Jason x
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Definitely speedlines 
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random dav
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Speedlines, but keep hold of the originals.
WRLFC !
Project cars
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djgritt
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Location: Dorset Drives: Focus ST / Hyundai i20N
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quote:
Originally posted by random dav
Speedlines, but keep hold of the originals.
This.
Also, Black Drums + Silver Calipers. Get rid of the Red. 
Looks lovely, may favourite colour for a Nova GSi / Astra GTE too. 
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SeanXE
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Didn't think to do the drums black tbf, that and silver calipers is next on my to do list!
Cheers djgritt 
And me too! Ever since I can remember I wanted a Silk Violet
I'll be lowering it within the next couple weeks I'm hoping so I will be deciding on wheels then..
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kedowan
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Hi Sean, incase your wondering am the Scottish fella with the white MK2 Flair
Looking well mate, very jealous as I'd love a Silk Violet GSi!
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SeanXE
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Cheers Dave!
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SeanXE
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Did a couple of little bits to it today;
Painted my drums black
Painted the calipers silver
The previous owners dad sprayed his garden fence next to the car so it had little brown dots all over the drivers side, took me about an hour to get them all off!
Then as it will be off the road for a few months now I put it on some steels, and also gave it a polish.
Vauxhall driveway
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JordyCarter
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Love the nova. Id keep it on standard wheels personally and just make it super clean
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SeanXE
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Finally some updates;
Been quite busy this week getting welding done, changing a few bits
Start the cringing, front panel had seen better days!
As we didn't have a replacement panel, we just repaired the original
Some welding
After it was all cleaned up and painted
As you can tell from the last pic we also removed the engine
Its home for a few days
Can't really see in this pic, but it was mainly removed to fix this crack/rust
Welded and cleaned
This patch was also welded but no after pic as of yet
While the anti-roll bar was off, thought I may aswell clean it up and paint it
The colour won't be to everyones taste, but had the paint and it matches the petrol tank so
While the engine was out, we changed the cambelt, water pump, and clutch! Also steam cleaned the engine and painted the block
Nice and new
Old vs new
Front end fitted
Engine back in, wired up and running nice and smooth!
Anti-roll bar back on
More updates to come during the week!
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gidged500
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Good progress ! Glad you've addressed the rot and sorted it properly keep up the good work
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SeanXE
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Originally posted by gidged500
Good progress ! Glad you've addressed the rot and sorted it properly keep up the good work
Cheers mate!
A couple more updates today
was the usual patch of rust in the battery tray so, cut out;
and underneath in the footwell
After;
Exhaust fitted
Then, the part I wasn't looking forward to was looking underneath the sideskirts
Quite bad, but will be sorted this weekend..
A patch in the passenger rear arch
Also lowered it 60mm and put the 3 spokes back on..
More to come
[Edited on 10-10-2014 by SeanXE]
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Jason x
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Much better
you keepin these alloys or going to change them? still think speedlines would look
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SeanXE
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quote:
Originally posted by Jason x
Much better
you keepin these alloys or going to change them? still think speedlines would look
The plan was speedlines mate, but had em before and pretty bored of em, so for now just getting two more centre caps for these and keeping them..
Finished everything off today!
Forgot to get pictures of the drivers side sill but passenger side after welding;
The sideskirts were colour coded badly so while they were off I steam cleaned the paint off so now there back to standard black
Before
After
And some proper pics of the car now its lowered and all back together
And one with the astra
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kedowan
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Needs centre caps badly, nice bit of welding done mate, hated pulling mine apart to find the rot!
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