1.8 GLS Hatch Project

[SeanGSi]

1.8i Hatch Project

Hey, i thought i would start a project thread on here. I seen the cav advertised locally for scrap and went to have a look. It came with no wheels, fuel pump out of the tank and no fuel. I connected up the battery and fuel pump, added fuel and it started. I handed over £100 and it was mine.

Very happy with it, 1995 on a 'N', 1.8i GLS, 102k Miles with full service history. All old mot and tax discs. It has previously been undersealed and has had new brake pipes 3 years ago.

So the project starts, i decided to get it ready for mot first before much else starts. So far bought new rear wiper, a few bulbs, a tin of seam sealer and underseal, stonechip and a few other small things. Found 3 small holes so far which have been welded. Going to do a small service on the car next ( oil, filters spark plugs etc ).

Also bought some nice bits. 17 Alloys (need a refurb and a tyre), 60mm Rear Corsa Apex Springs and Calibra 40mm Front Springs, GMax Shocks Front and Rear, Calibra Leather heated seats in Black, Sony Bluetooth Headunit and some 6x9s to fill the holes in parcel shelf.

Pics of when i got it back and then cleaned and debadged:

Just home:



Cleaned etc:





It had a 13" steel on while i got a new 17 fitted.

Got a few things done today, tinted one side, fitted new rear shocks, which needed modifying as they were from a calibra, undersealed and stone chipped the front arches. I also fitted the new front shocks and springs at the same time. Ran out of time and only got 1 of the front seats fitted.

Toyo proxie fitted:



Gmax Shocks:





Old next to new:





Bit of shock that needed grinding down to fit:



Difference in front springs:



All fitted:



Rear tinted windows:



Will get better pics when i get it out of the garage, a few things left to do and then its going for mot.

[SeanGSi]

Got a few things done today, got the new handbrake fitted and adjusted, took a while as never did one before. I then set about something more exciting. Modified the whole calibra leather to fit mines. Previously i had made the calibra leather fit a corsa b so wasnt on calibra frames etc.

Drivers seat in from other day:



Calibra leather with cavalier subframe:



Old vs New:



Both front seats in:



Calibra rear base with cavalier bottom frames fitted:



One rear Cavalier frame:



Calibra foam and leather:



All fitted:





Car settling with all springs and gmax shocks fitted:





I then decided to do something with the front end, had a few led strips left and some black. Heres pics so far, will put up completed ones tommorrow.

Headlight smoked and daylights fitted:



Indicator smoked:



Also got a few other little bits done including painting the parcel shelf gloss black to match in with black leather.

[SeanGSi]

Few more things done, all front lights are now smoked and the daylights are wired in to a switch. Fitted my splitter and took it out for some pics:

[iangsi]

Looking good plenty of hard work going into this car & all for £100 can't complain, did it pass the dreaded MOT ?

[SeanGSi]

Looking good plenty of hard work going into this car & all for £100 can't complain, did it pass the dreaded MOT ?

still havent took it in yet, will be going in soon though

[terkin]

sweet

[Cavalier342]

A very tidy turnaround I say, definitely looks nice now. £100 is a bargain for it, can't believe it was advertised as scrap unless there were hidden major problems.

Looking good then buddy.

[Mikebmth]

Nice work, love the car...

What is that spoiler / splitter you are running? Dont recognise it..

[SeanGSi]

A very tidy turnaround I say, definitely looks nice now. £100 is a bargain for it, can't believe it was advertised as scrap unless there were hidden major problems.

Looking good then buddy.

Biggest problem with it was a few hoses missing lol

[SeanGSi]

Nice work, love the car...

What is that spoiler / splitter you are running? Dont recognise it..

Spliiter is off a seat ibiza, wanted something a bit different to the usual laguna splitters everyone uses lol

[Envoy CDX]

Some bits I'm not sure on. But still all good progress

[SeanGSi]

Got a few things done today, refurbed one wheel, put one of my amp wiring kits in, cutted boot plinth, fitted new air filter, polished and painted rocker cover, painted bonnet stay, painted heatshield, painted one rear drum and re undersealed one side.

drum painted:



old:



new:





bit cut off plinth:



old:



rocker, heatshield and airfilter:

[SeanGSi]

Couple more pics and a small update, after a vacuum leak and then snapping the t piece i got new silicone hoses

Also got a towbar for £15 so will be looking at getting that fitted soon aswell.

Another pic of wheel and drum in daylight:



Old vs New:









New T Piece and silicone hoses:











Still unsure about boot plinth but too late to go back now after cutting it, lol, opinions?

