Ok so as some of you may remember roughly 18 months ago i traded my Cali in for a family car (Ford Focus TDCi 100bhp 2004). Well times have changed and money has gone up so i can follow a dream once again.

So here it is in all it's glory.

Dazz i think the last one failed as its over 1mb in size. ?

What size alloys are they?

Yer, been a while since i attempted anything like this. sorry.

are they racing slicks ?

it's still not what you've wanted though is it mate

Glad to see you back in a sensible car

Damn joe caught me out, i did want a BMW 316 in white with white wheels. Don't suppose you know anyone who's selling one do you. got £2000 laying around burning a hole in my pocket. Only Joking.

Ok so maybe i do want a Scooby WRX or an Evo 3/4 but to be honest for the price i paid can't complain, plus i have got a soft spot for the Calibra.

So to cover, it's 2000cc 16v Ecotec, 136Bhp, standard (not for long), 17" AEZ alloys. M Reg (1995), Black, Oh and some amazing lexus light (please don't hurt me).

As said about more money now so can afford to fork out and get stuff done to it. so watch this space.

ha ha just cas my car is better than yours

thought you wanted a red top?

Trusty.

The rear lights should easily give you a extra 100bhp

Like these but its fwd.

ill keep watchin just keep shoein us the great improvmnts

Nice, back in a cally

Get that shite ECO lump out of there and get the 1/2 decent red top back in there though

Stuy stuy stuy, would like to say yes sir, but just spent mega money getting it running again so can't be doing that. will just get some bits and bobs for the engine. cams, pulley's, flywheel.

in it more for the look of the car cos it's not in bad nick, some small rust spots not like the last rust bucket.

nice one mate, the ecotec engine can be tuned up quite easily up to the power of a redtop

Ok so while the car is lying outside doing nothing started to tidy it up a little with some cheap and cheerful touches, money is tight cos i bought it, so getting some spares off ebay.





and mod number one.

whats the top thing?

You will hardly notice a difference with them bulbs if its not a HID kit. I got some for mine didnt even notice anything.

The top pic will be the things that sit above the seatbelt i think lol ? (Where you move it up and down)

na the top ones wer u poke ppl in the eye with, theres 2 that means one for each eye.

old skool..we like it....

yeh, love calibras, underated i think....


i was looking into these today and was told aftermarket hid conversion kits unless used with automatic levelling and headlight washing systems cannot be approved/used on roads as they do not meet ECE regulations...

im sure that would be the case...however get the police to proove it is another thing!

on a side note..i changed my headlight bulbs to the phillips Xtreme ones...after a conclusion article in Auto express
(about 30 quid on ebay) and OMG are they good!!
Im used to proper xenons on the works cars..and the phillips bulbs are just as good on the audi if not better!
well worth spending your money on them rather than a very expensive HID kit!

To be honest didn't expect them to be like a HID kit, bulbs are bulbs, calibra headlights are crap anyway.

HIDs are the way forward

Ive used 100W bulbs in the past, and they do offer an improvement over the std 55W jobbies.

However, Ive found the 100W ones (despite being nearly 100% more powerful) to only give 10-20% more light, hids are much closer to 100% more light than a std bulb

Yeah, and they also glare other drivers. Think they should be illegal meself.

Anyone who cant see using standard bulbs, and needs HID kits and the like, really shouldnt be driving...

Not all HID kits bleed light. It depends on the bulb, lense, and probably most importantly, the installer...

Any bulb fitted incorrectly will dazzle other drivers.

Theres a big difference between badly aimed lights, and lights that are bright - you can never have too much light in the dark, and adjusted to the correct angle, they wont effect oncoming cars

I was under the impression they are ilegal to fit and use them aftermarket stylee.

However, congrats on the cali, i always liked the look of them

Maybe on the very first kits, the lastest kits are now "E" Marked, so as long as the beam pattern is fine....

Right people enough off topic on my topic. i'm not getting HID.

I mean joe has them so i don't want them. will get angel eyes from america i think.

Just got some new front tyres.

God i hate sorting a car for it's MOT all the money i'm spending i would be modding it with

you tit

Get some HIDs, you know you want to.

Ya dont like it when people spam your topic do ya?

yup but its pointless modding a car unless its safe and legal...or the boys (or girls) in blue will just charge you even more money!

Ha ha no people should spamm the spam topics not mine, think i'll go sit in a corner and cry.

