Trent-KE30 Posted September 25, 2005 Report Posted September 25, 2005 Hey guys, well i have been trawling these forums for a long time as they provide a valuable source of info about corolla's , I brought this car in May this year for $500 off a 60yr old lady who had owned it for the last 15yrs, it had the pink slip done (dodgey will get to it later) all it needed was a renewal and insurance cost me $800 all up. So i drove it around for a while (still on L's) and then one day i decided i'd take the wheels off it and clean them, while they were off i thought i'd check the disc pads and shoes. And what a fright i got, it was metal on metal on the front and there was 1mm of shoe left on the rears, and they passed it? dodgy bastards. So $200 odd bucks later i had machined hubs (they were like tram tracks) new pads and shoes. Before i had purchased the car it had a couple of slight dings in both front guards and bumpers were worse for wear, (currently sent away for restraightening and rechroming). I also put a Pioneer CD player in it and 6x9 speakers so i could listen to my old school 80's tracks. I had to make custom speaker spacers for it as well and cut out the holes a bit bigger in the parcel shelf, and i decided that if i was going to do a job properly i might as well take out the back window (seal needed replacing anyway). I also put a autotecnica steering wheel on it as the old steering wheel had seen better days $170 With boss and wheel. One day me and old man decided to check under the front bottem guards as this is a common place for 30 Series to rust, checked it out lucky we got to it quickly as there was wet leaves etc down there, cleaned it all out and put some black tar spray shit in there and fish oil (made the car smell like shit for days). Mechanically wise its A-1 doesn't blow any smoke, dropped the oil in it and put some decent penrite in it and got some top gun ignition leads. Planned Mods. Get front guards off KE55 (Same i presume) respray them. Remove tiny amount of rust around fuel filler cup. 2" Exhaust K-50 And then some decent wheels, most likely old school hotwires or superlites. Anyway enough of me heres some pics. http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~rjmckinno...lla%201978.html Havn't updated that for a while so heres some more of the interior. http://img95.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ke30interior5fr.jpg Anyway cheers guys, Trent Quote
kangaroosa Posted September 25, 2005 Report Posted September 25, 2005 Nice Buy. :D Thats a very clean KE30. The old girls still got a good shine to her too. I also like the steering wheel. Quote
Tiger Posted September 25, 2005 Report Posted September 25, 2005 Good pick up there. And let me guess... one for Optus... and the other for Vodafone? :( hahaha Good to see you sharing your wheels with the forum now anways. :D Quote
demuire Posted September 25, 2005 Report Posted September 25, 2005 Hey Trent, Good to see your Corolla's still going well. I imagine you've gotten rid of all your other ones? Quote
Super Jamie Posted September 25, 2005 Report Posted September 25, 2005 are you that kid from toymods with all the paddock bashers? Quote
Trent-KE30 Posted September 25, 2005 Author Report Posted September 25, 2005 Yes superjamie i am. I am still in possession of a 81 KE55E and 75 KE30 and this one. I have gotten rid of the corona and 1 of the crowns. Cheers and thanks for the comments. Trent Quote
Trent-KE30 Posted September 26, 2005 Author Report Posted September 26, 2005 hey fooky how's your AE35 coming along, does it still chew T-50's? :ban: Quote
Trent-KE30 Posted September 26, 2005 Author Report Posted September 26, 2005 Btw forgot to mention ill update my site later this week and put my white KE55 on there :ban: Quote
demuire Posted September 26, 2005 Report Posted September 26, 2005 Umm... Yeah still chewing T50's. Oh well... It's fun to drive... Quote
Trent-KE30 Posted October 15, 2005 Author Report Posted October 15, 2005 Hey Guys i got my hotwires on. heres some pics http://members.iinet.net.au/~rjmckinnon/mags1.jpg http://members.iinet.net.au/~rjmckinnon/mags2.jpg http://members.iinet.net.au/~rjmckinnon/mags3.jpg http://members.iinet.net.au/~rjmckinnon/mags4.jpg http://members.iinet.net.au/~rjmckinnon/mags6.jpg http://members.iinet.net.au/~rjmckinnon/mags7.jpg Tell me what you think, Cheers, Trent Quote
Trent-KE30 Posted March 5, 2006 Author Report Posted March 5, 2006 Well a couple of weeks ago i finally got off my arse and got an exhaust :wink: I've got 2" Wildcat extractors and pipe to a hotdog and lukey rear muffler with a 3" dump tip, Also decided it was time for a ramflo filter :y: Cheers Trent, Btw does anybody have any pics of any Ke30/Ke55's with supra rims the early ones? Quote
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