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

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  • EarlE
    EarlE
    Earl
    wrote on last edited by
    #543

    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.

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    • B
      B
      B C
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      #544

      Glad you got those bushings out!

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      • EarlE
        EarlE
        Earl
        wrote on last edited by
        #545

        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.

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        • Brian.B
          Brian.B
          Brian.
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          #546

          Looks good. So far!

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

          instagram @howdoyoudrivethat

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          • EarlE
            EarlE
            Earl
            wrote on last edited by
            #547

            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.

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            • Brian.B
              Brian.B
              Brian.
              wrote on last edited by
              #548

              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?

              instagram @howdoyoudrivethat

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              • EarlE
                EarlE
                Earl
                wrote on last edited by
                #549

                It's a 5 gallon accuair tank.

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                • EarlE
                  EarlE
                  Earl
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #550

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

                  Then I did this:

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                  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.

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                  • KaiserRollsK
                    KaiserRollsK
                    KaiserRolls
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                    #551

                    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

                    :shifty:

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                    • EarlE
                      EarlE
                      Earl
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #552

                      =(

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                      • straight6pwrS
                        straight6pwrS
                        straight6pwr
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #553

                        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)

                        Dan
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                        • EarlE
                          EarlE
                          Earl
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #554

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

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                          • wasnt m3W
                            wasnt m3W
                            wasnt m3
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #555

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

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                            • R
                              R
                              REKIII
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #556

                              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:

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                              • EarlE
                                EarlE
                                Earl
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #557

                                Hahaha

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                                • Brian.B
                                  Brian.B
                                  Brian.
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #558

                                  Minus the hoodvent, that's actually pretty fuckin sweet looking.

                                  instagram @howdoyoudrivethat

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                                  • EarlE
                                    EarlE
                                    Earl
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                                    #559

                                    Saturday was spent waiting for a package that needed to be signed for. That package never came=/ It was late in the afternoon and I didn't feel like driving 45 minutes to the shop to do a half hour of work.

                                    I did end up spraying my air tank in satin clear to keep the textured paint from rubbing off.

                                    I also ended up removing all of these suckers from the OZ barrels:

                                    IMG20130511141749zps7fba34b4.jpg

                                    Hopefully the package that I was waiting on comes today. I will be ordering most of the engine parts I need to start throwing it back together after I get the timing cover off.

                                    I'm hoping that wednesday I can assemble and install the subframe so that I can take the car to get the bay welded up=) After that I can disassemble it again to do the wheel bearings. Yay

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                                    • StewCrewS
                                      StewCrewS
                                      StewCrew
                                      wrote on last edited by
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                                      REKIII said:

                                      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:

                                      DSC1236.jpg

                                      Great Britain going way too hard.  It looks like it came out of Death Race

                                      Earl said:

                                      I'm hoping that wednesday I can assemble and install the subframe so that I can take the car to get the bay welded up=) After that I can disassemble it again to do the wheel bearings. Yay

                                      Ill swing by if I get off in time!

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                                      • EarlE
                                        EarlE
                                        Earl
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                                        #561

                                        StewCrew said:

                                        Great Britain going way too hard.  It looks like it came out of Death Race

                                        Ill swing by if I get off in time!

                                        Do it=)

                                        I'm placing an order on ECS tuning for everything that I can think of that I will need to put this whole thing back together. Surprisingly the total is only $365.

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                                        • EarlE
                                          EarlE
                                          Earl
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #562

                                          Well I finally have a somewhat exciting update=)

                                          Tuesday I missed a package, but did end up getting my box from Germany.
                                          IMG20130514143353zpsb497fcc9.jpg

                                          And the contents (plus another set of tail lights)
                                          IMG20130514145008zps54172b39.jpg

                                          Yesterday I tackled installing the euro glovebox. Here is a comparison between the two gloveboxes.
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                                          I removed the metal piece under my dash to find two brackets. One was welded to the dash frame, and the other was bolted to the radio surround. Getting at the bolts for the one on the radio surround sucked. After about 15 minutes of cussing I got it off.
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                                          I then covered my wires under the dash and broke out the angle grinder to remove the mount from the dash frame.
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                                          That orange piece is another melted crayon that I found under the console. That brings the total to 3.

                                          Then I quickly installed the new glovebox.
                                          IMG20130515154047zps123a6cfc.jpg

                                          It needs a little tweaking, but I love it=) I also installed a new handbrake handle, but I didn't take a picture since it is nothing special.

                                          I headed home after this to see if my package had arrived. Let the pictures do the talking.
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                                          The 3.5" lip is wider than my phone is tall=) I am very excited to get these wheels assembled and fitted. I will be sand blasting my barrels today because a scotchbrite pad wasn't working as well as I thought it would.

                                          Updates to come after Saturday.

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