Only joking, everyone makes interesting reading, didn't know anything about HIDs just thought they where bright lights that expensive cars had

***Mini Mod alert***

Car stinks, action taken.

You'd be better with some

unusually, i, to an extent, agree with matt... was coming back home on the motorway the otherway, passed a few new bmw's, audis, range rovers etc... even if they arent directly pointing at u, they either look bright blue or far too bright for ur eyes to not become dictracted... and i wasn't even driving...

Where ya get them they look cool, how much lad i wana slap one in me car.

Any car place sells them Pomp, even Tesco sells them...

got the missus to pick me on up from ASDA, smell quite nice.

you do know pomp is only posting crap to catch me up on the post count.

lol

I am sooo not, next time you see me i will have one in my car.

ha ha. just to prove a point. you need to get one in green to match your car matey.

mmm i dont know, you might say you "cant see it" being same colour as the car.

the yellow 1s smell the best pomp

Thnx for the info, yellow it is

Those little yellow face ball air fresheners are much better imho, smell ded sweet lol.

Then that it is

Lol, I can just see your car at the next meet... full of different air freshners, going round like a bloody eco-machine drowning out the fumes of Birkenhead!

pomp mate, get some shares in halfords or asda, it will cost a bomb to buy them all

Pomp wheres your car gone, i can't see it under all those air fresheners

Hahaha you mad head!!

No reply think the smell has killed him off

looool!

**Mini Mod Alert**

Ha ha, money is tight so doing stuff on the cheap

Love it or hate it i don't care i think it will look cool.

Lol are they red or pink?

Red.

will look class.................i hope

Lol gdgd was gonna say, they look slightly pink cos of the lighting I expect, would have suited this rather "camp" reputation you seem to have lmao

got the V5C back today

7 former keepers

ok people, one of the most important mods was done today


Car is now insured.


yay me

www.HHHEMBROIDERY.COM - are they stitched or cast

...if you want the airbox mod doing again, just gimmie a shout

...or, I may have a "make fit" induction kit available soon - thinking about changing the one on the Honda

I don't know what the company name is all about !!!!!!!

make fit induction kit, does thank come with old style midnight bodge job

sounds good stuy!!!

Yer more stuff to dring it up to standard.

Ok Stuy, need a favour, booked inot park motors monday at half 10, have a word and pass it please. LOL

ok ok, been shopping on ebay again

here we go, car is 12 years old so as you can guess the leather gaiter and handbrake gaiter are a bit worn so got some black real leather replacements



Also bought a rear numberplate blanking panel. when i sold the last cali, got rid of my ABS (plastic) one which cost £70 new. so thought not paying and i have waiting like a good little boy and have now won a fibreglass replica for the grand sum of £100 and £10 postage.

Winner.

very nice, you sticking a opal sign on it aswel?

like the spoiler matey

That isn't my car, the plate between lthe lights is what i've won, nothing else, the lights and spoiler are not on mine.

Oh I see what you mean now, I thought ye meant the spoiler for some reason, read the fibre glass bit wrong

What would it look like without the blanking panel on?

it's just got a numberplate there

So were you gonna stick the plate? Me not understand is it only for show use or summit? Why do ye buy one?

Ah ok any plans on debadging or getting an opel badge tho?

will mount the numberplate on the bumper, will have to get some lights for it !!!!!

Yer pomp will debadge the back. not changing it to an opel, not worth spending money on badges.

..:::MOT:::..


Fail.


Major work needed including welding and brake lines.

Gutted

Wheres the welding needed, and does it need many brake lines replacing?

was your mate in park that failed it. bummer.

welding is being done right now. floor pan on drivers side next to sill. hold the size of your fist. and the rear driver side arch is being glass fibre filled but not painted by the same guy.

Stuy mate it needs the whole front to rear lines and complete rear set up.

well gutted.

had a quote of £190 for the complete brake lines to be done. but might have to wait until next month now to pay that. not sure of it's good or bad price.

best get myself out and sell my body, wont get much but it will all help

£190 doesnt sound too bad - theres a fair bit of labour there, depending on where the lines route....

Was in Neil or Bill that tested it? TBH If your brake lines are foobar'd (depending how bad they are) - be thankful you just have an MOT failure and not a brake pedal on the floor with traffic to stop for

there not right through but i'm sure they will be if not sorted asap.

is it something that i could do myself to save on labour ????

it was W E Haycock so i'm guessing Bill ???

Yeah, thats Bill

You need a special tool to flare the ends of the lines matey, and if your doing the lines the full length of the car, Ideally you want it up in the air on a ramp as the pipes ideally need to be one piece.

