My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)
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Things are getting real, real fast!!! Looking good man!
1984 BMW 528e - SETA and manual swapped! M50 to come!!!
1988 BMW 528e - Need parts?
1991 Chevy C1500 (mighty 350 with TBI and Wisconsin weight reduction package)
1996 Mazda Miata (SOLD!!!)
1996 BMW 325i (Donor car)
1998 Chevrolet Corvette (BEAST)
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee (BROKEN)
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Thank you sir=)
Thursday I arrived to the shop to see how the fuel rail turned out.
I also installed a little more hardware from Fastenal.
Before
After
They gave me an m10 nyloc nut instead of an m12, so I had to put the old diff bolt back in until they get that sorted.
I went to Summerfest Thursday as well and saw this
I wanted to take it for a ride so bad=)
Saturday I decided to make it my goal to get the car back on all four wheels. With me patiently awaiting my quote, I figured that the car needs to be ready to roll as soon as possible.
With that I started by priming the front subframe and control arm mounting areas. I wanted to make the surfaces as nice as possible to keep from dirtying up my new parts. I didn't want to install any of this until the entire front end was cleaned up and undercoated, but they will be doing that when they paint so I will be dropping this all once it gets to the bodyshop anyways=)
I started by laying everything out (I didn't lay out the struts and calipers since the cardboard was too small)
I then installed the front subframe
After that came the control arms and Treehouse Racing mounts
I then bolted the front knuckles to the struts and then installed them on the car.
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After that I installed the front rotors (with my stainless ECS retaining bolts)
Followed by the front calipers
Once the front was tackled I moved onto the rear.
I installed the axles
Then it was time to toss the wheels on and drop it back onto the earth
We were going to drop the engine in for shits and giggles, but didn't have the proper straps and I couldn't air the front of the car up high enough to get the engine hoist legs to slide underneath.
Things are now happening at a steady pace=) I am hoping to get the car out to paint within the next month. My interior and other small tasks should keep me busy while it is away
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Looking good Earl! Keep it up!
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Looks great... but I'm more excited to see pictures after you have driven it 5,000 miles.
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Looks great... but I'm more excited to see pictures after you have driven it 5,000 miles.
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You're welcome!
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hahaha
Yesterday I took the time to remove the old stickers from my side moulding badges and install the new "Touring International" badges that I had made up.
The hardest part was cleaning up the old sticker residue before applying the silicone and new badge. I found that applying WD40 and letting it sit for a few minutes allowed it to be rubbed off fairly easily with a cotton swab.
I really like them. There is a reflection under "Touring" in the picture that looks like a scratch but I assure you it isn't=) One of them has a really small bur that I only noticed once they were installed. I am going to try being careful with a razor blade and scrape it off. Otherwise they turned out awesome.
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Nothing too exciting got done this weekend.
I pulled the car out of the shop so that I could clean my area and the unoccupied section next to me in preparation for my new shop mates. I also did some rearranging. This took up my whole morning.
After that John and I went to Jakes to get some parts. I got one of his m20 flywheels so that I can do the m20 single mass/ lightweight flywheel conversion. I will be sending it off for machine work shortly. I also grabbed the front clip harness from his e36 parts car so that I can extend my harness and get it routed properly.
Other than that I took the doors off because I was trying to make some fasteners work for converting the final four fender mounting locations to m6. I found out that the hardware that I was trying to use wouldn't work. I tapped the old cage nuts for m6 instead and they work great. I should have thought about that before taking the doors off.
I also got my metal work/paint quote. If everything falls together properly the car will be heading to paint in about two weeks=)
My interior should also be here within the next week to two weeks=P
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