TehRaydarlover's AWD lover

[TehRaydarlover]

This is a video of it from 2010 with the stock front diff I believe, he went through like 5 front diffs before he reinforced one like this.

[B C]

great idea!

[YoungCR]

And they say AWD's can't do burnouts

[TehRaydarlover]

Sooooooo... last week I accepted a job offer in Sussex with Rotating Equipment Repair...   WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! I was in Milwaukee yesterday looking for an apartment and found one I really like with an attached heated garage (was the deal maker) in the Broadway Commons apartments southeast edge of Waukesha. I start October 13 but the apartment wont be available until the 15th so I'll have to stay at a friends house for a few days then my parents will bring a uhaul with all my stuff from Minnesota on the weekend. very exciting   Looks like I'm going to be an OFFICIAL WIBIMMER haha

[B C]

That's not very far from me

[YoungCR]

Congrats! Super jelly on the garage.

[TehRaydarlover]

dɐuS said:

That's not very far from me

Awesome! when the time comes prepare to on call with megasquirt troubleshooting haha

CYoung said:

Congrats! Super jelly on the garage.

The manager said no working on cars in the garages because of oil stains but I said I could put down a rubber or plastic mat, she said keep the garage door shut and be discrete. Was trying to keep a strait face when talking about oil stains lol m20

[YoungCR]

I'd invest in some plastic tiles or something and make a false floor. Cool that they are being flexible but I wouldn't wanna get burned either.

[TehRaydarlover]

Internet installed in my apartment today... ahhhhh finally

Got myself a present when I got my job, mmm poooowwwwaaarrrr

Fap-worthy

Bought these a few weeks ago, got them all disassembled and cleaned up, getting ready to weld in some reinforcements. Completely rust free, bought them from a guy who shipped them from Washington state aka no salt!! lucky bastards

more stuff soonish, been working 10hr days starting at 5am. This week I'm doing field work at the we energies oak creek power plant.. cool stuff, not allowed to take pics tho

[YoungCR]

Pics of the garage space!

[TehRaydarlover]

CYoung said:

Pics of the garage space!

Working on it!

Picked up a 370mm mtech 1 wheel. I really like my 385mm mtech 1 wheel but with my steel toe boots for work I can't get in my car without hitting my knee. The stitching is coming apart but the leather is in perfect shape. Anyone good with a needle or know a good upholstery shop that can re-stitch it for me?

[Bassboy3313]

I am so pumped for this project! Looking good so far!

[TehRaydarlover]

Not sure how many of you are ix freaks but I got these a few days ago. They are ix specific front mud flaps... its kinda a big deal.

[B C]

Id rock those in winter mode if i drove it in winter. Did you permanently abort the bracketry or will you weld up a new one?

[TehRaydarlover]

Looking at them I believe the brackets are the same as the readily available rwd brackets sooo hopefully disaster averted.. if not I'll invest in some tin snips and make use of all of these soup cans I have laying around my computer desk. 

[TehRaydarlover]

But srrussly these are stupid rare. I did a 3D scan of them at work today. Hopefully make some replicas.

[Jdesign]

Awesome! What did you use to scan them and how do you plan on making the replicas? Silicone? SLA? Photopolymer?

[jc43089]

How thin is the bracket?  Should be able to use glass bead blast to clean them up without damaging even thin metal then repaint.

[Rowleym]

YES! do you guys have a faro arm scanner?!?!?! I might have to get a 24v head scanned!

[TehRaydarlover]

Jdesign said:

Awesome! What did you use to scan them and how do you plan on making the replicas? Silicone? SLA? Photopolymer? 

We used the Romer arm. I'm thinking once the scan is done and cleaned up cnc cut the master molds in aluminum then a injection mold. Not sure what material to use yet, haven't been able to do much research. The stuff is actually quite hard I would guess around 75A. I guess I'm open to suggestions on the material.

jc43089 said:

How thin is the bracket?  Should be able to use glass bead blast to clean them up without damaging even thin metal then repaint.

You can't really tell in the picture but they are pretty much shot, one is almost completely rusted through. If I can get them for a reasonable price I would like to just use rwd mounting brackets and modify them if needed.

Rowleym said:

YES! do you guys have a faro arm scanner?!?!?! I might have to get a 24v head scanned! 

We used a Romer arm for this but we also have a few long range 3D scanners. Ha 12v head scanning will get priority