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Speak to a solicitor, if he did genuinely escape then you have a good case to sue them - lest we forget he assaulted you as well and thats a pretty serious crime, as if aggrevated vehicle taking wasn't bad enough lol
If they let him out then you have a case to examine WHY he was let out, if procedures were followed etc. As he was clearly a nutmeg, so someone went wrong somewhere.
well done to you for geting cracking im glad its not dishartend you in anyway.
get down the citezens advice dave, its near the library, think you need to book an appointment but they will set you in the correct direction to claim.
get it done mate where there's blame there's a claim!! hope you get someting out off them!! and good work with the nova mate glad she's getting sorted!!Quote:
Originally Posted by xXx_Nova_xXx
Ill defonatley have a go at getting money out of someone for the damage :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_wudgey
Anyways i was too tired yesterday to update the thread, came in at 9 and fell asleep on the downstairs couch lol
Anyways here we go
Door filler rubbed down, i know its alot but it'll get me back on the road
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Rear 1/4 skimmed with metallic filler
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Inside the light panel pulled out really well
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All masked up
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First coat of primer
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The door... but fumey if i say so
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Ahh thats better
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Primer and 1/4 all flatted back
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And on the door... which took a long time
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Now lets get some paint on this ol' girl
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And thats where we left it last night, im off back up there now to de-mask it, polish it up all nice and shiney and build her back up, and hopefully drive her home later on :thumb:
Looking good matey, glad your nearly finished getting it fixed .
iain
Good work Dave.
Doing the painting yourself???
Nahh Adam, i wanted it doing perfect first time so elaving it to the pro's :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam
Anyways went up there this morning to find Graham polishing all the fesh paint up, once he'd done that i set about building it all abck up, after a short struggle with the front window frames and the drivers door handle it was finished! ill let the pcis do the talking
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Door handle wouldnt fit as the door is off an early mk1, so had to hunt high and low in the garage for an early handle, doesnt bother me though, its a door, it opens and closes :d
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And final ones
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All in all im over the moonw ith everything, my dads mate Graham did a superb job on it for me and dropped everything he was doing to fix it for me, from hi-ajck to back on the road was a total of 3 and a half days, cant thank him enough, So glad she was fixable and put a smile on my face when it was all done.. Just one final thing...
F*CK YOU, YOU MENTAL C*NT!! :thumb:
Top stuff Dave :)
Top work mate!
Joe:thumb:
Cheers Mike :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike
Need to take the doorcard back off because theirs he small matter of forgetting to put the weather protective membrane on lol, after that itll be 100% :thumb:
top work matey
you wouldn't even know
top class !
ffs, guess what, I have an early mk1 handle you can have:)
Looks good, now you can bring me my fuel sender:D:D
Holy sh1t dave, havent checked here for a couple of days, and its already bloody fixed lol. Top work :thumb:
Got a passenger one so i can make them match? :dQuote:
Originally Posted by MattBrown
Well done Dave, very impressed you've got it sorted so quick, and looks spot on after seeing the original damage pics. Glad you were ok and the car pics speak for themselves. Top work dude
Ian
Sure have mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by xXx_Nova_xXx
I have a lot of random nova spares lol
Nice work Dave on fixing the car so quickly ;)
great work, rapid repair and looks mint again! must feel good :)
Well she's all built back up now, got a new fuel sender off Southie, so now i have a fuel gauge, got 2 nearly new tyres from my scrappy, popped them on the Mistrals and stuck them back on, had the car tracked and had a new n/s/f wheel bearing done, it drives like a neW car now! :thumb:
Just a quick pic of it when i washed it the other day, still looking good?
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looks awesome mate look after it
looking good back on the mistrals fella
Right heres a good update for once lol... which i know msot of you will be pleased with
Tonight i was sat outside the car with everyone, jsut talking about eachothers cars, and looking at mine i finally realised what everyones been telling me for years... the exhaust.......... looks shiote lol
So managed to strike up a deal tonight with a mate, im doing a straight swap with mine for his on his corsa, a twin tip 3" outward rolled one off a Corsa
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The hangers will need bending round 90* to fit on the Nova's mounts, but heres the plan
Im going to cut off one of the tips and welt a circular plate over the hole left, so it will be a much smarter, 3" outward rolled single tip backbox :thumb:
Hopefully putting it on tomorrow, so will get pics of it on, and then pics once ive chopped it up lol
Bout bloody time!
