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Seeing as you've put in a tremendous amount of effort ade, and that we can all see how good it is starting to look, and that I don't think cav slabs would suit it one bit, I think it would be a shame for the final product to be wearing wheels that don't suit it.
If you don't want to go to the effort of a 5stud conversion, then what about some softstars?
Quality work Ade - Coming along nicely as well :)
Looking very good as usual. As regards to the wheel's it's obviously your descision but i think that the choice of cavalier wheels will not suit the car, the rest of it is obviously really radical and different and i think that personally i would choose something different, would probably go for something 17 or 18", something that has never ever been done on a nova, i think that renault 4 stud wheels are the same stud pattern, if so the new shape meganes have some really cool looking wheels on, i had one, it was a dynamique with 17" alloys on that were really nice.http://www.direct-vehicle-leasing.ne...e%20scenic.jpg
pitty about the rest of the car though hey!!
Blimey ade I must say what you've achieved so far is deeply impressive. To pitch in with your first go at welding and metal fabricating and produce the finish as good as you have managed is very creditable. I don't know what job you do but I have a feeling your talents are being wasted:D
I'm going to sound a right thicko but what do you do with the foam to produce the finished article - is it a former/mold to make something up out of glass fibre?
The reason I ask is cos I want to sort a rear spoiler to try out its possible effectiveness but I want something nice and light.
ade, im loving this project now.. i love the bumper and lights, looks alot better than nova items imo
im looking forward to the rear bumper and rear light progress, look like they could be tricky :thumb:
Wheels wise I have a set of cav slabs and will be sticking with these at the mo - budget wise the moneys tied up in other areas however soft stars or similar maybe purchased later on. I'm not wanting to go any bigger than 15's - 16's at a push simply because of the mods involved - dont want the hastle.
CP - as you said - the foam will be the former. the idea is to lay up a thin layer of glass fibre tissue and resin this over then skim with filler to get the desired look (the foam in slightly smaller to allow fot the thickness increases) - then the idea is to mirror glaze this and take a mold of fobreglass from it (gel coat, tissue and fibreglass) then mirror glaze the mold and make a cast (gle coat, tissue glass, fibreglass, woven roven, fibre glass and finally tissue glass.
However I'm worried about 2 things -
1. Potential undercuts - even if slightly shallow will make it impossible to release the cast from the mold.
2. Mirror glaze failure - had this happen to me before and the mold attached itself to the cast ruining all the hard work!
So I'm considering the following laying up the tissue and resin and skimming to get the right shape, then removing the foam and layering up the inside.
I'll need to wait and se how the final bumper looks once skimmed before I decide...
The rear bumper for your project though should be straight forward as there wont be that many undercuts.
Ade
cheers Dave!
agreed on the wheels, once its all finished it'll look pretty much like a new car. to put it on 1980's wheels will just be criminal :eek:
i'd even advise staying away from speedlines and softstars as that'll give the game away too easily to anyone who's thinking 'what the hell is that car?'!
stick with factory vauxhall rims for the subtle look, but go for newer versions, something off the astra or corsa maybe? 16in definately :thumb:
Id agree on thee wheels comments, and like the ideal of the meganne wheels,
cant belive you dont want the hassle of fitting 17s etc, but your making your own bumper etc? Is that not more hassle?