My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)

[alexw]

I'm actually impressed.

Good work Earl... You creepy bastard.

[Earl]

Bahahaha. Thank you Alex.

Did this today

[Earl]

A few real crappy cellphone pictures (edited real crappy on photobucket to hide bad lighting) from yesterday in a cemetery 0_o

[Earl]

Why not stick with the M42 and blow loads of money at it? lol I may snag the red valve cover=D

[Earl]

Lost a fog delete plate on the highway the other day=( very sad. But I can't fit my fogs for now either because I have no brackets. I put some vinyl on the fogs to see what it'd look like but idk if I like it or not. It's maybe too much amber=D

And a shot from exploring yesterday:

[Earl]

Took some pictures yesterday. Preview:

[Ryan...]

Very nice!

[straight6pwr]

earl, what polishes did you use to get that mirror finish? looks superb. also, hows the Sharkhide holding up? (i just bought a set of style 5s to refinish)

also just looked at sharkhides website, any chance you have some left over from your project? they discontinued the aerosol can and all you can buy is the giant 1 qt can.

[Earl]

I polished with buffing wheels and rouges. Then went with mothers. I used all of my sharkhide up due to messing up the coat a few times on my last wheel. Buy the quart, you'll have enough to do the wheels. I believe it is holding up fine. You just need to make sure that you don't get bubbles. They'll pop over time and leave an unprotected area.

[straight6pwr]

so sharkhide is just like a clear coat after all?

[Earl]

Not really. It is if it gets a bubble, but otherwise it sort of soaks in. Its hard to explain.

[Ryan...]

Hows the plastidip holding up so far?

[Earl]

Ryan... said:

Hows the plastidip holding up so far?

Like crap. Since it is on so thin it is slowly wearing away. I need to peel it and paint some panels to be glorious black again.

[Ryan...]

Oh shoot, I was planning on buying some for the Subie

You cant spray it on thicker to make it last longer? How many coats did you use?

[Earl]

I only used 14 cans. That's less than a third of what is recommended on dipyourcar.com

3 gallons will go on great and last a long while

[Ryan...]

At that point I'd rather use a vinyl wrap and have it last 4+ years

[Earl]

Vinyl wrap is also about $400 minimum if you do it yourself and over a grand to have it professionaly applied. Vinyl is also harder to apply right.

[Ryan...]

But darling, that's why I have you!

Free labor

[Earl]

hahaha

[Earl]

Broke this morning. My passenger side strut failed this morning. I'm not sure exactly how. All I know from a quick glimpse is that my lower suspension looks just fine, but the spring looks bound and bent from being super compressed. Either the strut blew out magically or the shaft snapped. I'll have to get it home after work and take it apart to fully see the issue. Great way to start the Friday off=/ If anyone have stock e36 front strut assemblies laying around I would appreciate it very much if I could borrow them until I get a coilover to replace it.