 4-2-1 so they joined it to that! The box they removed is just after were the exhaust joins the manifold, its only small but my brother runs it on his nova and it smashes off everything because its right behind the front wheels and cant be tucked up into the transmission tunnel because it sits directly below the rod that goes to the gear linkage, stupid design really but oh well! So with that removed it still sounds really nice though, not loud at all just nice and subtle :cool:
Yeah for some reason the speedlines dont look that odd even though they are a different grey to the bumpers!
Andy
Cheers Graeme !
Hhhhmmm i know adam, that boot and spoiler may be coming off at some point though for something a little different, we'll see!
Looks great Andy. Really love the look and the rear end looks very sexy. Need to invest in a GTE rear bumper me thinks for my car. Was that a custom sysytem or off the shelf?
Looks awesome mate, so simple yet so effective. Creat colour choice on the bumpers. Now i want a MK1 front end and a red car again!!! Get some super resin on it this weekend and post up some more pics!