Johnjimo

I'm calling you KE55 Peter Pan, like the boy who'll never grow up, the car will never be finished :wink: but the KE30 you got would look great with DRAGWAYS on it ;) hahahah suckaaa

Your car looks really awesome. I'm really starting to like these models. I'm pretty jealous haha.

Slightly off topic and I apologise. Also second year. Getting $10.10 an hour. But I'm also 21 LOL. I'm pretty happy though, because it appears as if everything I've learnt about metal fab will help me restore a Rolla. I can't wait until I have my own. Being able to Tig and Mig will deffinately help, that's for sure

Yay Sheety's rock. Tig welding is great fun. It's similar to oxy welding. I think a small mig would be okayish, but yeah, some training and much practice is a good idea. You can't just weld without training, and people who say they can, can't. What about vertical up, and overhead welding?

I am a fully licenced shooter, it is illegal to carry a firearm with no trigger lock, loaded, or not in a locked compartment in your vehicle. He would automatically lose his licence JUST on those three breaches of the law, not to mention carrying in with intent on aiming it at someone. He should have called the police, because using a gun for anything other than shooting critters or paper is a big no-no. That's if the shotgun he had was even registered, and he was even licenced. You should call the police for sure. He's majorly effed up. If he was ramming your mates car, there will be paint transfer. They could at least get him for that. I hate that people like that can even get guns, I hate that people can be so retarded that they think they can change the world by themselves too hahaha.

Hi, I'm an apprentice light metal fabricator (sheetmetal worker) You'd probably wanna go Mig for thicker stuff, like welding things to diffs, and Tig for thinner stuff. Tig is a finer, more concentrated welding process, and it's often used to do root runs on important welds, like for pressure tanks, and for thinner metal, as well as alloys such as aluminium. To weld body panels with Mig, you'd want the amps right down, and spot weld (tacks) otherwise you will blow (melt) holes through them (I've spot welded thin metal, .8 from memory, it took forever, and I spent half the time filling up gaps haha). At the end of the day you're gonna pay a lot for these machines, and then you have to rent gas bottles (can't be purchased) and buy regulators, because gasless mig is crap. You can always do the tafe course, and when you're a good welder, have a crack, or even take the stuff in and have the tafe teacher weld it for you, for free, tafe teachers get bored welding the same old 10mm plates over and over, they're more than happy to show off. Hope this helps

you should put a holden engine in it, and really send it to hell ahahahaha boooo holden

I know this might sounds silly, but looking at those bumpers, it looks like you could have them upside down? The ends appear as if they'd fit into those indentation thingos if they were the other way up. (excuse the awesome noob non knowing much about car lingo) Can anyone else see that? EDIT: seems it's already been answered. Sorry guys. I'm sure you could flip it over. Shame you weren't in Sydney, could have organised welding and sheetmetal if you needed it, I'm a Light Metal Fabricator (Sheetmetal) Cheers

Do you think white, or cream/beige/off white would be the go?

I might bring my Remote Control cars, got a drift spec AE86, can that count as my Corolla? LOL Also have a FWD mini, and a nitro RX8/Maloo ute :dance: I even have remote control planes haha. Lame I know, but a man needs toys :blush:

I suppose a light cream/off white would be nice, and I guess I can't polish a matte finish..... Do you all think that a ligh cream/off white would look nice with black chasers, chrome dress rims, and white walls, with the whole car being pretty low? Cheers

I'll totally bring my sweet Gridiron ball. It's way fun. Cheers mate

Not sure? I've seen a few matte cars mainly in magazines lol. Thanks for all your oppinions. I think it will probably end up white or off white. Unless anyone has any good reasons why I should paint it another colour? Haha should I start a new thread now? I'm a noob......

I would really love to come, I'm working on having a Corolla ready for the cruise, but failing that, would it be okay if I came in my *cough* CE Lancer *cough*

Yeah like an off white kinda colour? My mate Wayne has a KE55 in a beige kinda colour, so I kind of wanted to stay away from beige. I'd honestly have to see one in white before I just did it though. I know the beige type colour looks really nice. I didn't take it personal btw, just having a rough time atm. Cheers