My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)
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You're gonna be front and center on StanceWorks in no timeÂ
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That takes a brand new 2013 BMW laying frame to make it to their front page, or a fanboi'd out car. Stanceworks got too mainstream, and I'm starting to dislike it.
Starting to look good though earl!
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I got a tiny bit done yesterday.
My friend couldn't make it out, so fiberglass repair or shaving was done. Hopefully later this week, or sometime next week that can happen.
I did touch up the barrels and now they are finished=) Now I just need the faces and my wheels can be assembled.
I got the sleeves pressed into my RTAB's finally. The bad thing is that no matter how hard I tried, I always pushed part of the bushing out of the arm. I used a c clamp and applied even pressure to get them in. All would look great until I took the clamp off. The bushing would then return to shape but be pushed out about 1/16"-1/8". I didn't want to mess with them anymore and it shouldn't cause any issues. I then threw the trailing arms onto the subframe and placed the bolts in without tightening them. The ends were somewhat of a pain to get in due to the bushings being pressed out a little. Only one of them didn't go in all that great, but it will perform fine. I also attached the diff to feel accomplished=)
I think I might clean the bolts up when I put them in for good. While I was at it, I repainted the CV axles. The paint on the shafts was half gone and there was a good amount of surface rust. I cleaned all that up, sprayed on some primer, and then finished with black. They don't look half bad for as little time as I spent on them. They'll look good under the car=)
I believe I will be going back to the shop on Wednesday. My order from ECS tuning is delayed right now due to a few parts. Hopefully that ships soon.
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What's the status of the engine bay shaving? Make sure you have a helper and 2 jacks for re-installing the subframe. Or do like I did and lick some undercoating from under the car, mutate into some sort of beast, and install it by yourself (not recommended)
I just remembered that I would like to redo the undercoating in the back before I put the subframe in....I can do that right quick hopefully. The bay is ready to be welded up, so I need the subframe in so this sucker can roll to a different location to be welded=)
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I made a little progress yesterday.
I started off at work by slimming up the headlight harness to make it easier and nicer to tuck around the back to hide them.
Before:
After:
I am going to bend the connections to go at a 90 and then make a cap that covers the connection. I ended up breaking a connector from bending it too much, so I need to find a replacement.
When I got to the shop I started installing the CV axles. It took me a bit to figure out how to get them in with the trailing arms bolted down, but I got it.
You can see that the diff cover is missing. I was sick of how nasty it looked and I didn't want to take the time to polish it.
Trololololo
Sorry Brian, I had to=P
It is the same color as the trailing arms and subframe main support. I also pressed in the diff mount while the cover was off.
Then I reinstalled it on the diff. (two pictures that are at almost the same angle)
Then I figured I might aswell finish it off with two of the final pieces.
I need to loctite all of the bolts and torque everything down before it can go on. I am also adding a fresh coat of undercoat today after work.
I brought the barrels home with me and decided to set them around my livingroom with the lips on top of them. Some crappy pictures to get the idea:
Fronts (17x9.5 et14)
Rears (17x10 et8)
That is all for now=)
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Thank you sir. It look better in pictures, but it is way better than what it was.
Also, I awake at 2:40am to start my day. I take a shower, eat breakfast, drive to a coworkers house to carpool, and then get to work to work at 5am=) However, this week I have not been driving with the coworker, hence why I have been at the shop more than usual. I will be going there again tonight and maybe even Friday=D
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wow. awesome progress Earl.
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So much time for activities!  I love how that rear end looks with the bags bolted down too. This thread is awesome.
I like how it looks too. Just need to make my brakelines now. I also need to paint my calipers, but am unsure of what paint to use. Thank you for complimenting on the awesomness=D
wow. awesome progress Earl.Â
Thank you sir. I am starting to feel motivated again=)
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That looks amazing ... really wish i could have done all that with mine but that was just more than I was willing to do. Great work !!
Thanks bud=) I figured I would do it while the whole car was down. My subframe bushings were destroyed before. The car will feel completely new after all of this. I'm excited.
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