SAMARAI's 1995 Opel Calibra 16v Ecotec ;)

[EddeyDancer]

Photo Update!



Will be helping this guy with quite a few mods to bring his cali up to speed, and looking tip top!

Cheers for reading guys!

Good work...

Let me know if there's any bits missing, that you don't already have...

[SAMARAI]

Good work...

Let me know if there's any bits missing, that you don't already have...

Will do mate.
At some point may hit your up for another set of white handles for him. Will let you know!

[SAMARAI]

Photo Update time! - Opelised front V_Grille

BEFORE - With Opel sticker that was really bubbling and looking quite dodgy and annoyed the crap outta me



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AFTER - With Opel Keyring which originally was too bulky so I DIY grinded the size down to half so it fit a bit more flush.
Very pleased with my results.

I went with white back for something different!







Opelised the front grill DIY style.
No more cheap sticker! Rather a very humbling DIY metal opel badge that I literally put my blood and sweat into making!
Worth every burnt finger (As I was grinding the metal back so it was a bit more slim in thickness the grinder made the metal too hot to touch)
Love it!

[LanceBarrett]

These would look nice for your doors mate
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Door-Proj ... 4175f4705d

Yeah I have seen these projectors come up many times in my google searches since I've been looking for parts for my cali.
I considered it once long ago but decided against it since most people here don't know what Opel is and it would also mean drilling into the door cards :/ ouch

Although a great idea these projectors, I used the concept and just put led lights underneath the door cards and the effect I love it.. lights up the road and gives it wow factor everytime a passenger opens the door

Looking smart mate

Thanks greatly buddy!

Awesome modifications man.. Thanks for updating thread with these wonderful pics.. Lot to learn from you:)

Cheers very much mate!
I always like to look back over my journey and ofcourse love to share it with you all here too!
Lot to learn from me? oh wow mate I appreciate you saying that man. What can I say, I learn from experience as this is my first real car I've been tinkering with. I love making it my own!

it seems to be very effective idea indeed.. I am trying to get these projectors so can you tell about the cost of complete build up?Waiting for reply thanks in advance:)

[SAMARAI]

it seems to be very effective idea indeed.. I am trying to get these projectors so can you tell about the cost of complete build up?Waiting for reply thanks in advance:)

Definitely makes you stand out from the pack at night! All my passengers make compliments when they are getting in and out now! Just what I was hoping for!

now those underneath door logo projectors Im not going to install but you can buy very cheap from ebay.
The LED strips I bought a pack of 6 of them for about £12.00 GBP great price. And for fitting and hiding all the wiring took me about 4 hours. A cheap and effective moddification.

Hope it helps

[craigyboy]

Well done with that Opel badge mate,very smart
Get the projector lights for the doors.I've installed
the vauxhall one's and I think they look great.
My mates and guys at work have all commented on them.

[Fraz]

the LED strips on the door look good had them on mine and even small led's mounted through the door card in red

what makes it look tatty is when you see the wires going from a door to the car , rather than doing it correctly by removing the wiring connector and routing the wires through that...even when someone uses that trunking stuff

so how are the wires run then?

car is looking much better now though

[SAMARAI]

Well done with that Opel badge mate,very smart
Get the projector lights for the doors.I've installed
the vauxhall one's and I think they look great.
My mates and guys at work have all commented on them.

Cheers mate! had to improvise a method to get rid of that sticker haha
I think for the time being Im happy with my current setup of under door card LED strips giving lights to the ground! at some point in the future I might start thinking about trying the projector lights.

the LED strips on the door look good had them on mine and even small led's mounted through the door card in red
what makes it look tatty is when you see the wires going from a door to the car , rather than doing it correctly by removing the wiring connector and routing the wires through that...even when someone uses that trunking stuff
so how are the wires run then?
car is looking much better now though

Thanks mate! well I had a look at attempting to run the wires through the door wiring housing pipe but It was very tightly fit in there.
So currently all I've done is very discretely run along the inside of the door and poked through a hole and feeded it under the door hinge arm and under the door seal and then under the side trim. With the door card hiding the cable coming out from the door you cant see the little bit of wiring running along the metal arm that connects door to car!

[Fraz]

You can easily get the connector off the door and twist it enough to add a spare bit of wire into an unused bit of the connector (you would need to get a few from an old scrap car ) and then simply connect to them

or what I di was simply drill a hole in a unused section of the connector and run wire through there...fiddly but so much better looking and far neater

[SAMARAI]

Fraz, it was a very hard spot to get into to feed the wire through and all, I might have taken the easy option out but I did my best to hide the wiring. and also kept in mind the ease of taking it all back to standard if I want to

[SAMARAI]

Photo Update!

Tonight at a friend's place we shot some photos since we were bored! It was dark when we started taking photos so my door LED's quickly became alot of fun!





Just getting a little bit silly



Hope the second photo brought a smile or two for yas

[John Owens]

what makes it look tatty is when you see the wires going from a door to the car , rather than doing it correctly by removing the wiring connector and routing the wires through that...even when someone uses that trunking stuff

Too much negativity on this site ! Especially when " someone's " calibra is one of the best in existence ! You would think that the work & effort that " someone " has put into their car would be respected & praised but no ! Shameful for supposedly fellow " enthusiasts " to act that way !

Sorry Samarai for hijacking your thread .
Your car looks brilliant by the way !

[Fraz]

Though I think Samarai's Calibra is quite good I do not think it is as you call it "one of the best in existence" I can think of a few that I would put higher

But your allowed to have your opinion

[John Owens]

I was actually referring to Craig's car - the same car you were having a dig at in the first place ! That car is one of the best left , the standard of workmanship on it by Craig is first class yet all he gets is digs & snide comments about it then gets dug up for not running cables the " correct " way . I heard rumours about some of the people on this club before I joined , now i see for myself that they're being proved to be correct !

[Fraz]

I was actually referring to Craig's car - the same car you were having a dig at in the first place ! That car is one of the best left , the standard of workmanship on it by Craig is first class yet all he gets is digs & snide comments about it then gets dug up for not running cables the " correct " way . I heard rumours about some of the people on this club before I joined , now i see for myself that they're being proved to be correct !

and how in the name of the wee man did this get onto Craigs car ???? I was not having dig at anyone, simple pointing out it is neater to run wires through the main connector