Brakes also aint something you can afford to get wrong...

how much fun would it be staping back from a job well done and they don't work and the car rolls of the ramp.

Ha ha ha ha.

i know what you mean. can you no corrosive pipes?? that would be a god send.

i can get copper fuel lines of clubcalibra.net but nothing about brake lines

Garages normally replace them with copper pipes

Oh yes, on the plus side.


discovered my car has got an alarm. my dad tried to open the boot and set it off.

Wow a 13 year old vauxhall with an alarm that still works.

I know i had to sit down aswell

Gutted about the mot mate

Well well well.

VauxCareWirral to the rescue. ALL brake lines front, back and front to back, CV joint replacement and handbrake tightening.

£150.00 all in so will be booking it in some time this week. small electrical jobs will be sorted myself this week aswell.

Then retest.

Glad to hear you got it all sorted cheap mate.

Hope the next test puts a smile on your face

cheers matey, so do i.

So is the retest going to be before the 7th ?

fooking hell mate i want it before the 1st.

Was just thinking for the next meet thats all

I know mate, but want it sorted asap to use it and also for tax.

hope its all sorted for u soon matey.....

Well what a fun day today has been.

fixed all the little problems that it failed it's MOT on and discovered there is some stuff i just can't do so garage will have to sort it, to cold to get under the car (wimp i know)

Fitted my indicator lens so don't stand out now like big orange nipples, and fitted a radio (cheap one for now) and discovered the passenger front speaker doesn't work.

pm customice mate. he should sort you out some decent stuff

Might do but not just yet mate, spending big money on getting it through the MOT.

car is booked in for monday, earliest they could get me in for the brakes to be done, so will lose a few days on the Tax, oh well.

Ebay has just taken another battering.

put my lights on yesterday, and some of the bulbs behind the dials had blown so ordered a new set, also car didn't come with locking wheel nuts on the alloys so a nice shine new set are on there way to me right now.

Ok so here are some pictures of what i've done so far.

If these are big sorry.

NEW SIDE REPEATERS


NEW LEATHER GEAR LEVER GAITER


NEW LEATHER HAND BRAKE GATOR


NEW CHEAPO RADIO FOR NOW


AND JUST 2 PICTURES OF IT ALL IT'S GLORY



You can see the focus hiding in the last picture (it's camera shy)

Looking good mate, You slamming her ?

need funds again after spending pure wedge on repairs for the MOT. gonna drop it 60mm front and back. bloody needs it.

face down, ass up and all that

Get them rear lights off and get some standard ones on!!!!

IMO, they look awful

other than that looks good

you forgot to put a closeup of your new dust caps

Thats the way cali likes to f**k


Yeah i know what you mean about funds, MOT's can cost a bomb, Iv only ever put one set of wheels through a MOT and iv had about 20 bikes and 5 cars lmao, Hate MOT's

nice motor matey

ok another update, following the the footsteps of sean (GOD) i have just received purple lights to go behind the clocks and the volt meter and oil pressure gauge.

and im currently bidding on a set of smoked rear lights, these will look amazing when i get my flush panel painted black.

It's coming together nicely.

one it's slammed and done a few more bit's to it, time for the engine work to begin.

Nice one mate, How much you pay for your speedo lights ?

I cant wait to see it in the flesh

Just seen the lights you are bidding on, They will look "fit" on your car mate

set of 10 bulbs for £9.99. so will have some spare to be behind heater controls when i can be bothered taking the dash out.

Should get these aswell mate:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ASTRA-CALIBRA...216QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-Opel...009QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/REAR-WINDOW-S...209QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

some lil Grrr has kicked a nice dint in me rear panel

Bit off topic Shane lol.

This topic is about Dazzz/Cali's car

more like abit of a kick to get it out

will it has already got white dials, they changed them to white from black in 1994 when they changed from redtop to ecotec engines.

the lights should be on the shopping list for next month but it was going to be a surprise but you burst my bubble LOL.

Not really a big fan of the high level spoilers. might get a scooby spoiler and fit that.

Gr8 minds think alike eh mate

indeed they do.

few more bits to sort body wise, like F***ing rust on bennet and sort the wing out properly but it can wait for a bit.

oh want a zorst aswell. seena nice racepipe thats £50, god knows how loud it will be with no silencers in it.

