Tally's JDM KE25 Build Up Round 2

[Tally]

haha man do it!

Pictures of me guards & bonnet in primer:






now just got doors left to do. will get right one done but waiting on a rust-free passenger side one as mine has rust all underneath it

you #E7 owners are lucky the rust hasn't kicked in hard on your cars yet haha

[Tally]

ok so picked up a new passenger door yesterday. 99% rust free so pretty happy about that.
Thing is its a KE20 door and as everyone knows KE20 window frame is higher by 2cm.
So we going to unpick it and swap my KE25 one over into it. Way easier then cutting out rust sections and fixing me KE25 door, pics in due time and you'll understand LOL

Colour has been chosen = White, but I'm still yet to decide what type of white, I do want to stick to a Toyota white though so if anyone has some colour codes with pics please post

[Tally]

Ok so today's effort.

Got home from tafe around quarter to 4 and went straight into the shed and didn't get out till 10 lol

Picked up a door of sleish on Sunday, had minimal rust but it did have shit loads of dents, but id prefer dents over rust any day.

So as it was a KE20 door the window frame was too tall so unpicked it and welded in my KE25 one.

here is the results of tonight's efforts, haven't lined it up 100% yet but all seems to be spot on so I'm real happy.



also ive got these rims for it, they are 13" and 4X110 Formula 1 JDM wheels, very lightweight, similar to Watanabe or Superlight style.
I wont be needing them as I am going 4X114.3 so if anyone is interested drop me an offer.

[ill-minded]

sweet KE25 would look nice in a slightly off-white. even a pale cream sorta colour would go nice. really bright colours don't suit older cars in my opinion.

what are the specs on those wheels? if you still have them in a few months, i may be keen to take them off your hands. 110PCD is a prick to find

[Tally]

thanks man, well the thing is the wheels are in 3 different offsets, 2X 6.5" 1X 6" and 1X 7", so just need to find one 6" or 7" and you have two matching pairs

paint stripped the door and started metal finishing it tonight, shouldn't take to long to repair and get it in hifill.

Then ready to block the car down, cant wait.

Was also thinking today about when I get to the mechanical side of things.
Im just gonna keep the 4K stock but with a nice exhaust system while I gather parts for an engine conversion later on.

[Tally]

ok so today did a lot of work.

Finished off repairing the passenger door and got it in primer/hi-fill.

And started blocking down the car getting it nice and smooth. This is the time where I can get the shape and lines of the car perfect and fix any places ive missed etc etc so ill be spending a bit of time getting it right.

Aim now is to have it ready for paint next Friday, see what happens. Thinking White with Red interior Frank KE10 styles

[Tally]

Hey guys

Well I'm currently 60% through blocking the engine bay down. Firewall was a real headache haha but I got through it.

I'm going to get some automotive sealer to seal up all the gaps in the engine bay, been a bit paranoid and don't want the engine bay to look tacky.

So I'm going to track down some of this Sikaflex automotive sealer and seal up all the gaps in the engine bay so no water can get in and no rust can form

or if anyone can recommend another product that would be good

yep thats me in the engine bay

[blair]

Yer. Sikaflex is the bomb.

Once you lay the bead, get a heap of saliva on your finger! then you can smooth it off without it sticking like shit to a blanket to your finger

[Tally]

Thanks man for the tip! I ended up getting Sikaflex 252 instead of the automotive 227 one. Its more heat resistant so better for engine bays.

Dad got the bonnet, roof, boot lid and drivers rear quarter rubbed down last night, few low spots but we will touch em up so should be sweeeeeetttt. Cant wait.

[benzo]

Nice work Tally

Karman Ghia in one of the pics up top?