[SeanGSi]

Updates are alot slower than i would like as car is stored at father in laws so cant work on it much but heres todays progress. Stonechipped both sills in grey and then painted with some old silver i had lying which isnt quite the right colour lol but closer than grey. Painted a few more bits in the bay . Also refurbed another wheel and painted 1 caliper. Then got bored and decided to fit the new tweeters as old were distorting. Next up was towbar which took a while as had never fitted one before.

Sill all painted up:



Wheel refurbed and caliper painted up:



Fusion 120w Tweeters:





Standard removed:



All fitted:





Towbar fitted and stonechipped:





Bits of engine bay:

[SeanGSi]

Not had a update for a while but not had a chance to do any work but had a few things saved up to do. First i put the gauges in but need to get a oil sensor or something to get it to work? If anyone knows please tell me



Next i had ordered a gsi bumper but its arrived and the paintwork hadnt been done right so some of its cracked, doesnt bother me though as getting resprayed anyway, got the modified crash bar in that came with it and got it fitted

Bumper off:





Bumper on:










Next i had picked up a rear splitter and wanted it see if it would fit, needs alot of work to get it finished but its on for now.

Before:



Just on:











Also picked up side skirts but they are still sitting inside it, next i got some more blue hose in so got it fitted:

Before:



After:





Obviously i realise its not going to be to everyones taste and its not finished and its got a towbar

[Chip Pan Dan]

same colour as my cav... i think?
not a fan of the rear splitter thing. but the gsi bumper will look great once painted!

[SeanGSi]

same colour as my cav... i think?
not a fan of the rear splitter thing. but the gsi bumper will look great once painted!

cheers bud and yeah its same colour

[SeanGSi]

Had a bit of a f*** up today, bought 1k plastic adhesion promoter primer and it was clear lol. It had a grey lid so i just presumed it was grey

I then ended up having to paint it gloss black as it was all i had.

Next i did the dreaded towbar wiring. I was not looking forward to this as ive never even looked at tow bar wiring before. I found the plug and then proceeded to figure out the wiring. Ive put it up here for everyone else but probably no one will want it lol.

Towbar > Plug

Yellow > black/white
blue > black/blue
white > brown
green > black/green
brown > grey/red
red > black/yellow
black > grey/black

Just in and its pitch black so no pics.

[SeanGSi]

Well got fed up of travelling to work on the cav everytime and decided to throw it in for a mot to see what it needed. Failed on 2 droplinks and a wishbone bush so well chuffed. Pic of on the way there:



Parts are ordered for today so should get it passed. Then still got loads to do but at least its on my doorstep then.

[planetc]

Is the paint on the exhaust heatshield high temperature paint? If not it is likely to melt or worse, catch fire. I liked the start of this, allowing for the fact that I'm not a fan of the blue bits, but the rear bumper really spoils it in my opinion, it doesn't suit the car at all.

[SeanGSi]

Is the paint on the exhaust heatshield high temperature paint? If not it is likely to melt or worse, catch fire. I liked the start of this, allowing for the fact that I'm not a fan of the blue bits, but the rear bumper really spoils it in my opinion, it doesn't suit the car at all.

i think the bumper will look better when its finished tbh, and yes its high temp paint bud

[SeanGSi]

Well got it mot'd and tax'd.

So finally got it parked outside my house. Haven't really done much work yet apart from upgrading rear speakers as have been too busy. Took it out for its first long run and it blew a water hose off in the middle of town as it didnt have a jubilee clip. Very embarrassing lol as smoke was coming out the bonnet. Apart from that minor f*** up its been spot on. Bought some jubilee clips and a new front wiper set for 5.09 from halfords. Heres some pics from when i stopped:

Where it all started:



And now:







And some cam effects lol:







Will hopefully get some stuff done tommorrow.

[SeanGSi]

Well didnt get much done lately even though i planned to. Got mesh in the front bumper and tried the splitter on but hated it so its off. Made up my gsi style grille aswell just need to get it painted and meshed. Will get better pics tommorrow with the splitter off and grille on.

Mesh on:





Grille Fibreglassed and back support to bolt it on:

[SeanGSi]

Got a few updates. First some pics of front of car with the splitter off:





Next ive been wanting my vibe components in for weeks. Finally started working on them. Got the pods for them all fibreglassed up and started to fill then decided i wanted some more lol and ended up fibreglassing a second pod in. Each pod is fibreglassed seperate so they dont cancel each other out. Also dont know if this annoys anyone else but you cant get a tin in the door pocket so sorted that aswell Obviously needs alot of work to be finished.

Pics:







Next up will probably annoy most of you but i love it lol.





Impreza high level spoiler modified to fit the boot lid exactly. Got it all fibreglassed and filled at the edge. I know ill probably be the only one who likes it lol.

[planetc]

Er?
Somebody else already started a FAIL thread, post this last pic in it.... It'll fit right in. Seriously, your car, your choice. Just not my thing, or probably half the other members.