Yummy.

here you go for bulbs.

view the sellers shop !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110134575728

I paid £8.21p inc P&P for mine from Mönchengladbach, Germany lol, Dont know how many bulbs im getting tho

Woop Woop.

beware black magic

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220195900562&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=012

back end is going to be totally black oh yes.

thats better

I'm glad you approve master Joe.

Bloody hell you won them for £10.50 in the end lol, They was on that when i looked and it had about an hour to go

Will look fit on ya car mate

i bidded on them yesterday, and the price never went up.

i'm getting good at this ebay lark now.

spelling mistakes are well good.

i search under caliber, calibre (the dodge one)

thats more like it

i know, silly chav-libra

like the interior and like the plans

Back end currently looks chaaarv,with blacked out lights it will be better but may be toomuch,how aout half smokeds? are there any lines on the cali rear lights u can use to segregate red from black?

tinting the windees? gangstercali?

An example picture, not exactly what the finished product will look like. Debadged that ugly looking vauxhall badge
and put them rear black lights on then tint windows.

thing is pomp wrong lights.

The ones i've won are standard lights and also the recess the numberplate is in will be filled black and the numberplate is being repositioned low on the bumper.

cheers for doing that though, looks quite good. loving the tint.

needs a spoiler and maybe a different rear bumper?

Jesus people, spending my money faster than i earn it.

only 1 thing for it then....

work more hours and work harder biatch!

hold on, i'm darran, not stuymac

Ok fitted a few of my purple LEDs into my DiD (clock and temp display) and into my gauges (volt & oil pressure)

get MOT out the way and i'll do my dash then post the How to for Mr Joe

got any before or after pics mate ?

Havent done any before sorry.

But will do some after pictures as the purple isn't that bright so you can't see it in the light.

ok the clock look's blue ???????????????

and the gauges don't look that good ??????????????

Gutted mate

Hope mine are better and turn out how they look on the pics on ebay lol

I am keeping out of the headlight thing, what with mine being designed to dazzle with the wig wags and strobes needed on it to get places quickly and move people over i best say sod all.

P.S it had HiD xenons, sorry had to just to keep this going lol

Well it's in getting the brakes done.

been in 2 days now, just rang for an update, and the plate that the handbrake return spring is connected to is corroded so they are trying to find another. it just gets worse and worse.

think the car had been standing for some time for this much corrosion.

gutted mate. it gunna cost you much more?

Don't know mate, depends if they can even get the plates they need, if not they will have to be fabricated and welded and VCW don't do welding.

I can do welding not a very good job though haha

It's the rear brakes backing plates that are screwed. falling and flaking apart, specialist job they VCW have never done and don't want to risk it.

So there rebuilding the rear brakes and i have to find somewhere to do the backing plates before they will do the brake lines.

Bloody money this car is costing, it's becoming a project not a run around.

Gutted matey, any chance of getting used items from another scrapper?

Just done some ringing round, one garage is going to ask if any of there staff fancy having a go, and can use parts from another scrap one they have on site.

looks like it's going to be a bloody big job as you have to strip the hub and everything.

Where is stationmeik when you need him !!!!!

what do you need making cali im a time served fabricator and welder

it's ok cheer kyle, i can buy the part i need, just need someone to fit it, which all vauxhall garages are saying is a pig to do.

cant u go thru 1st choice spares . com (google it) and have them do the leg work, get two complete second hand hubs sent to your door on the good old mastercard, ideal as it has el scrapoes from all the uk linked up, and u just type in what u want and get them to text prices from various scrappies and they send u the price and it includes next (working) day delivery. hope this helps and ps, car is looking rather blingalicious my son!!

Well it look's like it might need a complete new rear end. everything is rusted solid. Teailing arms, dampers, hubs, backing plates, brake shoes brackets.

It's a mess under there, scared to touch anything incase it crumbles away to dust.

Sell it an get this...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1993-Vauxhall...DVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

looks in much better condition except the dint on the drivers door like

Gutted for you mate really am

pomp it's an 8v, not enough power to pull you out of bed plus it's on wheel trims, original spec 8v calibra.

thinking if it can't be fixed, strip it and get a bloody corsa.

Please note - The car is listed as ‘cat C’ and will need a VIC check, (£36) easy process, before the log book is issued (free of charge). You will need to re Mot and Tax the car.

thats my problem no tax and no MOT.

I've put about £1000 all told into this car. including getting it home and buying it.

will have to spend a lot more getting ti right. should i get someone to do the engine transplant into a corsa ?

I just don't know what to do now.

