my cav 1.8 lsi wip

[Colorado]

They look good. Glad to see that you are not put off by the Winter and that you are still working away

[cavyboi]

cheers both of you

gaz - i did think about them but idealy i would like to try and keep to vaux as much as i possably can if that makes sence, i know that the only possable thing that in going to use that is not vaux is the side skirt extenstion which is going to be bmw 3 series side skirts but im not going to be using much of the side skirts (i hope)

nick

[himselfunknown]

Wouldn't Vectra B headlights 'fit' OK? They have a similar styling to the Tigra lights, and as far as I know they are good for dishing out light?

[cavyboi]

i have not got a clue bud

i just fancyed some thing a bit differant on the front as the back is going to be differant

nick

[humbucker]

i have not got a clue bud

i just fancyed some thing a bit differant on the front as the back is going to be differant

nick

if you fancy something different you could always take the xenon headlamps out of an omega elite and fit them to your cav. with a bit of work they can fit. it's not to everyone's taste, certainly not mine, but someone i know did it and was very pleased with the results. a kind of omega/cavalier hybrid!!

[Envoy CDX]

whats that notice stuck to the windscreen then?

[cavyboi]

cheers ilovemyelite

i not that keen on the look of those lights on the cav but that my oppion bud

envoy CDX the notice in the window is to say my car is sorn as the housing wanted to know whats happening with the car as its sat on the front and not moving

nick

[cavyboi]

i only managed to get a little bit more done today as it was to cold even with to jumpers on lol

i managed to sand down

door handle
drivers mirror
petrol flap
rear bumper
part of the side skirt
areil hole - no pics off

i will try and get them in this order lol

heres the pic's









if it warms up i will get some more done

[humbucker]

where are the back lights going to be?

[dave's.veccy]

warms up, maybe next year

[cavyboi]

cheers both of you

the rear lights are going in the bumper at the top

it might be next year lol

nick

[cavyboi]

an up to date sheet of what i have done and still got to do to the cav

outside

alarm
Bmw 3 series side skirts
Gsi front bumper
Rear lights - the ones i put in the link
Black wheels
Full respray in orange
tigra front lights (including welding and modding to fit)
track rod end
fit indorcators in the mirrors
primer whole car

Body filler
rear door handles done
Boot - finish smoothin it off
Washer jet holes done
Rear lights done
Rear door bits - window plastic bit is done
Eye brow bonnet - when I have welded the plate on to smooth it
line on doors done
passenger side door handle
sri side skirts smooth
bmw side skirts smooth (add on)
smooth over the patches in the floor (boot)
smooth spoiler in
arches

Welding
hole in floor done
ps boot floor done
d/s boot floor done
d/s front arch done
p/s front arch
under rear bumper
Boot - to smooth off
Rear lights done
Washer jet holes done
Eye brow bonnet

interior

Full black interior - SRi done apart from b piller plastics
Orange gators - gear stick hand brake
Tint windows
Boot install
Re-trim - black and orange
electric front windows
fit new steering wheel

engine

C20XE
Orange pipes
new battery
new alternator
new starter motor

[cavyboi]

well unfrotunatly (spelling i think) i only got to spemd a couple of hours on the car today but i managed to get the drivers side skirt done at last lol

just need to be primered now

i also managed to mesure 3series side skirt length wise and here are the mesurements

cav 65 inches
bmw 3 series 68 inches

so with a bit of modding to get them to fit they will go on yippie

i mesured how high it will be off the floor at the back with the 15's on and with a bit of a flat tyre it will be 3 and a half inches off the floor lol

i will get the back tyre pumped up and i will mesure it again to be fully sure but i think it will be approx 4 inches lol

anyway heres the pic's (sorry some of them are a bit dark)











heres a few to get the idea on how low the side skirt will be lol

[humbucker]

while i cant quite picture how this car is going to end up, it is clear you have a very definitive idea of what your end result is going to be and for that i salute you!

[cavyboi]

cheers bud

i have a picture in my head of how i want it to look and to me it should look good but differant people will have differant oppions when it is done, but so far every one around here that can see it every day says to me that its looking good and cant wait to see it when it is done lol

i just hope people will like it when its all done bud but im not to bothered if they dont as i am the main one who will be using it

im getting a pressy in a coulpe of days but not say what it is untill its on the car lol

nick

[Colorado]

You are a real trooper its freezing out there and you are still out there doing bits!

[cavyboi]

cheers bud

it dont bother me i will be out there in all weathers if i could bud

nick

[cavyboi]

as i said yesterday i will get some better picks of the side skirt i go has lol

i also moved the cav across a bit so i can get in so i can finnish riviting the passenger side skirt on (i had to jack the car up and drag it acroos as the cav wont start, but the engine still moves so that saves me stripping it yet lol) im not really bothered about the engine yet

i have also found a couple of bits on the skirt that had a few holes in that i could not see yesterday as it was dark so i have put i little bit if filler on them just need rubbing down now, then it will be all done on the passenger side

anyway heres the pic's











will be doning some more tomorrow i might be getting some primer to primer the drivers side, side skrt and a few other places aswell

[cavyboi]

i now have a front bumper lol

i cut the bumper behind the vents so the air could flow through the bumper and i had to take one of the bolts out that hold the bumper to the car, i could not get it out so i had my old bumper beam i replaced the leg as i could not get the beam out of the shed, i only could reach to undo the bolt that hold the leg on lol

the pic's are in no order

heres the pic's

















and this is what it look like on the car

[Gaz]

think you need a bit of a splitter on the front of the bumper to smooth into the vents across just under the fog lights




That kind of thing


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Subaru-Impreza-WR ... 240%3A1318

as at the moment i think they stick out a touch too much for me.

[Colorado]

Good progress.

[cavyboi]

cheers for the coments

am going to smooth them in and all the bumper

i am going to lower the front end as it sits really high of the floor so im now on the hunt for a front splitter

nick

[cavyboi]

i only managed to get a lttle bit done to day as i was biulding my old compressor so that it will fill back up quicker lol eg when i use the da sander i have stop stop and wait fr it to fill back up as the moter was not working proparly

so when i have rebiult it it will be used on the cav yippie less hard work lol

i have started to smooth the bumper and the towing eye cover (i will be getting one that i can put in the big mouth so i still have a towing eye on the front)

heres the pic's

front bumper now bolted on










the bumper started to be smoothed the vent has also been smoothed in

[cavyboi]

well done a bit more today (no suprise lol)

i have finnished the line above the fogs and started on the line at the top of the bumper

i have also put the stickers on the car (cc and car of the month nov 08)

i will be taking them back off to change them to orange but i thought i would stick them on as loads of people that walk passed it so you never know people might sign up (spread it by mouth lol)

any way heres the pic's

[dave's.veccy]

Hmm, looks ok. Not too sure on the vents though

Is that snakepliskin's front bumper (or was rather lol)

You've put the wrong sticker in the rear window