r0nn13 Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 where did the cool number plates go! Very nice.. i just resprayed my 30 blue :hmm: yours looks like you got it in good condition keep the pics comin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLO-030 Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 where did the cool number plates go! 2 Different KE30's Bianca :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmxsexmonkey Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 does this thing boot down south road around 10 45 am some mornings?? like near beach road? cos everytime i take my commo to work i see a verry verry similar car!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildvl83 Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 yea its 2 different rollas. the one with the cool plates is mine and the other one is the one I'm going to buy off a friend. (bmxsexmonkey) it could be me, depends on what day, i start work at 9 everyday except friday, so if its a friday it could be me. but if its another day it could be my friends rolla cos she lives in the area too. but that rolla has been off the road for a litlle bit cos the brakes have gone. update with brake situation: they replaced the master cylinder with a second hand one, but didnt bleed the brakes properly, and they failed again, so i think they bled the brakes again, and still the brakes failed. so not sure whats going on there, but all i know is they arent gonna bother anymore, so i get the car :D probably gonna use hers as a panel donor cos i think it'll cost too much to fix it mechanically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLO-030 Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 what else is "mechanically" wrong with the new one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildvl83 Posted January 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 apparantly its overheating, so could be up for either getting the radiator recond or a new one (if thats the problem. cos it has no brakes I'm not really up for towing it somewhere only to find its gonna cost me a few hundred or more to fix). reckon I'm just gonna use the new one for panels and other bits a pieces and then sell it. i don't see it being anything major cos the motor has only done 140,000kms (i think, i know its round that mark). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLO-030 Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 If i hadnt already sold the 4k thats currently in my ke30 i woulda said take the engine out of the new one and i woulda bought the rolling shell for my 4kz :jamie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzo Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Just out of interest why swap the panels from the new car onto the other?? If nothing is wrong with the other one use that as a base instead? Cheers, Ben. ps I am a previous owner of the other one, old plates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildvl83 Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 ok, i had the first one quoted up for a full respray and got told would be 7k-8k worth of work as the white paint has to be rubbed back to the original paint and then original paint rubbed back, bog and rust removed and would probably have the removable panels replaced replaced with aftermarket ones. price is just a wee bit more than i wanted to spend on paint, i want the whole project to cost less than that. thats why i bought the second one to use its panels. now that i got the car home you can see the differnce 2yrs makes with the interior. (sbh is a 75, smo is a 77) like its got different t-bar and door lock knob things, i was hoping to use the doors of the new one but might have to see how hard it will be changing over the locks. benzo: how many k's did the car have when u had it, would love to know if the cars done 160000 or 260000. still runs pretty good, didnt think it was that great till i drove this new one i bought. the first one drives heaps nicer than the new one that only has 140000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzo Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Yeah back when I had it it had about 135,000km on it was a very good little 3K, very slow though, and very loud Took it to Mallala a few weeks after I bought it, had 4 people in the car and and sat on 100km/h was a real headache haha If the body on the 2nd one is better, just use that one as a base imo. from what I remember my old one did have a bit of rust in the rhs chassis rail...and from what Cam was telling me when he had painted it he found alot of rust in the rear quarters, sills etc :jamie: Really it wouldve been alot better left the original colour, the paint was pretty good, pretty much no rust was evident back then, not to mention that the respray was very dodgy aswell :hmm: Cheers, Ben. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildvl83 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 ok so likely to be 165000km. yeah its still a little slow but its not as bad as i thought it would be. its nice to be able to just cruise, i found people don't expect you to go fast, where as when i drive my new car people sit up ur arse and expect u to go faster. in the rolla every one just overtakes u. has any one heard of vinal spray. i know you can get the stuff that rejuvenates it, but can you get stuff that can changes the colour (like spraypaint) without ruining the vinal. this new one that i picked up has an immaculate interior, like brand new. only prob is that its that brown colour, and wont go to well with the grey/pink respray. so trying to find an easy way of changing it to the same or similar colour to the first one (cream/beige) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeetsy1 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 I know there is a die... but that requires it going from a light colour to dark... unlike your case of dark to light... Not sure about spray. This wasn't a helpful post was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildvl83 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 haha. at least i know there is stuff out there, just a matter of finding the stuff that does the opposite :-) if all else fails i could attempt to re-cover the door trims myself, and just cover the seats with seat covers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLO-030 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Thats the spirit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMP020 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 (edited) yes you can get Vinyl spray. VHT make it, can get it from sprint, repco, autobarn etc etc. about $16-17 RRP. heaps of colours, you may have to do a few coats to get from a darker colour to a lighter one. http://www.vhtpaint.com/vinyldye.html cheers, scott Edited January 30, 2009 by PMP020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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