What have you done to your car today?

[misnblu]

Nice work and changes the whole look of the car.
Much more aggressive appearance to say the least.
Be wary of stones and rock chips taking it's toll on the paint though.
Nice work though.

 

[CDailey]

That looks F'ing fantastic! I'd recommend to keep several layers of paint on followed by spraying some "plastidip" or ceramic paint to provide durability. I did that with my Focus plastic chrome grille and after about 6 months the chrome was showing through due to the rock/debris chips.

Thanks! I put about 4 coats on there to begin with. I thought about clear coating it, or putting a hardener on, but the beauty of rattle can paint jobs is that they can easily be re done for cheap.

Nice work and changes the whole look of the car.
Much more aggressive appearance to say the least.
Be wary of stones and rock chips taking it's toll on the paint though.
Nice work though.

Thanks.

 

[wrcsti]

Fixed my fog lights. Just had to changethe bulbs that were kaput.

 

[Tom_IW_Racer]

Did my usual weekly oil check. Still hasn't used any despite it being an alfa twin spark!

 

[HKS T51R]

i checked to see if the high pressure oil feed line to the turbo was leaking

then i gotta wash the bird feces off it

 

[opendriver]

Put more oil in the Montero. 1QT per month is starting to add up...

 

[misnblu]

I finally got done installing the TTR K-brace which ties the subframe together and boxes in the strut towers for much less flex in the chassis.
I'm also ready to install my V-brace which is a custom brace that ties the mid frame rails to the subframe which should help with better chassis stiffness.
My N1 exhaust goes on this weekend so I'll be staying busy for sure.

 

[nd 4 holden spd]

The rear bump stops went in today, and for some pathetic reason (likely poor manufacturing from what ever company does it) my re-manufactured P/S Rack has a leak. That means it lasted 20% of it's warranty period. Plus I never dry steer or hold it on full lock.

 

[homeforsummer]

Very nice indeed 👍 I quite like the looks of Caveliers and this is a great example. Do you have a link to more pictures of it elsewhere in the forum?

 

[nd 4 holden spd]

Here is the webpage with all the updates and archives of the car I own.

My list of modifications to the car but I've not added the new ones to the list yet.

Let me know what you think. It's not your ordinary Cavalier. 💡

Incredible, you must have loads of cash just lying around. So with all that how much power does it actually make?

 

[homeforsummer]

Cheers for the link Paul. Now all I need are pics of your car since it's been lowered Unless I've missed that post too...

 

[nd 4 holden spd]

Cheers for the link Paul. Now all I need are pics of your car since it's been lowered Unless I've missed that post too...

No, I haven't posted that yet. I'm waiting for the Springs/shocks to settle, as it will be at a lower height then, and its true height.

I'm going to try and take nicer pics, hopefully get some scenery happening.

 

[Omnis]

CHARLES, NOOOOOO!!!

What is wrong with you people? You should've kept the brushed alu look, man. The black looks awful.

 

[Giancarlo]

Been working on it. It's hard to get them perfect without an actual buffer, so I think that's as good as they are gonna get by hand.

Try this write-up: http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=434436

 

[Joey D]

CDailey, that black grill looks awesome, really pulls the front of the car together 👍!

 

[misnblu]

Well, some pics of the K-brace I installed and my custom fabricated V-brace that no other Cavalier has or will ever have.
First, here's the TTR (Turbo Tech Racing) K-brace.

Next, after two years of planning this brace and the fact that no aftermarket exists for such products, I finally got it together with excellent results.
First, the bridge had to be fabricated to accept the rails along with reinforcing the ears of the subframe.

Here is the finished product and must say it's very solid and should do nicely in bracing up the chassis from the mid frame rails to the subframe brace.

So the car is getting closer for track duty with turbo and 5 speed swap coming in 2009.
Custom made fender braces and B-pillar reinforcement bar are all I lack to have everything in chassis bracing I need to have a car that will do well in autocross and track days.

Exhaust goes on tomorrow.

