kangaroosa Posted January 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Well this first pic is about 12months old - I recently resprayed the car yellow again, but havent got around around to rubbing it back and bufffing it ....yes i used acrylic. My boss kindly gave me *wink wink* a drum of thinners, spray gun, masking tape and sandaper - so all it cost me was $140 for the paint. The back of the car is also a little lower now. http://www.rollaclub.com/gallery/index.php...ide.jpg&idx=202 Heres the current dash setup http://www.rollaclub.com/gallery/public_up...0-0009a_IMG.JPG Heres the Interior http://www.rollaclub.com/gallery/public_up...0-0045a_IMG.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trdcamrypride Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 verry nice mate that is smick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangaroosa Posted January 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Sorry guys - that first link above worked an hour ago - but now its changes to an engine bay from another car- The other 2 should still be ok Heres the real link for the first pic http://www.rollaclub.com/gallery/index.php...ide.jpg&idx=203 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demuire Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Nice yellow :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medicine_Man Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 kinda reminds me of juniors rolla.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwarf Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Hmmmm, low. Two door KE30, somewhat rare. A very good little car,stronger than a four door, and lighter than a coupe they were always good to make into race cars. I'm still getting to grips that you drove it day to day at that ride height!! Is the new paint the same yellow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xany Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 i like your dash.... did you get it retrimmed or did you do it yourself..... i've always wondered what i could do to make the crappy silver look better... any help on that would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Jamie Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 f@$kin jesus how low is it at the front!? :P is there any spring left? thats what my ke35 looked like when it was on the bump stops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangaroosa Posted January 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Hey guys - Thanks for the postive feedback. The front has still got about 1 1/2" of travel - the springs are stiff as all buggery, so it has never bottomed out on me yet. Yes its still the same yellow. Its actually Lemon Yellow Tinter in acrylic. I've only been pulled over once in about 5 years of having the car lowerwed - it was a motorbike copper that saw me at a set of lights (i saw him looking at me so when i was out of sight enough, i put my foot into it, and tried to duck into a side street - the prick was up my bum with 10 seconds hehe. I just played stupid and innocent (But officer i didnt do it, i paid ("Insert Fake Company Here") to lower it, they told me it was legal) In the end he let me off with a warning and told me that other coppers wouldnt be so leanient in future. But i have never been pulled over since, and that was a good 4 years ago. So i went to the engine builder this arvo and it seems i've rubbed a lobe off the cam. The engines completely out of the car and he's already got another cam and sent it off regrinding. It seems the original cam lobe was not centred below the lifter bore and so only half of the lifter was in contact with cam....strange i know, but i saw it with my own eyes. Oh well, at least now i get my first oil change for free. He hopes to have the car back to me by friday....depending on when the cam comes back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangaroosa Posted January 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 The interior was actually given to me - Well.. the seats cost me a slab of beer and the steering wheel cost $100 bucks. A P plater chick in the street behind me spent thousands on her ke30 4 door (The seats, Steering wheel, Gear Shifter, Carpets, Reskinned dash etc) She rolled the car and couldnt find anyone that wanted to buy it. In the end her mum saw me around the steets and followed me home one day and offered me the whole car if i came and picked it up. Good find ..hey. As for the dash, i fixed all of that up with a new pioneer mp3 player and gauges. I also made new door trims, as the other car was a 4 door. The fabric is the same velour and design as an AU XR6 or XR8 Ford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Jamie Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 hey i just noticed, how come the manifold is on the wrong side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangaroosa Posted January 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 If your talking about the pic of the engine bay..........its not my car. I posted the pic and then pasted the link here - but when i checked it later, the picture had changed. I mentioned the stuff up in a message below the original. I hope that this is what you were talking about, concerning the manifold on the wrong side - that first pic is of a car that i have never even seen before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Jamie Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 oh, sorry :P that looks so f@$king awesome, it's like a drag car :) how much ground clearance do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangaroosa Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Ground Clearance is about 90mm to the exhaust and about 120mm to the sill. The rear has got a few inches of travel still, mainly due to me chopping the bump stops and reshaping them so that they look original. The extractors and exhaust were done when i first got the car, which was obviously before it was lowered. Having said this, the exhaust shop blokes were not to fussy when it came to tucking the exhaust up out of the way, so if i could be bothered paying to have the exhaust redone, i would get it set up nicely. I might have to get something done about the exhaust in the future as this new 5k makes it pretty bloody loud. At idle the car is deep and lumpy, and when i went for a spin around the block, my mate said he could hear every gear change right around the block. I'm happy with exhaust note - I don't think i can say the same for my neighbours. I remember seeing pics of a 4 door ke30, yellow with race seats and 4 blokes sitting in the back to lower it - Who's car is that? I wanted to ask what mags are on it and if they are the same stud pattern as mine - I saw the disc rotors on the back so i'm guessing the stud pattern is different - Nice wheels though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Jamie Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 thats acutally not too bad. i had the exhaust tucked up really nice under my ke35, the gearbox crossmember was the lowest point if i remember correctly ever had your exhaust noise tested? 114db here :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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