Keiths Nova Turbo Project

[KeithRobinson]

Is that a flat grey? I love how industrial it looks

Yeah it's a flat colour. It's pretty close to the bluegrey trim on Novas. The roll cage is powder coated the same colour and the brace etc is painted matched to the RAL code.

 

[Jordy]

Love it......

 

[Mont]

Fantastic! I really love this.

 

[ciarandeery1]

Was chatting to Andy a+ about this today! Epic car Keith and the colour definitely suits!

 

[AMG]

Yeah it's a flat colour. It's pretty close to the bluegrey trim on Novas. The roll cage is powder coated the same colour and the brace etc is painted matched to the RAL code.

Guessing you have changed all the trim on this one to bluegrey as well?
You gave Brian Hartley 10 fortunes for his RL7's yet?! Personally i think the Speedlines are great on it, no point changing something just for the sake of change.

 

[EP3 James]

Awesome..

 

[KeithRobinson]

Guessing you have changed all the trim on this one to bluegrey as well?
You gave Brian Hartley 10 fortunes for his RL7's yet?! Personally i think the Speedlines are great on it, no point changing something just for the sake of change.

Yeah have no plans to change the wheels. Yeah all the trim always was bluegrey as it was all new from vauxhall when I built the first car in 2001/2. Got the door handles etc new recently as the old ones were painted.

Wheel refurb, tyres, mapped, MOT / tax / insurance and it will be ready for a shakedown.

 

[KeithRobinson]

Got the car up and running over the weekend using the basic XE on TB's map within the DTA software. Checked it over for leaks, of which there were a few, and fixed them.

Saving now to refurbish the wheels, get tyres and send it for mapping.

 

[KeithRobinson]

Video: (ignore the loud sound, it's the fan)

 

[BarryPort]

Funny this has really grown on me since the video ^

Must be one of these cars that is x10 times better in the flesh even though it looks great in pics.

 

[richie_mck]

Beautiful and the video pics the colour up really well but has to be seen in the flesh

 

[KeithRobinson]

Funny this has really grown on me since the video ^

Must be one of these cars that is x10 times better in the flesh even though it looks great in pics.

Low light photos do nothing for the colour really. You can see it starting to pop in the video. The grey really helps it too

 

[Jordy]

That colour is just awesome!

 

[BarryPort]

Low light photos do nothing for the colour really. You can see it starting to pop in the video. The grey really helps it too

Yeah it really comes together in the vid. Had a wee gander at your other Nova for the first time in the flesh today when I was doing work to my 24v Sierra - very nice!

 

[KeithRobinson]

Yeah it really comes together in the vid. Had a wee gander at your other Nova for the first time in the flesh today when I was doing work to my 24v Sierra - very nice!

Cool, I'll probably get that lifted in a few weeks. It's not bad considering it was built in 1995

 

[KeithRobinson]

Little bit more work done today. Tidied up the interior and finished off some wiring.

Still do do:
- Fit interior sill covers
- Refurbish wheels including spare 5th
- New tyres
- Carbon door cards
- Carbon scuttle
- Mapped

Cheers
Keith

 

[Steviegsi]

Never mind the Nova, any more pics of the car port? That looks like a real tidy job.


*Nova looks great too BTW.

 

[KeithRobinson]

Never mind the Nova, any more pics of the car port? That looks like a real tidy job.


*Nova looks great too BTW.

Carport is super handy. Especially at this time of year to keep the birds from crapping on the cars lol

 

[svensktoppen]

It attracts cats instead though, have found them sleeping on top of the car under the roof of the car port

 

[natogreen16v]

Really am loving that Keith. Keep it up

 

[KeithRobinson]

Finally got around to sorting the wheels. I didn't think the silver did much for the car and I wanted the Rubystone to really "pop".

So Alloy Clinc in Ballymoney were tasked with a full refurb which consists of
- Acid dip
- Media blast
- Powder coat primer
- Wet colour
- Powder coat lacquer

I went for a custom bronze, and a matt lacquer. It's something fresh and I believe totally transforms the car - Love it!

 

[bmck8]

Wow, good call on the bronze. It really suits the Rubystone. Love it!

 

[weeloaney]

Good call on the bronze wheels, really suits it.

Wasn't sure on the colour at first but really liking it now.

 

[KeithRobinson]

Cheers folks

 

[saxo_man]

The Matt bronze wheels really do transform the car. Looks totally fantastic.