My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)

[Jeff]

^ well that was a little late

[Earl]

I got some backed scotchbrite pads from work just now. I shiuld be able to get the remainder off well with them.

[KaiserRolls]

dang, those before and after pictures are something!

How long did it take you to get all that carbon off?

[Earl]

Just getting the one almost done, the other half way, and the head surface took about an hour. lol

[KaiserRolls]

dang. iron elbow award.

[Earl]

I had to keep switching hands. lol

[Jeff]

use diesel or carb cleaner it will come right off. an hour of scrubbing. that made my arms start hurting

[Earl]

I was just looking through old pictures yesterday and found a few that I don't think I ever posted. I cannot wait for the car to have a fresh coat of black=) I should have also cut my bumpstops way back when. It definitely sat too high. Definitely needed spacers too. Oh well=)

[StewCrew]

It's crazy how different the car is going to be once this is all done. And I thought it was cool in the pictures you just posted 0.o

[Jeff]

She looks beautiful.

[Earl]

I miss driving it=P

[StewCrew]

Earl said:

I miss driving it=P

Dat feel.......    I know it

[Earl]

StewCrew said:

Dat feel.......    I know it

You get to daily the e46 though. I have to drive the mk3..........

[johnprusinski]

Earl said:

You get to daily the e46 though. I have to drive the mk3..........

you mean the green gem? that thing is a piece of gold my friend. hahaha

[StewCrew]

Earl said:

You get to daily the e46 though. I have to drive the mk3..........

You make it sound like I actually like heated leather and nice speakers.....

Besides, no car can climb snowbanks like the mk3.  And I mean...  NO car.

[Earl]

I'm sure some can. But:

[Earl]

johnprusinski said:

you mean the green gem? that thing is a piece of gold my friend. hahaha 

You could call it that=P

[StewCrew]

The e46 is basically a tow truck anyway.

[Earl]

It is indeed=P I forgot about that

[Earl]

I finally got my rear subframe parts all painted up=) I didn't take any final pictures like I thought though=/ I also realised that one of the wheel bearings is really bad and needs to be changed.

I ended up getting all of the carbon off of the pistons, but yet again I didn't take any pictures. Here are the only pictures that I took:

Before clearcoat:

Sprayed the brake shields and hubs:

Painted the diff black:

Wednesday I will take pictures of them all finished. I will be pressing in the new bushings too hopefully. It is supposed to be warm for once, so I should be able to get some primer and paint on the block finally.