Ronnie's New Family Car - Cavalier GSI :)

[rc]

Cheers lads yea the moment the grille and handles were clicked in it was like what the **** are we gonna do, was about an hour of staring at the car, but once we got the paint it was all systems go, full prep mask and respray in a couple of hours, no pic's as we were all in the zone lmao

[c20letTim]

well done mate, good job youre not easily beaten, car looks awesome, to job fella

[rc]

been working all weekend but heres a few pics,

got the interior all back in



lee painted my wheels





and i last night afet work i started flatting the whole car down







gonna carry on with a bit more fitting up today

[pmc_3]

Good work Ron coming along nicely, glad the set back didnt hold you up too long!

[rc]

todays progress was machine polishing, still buzzzzzzzzzzzzing now typing this lol

lee had done the two doors yesterday



oh and got a couple of shots of the caddy for drizz as it was uncovered for a min





started on the roof



started green topping it



and finessed



plenty good enough for a family run around

then carried on with the rest of the car



bling











not sure how many people are gonna beleive me when i tell them it had a full restoration and respray in the back of a old chicken shed lmao lmao



my origional plan was to put the origional black side moulding back on, but i am really liking the modern look of everything colour coded and smooth down the sides, so think i will leaqve them off now....



but not sure what to do about the bumpers? do i keep the tops black? or colourcode the whole thing, or will this be just a wash of colour with no defining lines.. hmmmmm....... anyone got any pics of fully colour coded gsi's?

will go get the tyres put on tomorrow morning, then finins the fitting up, scuttle panel, wipers, splashguards, and just going to stick my old bumpers on for now so i can get it down to for a mot as i need it on the road asap so i can strip the estate, hoping for a mot by weds

[Jack]

Keep the tops black and put the bump strips on IMO. Break up the colour a bit. That paint looks lovely!

[Drizz]

Nice Caddy

[Benn]

Paint looks frigging beautiful.

Keep the grey plastic as said it brakes the colour up. Maybe paint them in a dark grey..

[rc]

cheers lads cant wait to get it out and have a look in daylight, only seen it under floresent tubes so far, the pics really dont do it justice

[Benn]

Cant wait to see it for real at Billing.

[rc]

will be on the mig stand at pv for the sunday and billing for the saturday

[Brian Stirrup]

I would think the side trims would look better and protect the sides from those dozy drivers that like to swing there door open in car parks no matter what is beside them.

It looks great by the way, cant wait to see it all together.

[mattcoupturbo]

I'm with adding the side strips, will break up the colour. Looks awesome though.

[Gsi_16v]

leave the bump strips off and the bumper tops black ! looks best on cavs imo

[rc]

cheers lads, yea i think if i colour code the bumpers fully it will be too much wash for the 90s cav style, still undecided on the bump strips, gonna leave them off for starters and see what i think and go from there

todays progress

scuttle panel wipers headlights grille etc



then went and got my tyres fitted, i am going to miss having the estate, so usefull



then hit a problem, the fuel pipe between the pump and tank had fatiged and was sucking through air so had to get the tank back off



then fitted new track rod ends and bled the brakes again, fitted the splash guards back in



then started on the exhaust, the outlet is in a different place on my back box to the one the new tailpipes came off, so hard to start trimming the bumper a little



and just putting my old bumpers on for now while the new ones i got are painted, as need it on the road asap





tomorrows plan is to weld on the ehxaust tail pipes, fir rear splash guards and off to the mot

nearly done

[LETSTICK]

Love the dedication , to the amount of input of work you have done in such a short space of time

[Grim Reaper]

That is so epically cool very well done on the progress dude

and bump stripes are a must, it makes it look more subtle

[rc]

todays progress

tacked the exhaust on



then slid the bumper off and welded it all the way round



and painted it as its not stainless welding and will rust



finished the last little bits, mirrors, washer jets, etc



and finally back on the wheels



any finally it saw daylight again, for a wash



paint finish



all clean



and the posing pics excuse the bumpers they will be painted soon and the panel gaps need to be sorted, theyve just been flung on for now, the doors are all over the place lmao





new wheels and brakes





it was too late to get it down for the mot today, but its booked in first thing tomorrow morning

so it was put to bed back in my unit







so im happy

[daddy cav]

Totally stunning .

[Grim Reaper]

fantastic...words cannot define how nice that is looking Ron

[Carneyste]

wow. That looks awesome. You can really see how much better the new paint is with the old bumpers on. Top work as always. I hope the MOT man has nice things to say

:edit: Id be putting the clocks back to 0 miles too. It might as well be a brand new car

[Benn]

I love that colour it looks fantastic in the sunlight! Awesome job dude, think it needs the grey rub strip on the side tho.. Just to brake the colour up...

[Jack]

Jesus ****ing Christ. That is lovely! How are you going to stop people rubbing themselves on it at shows?

[Dave Dempsey]

Excellent work chief, good to see one staying on the road rather than stripped and scrapped.

[Jasovanooo]

i need another cavalier in my life