Nova all the way

Screw that, im not paying to get the engine bay seam welded, uprated prop and drive shafts.

Or i could just buy a cavalier ???

If it cant be fixed why don't you just buy a cheap Cali 8v that has a fooked engine and put your 16v engine and wheels etc etc on it ?

I was going to do that with a corsa or tigra.

Been looking at cavalier GSI's

Yeah go for the Cav man, stop lookin at girly/gay car's!!

The Cav rocks!

My mom had a cavalier GSI years ago it was modded aswell lol

Was a really nice car and i always wanted it

ok so thinking might get a lockup and strip the calibra and buy a cav now.

Long term project like ?

think av got to get a new car so i can sort this one out

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1990-VAUXHALL...858QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Bloody mint, I'm in love lol

is nice that one sean but not going to have that sort of cash for a while now.

maybe an SRI with a redtop fitted ???

Yeah i know mate but just had a little look lol, Why not get a smaller one as an SRI will still be highish insure so if you get like a 1.8 with a redtop then its better, But it depends if you want the inside trim etc etc

Get a carlton

they only do redtop as a 2000cc engine mate, 150bhp.

carlton, you mad.
rather an omega.

No i mean get a normal 1.8 with a redtop in it not the SRI lol

I know redtops are only 2L's lmao

Carlton 2000 or sumat like that, they rock

ok so just been talking to my dad, gonna see if we can strip the rear trailing arms and replace with some from a written off car in a scrap yard. hopefully they will be in better condition than mine and use them to rebuild the rear end.

and joe this isn't one thing i'm going to be doing a how to guide on.

ha ha, the cali will have an MOT by either friday or monday.

Oh yer then just tax, this car is gonna bankrupt me (again)

Haha sweet matey, hopefully see ya at next month's meet in it then??

Really good news that mate, You been busy working on it then ?

A friend of a friend is doin some work to it, and a member of his family owns an MOT station who will pass it once the work is done. so then i can set about changing the bits that need doing

..::Update::..

The latest mod just arrived today the best ever check it out

Well done!

Haha is right matey! Nice one, now you can stop stressing so much over it and relax

nice one cali !

the cali will be in the cali at the next meey. hell yer baby

hmm..beastie methinks....

Good stuff matey. Hope I get mine next week

GET A CAV! a hatch one and gsi it, look so good, i want the old mans cav

always did like the sporty cavs but a clean mot for the cab is very encouraging im sure

seeing as i've got MOT for the cali it is staying and the cav may well be the next car i get. but i i want something turbo'd next.

That's a nice Cav, we had one that everyone used until it was scrapped a few weeks ago.

Watch out Cali is about. got my tax today.

yeaaaaaaaaaay

save up mate and get your ass the calibra turbo, im saving for me ek9, so just do it, you know you want it, be a big boy and save

shit man i've already got a turbo sitting outside.

The Cali's back in town. lock up your grannies.

Don't you mean lock up your dogs

lock up your hoovers......

DROOL

bagless so it doesn't lose its suction, even at the height of climax.

LMAO


You deffo going to be at the next meet in this mate ?

Yer baby. all sorted wanted to change my back lights today to the black ones but the bloody rain

Good boy, I know poo today ain't it lol

On the plus side my tax doest start til tomorrow but i've got it displayed and i'm using the car.

tut tut naughty Cali

You still want me to bring this filter with me on Thursday Daz?

Bring it anyways, Cause if Dazzz don't have it i might have it

For a Civic, I even have a stainless induction pipe which I no longer use on mine:

Indeed, For my baby

Pm sent about the pipe

Yer chewy bring it with you please.

glad to see your bk with a vx, will have to have a gander soon

Work has started.

I'm sure everyone will be proud of this mod.

er what have you done exactly....?

got rid of the lexus chav lights

lol

well done Daz, looks much better

Ok quick update.

Few bits on order, some bits sitting round gathering dust.

Water leak in boot fixed, just drying off carpet.

Seen a few more bit's i want but expensive and have to be ordered from germany.

Spigot rings fitted so car is safe. Chrome in engine bay (bling bling).

Saying Good bye now. you may have seen it's up for sale.

New car is being collected on tuesday

am really proud of you, the mods are unreal and have just kept coming. The topic is a beast:

1st you got your MOT
2nd you got a air freshner
3rd you put it up for sale

well impressed a real shame you have to sell.

Have done more the car than that, just got lazy and didn't update this thread.

Selling due to bigger and better plans