as some of you know this story starts a few months previous and this gls cavalier was never ment to be part of the project. to follow the build from the start you might want to have a quick look at this thread it may explain a few things.....http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/proj...ered-c20xev-saab-b204l-c25xe.html#post4690705
this silver cavalier was bought as a daily as my daily mg zr sh*t itself,i didnt intend on buying a fuel guzzling v6 as a daily but my mate encouraged me to go have a look at the cavalier and once i got there and heard it run i knew it was going home with me, £850 later and heres how the cavalier looked when i got it to my garage.
9 dec 2012
exterior and engine
2.5 v6 conversion c25xe (origoanlly a 2l)
5 stud turbo brakes and hubs
lowered
angel eye headlights
17 inch alloys (were a definate to be removed)
m3 style mirrors (also a defiante to go)
gsi front bumper
seat front splitter
turbo/gsi front grille
astra mk4 side repeaters
interior
leather seats, heated fronts
calibra turbo steering wheel
gls door cards
sun visors with lights inside(gls standard i believe)
tinted rear windows
the car was pretty clean and was said to have been resprayed two years ago
so i got to work messing around in the garage, thought i would try on my mates turbo rims,then i ran into a minor problem, locking wheel nuts with no key to remove them, after a little head ache i relised i could use a 1/2" extension bar and hammer it into the locking wheel nut and with a 1/2" drive breaker bar they loosened with no problems.
brute force solves everything
then i got the turbo rims on and absolutly loved them so they were added to my "wish list"
a previous plonker who owned teh car also decided to chop the cd player wiring and connect every wire up the wrong way for watever reason and i mean every single wire so i sorted it and put every wire together acording to colour, no wonder the cd player didnt work, bloody idiot how hard is it to connect wires together matching the colours
then i done a little searching around my garage and found a few things that could tidy the car up a bit, went out and bought some gm mudflaps(which i still have never fitted)
my interior mirror covers were sprayed silver(racey) so i replaced them with some origonal black ones
i also had a big maxpower light up racey gear knob, i replaced that with a bog standard nova 4 speed knob, trust me even that was better looking for now
after a day messing around and tiding bits and pieces i took it for a good wash
than my mate came out with his very expensive camera and got some excellent photos
this silver cavalier was bought as a daily as my daily mg zr sh*t itself,i didnt intend on buying a fuel guzzling v6 as a daily but my mate encouraged me to go have a look at the cavalier and once i got there and heard it run i knew it was going home with me, £850 later and heres how the cavalier looked when i got it to my garage.
9 dec 2012
exterior and engine
2.5 v6 conversion c25xe (origoanlly a 2l)
5 stud turbo brakes and hubs
lowered
angel eye headlights
17 inch alloys (were a definate to be removed)
m3 style mirrors (also a defiante to go)
gsi front bumper
seat front splitter
turbo/gsi front grille
astra mk4 side repeaters
interior
leather seats, heated fronts
calibra turbo steering wheel
gls door cards
sun visors with lights inside(gls standard i believe)
tinted rear windows
the car was pretty clean and was said to have been resprayed two years ago
so i got to work messing around in the garage, thought i would try on my mates turbo rims,then i ran into a minor problem, locking wheel nuts with no key to remove them, after a little head ache i relised i could use a 1/2" extension bar and hammer it into the locking wheel nut and with a 1/2" drive breaker bar they loosened with no problems.
brute force solves everything
then i got the turbo rims on and absolutly loved them so they were added to my "wish list"
a previous plonker who owned teh car also decided to chop the cd player wiring and connect every wire up the wrong way for watever reason and i mean every single wire so i sorted it and put every wire together acording to colour, no wonder the cd player didnt work, bloody idiot how hard is it to connect wires together matching the colours
then i done a little searching around my garage and found a few things that could tidy the car up a bit, went out and bought some gm mudflaps(which i still have never fitted)
my interior mirror covers were sprayed silver(racey) so i replaced them with some origonal black ones
i also had a big maxpower light up racey gear knob, i replaced that with a bog standard nova 4 speed knob, trust me even that was better looking for now
after a day messing around and tiding bits and pieces i took it for a good wash
than my mate came out with his very expensive camera and got some excellent photos