M Sutton
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Lol.when and if i sell it il let you know 
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Graeme
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Robin we shall steal it off him!!! 
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Done. I know where he lives!
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Mieran
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Registered: 28th Jan 08
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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I got first dibs 
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M Sutton
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 at you lot! Not any more Robin,ive moved out and have my own place now
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Graeme
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Hmm I sometimes know where he works on the car! 
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M Sutton
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Haha! Got lots of work planned for the car over the winter, hopefully without spending much money!
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M Sutton
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I have finally pulled my finger out and done some work on the old girl after a few months of it sitting in the garage since Trax!!
I have loads of plans and i have set a deadline of April, so its more or less done to a standard im happy with before my misses gives birth to our first child
First thing i decided to do was to sort the spare wheels out and get them on so i can keep the other wheels purely for track use.
Stripped the tyres off and decided to go for anthracite wheels this time, think its abit more modern and less boring than black!
All painted looking alot fresher.
Next up was the track wheels, in keeping with the theme i decided to do them the same, decided against stripping the tyres off as there was no need.
All done 
Fitted the other wheels after balancing and the original tyres sealed as they had a slow air leak.
Have also got some second hand Avo front coilovers to go on so i can lower the front some more, rear is enough imo.
Finally removed the last bit of sound deadning from the wheel well. Just need to get the stupid tar remains off then start rubbing the inside down for some fresh red paint!
Started stripped the inside out, fun fun!
I know its sad but i decided to clean the factory overspray off with some thinners so they are black once they go back in
Before...
After...
My new stearing wheel and old gearknob thats new to the car
Work in progress getting the dash out!
Finally out 
The reason why the old dash is comming out, this will be going in its place, a nice flocked one
Finally the rear brace removed and i can make a start on the inside soon!
This will getting sprayed a welded in with some help from some mates
Thats all for now, should have an update in a few more weeks hopefully
[Edited on 29-11-2011 by M Sutton]
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jr
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great work and great car
is the cage an omp one ?
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M Sutton
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Cheers. Yes jr its an omp, should be fun to fit!
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jr
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was gonna say, if its anything like their lupo one, you will think who ever designed has never seen a nova before
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M Sutton
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lol, my mate said we might need some braces, like you use to secure a car on a trailer, to pull it in so it actually fits lol!should be nice and snug once its fitted tho !
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jr
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its not so much that, its the fact the feet dont end up anywhere near any surface of the car, so intricate brackets with captive nuts have to be made
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M Sutton
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Ah i see! im sure we can fabricate something so it fits well.
Luckily the lad thats helping me has done a few Nova cages before so thats one good thing.
Cheers for the word of warning though
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jr
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Jed D
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stunning car and good work, full of WANT!
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bullock106xsi
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only seen one other nova as nice as this and thats mierans old one. love everything about it!
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Mark.W
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Looks awsome on the Astra tear drops Mark
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Mieran
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Needs to go lower!
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bullock106xsi
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^^^^awesome^^^^
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D0NN3R
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really liking this
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gidged500
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wheels are looking ace good work id let you do mine if i was nearer  love the steering wheel and cant wait to see the cage fitted
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Robin
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want more now
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Graeme
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Wheels look so much better now. Never have liked the black and silver combo.
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M Sutton
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Thanks for the comments lads.
Graeme, i agree about the wheels. My mate painted them that colour before selling them to me for a good price, just left them for a while untill i decided they needed a change!
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