No matter what I do, it's still a Cavalier.

[ChrisVRsix]

Good work man can't wait too see them mounted.

[HooWybrow]

Stuck in Oshawa for my last year of school

Updates on the skirts or wheels??

Well boo. Ill have to get your cell and give you a shout when im in toronto or something...

no updates, been working on fixing a hacked turbo setup on a golf in my shop...

Good work man can't wait too see them mounted.

thanks dude

[Innis]

Bumpppppppppppppppppp

Wheres the pics of the new skirts?? dont tell me you gave up on this project already too!!1

Ps wanna sheet metal my bed for me?? haha

[HooWybrow]

Got the car away finally, and major progress occured this evening.

Pulled out the stock rear solid axle/drums, etc. And mounted up the Independant rear suspension/rear disc setup. Keep in mind this will all be cleaned up, and for the most part be replaced, re-invented. But it was a hell of a night for progress.

I'm extremely excited.

How we started:



Where we ended up:









More to come

[EuroNut]

looking good!

[Marsss]

why didn't you give it a good once over BEFORE installing???
just askin'

[HooWybrow]

why didn't you give it a good once over BEFORE installing???
just askin'

Have you no ability to read? Most of that stuff won't even be used.

Anyways, Camaro calipers showed up, and I had my first hand at fender rolling/pulling. To be quite honest I think it looks like total ass, but whatever. It's a cavalier.











Ended up only getting one side "done" and half started the other side, then the bolt stripped out on the worn-the-fuck-out fender roller we borrowed.

Like i said, I dont really care for it, but whatever.

[HooWybrow]

Been hauling ass the last two days.

Pulled the engine and started tubbing the wheel wells.

How I left the car Monday night:



And this is what I got done tonight:

Started with this:



Trimmed a piece off to rough size:





removed the battery tray, and original fuse block mount:





Took a big breath, and started cutting:





Wound up at the end of the day with this:





Stock fuse block will even still fit:



Will be grabbing some steel to finish the siding tomorrow, will hopefully have it all welded in, smoothed and seam sealed by tomorrow night.

Only thing is a may have to move the battery to the trunk, which really isn't a big deal.

[Granny Gold]

Good to see you ditched the solid rear end and are going to independent. You'll love it.

[Icana4dit]

I can really appreciate the work youre putting into this car, but I still agree with the title of your thread.

[NorCalFocus]

Awesome sauce.

[HooWybrow]

Good to see you ditched the solid rear end and are going to independent. You'll love it.

I mainly did it for rear strut options... I had pretty well exhausted any way of gaining travel in the rear the way it was.

I can really appreciate the work youre putting into this car, but I still agree with the title of your thread.

Yup, just something for me to fuck with until I bring the '52 into the shop

Awesome sauce.

Thanks.

[ChristopherJason]

nice little car to work on !

[Youngthugga]

Thanks to the tubs I'm now really interested in where this goes, subbed.

[DuBBINHaM]

This actually looks really good. My wife has a blue 04 and I've been thing of it. Seeing this totally convinced me of it. Great job. Ill be keeping up.