My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)
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Waiting for Jake to wake so that we can do some painting:P I'm going to nap in my car until he comes.
Are you going to paint anything that differentiates power, white?
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I got a little done Saturday.
I started the day by tearing into my motor a little more. I removed the upper timing cover and water pump. I tried extracting the water pump using two bolts to push it out, but ended up braking the ears off. Then I just shook the crap out of it until it popped out.
Then I got working on my rear subframe yet again.
The hardest thing was getting the handbrake cable ends out of the trailing arms. They were basically fused together. I used a pneumatic chisel on one, and had to drill the other one out. I didn't get any pictures. I then degreased everything, washed it, and dried it with an air nozzle. I then threw down a coat of Rust Reformer to try and prevent rust in the future. (These pictures turned out horrible)
Then shenanigans ensued and come skating was done. I managed to snap the tail off of my board and continued to rid it until I snapped the nose off. Then I focused it.
I then finally got actual paint on the parts. The diff, hubs, and dust shield will be black. I did not have any black at the time. I will also be clear coating it all. The color is a champagne tinted silver. The picture of the subframe is the most accurate portrayal of the color.
Wednesday I will be pulling the head off of the motor and taking it to get resurfaced. The flywheel will be getting done too. I need to start ording a lot of parts. I need a ton of little things for the motor, as well as brake lines for the rear.
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i like how that subframe turned out. it looks really good.
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Tiny update this morning=) My Hankook HR2's arrived yesterday morning. I went with a 205/40 up front and a 215/40 for the rear. I definitely shouldn't run into any clearance issues.
Today I'm heading to the shop after work to get the head off. Plan on seeing pictures of it off tomorrow. I'm really hoping that the gasket just blew out somewhat on cylinder 4. That would explain my very infrequent white smoke I was getting last year. It only did it when I would really be getting on it. The head might be able to go without resurfacing. It should only have about 20,000 miles on it. I got a hold of the owner that was parting it out, and he claimed to put a new head on at 140,000 miles. If it does end up needing resurfacing, it will only be around $30 anyways. Win win situation for me.
Updates tomorrow=)
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I have some mad tyte Veee-DUBBB rimz. Â Dey fo-teenz. Â
Also, you got me high with that paint. Â Uncool bro.
E91 328xi - F15 X5 40e - Hopes and dreams of eventually having a cool car
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I don't have rims...My wheels are 9.5's and 10's.
LOL. Sorry about that. Accident on my part. But that shall be quite a stretch. Does your local tire guy do it for you or what? the place i get tires mounted won't really do much stretch.
sk8 or die
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tj he is refering to his vw friends
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tj he is refering to his vw friends
Hahahaha. Very true=)
I was very successful yesterday.
It came off without any issues. The headgasket is still on in that picture. I checked over it and cannot find any blowouts.
Every pistons does look like this though.
I'm not sure why there is so much carbon buildup. The car ran excellent before I parked it.
The head looks excellent.
It definitely looks like it only has 20,000 miles or so on it. Should I still get it resurfaced? I can wipe it clean and it'd look brand new.
That was my goal for yesterday so I left the shop. On a side note, I made this badass crossbow at work yesterday.
Hopefully the subframe parts will be all done and painted Saturday so that I can assemble them=)
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