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Sunfire/Cavalier Door Swapping?!?
Saturday, May 21, 2005 6:08 PM
Here is my dilema folks:

My 1998 sunfire 2 door struck a yellow parking post in a hospital parking deck. My fender was banged up pretty bad, and my door was bent inwards on the fender side.

i was about to purchase a used sunfire door from someone, till i got there and found out it was a 4 door. (you'd think they'd mention that)...

regardless. I was offered a cavalier door to replace it.

MY QUESTION:

Will the cavalier door have the same lock rod routing/will the sunfire Interior bolt in with no modification. I've heard of people doing interior swaps. I need to know if i could use a cavy Door for my sunfire.

Thanks in advance!



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Re: Sunfire/Cavalier Door Swapping?!?
Saturday, May 21, 2005 6:14 PM
cavalier and sunfire doors are exact same, besides for gt sunfire cause of all the holes for the side skirt



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Re: Sunfire/Cavalier Door Swapping?!?
Saturday, May 21, 2005 6:15 PM
That's funny. I hit a yellow light pole base last year, and still have the yellow stripe on my pass door!

The door is a direct bolt-on. The doors are exactly the same. The only thing you'll have to change is the lock cylinder so you can use your existing key.





Re: Sunfire/Cavalier Door Swapping?!?
Sunday, May 22, 2005 1:10 AM
the interior pieces will also go right on the door once you replace it



Re: Sunfire/Cavalier Door Swapping?!?
Sunday, May 22, 2005 6:54 PM
themarin8r wrote:the interior pieces will also go right on the door once you replace it


Good to know, i was wondering this....





Re: Sunfire/Cavalier Door Swapping?!?
Sunday, May 22, 2005 7:36 PM
but remember the sunfire/cavalier door pieces arnt interchangeable because of clearance with the dash, so if you put sunfire door panels on your cav...your door wont close right ....(im talkin interior wise)



Re: Sunfire/Cavalier Door Swapping?!?
Monday, May 23, 2005 6:32 AM
aww damn ok...





Re: Sunfire/Cavalier Door Swapping?!?
Monday, May 23, 2005 10:05 AM
You will want to keep your lock cylinder and interior door trim from your wrecked door.

The metal door shells and supports for the arm rest and what not are the same. The only think I'm not sure of is the locations of the screws along the bottom of the interior trim panel but if they don't line up, you can make new ones. They're only self-tapping sheet-metal screws. The holes for the trim plugs should all line up.





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