Ronnie's New Family Car - Cavalier GSI :)

[Ian H]

and so it begins lol

What I was going to post lmaolmao

next will be engine bay tidy up I expect, the. The throttle boddies lmao

really nice cav though, never really liked then but that looks good

[cavman23]

with the back seats have you tried changing the bottoms over so the hinges will be origional

[rc]

with the back seats have you tried changing the bottoms over so the hinges will be origional

the gsi and turbos (cavs with IRS) have a one piece bench base, but all the other cavs, diplomat included, have two piece rear bench base.

[rc]

i am loving the fuel ecconemy of the cav. i did a pretty much identical run recently in both the van (to billing) and the cav (to gatwick airport) both driving exactly the same, steady cruise and not a single race... and the van was averaging 25mpg and the cav was averaging 38mpg

i certainly dont miss seeing that fuel light on in the van lmao

[duneii]

can't you just cut the hinge's off the old base and weld them onto the two piece base?

[cavman23]

the gsi and turbos (cavs with IRS) have a one piece bench base, but all the other cavs, diplomat included, have two piece rear bench base.

same in my old corsa tried to fit astra sport seats in it but the bottoms were different

[rc]

can't you just cut the hinge's off the old base and weld them onto the two piece base?

the seats are totally differnt, the 'non IRS' seats are two piece and hinge forward, the 'IRS' rear seats are one piece long bench and of totally different construction underneith, the floor is totally different at the back and theres no supports or anything at the back where the two pieces come together even if i was to somehow get hinges at the front.

have found a cav turbo rear bench though so thats sorted

[Grim Reaper]

have found a cav turbo rear bench though so thats sorted

YAY

[edens-xe]

loving the cav rc, good luck trying not to modify it lol, you know you will soon

[Brian Stirrup]

I love Cav GSI's

Sorry its a bit late but just another bit of advice regarding the switches, If the one touch up or down is not working, maybe due to the battery being disconnected, then open them, and hold the button to close them and when it reaches the top keep holding the button for about 5 seconds or so. This should re activate the one touch operation.

[Jack]

When I knock the battery off the Vectra, it needs a few ups and downs before the one touch will work again.

[Corsa_shep]

Close window with button, let button off, then hold it down again for 3 secs and you will hear it click,

The your auto windows are activated, I'm always having to program them at work.

[mikegray]

Very nice Cav there mate, love the colour.

[rc]

yea forgot to put up a while ago, i found out what that button was.... its to turn on and off the auto up/down function on the windows

[rc]

little bit of progress, there a bit of clonking on the cav, suspension wise, so i got it back in the unit



picked up a pair of pretty much brand new arms from billing for 20quid as i new they'd come in handy some time.. and they have lol



always th first point of call, lowered 60mm on 18s.... ****ed bottom ball joints, so took the drivers one off and its got a massive slab of metal bolted onto it any one know what thats all about? not seen one like that before??





well didnt have any holes on the new arms so ****ed it off.

shiney new bits on





alao some bits that came with the car where two engine mounts in the boot, so jacked the engine up to investigate why it came with new ones



and found out why lmao heres the old drivers side and passenger side front mounts :lol:





so that might of been some of the clonking from the front end too lol

and also in the boot where the rest of the kit for the hids, as they were just cable tied in the front pannel



so unclipped and found the nice shiney boxes



the back of the headlights where also in the boot, as you coldnt fit them with the HIDs, so drilled some holes in them so you could



and all fitted in with the brackets





and they gave it a nice colour magic again as it was sucking it in







hopefully meeting SteveM monday and picking up a black dash, black door cards, black sill trims, black centre conol, heated seat buttons, omega sun roof buttons, full closure bits, and also swapping my diplomat rear bench with DanBoyles who has a turbo rear bench

so then that'll be the interior all finished.. all ready for baby sick lmao

[Steve!]

I see some lazy fooker sleeping in the back of a Pug lmao

[Drizz]

Nice ron, very nice!

[Grim Reaper]

awesome, your cav is just so nice

[Ian H]

I see some lazy fooker sleeping in the back of a Pug lmao

lmaolmaolmao well spotted

looking great when is the engine bay getting a clean up?

[mk2astraturbo]

jealous , very ....

[mikegray]

Nice work mate, I heard that the metal bit on the wishbone is a balance weight. They are fitted on Mk2 cav's aswell, I can't say I have ever seen on on a mk3 either. Im not 100% sure though mate.

[Dan Boyes]

looking good ron.

btw, you spelt my name wrong lmao

boyes not boyles. lmao

don't worry, you should see some of the other versions i get lmao

[MarkW]

Looking good Ronnie. Love it.

[kread]

nice looking cav, deffo a good idea getting rid of the beige interior, ive stripped a coupe of gsi's and a turbo so i have loads of spares bits and bobs, if theres anything ya need let me know,

i know mods arent a major thing, but i would get a set of vectra door handles and get them colour coded, just cleans up the lines of the doors no end, and a set of mk4 astra side repeaters, much nicer than the oval ones youve got on at the mo, also on the inside, take a look at the omega elite rear view mirror conversion, self tiniting and electricly adjustable once wired in properly, if ya going for the luxury spec!!

[Adam]

take a look at the omega elite rear view mirror conversion, self tiniting and electricly adjustable once wired in properly, if ya going for the luxury spec!!

as it happens I have one here forsale....so RC delux ur cav great progress