Der Konkurrenz stellt sich vor

[CalibraTurbo]

Name Willem, 28 Jahre Jung aus Holland, darf für die Arbeit ein Taxi Betrieb zusammen halten (versorge der Wartung von unter anderem einige Mercedes Sprinters) und bin allround car freak.

Das hier ist mein Baby, einen Opel Calibra Turbo AWD mit erstzulassung von 27-07-1993. Sie ist seit etwa 2 Jahre unter langsame restauration und wird in etwa ein Monat hoffentlich fertig sein, am moment haben die Felgen ihre Epoxy behandlung gehabt und sind vielleicht schon neu lackiert, danach soll der Radlauf hinten links noch neues blech bekommen und dann ist's scheunen, scheunen und noch mal scheunen bevor totale neulackierung. Sie wird restauriert von Snellen Autoschade, ein sehr bequem und qualifiziertes Restaurationsgeschäft.
Das Ziel ist totale und komplett neunen Zustand mit einige Ausnahmen.

Weil es schon ein sehr großes Topic ist hier eine direkte kopie:

In december of 2008 I took the train all the way up north to a place called Warmenhuizen, saw it was in relatively good order for the price (transferbox was shot but my savings at that point would cover for getting it overhauled) and drove it back home. It hauled some serious *ss I tell you!

Replaced a few minor small things like the 3rd brake light in the Irmscher spoiler, had the transferbox overhauled and a new clutch fitted, new drivebelt and waterpump, new tires all around, heard an aweful loud BANG when driving away from work one day (still dont know the cause but boost started to slowly go down to 0.5 bar and never went over that since), car got vandalised in the night of februari 5th 2010 with a shattered rear window, some dents and scratches so that made me pull the restoration plans forward.

Underneath is the progress since I got busy, first up was installing a Greddy turbotimer and two STRI gauges for boost and oil pressure behind an OEM front.






This is the mess you encounter when a previous owner botches the wiring at the steering column, tried to make the most of it but still doesn't look quite right.





Handbrake wire for the turbotimer







Decided to get a compression test done, this was the resulting graph

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Decided to get a crack on the gauges and front and called the dealership for availability of a new front... please be so kind to give us €49,85 plus tax Sir.. COME AGAIN ??.. such a hefty price for a small bit of plastic??.. oh well there you go, back home I went and happily took off a small portion on the rear



Test fitting















Peekaboo!



Thank God it fits!

















Boost sensor installation














The Final result, am quite proud of my handywork

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Video of both the turbotimer and gauges:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIHG7eSfYK4"]STRI Boost + Oil Pressure gauge in Calibra Turbo - YouTube[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h7Fm5yLlTo"]GReddy Turbotimer in Calibra Turbo - YouTube[/url]

With apologies for the Nokia quality, gauges have since been exchanged for white LED ones.

First result of giving it a wash with Autoglym shampoo, wax and glasspolish, removed the stupid decals on the doors and removed the rear license plate thingamabob.









Upon getting the car we were worn, faded and light grey, now we look nice and almost brand new.




Another interior shot




With plate thingy



Without, looks way better.

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Got a good as new Turbo plate from someone to go on the tophat



Before and behind the custom gauge assembly







Peak recall buttons were located to just underneath the cigarette lighter





Got it through it's first MOT with me no defects whatsoever so I was extremely happy to say the least! Then bought this little bugger plus a few spare crowns that would get me the rear quarters off





Whaddayaknow a C20LET comes partially prepared for cruisecontrol!





A fellow on opel-forum.nl helped me greatly by getting all the bits I needed including a servo motor and all neccessary connectors plus wiring diagrams, and another got me the long cable version, still need to install everything when the body work is done.

[CalibraTurbo]

Christmas 2010 saw me making good progress on drilling out the rear quarter panels, this was the first result of taking things apart







Apparently it had a rear end accident at some point in it's life, rust was quite bad in the wheel arches one of the bumper supports almost immediately let go by itself when I tried to take it off









































Temporary parts storage



Had a bit of practice beforehand to make sure the real job would go well. Oh crap then came the moment that practice would need to make perfect... WHAT THE HEY IT WORKS!











