Custom Cavalier Build

So i have just recently purchased a 1996 Chevy Cavalier. It was in pretty rough condition so i have decided to redo the interior and exterior of the vehicle. So far i have painted the calipers and brake drums metallic silver, i have been wrapping the interior in different material and painted some of the interior accent pieces also in metallic silver. I will try and post some before and after pictures so that you can see what kind of condition it was in when i brought it home and what its starting to look like now. I have also added clear projector headlights and chrome euro tail lights. I have also cut down the shifter about one to two inches and painted my rims black because they were starting to rust and just looked.....ugly


The picture to the left (TOP) is what the rear exterior used to look like the day i brought it home. The tail lights were all cracked and busted and the wing needed to be polished and shined before i was putting it on the car. The picture to the left (BOTTOM) is what the rear exterior of the car looks like now..it has the wing on and the euro tails put in. As you can see my rims have also been painted black until i save enough money to buy some new ones.




Now, the interior is a different story. I don't know what they were thinking when they thought that they were pros at customizing vehicles but the interior was painted what looked to me as if it was John Deere green paint, they also bought some ugly green velvet and wrapped the door mirror pieces and the center console.
and the picture to the left is what the interior used to look like the day that i brought her home...yea let me tell ya it was HORRIBLE !! white and green!! and it doesnt even match the exterior of the car. Also, you can see the velvet material they were using on the mirror window piece and on the center console.. now, lets look at what i have done to the car so far :D

i have wrapped the interior in that type of material..im not going to tell anybody where i purchased this material because i want this vehicle to be the only one in the area that looks like this. As of right now i have wrapped the headliner, door jams, A/C control, Rear window speaker bezel (with custom name board, see pic) and the side mirror retainers

PICTURES BELOW ARE OF WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR WITH THE INTERIOR WHICH HAS BEEN EXPLAINED ABOVE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF GLUE OR HOW I DID THIS OR WANT A VIDEO TUTORIAL OR ANYTHING ELSE ON AUTOMOTIVE UPHOLSTERY PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL HELP YOU OUT THE BEST I CAN.


Above are the pictures i have taken after i have wrapped some pieces, the first picture is the A/C control unit with metallic silver knobs, second is the passenger side mirror retainer, third is the rear window speaker bezel before the wrap and the forth picture is after it was wrapped name plate was made and it was all put back together. the fifth picture is of the drivers side fuse box lid inside the door jam. The sixth picture is the headliner after it was wrapped and installed. The seventh pictures is the headliner before it was re installed. The eighth is the shifter knob shaved down two inches. The 9th picture is the glove box lid and the passenger side door jam dash piece and the 10th picture is the painted vent bezel and defrost vent. Finally the last picture is of the dash straight on after it was wrapped.



stay tuned for more to come......

THANKS FOR LOOKING !!

COMMENTS PLEASE!!

I would also like to send out some thank yous to a few people that have helped out with my project, i would like to thank my brother SHAWN for helping with some of the interior pieces..I would also like to thank BRANDON MASTERS for also helping me quite a bit with the interior pieces..my girlfriend EMMA for being there for the support and not freaking out when im in the shed working on it late late hours into the night..to my dad RODNEY for allowing me to use his garage and tools so that this project can be done..My good friends the RHODES family for also allowing me to use their shed and tools, my GRANDMOTHER for helping out a little bit when money was a bit tight...just a few dollars here and there for glue and other small things.

THANK YOU GUYS YOU HAVE ALL BEEN A GREAT HELP !!