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Hi everyone, maybe now i have time to put some pictures and maybe some text also about my two cav's. :) I'm from Finland so try to understand what i'm saying :D The first vectra is from the year '93, it has c18nz (redtop coming maybe next year?). Colour is the basic and soooo lovely red. Will be painted with some candy color in the future. ;) It's lowered about 80mm in the front and 60mm in the back. In front there is badboy in the hood, with some dark lights and laguna-spoiler. Low enough for the winter :lol: Also some ice-installs in the back. Two 12" subs and three amps. Irmscher-backlights, gsi- (or what is it in your country?) backbumber, gt-sideskirts and backspoiler, m3-mirrors, etc.etc. My english isn't good enough to explain all the mods. ;) The rims are RH Cuprad 9x16, ET is 15 in the back and 25 in the front with Hankook 215/40 tyres. I'll change them to 10 or 10,5x16 rims hopefully next year. And the interior will change to creamy leather, the same colour as the ice-install. Here's some pictures:

In the beginning :D Not much done yet
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Stage 1
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Stage 2
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Stage 3 winter/spring '08
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And how it looks now
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More pictures (40) -> http://bumax.pp.fi/images/album/vectra/

The other vectra is from the year '95 with X20XEV, will be painted hopefully next year. Lowered about 40mm. New front bumber, sideskirts, backbumber under construction etc, gt-backspoiler, 18" rims (don't know what type yet), and so on. Here's some pictures (17" rims in these):

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Very tidy pair of Vectra A,s you have there. I like your mods.
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Love the red one, fantastic looking cav/veccy a, intrigued why the choice of gsi rear bumper with the SRi side skirts and front bumper?
Deepdish wheels are defiantly very cool.

and do I see a baby Lotus flavoured Omega in the spawning? :D thinking these could be the wheel flavour;

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^ Maybe you see, maybe you don't :D I don't know, i just like the rear bumber more than the original ;) Thanks for the comments.
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that red one is truly lovely, hats off to you mate, are your headlights not poor with the lights being so dark?
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It's not so dark, they're painted from the inside. That one picture is just from one tuningshow where my car was. I bought extra pair of headlights, or actually just the glasses and painted them black from the outside. Looked pretty mean :D

edit: you can see the lights better from this picture

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Nice looking cars you have mate :D

I see you have them rare Irmscher lights on the flame Red Cavalier/Vectra. They go for good money over here aswell as Cavalier digital dash clocks (unavailable as an option on the GSi's over here) and the even rarer climate control setups which cant be had over here
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Yeah, irmscher lights are quite expensive in Finland as well ;) You cannot buy them new here, nobody sells them. They have to be ordered from Germany. What do you mean by climate control setups? Explain please 8-)
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What engines planned for the purple cav-vec-alier-tra...

climate control... air-conditioning that can control the temperature in various areas of the vehicle simultaneously
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Ok, now i get it 8-) x20xev will stay on the purple one, it goes nice enough for me ;) Maybe i'll just dig up more horses from it, if it starts to feel too slow :lol:
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wonder if the 3.0 v6 would fit longitudinally on an omega gearbox... would need the bulkhead, tunnel and rear half of the floor pan modifying to fit the gearbox, prop-shaft and independent rear suspension / differential / drive-shafts setup... but would be cool and fitting with a lotus theme ;)
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You cannot put a 3 liter engine in a vectra in finland :( 2,5 liter c25xe/x25xe is the only option.
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why? can you only use the original range of engines?
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Squig wrote:why? can you only use the original range of engines?
I know in some countries, engine conversions and even mods are banned
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oooohh... not sure I could live with that! What about them that want to drive there in a modified motor? (I have a Finnish friend and we are planning on a visit... obviously I know I'm good in mine as it's far less modded than the red one just curious if I owned one with a 3.0v6)
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easy to get round that, id get the 2.5 block and the 3.0ltr pistons crank rods etc and mate them into the 2.5 block.
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Gaz wrote:easy to get round that, id get the 2.5 block and the 3.0ltr pistons crank rods etc and mate them into the 2.5 block.
If i remember correct, someone has done something like that in here ;) It's still not legal though :D Engine conversions are not banned but i don't remember exactly what were the rules, only that you cannot put 3 liter engine in a vectra. I prefer the c20let more than 3.0 ;)
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most of the stuff on my car is technically illigal, id prefer a c20let but 3.0ltrs are cheap
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both of those vectra a look sweet bud

love the bright red one more but when you get tho other one done i might end up likeing that on more :lol:

keep the pic's coming bud

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Oh my..lots of things happened since. Sorry i havent updated for a while :D My red one had to go, it got into a little accident with the snow that fell down from the garage roof. Got a little money from the insurance company and bought a v6 :cool The other vectra was coming along nicely:

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I put couple of mods to my v6 and dynoed it to about 200 hp and 255nm, which is quite okay for me ;) Decided to tune it a bit and bought some rims: Schmidt Modern Line 3 pcs 10x16" to the front and 10,5x16" to the rear:

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And the tyres :D

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HMMMM...... :p

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Also got done with the other vectra and this is how it looks (18" wolfrace wheels, nice original new opel pinky paint etc):

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It looks quite the same now except the windows are tinted black :D

And to the v6.. i bought some parts like vectra 2000 front bumber, new irmscher taillights and other stuff. I have modified the bumber a bit and will modify the rear bumber also. I'll put some pictures when i get done with them. A picture of the v6:

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Rear doors:

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Have done the same with front doors. I also deciced to do something different to the chassis too.......

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German Airride Systems air suspension, the only vectra in Finland with that kit at the moment :cool

The interior:

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I stripped the dashboard also.. all will be covered in leather :mrgreen:

Some new parts to the chassis:

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Almost everything put together:

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Overall..

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Low..

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Also got the tyres to the rear rims:

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That wasn't very easy job :lol: German style or whatever :raindeer

So, there was couple of pictures from the deveploment (just a few, i have lots and lots of them), i'll try to update little bit often now :D
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I love the custom back bumper on the Pink cav (Vectra A) :love
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Super car that red cav I want to ask you about the front lip, I want to buy for my car but I don't now from where do I buy?
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Loving the airbag setup fella... out of interest what work has been done to the engine?
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The front lip is from renault laguna ;) Nothing much done to the engine, 2,5" exhaust, free air intake etc. nothing big modifications.. dynoed it about 200hp, enough for me :love
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Maybe it's time for a little teaser... ;)

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