my cav turbo 4x4 work in progress

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Really nice mate, i don't normally like them, but they give your car an agressive look - i'd move out of your way if you came up behind me lol :thumb :wave
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cavboy180 wrote:Really nice mate, i don't normally like them, but they give your car an agressive look - i'd move out of your way if you came up behind me lol :thumb :wave
I tend to move out the way of any bloke coming from behind me :p :lol: :lol: :lol: lmao
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As soon as i submitted that last post I kinda wished i had phrased it differently!!! :lol: :lol:
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Really like this cavalier, but it looked alot better with the standard headlights.
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humbucker wrote:where did your fogs go?!
i only trial fitted them, because the bumper is comming off again as its not sitting right, but they will be back. Ads
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cavalier3822 wrote:Really like this cavalier, but it looked alot better with the standard headlights.
no problem mate, im not exactly 100% sure about them yet, but it does give it a bit of a mean look, lol, Ads
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done a bit today, removed side skirts, and sills were unchanged from last year, no rust and still solid, so re applied a fresh coat of underseal and refitted skirts

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then start to clean, paint and underseal the back end

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well at the least it should look clean and tidy when its finished.
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Good to see theres no rust coming through. How did you take the side skirts off without braking the clips? Do you push them to one side or something?
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if i remember they should slide forward, but just be carefull, they do dend to stick and snap the odd armon the clip,
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i was about to ask the same thing; i thought that taking skirts off was terminal for most of the clips. good work though, nice to see in good nick underneath.
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humbucker wrote:i was about to ask the same thing; i thought that taking skirts off was terminal for most of the clips. good work though, nice to see in good nick underneath.
i just pull the bottom out , then lift up, and the skirt comes off, i have a couple of broken clips, but my skirts have be off about six times now, and there just clip back on.
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examined the rear arches and chassis legs, all in exellent condition, re undersealed rear arches and started to clean and re paint rear running gear,

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if nothing else it looks clean
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had an hour on the cav today, couldnt do much more as it was bloody freezing, cleaned, undersealed and painted a bit more, not happy with the hamerite " Hammered" finish, but its looks clean

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then got the cav out of the garage for the first time in weeks, as i wanted to run the engine without filling the gare full of fumes, started first turn of the key, and ticked over fine, needs a good clean and polish as it bloody manky. lol

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Cavs looking Awsome think the hamerite looks great nice and clean looking I did prefer standard lights tho soz :cool
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Looking very nice you lucky bigger I want a tubs.

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I think the lights look great, I have just got some chrome ones off flee bay.
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the black wheels and that colour cav really work. not got your fogs in yet?! the angel eyes look swell too.
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looking great ads wish mine was on the road ;)
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Does look great 8-)
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Deeksin wrote:Cavs looking Awsome think the hamerite looks great nice and clean looking I did prefer standard lights tho soz :cool
No problem mate, im not convinced about the lights myself yet LOL, Ads
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Alright ads how you doing lad. love the work gone into the car, not a massive fan of the lights, but each to their own.
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SteLowis wrote:Alright ads how you doing lad. love the work gone into the car, not a massive fan of the lights, but each to their own.
Hi Ste, how ya doing mate, no suprise there then about the lights, LOL, as your into the fully standard look, im not convinced about the lights either, lol
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hey up mate my lads just got another cav a turbo but the izuzu type can't get on with his astra gsi turbo, it came with twin morretts they even had HIDs fitted , and yes they have been removed for standard although they are smoked of his old redtop which he broke, you will have seen this smoker as its well known
dressed up as a real turbo but in flame red paintwork , it has show its face on nearly every forum going :lol: but its a saloon ,hatchbacks a ten a penny everyone got one, just got a bit of work to do on it swap rear beam for his polybushed version, the one thats on is drum 5 stud off a astra/zafira or something, then going back to the lad who owns it presently for him to test it up a few trivial jobs, nothing that can't be fixed easy, then back to us :thumb been looking for a decent saloon for a while
then it will be getting a good valet as been off road for 14mths
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god that looks like machine :twisted: realy nice :love
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looking good as always mate you know i love this car !!
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