Spudlys 1.4 flair CYA....

Bout time i finally got my finger out and made a thread, been up to the unit to see my nova for the first time in six weeks today, and raped the poor thing lol


Got all the interior and dash stripped out, wiring loom pulled out and moved to the rear and removed the tacky cheap poo immobiliser too, heres some pics of the progress so far.......


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Horibble mess of wiring:eek:

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Now thats how you remove the sound deadening, nice and easy in one lump, if only the other side were as easy :cry:

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Nice rotten battery tray......

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got all of the passenger side sound deadening chipped out aswell, who needs a heat gun, err me please for future reference lol

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36...p/DSC03691.jpg

Then packed up and put her away, only need the coolant dropping so can remove the heater matrix and drop the pedal box and column...

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Evantual plans for now, are tidy up all my shocking wiring and get a better condition GSi dash, GSi front seats and just a carpeted rear with a half cage, front coileys and some -90mm rear springs, respray in white and play with the 1400 engine thats currently in situ as its a good strong engine and fairly quick as it stands, then looking to XE next year after ive had the chance to save up lol

How did you manage to get it off in one piece lol ?

That black dash would look good in my red Nova :thumb:

Good work fella!

Thats pretty cool, i've got a real soft spot for white Nova's

LOL the drivers side in my white shell came out in one piece lol but the pass side was a proper mare lol lol

Its cos the battery tray has been leaking and allowing water ingress so its parted the sticky crap and allowed it to just pull out in one lump lol


In all fairness dude the dash is skip fodder as one of the fixing bolts is missing, its warped out of shape and is in a tatty shape with lots of random hole cut into it:cry:


Mike snap, lol leaky battery trays FTW, rob suggested pouring some water in the passenger side and leaving it a week haha!

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Originally Posted by Spudly

Mike snap, lol leaky battery trays FTW, rob suggested pouring some water in the passenger side and leaving it a week haha!

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lol mine was becuase the shell had been sat about 14 months prior to me buying with the drivers side door seal missing lol lol

Water, its the way forward when it comes to stripping lol


Any suggestions on how to get shut of the sticky crap left where ive chipped off the passenger side floorpan, im guessing turpentine substitue or tar and glue may not be adequate to do it but not sure?

Im shocked as to how bad the battery tray/throttle pedal area are so im considering removing the firewall in the bay to gain better repair access to it!

its **** getting that sound deadening out is'nt it mate i did it in the sr and gte! it was all the way right up to the boot pannel in the gte but fotunately the sr was just thr front footwells lol i used t cut to get the black crap it left up mate well i did in the gte in the sr i used terps!

i used meths, it usually work's. :thumb:

Keep up the good work mate.