E21 project thread
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Wow! It has been quite a bit since I updated this thread. My bad. Haven’t been able to work on the car in a while, but I got quite a bit done the past few weekends I would say. I bought all new front vented rotors and calipers from rock auto as well as brake hoses and hard lines. I used the duplicolor caliper paint for the first time on these things and I have to say, that paint is fantastic! Goes on so smooth and dries super quick.
I painted the rotor hats, calipers and the new slave cylinder with the caliper paint.
I then installed the new slave cylinder and reworked the hard lines since the PO had rubber hose going into a non-brake rated rubber hose then into hard line into slave. That was not working for me. Lol.
After that it was time to install the front brakes after they dried. I loaded up the calipers with some repco metal master pads I had previously gotten. The rotors and calipers went on super easy (obviously) but it was a bit of a push and pull to bend the new hard lines, but I managed.
Old brakes out
New brakes in
Next on the list was getting the new trans mount in while I still had driveshaft disconnected from doing the shifter plate/rod replacement. This was a lot easier then I could have imagined. I also replaced the guibo with a new one while I was in there as well.
Old trans mount on left, new on right
Guibo comparison – Old on right, new on left
and installed
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NICE!!
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Although no pictures right now, this weekend the subframe went back in!!!!! Man that went a lot better than I expected all thanks to Brian (aka snap oversteer) who helped put that sucker in. Will get pics when I get the chance.
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picsoritdidnthappen : )
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Wish my rotors looked like that
i like old crappy rotors, adds character
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^hhaha
hopefully by repeatedly bumping this thread with random nonsense bassboy will post pics!
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You guys are killing me! Haha! Will grab some pics now.
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Here you go guys! Subframe is in!
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awhhh yeah!
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I got the parking brakes installed, cables/hoses/lines all put on and the calipers/rotors on the rear this weekend. All-in-all a pretty productive weekend considering I spent my Saturday taking an 8 hour fundamentals of engineering (FE) exam.
Started working on the rear coilover setup. I have brand new bilstein sports that I installed the coilover sleeves on.
From the looks of things, I am going to need either longer springs or helper springs to make this work. I am still new to the whole diy coilover stuff, so it will definitely be a learning experience.
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Lets get this thing on the road soon! All these parts that are going on are going to feel amazing!
+ a bunch
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