My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)
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Friday I split my old control arms from my knuckles and compared them to my new ones.
The front end will feel a million times better with the new ones. It is odd because my car felt super solid before. I cannot imagine how nice it will ride whenever I finally finish the car.....
I had to leave the shop shortly after that because I got something in my eye and it was really bothering me. When I got home it ended up just being dust in my contact making my eye dry out.
Saturday I spent all day getting the undercoat out of my wheel wells. I thought at first I should go down to bare metal, but then figured I will need to primer/paint it before undercoat again anyways so I just focused on getting the undercoat itself off. I am very happy with the end results.
Right now my buddy is able to do the welding this weekend. Hopefully that doesn't change over the next few days.
I have also been honing my drift skillz on Forza 4 with Kaiser so come and play with us=)
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So the bay got some much needed attention this weekend.
Saturday and Sunday my friend Greaser Kyle started working his fabrication magic on the bay.
I should have gone to him in the first place. Whate neded up happening is the guy I had weld before layed really tall tacks and when I ground them out, it ended up making some thin spots. This lead to Kyle having to fix blow through as well as patch a section that got really thin from his grinding. He is working out out so there won't be any issues after he is done.
I started saturday morning by removing one of the last brackets.
I didn't get many pictures of what Kyle got done.
Here is the hole he cut to patch where it got thin.
You can see it all patched up here.
ÂThat mount of weld up top was to add some thickness where a little hole was. He wants to use as much weld as possible so that I really don't need much filler at all later.
He is gone up north this coming weekend and then gone hunting the next, as well as Thanksgiving. I won't see him for about three weeks so that means I will be working on routing the airlines for the front through the inside of the car as well as finally putting my motor together a bit more=)
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Looking good, maybe i missed this but is the welding for strength, looks, etc? Just curious because I will be doing a bunch of work over the winter.
Pretty sure he's welding to make everything smooth. Some just use filler, but then it cracks after awhile. Welding is the better way with only filler to make it perfect.
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Exactly what Robert said=) It is for filling the seam where the strut tower meets the wheel well. Otherwise people stick a bunch of filler in there and it cracks when stress is added. This will strengthen the seam and filler will only be needed for minor waves or imperfections in the metal.
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OK, so mostly for looks. Very cool, I can't imagine how anyone would think only filler would stay in the area around the shock towers, they flex when you drive hard. That welding looks good, it is mig, not flux core correct? I need to get a gas bottle so I can do things besides rusty frames and exhaust.
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Maybe cheaper to find e46 330 front brakes, I got rotors, pads, calipers, and brackets for 150 from Teds part out. 325mm vs 315mm for the e36 m3. I just test fit them and they bolt right up, my 16" contours clear them barely. I will have pics on my thread tomorrow.
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Then you will need a proportioning valve anyway, from the reading I have done on e36's the master cylinder does some of the proportioning and the ABS module does more. Unless this is another area where the crazy ti's are different. A Wilwood proportioning valve is only 50-60$
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I'm sure people do, but the proportioning will be off. I found the topic I was looking for, post 12 and 21 have the info.
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?531881-E46-330-Brake-upgrade
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