You might find you need to do a lot more than simply bend the hangers, they'll be in the wrong place and probably at the wrong height.
Nothing a grinder and welder cant sort though.
Assuming the box actually mates up to a nova system and sits right.
Personally id try it as it is atm (twin exit), twin exits do look good and its a simple job to just wip it off again and change it if you want to. Everyone has a 3" exhaust lol So it might look a nice change.
Corsa backboxs mount considerably different to Nova ones Dave.
getting some afterburners next dave?
its a 1L a nice 2.5" single inward will do :)
Indeed they are :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike
Managed to get it on of sorts, went for a drive and its nocking under the rear footwel somehwere, the hangers need to be cut and welded, and it comes out on a really hilarious angle lol
Hopefully tomorrow ill get it on the ramp, bent it so it comes out straight (easier said than done) and cut and weld new hangers onto it, it does sound nice though, more quiet than my old one, plus gives a nice raspy sound out, tempted to keep it twin exit if i can make it sit perfect :thumb:
Well a good update which turns into a bad one :(
Managed to get the bakbox on of sorts, this is the straightest i could get it to hang, however when i was driving it was nocking like hell on the rear footwell and also would need bending quite alot to get it perfect.. pics
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Looks straight, but it really wasnt
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In these pcss the back box was held up with cable ties, anyway as i was driving to work this morning the cable ties decided to snap, releasing the backbox and sending it crashing down to the road lol, which gripped onto soemthing and ripped the backbox clean off! luckily the clamp wasnt on mega tight so it just pulled itself out of it
So my mate Tom has said i can have my old one back for now, as he's not driving yet so its only sat at his garage, so the chav tastic one goes back on tomorrow for the time being, untill i get a better job and can spend some money on a better bakbox :thumb:
Anyone want a twin exhit sportex backbox for a Corsa B, M62 between junction 7 and 6 Westbound, about halfway between, theirs one on the grass verge somewhere :thumb:
lol unlucky Doesnt quite suit it imo anyway, would get a single tbh.
Brilliant job on getting the car back to normal by the way, VERY quick and looks as perfect as always.
am with you on this one its funny how only round ones seem to look right on novas lol...tbh dave id do as you save and just save for one and have it sitting nice:thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by L33 LEG
Well today tarted something up that was really peeing me off, this was my grille badge afew weeks ago, best pic i ahve, it was a really faded grye, the paint had totally rubbed off the crease in the S and thr red in the I was more pink, looked horrible
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anyway quiet at work today, so took off the badge, masked it up, spent 30 mins or so cutting off the tape round the letters, flatted it off, primed it, gave it a lick of silver paint, removed any overspray and stuck a little reflectve red dot in the I, looks like brand new :thumb:
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Thats all really, still using it as my daily hack, washing it once a week, needs afew jobs doing like fanbelt is squeeking like mad and the handbrakes a little on the weak side, but she's still going strong :thumb:
More updates soon!
Well finally should be getting rid of the cahv-tastic backbox this time
Picked this up tonight, 3" inward rolled Mongoose Stainless Steel Nova GSI backbox, needs a little welding where it bolts to the centre section, looks like someones welded the sleeve to the pipe, so a new one will be welded on
All in all, not bloody bad for FREE!! :thumb:
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Drinks can for size reference, not stupidley big
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Hoepfully get a new sleeve welded on tomorrow at work if i can, then get it all bolted up before i come home, thats the theory, if i can be arsed lol
Well its on, 100% inprovement i reckon
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glad to be of assistance :)
looks miles better on the nova than in my shed ;)
same exhaust i had on one off mine, if you take a little half inch arch recess out the bumper it will come out dead straight in looks a lot better, just take ur time in do it a bit at a time until its nice an snug:thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by xXx_Nova_xXx
just looked through all 184 page
was well worth it:thumb:
sorry to hear about the car jacking i hope ur ok now
the car look great by the way :d
Cheers dude! yeah the jacking did break my heart but shes all fixed now and back on the road :dQuote:
Originally Posted by AndyGTE95
Managed to adjust the exhaust abit better now so it sits nice and tight, looks miles better, defonatley staying on :thumb: