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

[Earl]

Me neither=) Lol We didn't start on it. We were going to do it Wednesday, but I remembered that I have leagues. Hopefully sometime this weekend or next week we can get to it.

[KaiserRolls]

hahah those boxes are hilarious!!!!

[Earl]

I always love asking companies to draw on the boxes. Sometimes they draw really awesome pictures, and sometimes they provide a good laugh:)

[Earl]

I was very happy with how yesterday went.

I finally got to order my 3" and 3.5" lips. I am so excited for them to come.

After work I got to the shop and had just the right tool to get the pesky RTAB sleeves out.

After a little wrestling I let out a sigh of relief as I stared at these.

Now to reinstall them correctly this next time=D

I grabbed these front work

And what do you know, matching threads

And then I did this slick move

Tada

I got them to screw on nice and flat=) Just need to put some loctite on the threads when I reinstall them. Now to make the top mounting coles on the frame rail.

I also grabbed the subframe and took it in the light to see the color. Reminds me of a bass boat when there is heavy light=P

From a distance it is just a metallic pewter color.

The next updates will be after Saturday=)

[KaiserRolls]

good to see this moving along Earl!!

[Earl]

KaiserRolls said:

good to see this moving along Earl!!

Thank you sir=) I am actually thoroughly suprised that I haven't gotten any shit for going on air. I would stay static, but I figured that a fresh paint job and massaged fenders will be bacon in no time with the fitment I will be running. I want this car to stay nice and clean.

[B C]

Glad you got those bushings out!

[Earl]

Me too=) I wish I wouldn't have drilled that one hole now though. lol I am getting the sleeves bored out to the proper ID right now at work.

[Brian.]

Looks good. So far!

Trunk lay outs are a bitch. for your air setup, you better be picking up a water trap sir!

[Earl]

The trunk will be nice and simple. Just a few exposed hardlines and the tank will be seen. I will be picking up a watertrap, but it isn't as huge of a deal since I'm using an aluminum tank versus steel.

[Brian.]

Earl said:

The trunk will be nice and simple. Just a few exposed hardlines and the tank will be seen. I will be picking up a watertrap, but it isn't as huge of a deal since I'm using an aluminum tank versus steel.

Good to hear you got an aluminum one! Did you go pancake style, or tube style?

[Earl]

It's a 5 gallon accuair tank.

[Earl]

http://bagriders.com/modlab/products/ACCUAIR-ALUMINUM-5-GALLON-TANK.html

Then I did this:

I am hoping for a nice package today=) Let's hope it arrives to keep my spirits high. I just got my RTAB sleeves back from being bored out. The manufacturer forgot to machine the ID, so my bolts would not fit. All is good now.

[KaiserRolls]

Earl said:

I am hoping for a nice package today=)

I bet you are Earl....I bet you are.

After Chatter Box, I don't know what to think anymore

[Earl]

=(

[straight6pwr]

i had a compressor on my e30 to operate an air horn, that got annoying in like 1 day.  are higher quality systems quieter? (excuse my noobness on the topic)

[Earl]

High quality ones are much quieter. I have two Viair 444c's.

[wasnt m3]

Helps to have rubber mounts to keep some of the vibrations to a minimum.

[REKIII]

So, I swung by Earl today to check out his progress.  I snapped a quick pic, even though he asked me not to.  Gotta say it wasn't what I was expecting:

[Earl]

Hahaha