Well, I thought i better write one of these build up things, problem is I've already done most of the build, so i wont have many new updates to post... oh well

 

Around 3/4 the way through last year (2008) my pride and joy, minty fresh one owner RA63 celica got stolen from out the front of my house. The night before it was going in for some well deserved paint work.

I was already looking around for a KE70, so i now had the perfect excuse to buy one.

I think within about a week i had found and brought one, Absolute minter!

How wrong i was!

when i got it to my workshop under the lights, there was

dented panels

weird starting issues

a massive lack of interior (and i got a supposed overrated complete interior with the car)

miss match diameter wheels

hardly anything under the bonnet

no emissions

missing wiring

late model corolla radiator cable tied in

gearbox held in with one cross member bolt done up one finger tight, and one mount to gearbox bolt finger tight, one missing. half the bellhousing bolts all finger tight.

cut springs on supposed 86 front struts

cut springs and locked diff in rear

terrible drift spec twin pipes

missing exterior trim parts

 

the list goes on, i can't really remember it all. so your thinking what a dickhead, you should have picked this stuff out. I knew about suspension, diff and (most of) interior. but the rest didn't make it through my rose colored glasses, see thats the problem when you buy a car on face value. It looks sick, until you start looking at it a week later when the novelty wears off.

 

any way if you managed to get through all of that, this is where it stands to date.

 

198* KE70 (Flat Front)

4KC Completely original stock as a rock motor with everything from factory on it.

K50 5 speed, now with working reverse (funny, all you had to do was connect the plug) and bolted up properly.

Complete 1984 slant front,(gray) overrated interior with venetian.

Complete exterior trim work

Brand new taillights

New exhaust with factory looking outlet (right down to the bends)

JDM AE86 front struts and brakes, (sitting on ke30 lower arms i think, arms came with car)

Standard diff (Open)

ATM cut standard springs, plans to get king springs

Madhouse Lip

14x7 0 offset CSA Globelines (Brake Boilers) with stretched 185/60/14

Full audio, fitted to look standard

XX tacho dash with all new brighter globes and LED's were appropriate

larger rear swaybar (came on car)

Chrome bars (current project)

New panels (currently in primer)

Sunroof

 

Much more to come....

 

Pics time i guess

Edited June 3, 200917 yr by K. Sev

Only pic at moment car is in pieces awaiting some paint

Taken with a camera phone

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/style_image.../attach_add.png

Nice, gonna get some quad headlights?

 

Travis.

wouldn't mind, Ive looked around but don't really want to spend $400 on them just yet.

Yea true true. would look hot though and suit the look of the rest of your car :bash:

 

Travis.