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

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  • StewCrewS
    StewCrewS
    StewCrew
    wrote on last edited by
    #488

    Good thing I have pictures of your subframe parts after paint!  Just gotta bug the hell out of me to upload them

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    • EarlE
      EarlE
      Earl
      wrote on last edited by
      #489

      m42b18 said:

      Looks fantastic! I'm dying to see those wheels come together. One day I will do a suspension overhaul like this with my car

      Thank you sir. The suspense is killing me as well.

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      • EarlE
        EarlE
        Earl
        wrote on last edited by
        #490

        StewCrew said:

        Good thing I have pictures of your subframe parts after paint!  Just gotta bug the hell out of me to upload them

        Get them up!!! do it do it do it do it do it do it do it

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        • StewCrewS
          StewCrewS
          StewCrew
          wrote on last edited by
          #491

          Earl said:

          Get them up!!! do it do it do it do it do it do it do it

          Ill try here at work, but no promises.  Theyre going to be massive if they do work, and I wont be able to edit anything.  But Ill try!

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          • EarlE
            EarlE
            Earl
            wrote on last edited by
            #492

            Just upload them to photobucket and they'll resize when theyre posted=)

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            • StewCrewS
              StewCrewS
              StewCrew
              wrote on last edited by
              #493

              The cleaning process

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              Cleaned

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              After paint.  I only took one, sorry :P

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              • EarlE
                EarlE
                Earl
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                #494

                Badass actions shots=P

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                • StewCrewS
                  StewCrewS
                  StewCrew
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #495

                  I heard parts dont clean as well unless you make faces at them.  Appears to be true :P

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                  • EarlE
                    EarlE
                    Earl
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #496

                    Just to give you guys an idea of exactly how my lips will look.

                    http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1060311#post1060311

                    This is Shaun Quills car. He is the one powdercoating my faces. We are both running Breytons. His are 11's in the back though. I need to find some 7.5" or 8" barrels to widen mine sometime this year.

                    Hit him up if you guys need any powder needs met: https://www.facebook.com/ShaunsPowderCoating?ref=ts&fref=ts

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                    • JeffJ
                      JeffJ
                      Jeff
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                      #497

                      that would be sweet looking i need some!!

                      StewCrew said:

                      The cleaning process

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                      Cleaned

                      After paint.  I only took one, sorry :P

                      ha earl^

                      1976 530i e12
                      1990 325ix e30
                      1992 325i e36
                      1995 740il e38
                      2001 330xi e46
                      ^More to come :)

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                      • EarlE
                        EarlE
                        Earl
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #498

                        ^That's me=P lol

                        I got a little bit done yesterday.
                        I started by taping off the block. I ended up running out of tape so I could only one side=/

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                        I then laid down some primer:

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                        I then had to wait for that to dry, so I started working on the bay again. I busted out a propane torch, wire brush, and pallet knife.

                        Passenger side:

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                        Driver side:

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                        I ended up having to quit that for the day because my brush bit the dust:

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                        By this time the primer was dry, so I laid down the paint:

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                        It was supposed to have more of a champagne tint to it, but it definitely looks good=) It looks like liquid mercury. Hopefully Saturday I will get the other side painted, as well as removing the crank bolt to pull the timing cover.

                        I also snapped a few crappy pictures of my rearend parts finished up:

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                        And a shot of the pistons clean:

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                        More to come Saturday=)

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                        • YoungCRY
                          YoungCRY
                          YoungCR
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #499

                          Looks great!

                          Chris Young
                          BMWCCA #458972
                          1986 528e/5  | 1994 530i/5 | 1995 540i/6 | 2013 X5 35d | 1998 C1500 Suburban | 1995 K2500 Suburban

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                          • EarlE
                            EarlE
                            Earl
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #500

                            CYoung said:

                            Looks great!

                            Thank you sir=)

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                            • Brian.B
                              Brian.B
                              Brian.
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #501

                              Sell me your Breytons.

                              instagram @howdoyoudrivethat

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                              • EarlE
                                EarlE
                                Earl
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #502

                                No they for me=) On a side note. Just spoke with Shaun. He cleared the wheel yesterday, but it was his first time using this new powder. They ended up coming out like poop. He is now starting over. I offered to pay a little extra becasue I feel bad, but he kindly declined. They should be done tomorrow or this weekend I am hoping.

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                                • EarlE
                                  EarlE
                                  Earl
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #503

                                  I got a little done on Saturday, but it doesn't look like much.

                                  I started off by painting the other side of the block. Both sides turned out really well.

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                                  The color came out brighter and more silver than what I wanted, but it will work well with the rest of the colors.

                                  Most of the rest of the day was spent with a propane torch and wire brush. I still have a lot of seam sealer to get out of little nooks and crannys. I'm really hoping I can get it out soon so that I can weld the seams up, grind them flat, and then smooth out the whole bay. I really want to be done with that so that I can just fit the wheels, and then send the car off for paint.

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                                  I'll hopefully be ordering a ton of parts this week so I can slowly cross things off of my list. I also need to replace a wheel bearing in the rear so that I can put the subframe back in.

                                  Last thing I got done was a little cleaning on the steering rack. I ran out of brake cleaner=(

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                                  I'm hoping some more exciting updates will come sooner than later.

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                                  • johnprusinskiJ
                                    johnprusinskiJ
                                    johnprusinski
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                                    #504

                                    earl it was fun watching you flip out at the gas pump on saturday. hahahaha 

                                    oh and this...

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                                    • EarlE
                                      EarlE
                                      Earl
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #505

                                      First time I ever planked. Strut mount nuts hurt in the shins.

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                                      • johnprusinskiJ
                                        johnprusinskiJ
                                        johnprusinski
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #506

                                        funniest part was when i was outside and you said "hey john, can you take a picture of me planking?" i had a confused look on my face, but then i realized that it was earl who asked the question.

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                                        • EarlE
                                          EarlE
                                          Earl
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #507

                                          I honestly don't know how I got the idea. Lol

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