Fcuk off, fat tyres are where its at - they're actually my favourite bit of the car (aside from the boot of course :D). 60 profile at the mo, I'm thinking maybe pushing it to 65 come tyre replacement time :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Adam
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Fcuk off, fat tyres are where its at - they're actually my favourite bit of the car (aside from the boot of course :D). 60 profile at the mo, I'm thinking maybe pushing it to 65 come tyre replacement time :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Adam
Oh noes lol
For the record, at 0:45 I say "I'm impressed!", not "breast!" lol
Its alive!! Driven for the first time since er, a long long time ago no doubt?
well done boys good to see it moving and running well. can't wait to see it , jack you said on msn there going to take 4 weeks to get it changed at dvla try go there and wait for it to be done can helo sometimes i know you can with driving license
I'm gonna have some nicely pissed off neighbours then...lol
Chavs!!!
lookin near completion nice one..
goes without sayin ill like the looks.. lol - booted version of mine.
its the wrong tyres grommit.. stop them!
Seriously, I love the tyres, the fact they go on with no scrubbage whatsover is ace.
Just figured out my speedo will be underreading by 10% though, lmfao speeding tickets ahoy lol lol lol
Well nova speedo's underread anyway, so it might end up accurate lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Razorjack
Mincetastic. Painted up the mk2 rear bumper, needs a couple more coats though. Crappy halfords paint. Also gave the SR front another coat as my dad had put it in the shed and scrubbed half the paint off :roll:
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Also gave the doorcards a lick of paint but its not taken too well. Might see if I can recover them with something, or maybe get some GSi ones.
Good work matey :)
Nice one Jack! You did end up getting it running before me. Though you had help...... So it doesnt count.
Looking good, will look sweet with the bumpers & twin lamps in.
Ground off most of the rust on the back and filled the resultant holes with fibreglass filler. No pics of this as its an uber bodge and looks awful, but hey its solid lol
Once that was done, rear bumper was fitted:
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Drilled holes in the rear quarters so I could use the proper side mounts for the Mk2 bumper, although I forgot what a PITA those bolts are to work with. Not quite happy with the way its sitting, so might try to straighten it up next weekend.
Wired in two dash speakers, again no pics as its nothing exciting to see. Put in power cable for amps, and power for head unit when that goes in.
Final bit of mince this evening was some bling for the calipers:
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:cool:
Looks well
Yeah it looks like a car again. A loved one at that.....
Liking the alternative wheel chocks again A steering wheel! LOL
W00t :) Just got to bodge the exhaust now!
A mk1 steering wheel too, which has been heavily abused already lolQuote:
Originally Posted by craig green
I like to give purpose to the Mk1 interior :D
They dont call it good for nothing.... good for something!
Fitted rear window surrounds today, and got the headunit powered up and connected to the front speakers.
Still no exhaust though, might have to figure out some way of taking it to a local exhaust place - if I can find one - and having them fit the one I have. 2 weeks to PVS.... hmmm
If you want we can trailor it to somewhere next week as ive got more spare time, depends if you can blag another day off lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Razorjack
I could do with testing the towing qualities of the Frontera :)
bodge tastic...
keep up the mincing my little pony.
You could be onto a winner there :D although I'm not sure about subbing you for petrol on the frontera, i might need another loan lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Lee
Might be a bit hard to get a day off this week, although I have tuesday off. Will see if I can find out local exhaust places and sort the insurance that day.
Yeah cool, do that. Petrol isnt that bad TBH, and it'll only be one trip so it should be about the same as the nova was for 2 days :)
Trailer badly needs some tyres lol, ill see if i can sort this weekend.
Couple little touches today - central locking is in and working, stuck the drivers side door card and handle on, also wired in the interior light delay :cool:
Did take some pics (and a vid of the light delay lol) but my phone isn't connecting to my pc at the mo :mad:
Working now lol
Window frames:
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Central Locking, a kit from 1984 no less lol
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Door card and handle - only held in by the two big screws at the mo:
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And the interior light with the delay on it :D
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Nice one :)
Still on for Tuesday do you rekon?
Should be, I'll ask Craig where he had his done and give them a ring first thing tuesday morning, see if they can do it in the afternoon.
Get some back up numbers as well. :)
Have you sorted insurance yet, or got a policy lined up? :) (you know what im thinking here lol)
Liking that interior light delay device, what parts did you use to do that??
looking good now bud. not much left to do now
You can buy the light delays off ebay, although its not hard to make one. I'm lazy though lol
I might move it elsewhere so it doesn't stay on when I use the interior light switch on the headlamp control, orrrr wire in a few more interior lights. The 10 second thing is a bit too long for my liking.
Wonder if I could put one on the sidelight relay as well... hmmmm :D
Will ring HIC, Flux and Sky (they do me on the Celica so may offer a decent discount on a second car) Tuesday morning. HIC were giving me quotes of <£290 on their old online system, so will be looking to pay no more than £300 really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee
Just had a nose through Craig's WIP and he got his exhaust done at TSR in Bridgwater, so they'll be the main choice for exhausty goodness.
Booked into TSR for next Tuesday, thats the earliest they can do it. Hopefully they can get it on within a day, that gives me three days to MOT and tax it in time for PVS. Ho ho ho.... :wtf:
All sounds like good news Jack. TSr will be wondering what all the fuss is with Novas all of a sudden!
Atleast someones build is progressing anyway!
I thought TSR went under. nothing wrong with a few bodges to get the car to the show:thumb:
TSR was Tim Stiles Racing, years ago. They were pretty much the UK's #1 VAG tuner. Tim sold the company to some clown that only had interests in building a company demo vehicle (Passat V8 IIRC), that went tits up & some local lad took over the premises/name & they seem to be doing a pretty good job by the looks of it. They appear to be busy 7 are still trading over a year after taking the helm.
Sorry to hi....Jack. (pun intended)
Postman delivered me some parcels today :D
More Opel goodness from ebay:
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And this from Bassjunkies, not bad considering it only cost £40 delivered and I ordered it Monday evening!
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Car is also now insured with Sky, and MOT booked in for next Thursday @ 09:00!
Exhaust is on, omfg it sounds so chav lol
Interior has been tidied up ready for MOT - just need to replace the bulb on the rear number plate light.
flippin eck Jack you best take a month off after PV to recover from all these updates, lol.
No vids then?
I must've just missed you yesterday. I stopped off at TSr & your car was on the ramps, nipped to AC services quickly & on the way back through, you had been & collected it....
MOT tomorrow then? (thurs)
Yeah, there's a vid, but its a bit crappy as Lee was trying to kill me at the time lol
What time were you at TSR craig? We picked it up around 5pm, had to go back to Alex's to grab the trailer. Seem like a good bunch of guys there.
Yup, MOT 9:00am tomorrow.... :eek:
Good luck with the MOT, looking forward to seeing it