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cheers guys, had a play with it today, got heaps done Heres a few of it, I was having trouble uploading them This is when I got it Motor out And a few random shots of where its at Today we got the flanges for the exhaust welded up, slapped the new wheels n tyres on and mucked arround with a few ideas for the thermo fan Cheers for all the comments guys, Its good to have other peoples feed back on what I'm doing, back in tomorow, so ill keep you posted on what I get up to

Cheers mate, if you plan on lowering them remove your spare wheel carrier, that's my problem. I'm slowly getting it done, todays jobs are: exhaust fitup, Thermo fan (fab up a mount and fit) pick up my new wheels and put the front end back on.... ill keep you posted

Got my new wheels blasted and painted today, $20 a rim, now just need to get tyres with the right profile to clear the struts, ill put up some progress photos tomorow, may need to get less agressive lowering blocks for the rear, it got stuck reversing off of the ramps at the workshop :doh:

So I got this little Ke16 from perth earlier this year, and have been meaning to get a progress report on the go Soooooo I flew over to perth and did a deal on a car I had never seen before ( I didnt even know Ke16s existed :hmm:), put it on a truck and flew home, 2 weeks later it arrived at the depot (70kays from me) so I figured it would be easy, get a mate to drive me up there, get in car, drive car home..... If only it was that easy. This is how it was when I got it This is the car overheating for the 8th time on the way home haha, turned a 1 hour trip into a 5 hour trip :bash: Once it was home it lasted 3 days before the sump gasket let go (in a spectacular way) and covered the engine, engine bay, trans & tunnel, diff, springs, well you get the point. so that was the point of no return, this little 4k needed a birthday Due to work and various other things that get in the way of fixing cars, it slowly got cleaned and tinkered on untill the start of this week, I was given a 5 day roster break, so it was time to mosh on this beast in the last 5 days I stripped the engine cleaned, replaced and re gasketed everything I could get replacement parts for, cleaned and repainted the engine bay, took all the chrome off and polished it all and painted the rad support, in doing all of this I have found 1 small surface rust patch so I'm stoked that its that clean so now we come to today, i wanted to atleast finnish getting the motor in and some of the small things hooked up, but a mate came round so we knucled down and got it in, plumbed, wired, lubed and fired in next to no time I tried uploading a video but its to big, so I put it on youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SVupUe0_NA&feature=g-upl This is just out of the headers on stale fuel but its a massive modivation. now I know your all thinking it's easy, but this is the first time I have done anything like this. so I'm chuffed with how far we got. It will sit as it is for a week or so then it will be another few days putting the front end back on, and getting it ready for crusing this summer. Thanks for taking the time to read through, And if you guys want to know anything or have any advice for me please feel free to comment. Also a big shout out to pmp16 for hooking me up with some tail light lenses :y: :y: :y: , cheers again mate they look sweet

$300 on ebay, hurricane headers with a 2" outlet. just look for ke20-ke70 I have these headers but payed far less. They fit my 4k in my ke16, no mods. just bolt off, weld a flange, bolt on.

↑↑↑↑↑ Thats right, I'm running a set of 155/80/r12 tyres with whitewalls "cut and painted" 2 came out sweet the others are sketchy I have been looking for months, your best bet is go up a rim size, I got a set of mazda 13" rims, then you get a few more options, It all depends what profile tyre you want to run, I can't have any biger than 65 due to the offset. hunt around there are a few sets on Ebay for a 13" rim but they are an 80 profile

I was trying to find 12" tyres with whitewalls, every one I got in contact with told me the same thing.... Found any rocking horse s*** lately? So I have had to go up a rim size (mazda 626 13") still the same pcd These guys have a good range of white walls: http://www.antiquetyres.com.au/

yeah I'm not sure if they will be a straight fit up, I'm looking for a set for my ke16, a mate put me on to these guys

http://www.bestmufflers.com/bshop/product_info.php?products_id=3763&osCsid=c0170df6920cb7c28d9a8f097a829196

spose I can't loose for $17 ill get them and see what happens, cheers guys

Yeah they look cheap, but they would be better than the ones I took out, the bushings were gone and the pin was bent at the moment I'm not sure where to go with it.

This is the set that I was looking at http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TOYOTA-COROLLA-DOOR-HINGE-PINS-KE20-KE25-TE27-KE30-KE35-TE37-TE55-KE70-TE71-TE72-/190663681094?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c6470e446

Hey guys, I'm having a similar problem with my ke16 (drivers door sag) and came across some pin and bushing kits for a ke20 on ebay, My question is are ke1x and ke20 hinge pins the same (or close enough) to get away with sticking a pair of them in? any help would be appreciated cheers

Hey guys I'm michael, Located in Whyalla I have a KE55 sedan 4k auto, just a work bus for now. I just got back from WA, while i was over there, I snapped up a KE16 wagon that was on some of the threads on here, Its on its way home now so ill keep you posted on the progress once i get it home and have a real good look at it Cheers.