'88 E30
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should have zero slag, as they SHOULD us a tig.
I mentioned that to him as well & noted tig in the instructions I whipped up
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Ended up using MIG. Just talked to him on the phone. He said they went well and he took his time to ensure nothing cracked and kept slag out of important areas
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Pics of welds before I clean & paint
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Por-15 is happening right now
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Tis drying now. Only put two coats on because it got late & it should be good enough as they finish wasn't really terrible on them
Also got both rears in. For now I spun the adjustment collars all the way to the bottom.
Talked with Senior Rice about adjusting the fronts, it'll be a lot of installing/removing to get them where I want. Good news is I am in the home stretch-ish
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Those welds look pretty clean!
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Well, pretty much got everything back together last night. Coilovers in, stud conversion, front brake caliper/rotor etc etc.
had to fill up the reservoir about 3/4 times before we even started to bleed
Starting at the passenger rear I had Brooke pump the brakes. This is when i noticed fluid seeping from the bleeder screw, I quickly just reached for it with my hand &and turned (thinking it was just loose from shipment). Turns out I could over tighten it by hand and the threads are cooked in the casting themselves. It must've been put together cross threaded so it felt snug when they sent it, but was all dicked when I tried to actually use it
I sent blunt an email about it last night so we wil see what he has to say
I cannot tell you how frustrating it is being almost done and wanting to finish on your 3 day weekend but you can't because "new" parts (remanufactured) aren't up to par.
Silver lining is that it happened to the first caliper, so it's not like I had the entire system bled or anything
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That sucks to hear about the caliper, I thought the WBR's I received from Blunt were pretty good quality. I'm sure he'll get it sorted for you though. I'd definitely paint the calipers if you want them to keep looking nice as they are just raw metal, I didn't have time to do mine and now they are completely covered in surface rust.
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Why no strut tower brace?
Going back on after I get the coilovers adjusted
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That sucks to hear about the caliper, I thought the WBR's I received from Blunt were pretty good quality. I'm sure he'll get it sorted for you though. I'd definitely paint the calipers if you want them to keep looking nice as they are just raw metal, I didn't have time to do mine and now they are completely covered in surface rust.
I emailed him immediately last night.
Just so I can get this thing going I ordered one this morning and it's getting here at 12:30
I just want this stuff to be done at this point.
Unfortunately I didnt paint them because I was lazy about it. I thought they were media blasted then painted in something already..?
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Unfortunately I didnt paint them because I was lazy about it. I thought they were media blasted then painted in something already..?
That's what I thought too, the finish looked really nice but I'm like 99% sure they were just raw steel with an oil coating. Once the oil washed off mine rusted in about two or three weeks, but keep in mind this was the middle of winter with super salty roads and driving like 40+ miles a day so yours may go way longer before showing anything. I was planning on giving mine a coat of paint this summer if I ever get around to it.
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Picking up a caliper after work today. Then gonna go home, remove all my calipers and put some paint on them. No reason to not do this right the first time.
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Picked up the caliper. Thought about painting them all, then decided not to because I am a lame person and just want to drive this stupid thing. If/when they start to rust and look shitty I will remove them, think about painting, then probably just upgrade the brakes anyways.
The caliper still leaked out of the threads where the line gets attached, hooray. Found that out while bleeding. Removed the line from the caliper, cleaned crap as best as I could, reinserted and tightened it back up, no leaks during bleeding process or when brakes were being stomped to check for hissing/crap like that.
My buddy came over, we had some beers. Then decided to finish the car. It's 4:31AM and I'm tired but it's back on all fours
Still need to get the endlinks on and mess with front ride height/preload. The rears are basically where I want them, they will settle a tad yet. The front is a touch high yet. Still haven't touched the camber plates either.
Goodnight/good morning (?)
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Pls don't write off my car because I didn't paint the calipers lololol. I taped one off and it drained all of my patience and desire to work on this turd
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Adjusted the ride height again today, slapped in the endlinks, moved some brake lines to betterish spots and yeah...just have to install the exhaust tomorrow as well as the strut bar. Fired it up today, I left the battery disconnected in the car since October outside in the garage, car still immediately popped off. Open headers sounds terrible, even for the 15 seconds it was running.
I pretty much rechecked every bolt I had removed for proper torque. I really hope everything goes smoothly on the test drive tomorrow...
pic of ride height, compare with above photo. I may need to bring the fronts up a touch
Endlinks from AKG
Rears
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