my cav turbo 4x4 work in progress

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added a bit more chrome under the bonnet to try and keep clean, chrome strut tops

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the cav is now getting used a bit more as I'm using it as my every day car during the summer months
it was even out in the rain the other day, must be the first time in years LOL
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my dad tried his hand at hydro dipping for the first time, I had a spare set of interior door cappings, and he decided to have a go at them

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not to bad for a beginner, and that's with only the first coat of clear laquer, another couple of coats to go and it should look ok.if they come out ok I will let him do a few interior dashboard part
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Looking good. :cool

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my dad hydro dipped the facia for the dual gauges, dosnt look to bad

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he seems to be getting the hang of it, might try a few more parts
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took the cavalier for the dreaded MOT today, need not of worried sailed through, no advisorys or anything, I decided to remove my veecy wheels and refit the standard turbo wheels, its a much better ride with these on, what do you people think.

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dads been at it again, hydro dipped plug cover and cam belt cover, couple of imperfections, but not bad at all

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Excuse my ignorance but what is hydro dipping & how does it work ?
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Looks really good on the standard rims.
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iangsi wrote:Excuse my ignorance but what is hydro dipping & how does it work ?
go onto you tube and type in hydro dipping, and there a few tutorials on there, it better than trying to explain.
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fitted the top hat cover that my dad carbon fibre hydro dipped, it looks really good I think, still to fit the plug cover he did, as the allen bolt I had were not big enough

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put the plug cover on that my dad hydro dipped, now it matches the top hat cover, he is now doing the cambelt cover and if it comes out ok, this will be fitted

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Nice work. Looks loads better than the blue spark plug cover.
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humbucker wrote:Nice work. Looks loads better than the blue spark plug cover.
thanks mate, I think so too.
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fitted the door cappings that my dad hydro dipped a few weeks back, look much better than the wooden effect in my opinion

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Carbon door caps FTW. I have some genuine carbon-fibre parts here, bought them years ago, never did get around to fitting them. Can't beat a good bit o' carbon.

Tidy car. Still think it was a mistake to ditch the Vectra rims, but I'm probably wrong if the ride of your car has been vastly improved!
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I am keeping the Vectra wheels, and fit them for shows and meets etc, but for every day driving the turbo alloys will be on, it only takes 10 mins to change them over. Ads
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fitted some aftermarket gauges into a cav/cali facia plate, fitted a oil pressure and volt gauges, look ok I think

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Black faces with orange needles. OEM+! Are they mechanical or electric gauges? I have mechanical Graham Goode Cossie gauges to go in my car. Not quite sure how I'm gonna plumb 'em in yet...
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humbucker wrote:Black faces with orange needles. OEM+! Are they mechanical or electric gauges? I have mechanical Graham Goode Cossie gauges to go in my car. Not quite sure how I'm gonna plumb 'em in yet...
they are electrical VDO gauges, so oil pressure should work from the sender I have in that worked the gauge that I'm taking out, I also have a facia plate to go in where the top vent is now, it has the hazard warning switch in the middle, fuel level and water temp will be going into that.
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fitted the gauges that I put into the cavalier/calibre face, and removed centre vent, and fitted gauges in there too, still to get the fuel level gauge to work, but its work in progress, also refitted my standard cav turbo steering wheel.

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Looking good ads, plenty of gauges to look at in there ! (turbodazz by the way !)
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Been doing a bit to the cav over the last couple of weekends, removed the g28 turbo and Nissan sx manifold

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re fitted standard kkk16 turbo and manifold, with a new DSOP style downpipe

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Also bought a set of 17" omega elite wheels, new tyres have been fitted, and these are away being refurbed

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these are the only wheels I will take my standards off for, I have always liked them.

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did a little bit yesterday, cleaned the front end down, and repainted with black hammerite paint, looks a lot cleaner

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I painted mine with black Hammerite and it all (correction: quite a bit) just chipped off!
From what you see many folk go around with nice paintwork on top but you can see the brown stuff clearly on the chassis below. Never could understand why.
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