how hard and what would i have to do to change my 1999 cavalier front end to make the 2003 front end fit on it. do all i ahve to do is buy the new bumper and headlights
lets see new front, head lights, hood, and i think thats all
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so its a new hood too, do you have to get new fenders
no the fenders are the same
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Head Lights will be the bitch factor when converting like you want, since your headlights and blinkers are seperate and the newer ones are together. So wiring harness has to be changed out as well. Then your secondary bumper bulbs will be useless and just hanging there cause the newer bumpers dont have markers in em. Oh yeah and your stock fenders, you'll have to shave the tab on the inside of the fender that holds your stock light's and corners. Other then that they pretty much covered it for you; New front bumper, New hood, Headlight's & Wiring Harness, Shave tab on the inside of the fenders and your good to go.
How about the back? he would also need to look in to that as well. Its just the trunk only though, right?
TJ2 wrote:Head Lights will be the bitch factor when converting like you want, since your headlights and blinkers are seperate and the newer ones are together. So wiring harness has to be changed out as well. Then your secondary bumper bulbs will be useless and just hanging there cause the newer bumpers dont have markers in em. Oh yeah and your stock fenders, you'll have to shave the tab on the inside of the fender that holds your stock light's and corners. Other then that they pretty much covered it for you; New front bumper, New hood, Headlight's & Wiring Harness, Shave tab on the inside of the fenders and your good to go.
correct-a-mundo my friend
03-05 Cavalier
- 03-05 Cavalier Headlights(with plastic mount, its what bolts down the headlight)
- 03-05 Front Bumper
- 03-05 Fenders(00-02 can be used, IF you remove the corner bracket if you have a 00-02, also 95-99 can be used IF and only you cut off the bracket that holds the 95-99 turn signals on)
- 2 x 9007 High/Low Beam Bulbs
- 2 x 3157 Turn signal Bulbs(any 3rd Gen has these for turn signals so not necessary unless you need new bulbs, you can use what came with your car)
- 2 x 194 Bulbs for turn signals(any 3rd Gen(except 00-02 Cavaliers) have these for turn signals so not necessary unless you need new bulbs, you can use what came with your car)
- From the donor car's wiring harness, or two 9007 headlights sockets(unless you have a 95-02 Sunfire, or 00-02 Cavalier, these already use this bulb for headlights) and two 194 corner light sockets(Only needed if you have a 00-02 Cavalier, all the rest have this bulb already wired on your side markers or part of your turn signals)
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will the 99 hood work if you trim the 03 bumper in the middle between the lights or do the new lighst not line up with the old hood
nope the lights are totally different trust me you will need a new/used hood
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alright i got another question i really just dont like the 99 cav lights how hard would it be to put the civil pogection lights on it
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do a 00+ swap black housing headlights if ya dont wanna go thru all that trouble
just gotta modify the corner bracket slightly...
just my .02¢
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Well thats custom work, and im sure if done right your looking at cutting, molding, to make it fit, like ozzie said get those black out head lights or you can talk to izn_tribal about making you some projectors for the 00+ head lights
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