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With other work going on in the garage I've not really had much updates really, I've continued with the front bumper to the point its now into dolphin glaze. Also I've replaced the boot catch so the boot now closes for the first time since I've owned it: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/532454246...

Envoy CDX wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 2:50 pm Interesting build, nice to see you getting stuck into it.

Thanks mate! Its been a lot of welding to get this far but I'm hoping its going to be worth it all

The picture with the white stuff looking like shaving-foam or Santa's beard is the best laugh I've had in days. :lol: I like the front fog-look, and their usefulness, but couldn't get lamps and the thought of cutting holes in a good bumper, and of not getting them in the right places, kept it just ...

There is actually a version of the GSi bumper without fog light "holes". It is very, very rare though, I don't remember which prospect it was in, but it does exist. I don't think it is officially called "GSi" though. You can maybe try and replicate something like that? Hey, I'm ...

We are not here to hate. It is your car, so it is up to your own personal taste as to whether it is right or not. Once it is painted black, I am sure it will look different again. Yeah I just thought everyone here would have wanted to keep them standard :lol: Hoping the black will really change the...

Just looking for opinions on this? Ive started to make a gsi styled bumper until I manage to source a genuine one, Start: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53232386128_e524cf8896_o.jpg Gsi style bumper by Sean Boyle , on Flickr Inspiration pic: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53232461934_00fae...

With the back of the car now finished for now I have started on the front. First up was the drivers caliper being replaced: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53229280689_bda6f32890_o.jpg 20231002_130943 by Sean Boyle , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53229208793_7008c3469b_o.jpg 2023...

Here is the crack next to the rear wiper spindle. https://i.postimg.cc/Mpg9bJpz/20231001-224732.jpg Had a quick look through the spoiler and cant see any cracks but it isnt the best visibility now lol Also to follow up ive finally got the wiper moved to verticle positon thanks to your advice: https...

Since it was parked up after being in the garage the last time i noticed the boot lid never caught any more, I've inspected the catch today and took the cover off to see inside the boot lid but it appears to be broken as it just wont catch at all. I've managed to find a brand new genuine catch on eB...

So today finally marks the end of welding corrosion etc on the back of the cavalier. I wanted to be able to reference it all in the future so theres a few pics of underneath. Feels so much closer to going back on the road now as there so much of the car been checked over and welded. Underneath pics ...

Yes, move it to the vertical position. I had mine fitted horizontal straight after it's resto, and a few times it clattered over the back lip. Soon moved it to the vertical position after that. https://i.postimg.cc/G3vqF9jV/20190825-190130.jpg To be sure... Remove the arm. Let the spindle run and p...

Excellent finish on the paint. Black does suit it well. Just a query - that rear wiper arm. Have you had it off? I am sure that mine parks vertically on the rear screen. You don't want it smacking down on the spoiler. Thanks, I loved the black as soon as I saw it on the panel. Really looking forwar...

Yesterday I got 3 coats of 2K High build primer onto the passenger side quarter panel: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53222976769_fabbded7e5_o.jpg 20230929_141247 by Sean Boyle , on Flickr This was then sanded this morning with P320 on a da sander and then I had other panels to paint in the gar...

Thanks for all the help I have now added these sites to my favourites and added the ebay items to my basket and watchlist.

As you will see in my wip thread i actually did an aerial delete today so thats one less to order

Other update today was the aerial, I had asked for help sourcing a rubber for the outside but when I thought to myself that the aerial wasn't working and having the welder set up already I decided to just do a aerial delete. Before: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53219880200_32454ec3a2_o.jpg 20...

Today I started work again on the Cavalier with the intention of having all the welding finished up on the rear. First up was patching the passenger rear inside arch and tying in all the repairs on each part together underneath and the panel behind the bumper needed a patch of welding too. Inside we...

Just read your whole thread from the start, massive journey you have been on with the rust on this! Are you now on top of it?

Will need to do front wishbones etc on mines at some point too.

Glad to see you kept it as I saw half way through it you were having doubts

Some pace, I'm dizzy. Rear-quarters look very tidy work, un-distorted, minimal filler. Might sink a bit, need a few more coats, some time to pass, more flatting, some depth of primer, to come up to the level of the surrounding top layer, factory primers, then the red, the clear, the white. Rear-cro...

Tonight I am at the point where the osr is almost finished repairs and now into its 1st coat of primer: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53216871742_7f187e5c58_o.jpg 20230927_164222 by Sean Boyle , on Flickr I've stone chipped the underneath of the arch and also all the area behind the bumper and...

I've seen the gaskets for the antennae on ebay recently, somewhere in eastern-Europe, Bulgaria it is ( item number 265292909433 ). I was searching Vectra-A rather than Cavalier. I need some side-repeater gaskets too as without the gasket the lenses are quite loose. Resorted to a dab of contact adhe...

Also does anyone know if you can still get the rubber that goes on the aerial on the passenger rear quarter ?

Started again today on the OSR arch repair panel, got it ground back and then finished the last few welds left to do on it before applying multiple layers of fillers: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53217463505_3d9aa86efd_o.jpg Drivers rear arch by Sean Boyle , on Flickr 1st fill: https://live.s...

Not sure if this is the right section but I desperately need to order these: Gasket between side repeaters and wing as I need to refit them soon for mot but the gaskets were corroded away to nothing Is there a gasket or seal between rear lights and shell as I seem to have a really bad leak coming fr...

<r><QUOTE author="cavalier1990" post_id="178832" time="1695793919" user_id="1914"><s>[quote=cavalier1990 post_id=178832 time=1695793919 user_id=1914]</s> <br/> Hi Sean<br/> <br/> Thanks, appreciate the comments. I've just dug around in various places and sourced most of them, for this one I got one ...

Crazy amount of work going into this, I've just started tackling the rear end of mines today, wanted to do it all in one go but seeing all this at the front of yours seems really scary lol

Keep going your doing a great job, where do you get your repair panels from ?