One of many jobs on the list... Bumper worked it's way loose on the trip up.

Layed bitumen in the wheel arches and painted the sills to tidy things up a bit last night. Lots of jobs left on the list!

Edited November 7, 201213 yr by Doogs

WOW. Your hard work paid off. Looks great. Good inspiration.

good work on your rolla, looks awesome. my ke25 is nearly finished. we will have to catch up soon. i just gotta book my in for a rwc then get the rego paid on it . 4yrs later and I'm nearly on the road too.

Thanks guys!

i have really been enjoying driving the car, headed for a hills run with mates last night in the great weather. :D

It really reminded me how I need to sort the power/brakes etc soon though!

 

I did a bit of work on the stereo over the weekend, making up sealed boxes for the rears and also buying some gear including a decent head unit. As per usual things took way longer than expected but slow progress is still progress!

One of the previous owners had put speakers in the rear 1/4 trims so I figured I'd just open the holes up for 6x9s instead of cutting my parcel shelf.

wow! your car's pretty overrated!! very impressed, esp with the headlining sitting so perfect! Did you use glue or is it sitting just with the tension from the hangers? struggling with getting my headlining to sit properly :(

wow! your car's pretty overrated!! very impressed, esp with the headlining sitting so perfect! Did you use glue or is it sitting just with the tension from the hangers? struggling with getting my headlining to sit properly :(

 

Cheers mate!

I used contact adhesive all the way around the edges. Plenty of bulldog clips and old pinchweld help you to get an even tension the whole way around whilst you install it and the glue dries.

Your 20 looked great at Classic Japan today, so bloody clean.

 

 

those pics looks sick!

love the build by the way doogs

Great pics Jimi, cheers!

Well guys I have been working away some more, but no pics as yet. General maintenance/servicing has been on the cards and I'm getting my exhaust done next week.

Still need to finish the stereo and pull the 5k down so I can do the cam/head etc.

 

Just saw the thread today, seriously humbled to be nominated for COTY! :o

Thanks heaps! :y:

Edited December 7, 201213 yr by Doogs

Congrats, its a well deserved nomination.

Congratulations for the nomination for COTY. It is definitely an inspiring read to see how persistent you were at getting things how you wanted. Just right :)

 

Good luck!

 

EDIT: Oops, my cup of tea went cold! See how engrossed I was! ;)

Edited December 10, 201213 yr by seabiscuit

Just read your whole thread. Well done for all the effort. Can really see the hours you must have poured into this thing. Looks bloody amazing! Can only hope my ke26 come up this magnificent when it done! Looks so good man!!! Well done!

Cheers, leighroy

So this was going to be a happy post about how I'm really stoked about my new 2 inch exhaust system.... But then some bitch ran up my arse as I turned into a mate's driveway on a quiet suburban street! More details to come, car will be off the road for a bit :/

ah shit mate! Really sorry something has happened with the huge amount of work put in so far. Hope you can get some compensation for it!!

ah FFS mate...

that sucks balls... so sorry to hear