This is where I had to stop because it got too late







This looked quite difficult and took a few short attempts with the grinder and pliers to see how far I could go























Right side





Oh stink how are we going to take care of the filler neck this is never going to work.... a pile of chewed off finger nails later I decided to try grinding a square tightly around it and bend the edges to see what's behind it. Thank God on my bare knees it turned out ok.

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Time to cover things up and celebrate new year's



Good night baby, see you in 2011!

[CalibraTurbo]

If you want to know how long a Calibra rear quarter panel is... try taking down the rear seat of a Volvo V40 (dad's car) and put both front seats forward to the MAX on their last knotches!

Good sh*t it fit to the very last milimeter we both had our knees against the dashboard! Dad originally wanted to look for aquarium fish in the same town but once we were driving all he wanted was to go straight back home, lol.















Fillerneck grommet

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On to the completely drilled out quarters! When the left one finally let go it gave me the biggest KICK I ever got, well apart from driving the 7:22 record setting Viper ACR in Salt Lake City in september 2010.













Had to do extra cutting at the end of the c-pillar because the panel was too stressed to just fall off

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These were new pics except the very first one and were taken at the body shop.

Now you see me



Now you don't

[CalibraTurbo]

Bought various assorted new bits in between, these were the major body parts that I wanted to get new. Bonnet had major rust along the front edge and side panels were not beauties either.

[CalibraTurbo]

CALIBRA FOLDING MIRRORS - YouTube

This is a rare Japanese option that I have the left mirror arm for, someone please help me get the other!!

Wiring scheme for it:



Regular mirrors for comparison



The arm itself, 7 pin connector instead of the normal 5







Additional Lumma spoiler to compliment the lines a little bit better, it's the one with integrated 3rd brake light the one from the Irmsher spoiler will be removed and the hole covered.







Example without brake light from Lumma website



Part of €1700 consisting of new windows all around. Rear ones had bad rubbers and some others were scratched beyond polishing so just decided to replace everything along with weatherstripping.







The complete pile of dismounted parts, including a bigger downpipe



As they say in a documentary right before the commercial break.. "End of part 1"

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The beginning of part 2, rusty sections in the front wheel arches repaired with new sheet metal, this is where my body guy took over all you see from here on is his work.







Front wings ready for paint









Front bumper good as ready for paint, they have since been painted in advance of the rest







Tow hook cover



Bonnet





Well I'll be we're as good as done!











SIKE :lmao:





This was taken in the winter of 2010 just before shoveling it out from underneath 30 centimeters worth of snow!!



Right rear wheel arch in progress











Test fitment

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A short explanation why and where Calibras always start to rot:

Opel made a number of quite dumb mistakes in their design. At the bottom of the sill is a spot where the quarter panel overlaps the sill piece, moisture and dirt gets in between the 2 and presto a growth farm for rust. To avoid this in the future the marked piece was grinded away.



On to the wheel arch itself, on the red line Opel added a filt tape between arch and panel that eventually starts to get hygroscopic and form another growth farm for rust. When a previous owner rolls the fender edges without proper treatment, you guessed it... RUST and lots of it! In addition to this, Opel put the arc against the panel for 3 centimeters in height which also helps the rust greatly.



Explanation made visible with a simple MS Paint drawing. Left is the OEM situation, right is the modified situation currently under construction.



This is one of the very few remaining brand new OEM oil coolers, mine started leaking like mad out of nothing so I am very glad I was able to find it














New center console was not too expensive either, mine has a ripped ashtray pin and doesn't look the best anymore:






New weatherstrip for the bonnet just above the headlight

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By sheer chance I found an original sales gift that people received when they bought the car brand new at the dealership





The rims before being sent to the wheel shop to have them look if all 5 are still straight











Yech



Doesn't look good



Mamma mia



Good as perfect replacement leather interior, the original pieces in my car are shot especially both seats













Passenger door panel has a small air pocket, will need to think really hard how to get this sorted

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Thanks to the opeloem site I was able to order these goodies

OEM fire extinguisher with specific Calibra part number



Safetykit consisting of 2 safetyshirts, a hazard triangle and a first aid kit



.... good until the following date



Rims back from the wheel shop and blaster, just today I saw that they are all sanded and await a coat of epoxy before being painted















Had the bonnet closing parts chromed







Bought a showroom plate



The audio shop said that they could fix the Blaupunkt CD300 D that I found in the parts rack of my specialist but if they can't I am looking for one in good working order, this is what it looks like:




That is all for now I hope you enjoy looking at the progress

[Henger]

Hallo Willem,

willkommen im 16V Forum
Da hast du dir ja richtig viel Arbeit gemacht und keine Kosten gescheut den Calibra Turbo AWD neu auf zu bauen.
Deinem Bericht und den Bildern nach zu Urteilen, ist euch das gut gelungen
Leider war es im Hause OPEL was die Rostvorsorge angeht, bei dieser und den meisten anderen Baureihen der 80er sowie 90er Jahre nicht gut bestellt
Das könnt ihr bei der Restauration alles deutlich besser machen.

Ich wünsche dir noch viel Erfolg bei der Fertigstellung deines Allrad Turbo Calibra

Nette Grüße

Fränk

[Nagilum]

Das sieht nacht vieeeeeeeeeeeeeeel Arbeit aus. Ich weiß nicht ob ich die Nerven hätte mir sowas anzutun. Vom Geld ganz abgesehen.
Aber wenn er fertig ist, darf er sicher als "selten" durchgehen.
Viel Erfolg weiterhin und versuch doch die Bilder wo anders als bei Imageshack hochzuladen, in wenigen Monaten werden deine Dokumentationen hier (und anderswo) nur noch aus ein wenig Text bestehen weil alle Bilder gelöscht wurden.

Gruß
- Nagi

[CalibraTurbo]

Nagilum: einfach beginnen damit, die arbeiten nach Art klassifizieren (Interiör, Exteriör, Felgen, Blech, Glaswaren undsoweiter), Schritt halten und nicht hingucken, ich möchte es lieber GUT machen statt teilweise Mit 'ne website wie http://www.opeloem.com ist es tödlich einfach teile und teilenummer suchen!

Selten wird er ganz sicher sein, bin sehr gespannt was der Gutachter für wert geben wird Was ist das Imageshack problem genau? Man hat noch nie meine Bilder gelöscht, hab ein bezahlten Account.

Danke für die gute wünschen, es ist indertat VIEL Arbeit aber wenn er dann endlich für die Tür steht bin ich unbeschreiblich Stolz

[Nagilum]

Ah okay, dann bleiben die wohl, wenn du den Account aber kündigst bzw. auf die kostenfreie Variante umsteigst, werden Bilder die eine gewisse Zeit nicht mehr aufgerufen werden zufallsmäßig gelöscht, das gibt's hier - wie auch in anderen Foren - in einigen Threads. Die sehen dann sehr bescheiden aus.

Gruß

[CalibraTurbo]

Felgen sind fertig! Achtung sie sehen so Gut aus das mann vielleicht ein Arzt braucht

[CalibraTurbo]

Hab mir vor 2 Tage ein sehr schöne und seltene Werksoption gekauft, automatische Klima bedienung der soweit ich weiss nur in Italiën geliefert war


http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0718250583

[CalibraTurbo]

Der Spiegel Arm mit Parkmodus an der Beifahrerseite und das Steuergerät für beide sind gefunden und können zusammen mit die Arm am fahrerseite eingebaut worden !!

Diese mittag den Remus endschalldämpfer poliert, abgeklebt und neu lackiert. Es sieht wieder ordentlich aus!

Ein Teil war schon ein bisschen gemacht aber es gab noch sehr viel Schmutzichkeiten





Diese hatte ich schon auf der Arbeit poliert mit Metalpolish und werden jetzt 100% sauber gemacht



Wie die andere Seite erst auch war, total verunreinigt













Rechts oben mal angefangen





Hier war es total kaka





Vieles ist hier schon weg





Noch etwas mehr



Und ganz verschwunden



Ahhhhhh was guckt sich das doch unglaublich schön aus







Nun ihr beiden noch angreifen





Und fertig ist Klara.... ehhhh InjectTheVenom





Wie ein Spiegel so schön





















Verpackt mit, wie könnte es anders sein, Abdeckband und papier als Vorbereitung auf die lackiererei





Was hiermit geschehen wird, er ist jetzt ganz leer, muss nochmal mit Sandpapier über einige Unebenheiten her und ablackieren



Das Ende für heute, die Verpackung kommt erst ab wenn der Lack mich gefällt