 

[buickgnx88]

Had to replace the rear differential seal and fluid. Did it in the yard and had to find a piece of hose to put on the end of the fluid bottle so I could pour it in the pumpkin. The leak stopped thank goodness, though when I took off the cover it looked like there wasn't even a seal! Ugh my shoulders are sore!

 

[misnblu]

Had to replace the rear differential seal and fluid. Did it in the yard and had to find a piece of hose to put on the end of the fluid bottle so I could pour it in the pumpkin. The leak stopped thank goodness, though when I took off the cover it looked like there wasn't even a seal! Ugh my shoulders are sore!

Haha, I hear you about the sore shoulders from working on the seal.
Heck, I'm in the same boat as you trying to remove a muffler shop installed (read all welded) exhaust so that I can install the N1 style exhaust on the car. If you've ever tried to use a hacksaw in an upside down position, laying on your back with little clearance to cut, you know what I'm talking about.
I'm going to have to cut the entire section in half now that I've finally got it cut just after the cat.
I'm now off to the auto parts store to see if they have the adaptors I need to couple the old exhaust pipe to the new catback exhaust.
I can see this is going to be an all nighter.

 

[buickgnx88]

Haha I find that doing any sort of work on a car (or painting a house) above your head for any period of time is a real pain in the ass, especially the next morning.

Edit: Today (10/05) I installed a high/low horn set out of a 70's Cadillac DeVille that is sitting in my grandparent's yard. It is now sitting alongside my WOLO air horn kit so I now have 4 horn tones!

Here you can see the Caddy horns on the left and the WOLO's on the right

And a better picture of the mounting position

And of course a video to see what they sound like

 

[Kylehnat]

I recently installed the AWR rear motor mount (70 durometer). Should help the wheel hop on hard launches, and eliminate the cruel shudder associated with an aggressive 1-->2 shift. Hopefully it is dry on Saturday, so I can hit the strip and see how much it really helps. Can't go wrong for $80, though .

 

[eiriksmil]

Yeah, my motor mounts are way out of date too. I can't rev it up to 2k and drive out a driveway without bouncing.
Lowered it some more.

 

[McLaren]

CDailey, that black grill looks awesome, really pulls the front of the car together 👍!

+1. 👍


Didn't do much today. Let the rain wash the TL, and I had to increase the tire pressure in the 5. Kept getting a warning light about it until the manual told me I have to reset it to make it go away after doing so.

Also took the TL to Discount Tire to discuss some new rims for it. Can't decide, though. The bronze paint doesn't work with black or white rims all that well.

 

[CDailey]

Haha I find that doing any sort of work on a car (or painting a house) above your head for any period of time is a real pain in the ass, especially the next morning.

Edit: Today (10/05) I installed a high/low horn set out of a 70's Cadillac DeVille that is sitting in my grandparent's yard. It is now sitting alongside my WOLO air horn kit so I now have 4 horn tones!

Here you can see the Caddy horns on the left and the WOLO's on the right

And a better picture of the mounting position

And of course a video to see what they sound like

Pssh, your horn doesn't have anything on this...

 

[buickgnx88]

Haha I wish I had the money and the space for one, great for at sporting events.

 

[Perfect Balance]

I heard a truck last week that had a horn from a train on it. That was LOUD.

 

[buickgnx88]

Probably not from an actual train, there's places that sell "train horns". I agree they are loud though.

 

[McLaren]

I heard a truck last week that had a horn from a train on it. That was LOUD.

Same here. I can't believe such a thing is legal for a vehicle.

Although, there are some hilarious YouTube videos of them.

 

[CDailey]

Same here. I can't believe such a thing is legal for a vehicle.

Although, there are some hilarious YouTube videos of them.

In Florida at least, even that big fog horn on the back of that Explorer I posted a few posts up is legal to use as a horn. The catch is that it has to be used as a horn. Using it for the sole purpose to scare people ****less and post it on Youtube like most people get them for is illegal. Disturbing the peace or something like that.

 

[buickgnx88]

Well it would surely move someone's ass!

 

[CDailey]

Oh yeah. It's a 66hz tone that can be heard up to 2 miles away.