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

[Earl]

KaiserRolls said:

potholes suck

Yes they do=)

[KaiserRolls]

the worst feeling is seeing one too late, sitting up on the wheel, closing your eyes, gritting your teeth

bam, day ruined.

[wasnt m3]

Gross.

[Earl]

Haha I know you dont like stretch TJ;) At least the wheels will hopefully make you still love them regardless of the major stretch.

[Earl]

Double posted.

[johnprusinski]

holy stretch!!! i want to see this in person.

[Earl]

I can bring a wheel to show you once theyre built with tires mounted.

[StewCrew]

Whoever said those tire sizes wouldnt stretch on your wheel widths is out of their mind.  I wanna see them in person!  Are they at your house or the dirty-30?

[Earl]

You know exactly who would have told me they wouldn't be a stretch. Lol Thou who hast not posted today. Also, those are just pictures from offline. My faces are still in Delaware and the lips are in California.

[StewCrew]

Earl said:

You know exactly who would have told me they wouldn't be a stretch. Lol Thou who hast not posted today. Also, those are just pictures from offline. My faces are still in Delaware and the lips are in California.

"He who must not be named"

[Earl]

Just got two pictures via Delaware

I cannot wait to see how they look covered in powder and clear=)

[Jeff]

Earl said:

Just got two pictures via Delaware

I cannot wait to see how they look covered in powder and clear=)

wheels are cool looking. where are they getting dipped?

[The Full Banana]

the wheels are cool, but the tires are unfortunate at best.

[Earl]

The faces are being powdercoated in Delaware.

[Earl]

I got a little done yesterday. The carbon was CAKED on. I had to let the alcohol soak in multiple times. I ran out of scotch brite pads so I will be finishing up Saturday.

Before:

After an Hour:

I'm trying to think of an easy way how to get the rest of the carbon out of the reliefs.

Here is how I had to leave off yesterday:

It was way too cold and rainy to try and paint anything on my rear subframe too=/

In excellent news, the wheels got their first coat of powder yesterday. They would be done, but Shaun ran out of clear. Not a problem. They should be all done next week.

[Brian.]

what are you using to get the carbon build up off? I.e. using a scotch pad to get it off the face of the cylinders, use a screwdriver/plastic puddy knife as an edge to get it down in the reliefs.

[Earl]

All I've used so far is red scotch brite and alcohol.

[Brian.]

use a plastic putty knife to get in the reliefs, put the scotch pad down, then use the edge of the putty knife to get the pad in the relief and scrub like a mofo. I'm sure using just the putty knife would work too

[Earl]

Thank you. Kyle will be out Saturday to check my head and my cylinder bores.

[Jeff]

use some carb cleaner or what i used to clean all my engine parts was diesel. it works just like the chemical used in a parts washer. like brian said use a plastic putty knife of a screwdriver just don't dig really hard and gouge the piston.