rolla-king Posted May 11, 2011 Report Posted May 11, 2011 hey all I first bought my ke55 off ebay, it had: -a new blood orange paint job -2" lowering blocks -no engine -no locks -no side windows -half a loom The plan was to have a nice ke55 daily driver that was nice to look at and reliable. I decided to keep the stock interior just tidy it up a little with reapolstering the seats in black, new black carpet, new black headliner. I have bought 6 new auto meter guages which i am making a new gauge cluster out of. The gauges include: -Speedo -Tahco -Water Temp -Fuel Level -Oil press -Volts I am also taking out the ignition and replacing it with a switch for accessories, a switch for reds and a push start button. I am putting in an alpine flip out screen above the shifter, two alpine SR speekers under the dash and two under the pastel shelf, a kenwood amp under each of the front seats and two kenwood subs fibreglassed into the boot. Also fitting an alarm and power windows. I have hidden all the wiring in the engine bay to make it look alot cleaner and attaching it to a drycell battery. I decided to keep the 5k engine with a 5 speed with twin carbies and extractors with a 2.5" exhaust with dump pipe. i pulled off the brakes to paint them cherry red. Quote
kpope18 Posted May 11, 2011 Report Posted May 11, 2011 It looks good man, can't wait to see that motor in her good luck man Quote
rolla-king Posted May 12, 2011 Author Report Posted May 12, 2011 Original door trim from donor car. Engine finally going in. it was hard doing it on a dirt road. Engine in. Donor car. Painted brakes. before and after. Quote
Doogs Posted May 13, 2011 Report Posted May 13, 2011 Looks to be agood starting point, hopefully they did a good job with the paint. Those chromies on the blue car are awful, hope you don't plan on using them lol... Quote
mhmills Posted May 13, 2011 Report Posted May 13, 2011 Good looking car, I'll be watching this thread. I ALSO hope you aren't gonna use those chromies... Quote
rolla-king Posted May 21, 2011 Author Report Posted May 21, 2011 No i am definetly not using those chromies, i will be selling them with the blue rolls when i sell it. Heres an update picture Quote
Jordain Posted June 3, 2011 Report Posted June 3, 2011 hahah good to see that blue ' car ' that I once owned going to a good use. Quote
rolla-king Posted August 13, 2011 Author Report Posted August 13, 2011 A few things have happened since the last update. I have the pulled the 5k back out to tidy up the engine bay. While the engine was out i cleaned it all up and painted it mat black. I painted the x-member, brake lines, fuel lines and steering rack gloss black. The engine bay is going to be all orange with black 5k with random chrome/stainless and red bits. The gauges have been fitted into the dash along with the push start and the entire dash has been painted mat black. Quote
MattyZ Posted August 13, 2011 Report Posted August 13, 2011 looks killer man can't wait to see progress. you changin the wheels later on or keepin the ones on there. Quote
rolla-king Posted August 29, 2011 Author Report Posted August 29, 2011 Ill probably keep those rims on it for now until i find something better. Those 20s won't be going on it. Quote
rolla-king Posted August 29, 2011 Author Report Posted August 29, 2011 5k is back in the car but not running yet. looks good though. Quote
Figjam14 Posted August 29, 2011 Report Posted August 29, 2011 nice neat little car :) don't mind me asking, how much did it set ya back? Cheers Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.