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Hi all,
New here (not sure if I’m in the right section), just purchased a 2 door nova saloon, looking to give it a little bit of attitude.
The basic plan is to get some nice wheels on and lower it a little. I’m undecided on how low to go,
So does anyone have any pictures of a nova lowered onto 15” wheels and remember how low they went?
Thanks
Jake.
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A Nova looks odd on anything over a 13"/14" wheel ... IMO, obviously.  |
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Lad back in the day I knew had his mum's brown nova on 17" halfurds specials. No other mods. Looked abit gash. Until he got a bass tube, then it looked gash and rattled more than the Sunday collection.
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The GSi wheels on mine came off a Nova, the tyres on them were such a low profile that I'd rather walk, if that's what it takes to get 15s on one i wouldnt bother personally.
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A Nova looks odd on anything over a 13"/14" wheel ... IMO, obviously. Is this on 14s then? Looks smart! Yes I still want a bit of tyre, if 15s don’t look right I will go to 14s. Just trying to work it all out and get what work’s for the car. |
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Last Edit: Nov 3, 2020 22:14:45 GMT by justjake
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gte86
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I had 7x15s on my first Nova, they were am Et35 offset and used to catch the arches. I'm sure with a et49 offset they wouldn't rub.
My last nova had Et25 7.5x17s and loads of room. Got to love a wide arch kit.
I shouldn't of sold that car 😫
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gte86
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They look good on Alessios and they are 16s, I think they need a really low profile to clear the arches. 195 40 16 I think
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stealthstylz
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Nova advice stealthstylz
@stealthstylz
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16s are bang on imo. 16" Alessios on a Nova is one of the best "common" car/wheel combos ever imo.  Though this was my favourite car at the Weekender. I'm a sucker for big wheels on small cars though.  |
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e30ben
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“Cav slabs“ in 15” or old school mk1 Astra gte/ mk2 cav sri rims look good, (Euro lot dish the Sri rims, no idea how..A 35 to 40mm drop is always a good all round figure, as in looks good and not undrivable.... 60mm is too low on most Vauxhall’s of that era from my memory..
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I thought this thread was going to be about NOVA (importing cars !)
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69 Plymouth Fury Convertible
75 Range Rover 2 door
82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door
78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 120Y Coupe
78 Datsun 620 Pickup
81 Datsun Urvan E23
86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo
00 Electric Peugeot Partner
02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
76 Honda C50
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol
07 Land Rover 130
15 Nissan E-NV200
15 Fiat Ducato
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Speedlines ftw  |
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skinnylew
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Nova advice skinnylew
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There is a guy round the corner from me who has two Nova saloons, one is on alloys but cant remember if they are just astra steelies type alloys or aftermarkets.
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Nova advice fr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
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I thought this thread was going to be about NOVA (importing cars !) me too  |
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I thought this thread was going to be about NOVA (importing cars !) me too That was my first thought, glad its not just me.....😀 |
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I was always a fan of 15" Cav slabs on the Nova, I mate of mine bought some off me years ago for his and it looked great! I think it was lowered about 40-50mm.
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Rob
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et 49 4x100 15 inch rims with 195/45 r15 tyres will fit fine, even with 60mm drop.
been done since novas were new.
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My old Gte lowered 60mm on 16” speedlines and 195/45/16’s.   |
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Last Edit: Nov 6, 2020 18:28:31 GMT by crossy10
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