Exhibit 10(i)

                        AMENDMENT TO CAVALIER HOMES, INC.
                      1993 AMENDED AND RESTATED NONEMPLOYEE
                           DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN

As directed by the Board of Directors of Cavalier  Homes,  Inc. ( the "Company")
at its  meeting  held  on  January  17,  1991  the  1993  Amended  and  Restated
Nonemployee Directors Stock Option Plan, as amended from time to time, is hereby
further  amended  in order to  provide  for the  cancellation  of an  option  to
purchase  25,000 shares with an option price of $15.40  granted on July 16, 1996
under such plan and the issuance of a new option having a lower option price and
for a number of shares of the Comrnon Stock of the Company reduced in proportion
to the lowering of the option  price,  to be effected by inserting the following
as Section 10.2 of Article X:

                                    ARTICLE X

Section 10.2 Repricing of Option Granted on July 16, 1996.

The Option granted  hereunder on July 16, 1996 to purchase 20,000 shares (25,000
shares following the November 1996 five-for-four stock split) of Stock to Gerald
R. Moore, a director who is not also an employee of the Company,  at a per share
price  of  $19.25  ($15.40  after  the  aforementioned  stock  split),  shall be
canceled,  with the cancellation of such Option to be subject to the consent and
approval  of the  holder  thereof  and to the  termination  of the Stock  Option
Agreement  respecting such Option, and a new Option to purchase 17,250 shares of
Stock shall be granted to the holder of such Option so  canceled,  with such new
Option and the shales of stock to be issued upon exercise  thereof to be subject
to the terms and conditions of the Plan and Stock Option  Agreement  which shall
set forth such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Administrator to
be consistent with the Plan, including,  without limitation,  this Section 10.2.
The terms and  conditions  of such Option shall bc identical to all those of the
Option so canceled, excepting only that the per share price of the Stock subject
to such new  Option  shall be  $10.625  and that the  number  of shares of Stock
subject  thereto  shall be  reduced  to to  number  indicated  in the  preceding
sentence.

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Barry B. Donnell



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                        AMENDMENT TO CAVALIER HOMES, INC.
                      1993 AMENDED AND RESTATED NONEMPLOYEE
                           DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN

As directed by the Board of Directors of Cavalier  Homes,  Inc. ( the "Company")
at its  meeting  held  on  January  17,  1995  the  1993  Amended  and  Restated
Nonemployee Directors Stock Option Plan, as amended from time to time, is hereby
further  amended  in order to  provide  for the  cancellation  of an  option  to
purchase  18,750 shares with an option price of $16.625 granted on July 14, 1994
under such plan and the issuance of a new option having a lower option price and
for a number of shares of the Comrnon Stock of the Company reduced in proportion
to the lowering of the option  price,  to be effected by inserting the following
Article X:

                                    ARTICLE X

                              REPRICING OF OPTIONS
                               GRANTED UNDER PLAN

Section 10.1 Repricing of Option Granted on January 14, 1994.

The Option  granted  hereunder  on January 14, 1994 to purchase  6,250 shares of
Stock to each of Thomas  A.  Broughton,  III,  Lee Roy  Jordan  and John W Lowe,
directors  who are not also  employees of the  Company,  at a per share price of
$16.625 shall be canceled, with the cancellation of such Option to be subject to
the consent and approval of the holder  thereof and to the  terminations  of the
Stock Option  Agreements  respecting  such Option,  and a new Option to purchase
4,085 shares of Stock shall be granted to each of the holders of such Options so
canceled,  with such new  Options  and the  shares  of stock to be  issued  upon
exercise thereof to be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and Stock
Option  Agreements  which  shall set forth such terms and  conditions  as may be
determined  by the  Administrator  to be  consistent  with the Plan,  including,
without limitation,  this Section 10.1. The terms and conditions of such Options
shall be identical to all those of the Options so canceled,  excepting only that
the per share price of the Stock  subject to such new  Options  shall be $10.875
and that the number of shares of Stock  subject  thereto  shall be reduced to to
number indicated in the preceding sentence.

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Barry B. Donnell