I was going to do this last weekend..... but that never happened.... so here it is.
Instead of doing a bunch of different posts over the course of winter, I figured it would just be easier to compile all the pictures and information into one post. That way, me, or anyone else doesn't have to search for specific posts or anything.
This post will include....
- 3400 engine swap
- N/W/F front brake swap
- IRS Swap
- Cavalier to Sunfire interior swap
- Exterior progress
- and lots more
To get things rolling........ I'll start out with the day I got the car..... up until now, and so forth...... For those of you that remember.... my last car was an orange widebody cavalier... that was sort of a successful failure. I'm no longer into the show scene anymore, and the purpose of this new car is to build a nice looking, good performing daily driver/weekend racer.
The day I got her.......
Yeah, i know.... crap eh?
At this time I still had the orange car... and this was to be my beater... but even then it evolved a little bit because i cant stand leaving anything stock....
so I added the stock 00' Z24 kit, spoiler, tails, and headlights
After a while, I sold the orange cav.... and this one became my daily driver..... right then and there I knew I couldn't leave it looking stock... and I had to do something cool with it.
Thats how she sat for a little while.... simply because I wasnt really happy with where it was going. Things changed when I was able to get ahold of the RKSport fiberglass sunfire bumper from QBE.
I decided to do a full CavFire conversion..... and use mostly stock parts to finish off the rest of the car (mostly
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Thats pretty much how she sat as of recently........
I got a set of Sunfire GT sideskirts, a Wings West W-Type rear lip.... and started on the Sunfire interior swap.......
Thats pretty much it for the moment.... i still need a good set of door panels for the interior
and this weekend the entire car is going into primer
All new pictures and progress info will be posted in this thread from now on.....
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Very nice... I guess you just prefer the sunfire interior over the cavalier interior? Otherwise... looks great!
Looks great Greg cant wait for the 3400 swap
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Well it was either that or the 2000+ interior swap... simply because 95-99 cavalier interiors were poorly designed with putting the damn radio down by the cupholder. That was my biggest reason for doing it... plus the sunfire interior is a little sportier in my opinion
damn... i didn' t realize you had a rollbar in there!! lookin good greg. can't wait to see how it turns out!
AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOT A CAVFIRE!
It's a Sunvalier man.
Yes, it's my REAL car. No, it is NOT photoshopped or "this is how my car will look someday". It's the REAL DEAL.
ohhh ohhh sell my the door panels please, i need some to fix my bros car
looks good but i liked the cavalier cavalier better
looking good so far man, i cant wait to see progress on ur suspension set up......i guess i may be the only one, but i hate that spoiler on there, just my opinion. everything else is looking good!
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how hard was the sunfire interior swap?
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giddy up greg you have teh jeffies approval.
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Br0k3n FIRE... (ExESIVE FIRE) wrote:looks good...
bust for some reason those wheels just look HUGE on there..
but those wheels are great course i nay be biased
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wow, thats one hell of a mix and match!!! Looks pretty good together though. My ? is...... WTF happened to the Turbo Sport hood?
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cant wait to see it all in one color soon. its good to see someone put so much effort into a car!
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AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOT A CAVFIRE!
It's a Sunvalier man.
depends on how you look at it......... i hate the name Sunalier....... so CavFire it stays
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ohhh ohhh sell my the door panels please, i need some to fix my bros car
I cant sorry...... the cavy interior has to go in the sunfire i got the other interior out of
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how hard was the sunfire interior swap?
Not to bad...... but ive had countless hours of experience with J-body interiors, so it was cake for me
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wow, thats one hell of a mix and match!!! Looks pretty good together though. My ? is...... WTF happened to the Turbo Sport hood?
It went to my brother... he has a supercharged Z24
To everyone thanks a million..........its definitly coming along just how I want it to
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How are you getting around PA inspection with the non airbag steering wheel???
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McFly wrote:How are you getting around PA inspection with the non airbag steering wheel???
A PA State Inspection Mechanics License
I have to say, the back end looks a lot better with the rear lip and those sides. but I've always felt you needed different wheels, never really liked them on the orange one either.. eh..
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wow, thats one hell of a mix and match!!! Looks pretty good together though. My ? is...... WTF happened to the Turbo Sport hood?
It went to my brother... he has a supercharged Z24.
rats.... well, swap it with my OEM C/F hood.... he'll never notice
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'02 Z24 420whp
SLO GOAT -
'04 GTO 305whp
W41 BOI -
'78 Buick Opel Isuzu W41 Swap
haha... well seeing as how he already got rid of an oem carbon fiber hood.... i doubt he'll want another one
heres a little teaser before the whole car goes in primer this weekend.......
The whole thing is being sprayed with a bright white epoxy primer..... so at least it wont be gray
bahhhh go flat black....... gonna look nice once it's all done.
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shave your handles lol nah but man its looking real good keep it up man wish you could make it to droptoberfest so i could see it one color in person
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McFly wrote:How are you getting around PA inspection with the non airbag steering wheel???
my car has passed PA inspection 2 years now without airbags...
