rentaspace's ST246 N-Edition Caldina Options

[rentaspace]

I got pulled over in town for doing 35 in a 35

'do you know what the speed limit is on that road?'
yes, 35
'and how fast were you going?'
35
'well it sounded like you were going a lot faster'
no sir
'you live here?' (I was in front of my house! he followed me and didn't light up till I had my signal on to pull in my drive way)
yes sir, bought last year
'ok have a nice evening'



what the hell!? Because I live there suddenly I'm not speeding? I think he was surprised that I wasn't some teen and that I would likely have fought the speeding ticket since 'sound' isn't a viable reason to issue a speeding ticket.

Here cop doesn't even need a speed reading to book you for speeding, if he simply suspects you were (regardless of if you were or not), then you will be fined.

[Box]

I guess the police around here are a lot cooler since neither me nor my brother have ever had a problem and that's with him owning the Genesis Coupe and me the Celica, Miata, and Firebird. Then again we look older than what we are and, at least I, never speed or do anything stupid on the street. Which after doing the single exit exhaust on the Formula the only thing that hints at it having a V8 outside of hearing it is the Formula sticker on the rear and the Formula/Trans Am tail lights. Outside of that as far as the rest of the world is concerned they probably think it's a base V6 car since the Formula shares the base Firebird exterior and it's the hardtop on top of everything else. I guess it's as low key as I can get with a Firebird.

[rentaspace]

Another update, but this time a life update.
Found out a few weeks back that my Fiance is pregnant with twins, which means her little kia rio was not enough to cut it. So we had to update to this as her daily:


2013 103TDI Pacific VW Tiguan, so far it has been great and we have driven it to Canberra and back averaging 4.6L/100kms

This post has been edited by rentaspace: Dec 17, 2016 - 5:32 AM

[Box]

Congrats!

On the kids, not the VW.

Just thought I should clarify.

Wait a minute, this means you'll have to add to your stick family. YOU'RE BECOMING ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. Seriously congrats though.

This post has been edited by Box: Dec 16, 2016 - 1:35 PM

[rentaspace]

Congrats!

On the kids, not the VW.

Just thought I should clarify.

Wait a minute, this means you'll have to add to your stick family. YOU'RE BECOMING ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. Seriously congrats though.

xD Thank you haha, not sure if Caldina will get stickers or Tiguan will (Nek Minut both)

[rentaspace]

Well weeks and weeks later, the bumper finally showed up:


Unfortunately it turned out it had been painted Pearl white and not the stock white colour, but that was not all the problem:





So the bumper was sent off to my friends shop for repairs, the Russian owner had for some reason used some bodgy black sealant type crap to try and repair the bumper previously which made the repair a bit harder than it needed to be. But, it was finally completed:






And for now, that is where the bumper is at. Now it just needs a final clean up, proper primer and ready to be colour matched to the car.
Meanwhile, the Caldina had been damaged yet again (Now the 3rd and 4th time it has been damaged), requiring more work and money:




The mirror looks like it may buff out, but the rear bumper has been cut straight through to Plastic... So will require repair and paint...
This means that I have to now get the Front Bumper, Rear Bumper, Spoiler Spats and Rear Tailgate re-painted... :L

[Box]

How did that happen?

[rentaspace]

How did that happen?

Only thing I can think of for the rear bumper is reversed into at a weird angle, or someone has dropped something really heavy on it.
As for the mirror. I have no idea, shopping trolley are not high enough to cause the damage that was done :L
And the damage on the TRD bumper was in shipping

[rentaspace]

So the other night I went to a Wagonlyfe meet up at Rydalmere Bunnings. I found this photo later on:

[rentaspace]

New badge for the new bumper, whenever it gets done lol:

[Box]

The Caldina is looking good, will look even better once the new bumper is on.

I think wagons are my guilty pleasure, I tell people I don't like them but deep down I think I do. At any rate I'd get a wagon way before I got a sedan, SUV, van, crossover, etc...

[rentaspace]

The Caldina is looking good, will look even better once the new bumper is on.

I think wagons are my guilty pleasure, I tell people I don't like them but deep down I think I do. At any rate I'd get a wagon way before I got a sedan, SUV, van, crossover, etc...

Having owned almost all car shape types (Coupe, Hatch, Sedan, SUV and Wagon), I have to say I like wagons the most. Easy to maneuver and park like a hatch back, but more space than a sedan. Next would have to be the SUV, not as much room as the wagon, but still more than a comparable sized hatch or sedan and the Tiguan is just like driving a slightly larger hatch lol.

This post has been edited by rentaspace: Apr 21, 2017 - 1:56 AM

[rentaspace]

Yesterday I finally got a chance to remove my stock bumper and install the TRD bumper. It looks way better than the stock one and also isn't cracked like the stock one is.
Stock:


The car looks sort of sad without a front bumper lol:


The bumper just after unwrapping from the "Genuine Kia Parts" bubble wrap.


First mount but no mounting screws installed:



Screws installed and number plates installed:


And finally, the final product:

[Box]

Amazing how well that genuine KIA part fits.

[Bitter]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Car-Motorcy...0608.0.0.pWxH6r needs some fog lights.

[rentaspace]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Car-Motorcy...0608.0.0.pWxH6r needs some fog lights.

Already have the stock ones ready to go just no time to install them.

[rentaspace]

So got time to tint the Foglights today. Not the best but first time I have tinted anything before.


And I finally found the mounting kit for the replacement TRD badge for the front bumper, I thought the screws were lost during the move but luckily I found them!

[cheela]

meh... that's how my fogs and headlight tints turned out too. its hard because of the rounded edge but it gets covered up anyways so who cares. lol looks good!

[Box]

When I tinted my tail lights I used a vinyl film and it was fairly easy to use, just took some time getting it stretched and wrapped around given the size and curve of the lights. You can trim the edges some with a razor blade if you want, I trimmed the edges and went back over with the heat gun and it turned out fairly decent. Main thing is making it to where water won't get in behind the film and cause lifting.

[rentaspace]

When I tinted my tail lights I used a vinyl film and it was fairly easy to use, just took some time getting it stretched and wrapped around given the size and curve of the lights. You can trim the edges some with a razor blade if you want, I trimmed the edges and went back over with the heat gun and it turned out fairly decent. Main thing is making it to where water won't get in behind the film and cause lifting.

This was also a vinyl film, but it was a cheapo ebay one. Only cost $1 and had enough to do both lights, the only bits that look eh will be covered by the trim so it is alright haha.

If it does lift down the track I might get some proper tint and re do them