Good luck with MOT Iain
Hopefully get mine done next week
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Good luck with MOT Iain
Hopefully get mine done next week
Was looking good on friday mate a credit to you
Thanks for the possitive comments folks.
Good news it passed it mot on monday no problems at all and had my tracking and allignment done at the same time cause i had fitted not bottom ball joints and track rod ends.
The nova now shares its mot anniversary with my birthday lol.
iain
Looks the part, keep thinking of MO's or RFX's for mine as I hate cleaning the wheels that are on it at the minute!!
^^^^ i recon the mo's really suit the sport imo rfx's are still nice i just think the mo's make it look a bit tougher.
iain
Is looking good Iain, cracking work gone into it by all involved :thumb:
Get it through for the meet in Sept mate???
Well here's hoping mate, it wont have the decals on it due to needing a little bit of paint correction on one of the doors, but iam hoping to have it up at the meet.
iain
Good stuff, will be good to see it again looking all minty fresh :d
A little update on the nova......
Got the car back last fri afternoon from the paintshop, after have a little dent in the drivers door fixed and a little touch up on the top of the boot lid.
Since having the car painted and built back up the door seals were rubbish and was letting in a little water when i was washing the car, so after a little bit of searching i managed to get hold of a pair of new old stock door seals for the car.
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7014/pict1713.jpg
After wrestling the new rubbers into the door frames iam pleased to say the car does not let in a single drop of water now :cool:
So now the car is back in my garage i can start to get back into buiding the car back up, first up is the tailgate for a few passes with the meguires DA G220v2 and a few different grades of polishing compounds and polishes, before a few coats of DoDo juice wax .
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http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/6397/pict1747.jpg
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/6981/pict1744.jpg
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/8316/pict1741.jpg
Then onto Re fitting my Zender rear spoiler, i didnt want to drill any holes in this bootlid, so i bonded it on and left it over night.
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1653/pict1725e.jpg
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8893/pict1734.jpg
Also a few other parts to complete the tailgate, other than the decals, which will all be getting fitted at the one time.
New nut cover
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I also had these made up in my work, iam not 100% sure on them, but polished them up to see what they would look like on the car, time will tell if they grow on me thou ?
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/7230/pict17202.jpg
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/986/pict1715.jpg
I will keep working on the car as and when i get time lol
C&C Welcome :thumb:
i like your work mate,
nice cil trim's
have some rep
stu
Thanks stuQuote:
Originally Posted by 7ova
Rep returned
Looks even better close up, spot on mate.
Very nice Iain
Should really do something on mine
Where did you find the new door seals from ? I could do with some
Edd
Me too, got one but need another.
Looking very nice Iain, looking forward to seeing it again at the shows next year.
Getting there mate, those sill plate look ace. I can see a little side line on the go :thumb:
looks spot on that bud. some shine for a white car eh.
Thanks rich, yeh it will be good to get it to as many shows next year as in can, as for the rubbers, you will be lucky as the person i got them from only has one left now, they had three but only bought the two that i needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Novasport
Thanks kev, iam sure i could get other sill trims made buddy......Quote:
Originally Posted by vx kev
Glad you like it budQuote:
Originally Posted by moffat
Just mind and get some good pics of it naked before the decals go on it :)
A fresh polar white early mk1 is a nice looking car, but it'll be good to see it " wrapped " lol
this nova is sio mint its unbelivable good work mate
Details are fantastic dude, great choice in wax too.
Dont worry buddy, there will be plenty of pics of the car before the decals go on, and of them being applied.Quote:
Originally Posted by bazil
Thanks buddy, its appreciatedQuote:
Originally Posted by scorge01
Means a lot coming from you benn, yeh its a really good wax, i use it on the vxr too it gives good results on the arden blue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
These are the little details make cars builds. Paint work looks great too.Quote:
Originally Posted by NOV4_SPORT
Cars looking well mate, going to make a start on my bumpers next week.
Thanks mate, if you need any more info on painting the bumpers, just txt me.
Well, i gave the bonnet the full polishing treatment with the da, and a few different levels of polish, the bonnet was good, i just wanted to make it a really deep shine, and then decided to make a start at the decals lol.
Before
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After
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http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/6949/pict1761.jpg
Bonnet decal
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/8619/pict1758.jpg
Plenty of marking out and making sure i was happy with the position of it
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No going back now..... Its on !
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Iam going to give the bonnet a few layers of wax tomorrow, to seal in the shine, and protect the decal !
That is all
Finish looks fantastic on the bonnet dude. Hope you de-greased it before fitting the stickers tho...
Yep sure did mate, the last thing i want is it peeling off lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Benn
good job on the bonnet mate, lovely looking car.
hope you used de greaser
doh just read ben's post.
do you want to use some on my auto-smart wax its gooood:cool:
Nice!! Love the deep shine mate. Come over to polish mine...
Whens the Vivaro getting your treatment then???
Not far away from looking like a sport again, woop woop lol
as already said looking awesome mate well done
:eek::eek: brave man putting the decals on yourself lol
doing the rest of them as well ?
not a job im doing lol
I LOVE this car, the standard of it is fantastic!
Thanks for the comments folks !
Just a little update for today folks, have been busy with work so not had much time to work on the nova, but i have polished the roof and painted the sunroof suround matt black and have been buying a few parts for the car.
the roof after its finale machine polish and a few coats of wax, and the s,r painted black.
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http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/3948/pict1790.jpg
New dealer spec number plates, with the correct old style font
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Powerflex bushes for the rear beam, front tie bars and tca's
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/9641/pict1793q.jpg
I also bought a filter king fpr/ filter with 85mm glass bowl.
Then came the choice of where to fit it lol, i ended up making a bracket from stainless steel in work so i could mount it on the fire wall and have it sitting straight.
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/8706/imag0110b.jpg
And painted it polar white so it looks a bit more factory
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All bolted in i just need to get the fuel lines made up to suit now.
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4884/pict1786d.jpg
iain
Numberplates are a really nice touch!! Take it they were a custom made job?
Nice work Iain
Keep cracking on with it, it might inspire me to do some more stuff on mine lol
Roof looks great, good job of painting the surround too. Clean it up well.
Love the old school plates, really gives the feel too it. Bracket in the bay looks good, very tidy.
Top work as always mate.