Looking good buddy, have a blob of the green stuff:thumb:
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Looking good buddy, have a blob of the green stuff:thumb:
Appreciated NOV4_SPORT :thumb:
update lol
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this in going to be the bollocks when its done :)
UPDATE
After a bit of breakfast I popped to the body shop to hand in one of the door handles which had a broken spring. Managed to find a spring that was suitable (infact exactly right) and fitted it on. One of the lads was busy mopping the Cavalier when I got there.
Here are some more tease shots :lol:
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Mirror, mirror on the wall...
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Made a start on the bonnet
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Then after some lunch, we went around/rang local tyre fitters to get some prices on some new rubber and also prices on getting the two tyres we already had fitted. Some fitters wouldn't fit tyres that weren't purchased from them and most charged around £15 just to fit them. The cheapest we found was budget brands like Arrowspeed, Wanli and the like starting from £55 and up to £120 for brands like Good Year, Michelin. I was amazed at how much tyres have gone up in price. Back about 5 years ago we got 4 new tyres from a place - BF Goodrich Tourer G 195/60/15 all in for £94. So we went back to that place and found the equivalent BF Goodrich tyres (G-Grip) in the same size but £68 each. After a quick search on the net, I found out that the G-Grips were highly rated and had better wet & dry grip than the equiv. Michelin Energy Savers and Good Years. We then asked if they fit our own tyres and for how much. Answer was 'Yes, we'll fit them' and the price was £8.40 all in :o :mrgreen: That was a done deal.
After £157 we had 2x BF Goodrich G-Grip + 2x BF Goodrich Tourer G's - balanced with sticky weights, new valves, inflated with Nitrogen... RESULT!
Took them down to the body shop
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Will be popping down to the garage tomorrow to get a few things done myself while the lads finish up on the Cav. Bought some water proof cloth tape which a few of the forward area looms need as the old fabric wrap has completely disintegrated. That needs to be done before the headlamps and things get done just to save time and reduce chance of damaging the new paint.
That look sexual.. I want it!
You can't have it! :p
looking sweet :)
UPDATE
Not had much of a chance to update the thread in recent days due to work. I have had a few things arrive in the past week which should all add up to make the Cav look FRESH!
Some nice new crystal clear side repeaters complete with rubber seals and orange bulbs.
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We still have some mint orange repeaters incase we want the car to return to a more factory state for what-ever reason but I just think that with the clear repeaters it cleans up the look of the car seeing as the front indicators are also clear.
Brand new left and right front indicator lenses. We had a spare which we replaced as one had cracked but due to the different ages of the lenses one looks slightly darker than the other. So to even things out I got two new ones to make sure they match.
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GSi smoked rear cluster for driver side as the current one had a slight crack which got bigger and will eventually just fall off. Can't have that!
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Again, we have the original unsmoked lenses that were fitted to it from factory, the GSi items being darker/redish tinted suit the car so much more. But if the car needs to return to factory they're available.
This next bit I got just so I could use the rubber/plastic mount (bit that plugs into the rear wing) as the old one was cracked and letting in water. the whole thing cost £6 and comes with a new earth, new antenna cable and plastic mount. So it will be used to help freshen up the electric one we have.
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Also got some wiper refill rubber blades to fit on to the headlamp wipers. Got a good 2 feet or so of it for £4, cut them down to size and fitted them on.
And finally I got a light grey carpet and under dash cover for the driver side (Thanks to a chap on cavmk3oc.com) Couldn't get pics of the carpet as it was too big to take a picture of in the room :lol:
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As far as I know the Cav should be ready for tomorrow. If it is then I should be able to make a start on getting stuff fitted but that's weather permitting. It'll probably take a good few days to get everything back in properly and give the inside a good clean. cannot wait though!