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

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  • johnprusinskiJ
    johnprusinskiJ
    johnprusinski
    wrote on last edited by
    #480

    Earl said:

    You get to daily the e46 though. I have to drive the mk3..........

    you mean the green gem? that thing is a piece of gold my friend. hahaha

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    • StewCrewS
      StewCrewS
      StewCrew
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      #481

      Earl said:

      You get to daily the e46 though. I have to drive the mk3..........

      You make it sound like I actually like heated leather and nice speakers.....

      Besides, no car can climb snowbanks like the mk3.  And I mean...  NO car.

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      • EarlE
        EarlE
        Earl
        wrote on last edited by
        #482

        I'm sure some can. But:

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        • EarlE
          EarlE
          Earl
          wrote on last edited by
          #483

          johnprusinski said:

          you mean the green gem? that thing is a piece of gold my friend. hahaha 

          You could call it that=P

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          • StewCrewS
            StewCrewS
            StewCrew
            wrote on last edited by
            #484

            The e46 is basically a tow truck anyway.

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            • EarlE
              EarlE
              Earl
              wrote on last edited by
              #485

              It is indeed=P I forgot about that

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              • EarlE
                EarlE
                Earl
                wrote on last edited by
                #486

                I finally got my rear subframe parts all painted up=) I didn't take any final pictures like I thought though=/ I also realised that one of the wheel bearings is really bad and needs to be changed.

                I ended up getting all of the carbon off of the pistons, but yet again I didn't take any pictures. Here are the only pictures that I took:

                Before clearcoat:

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                Sprayed the brake shields and hubs:

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                Painted the diff black:

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                Wednesday I will take pictures of them all finished. I will be pressing in the new bushings too hopefully. It is supposed to be warm for once, so I should be able to get some primer and paint on the block finally.

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                • m42b32M
                  m42b32M
                  m42b32
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                  #487

                  Looks fantastic! I'm dying to see those wheels come together. One day I will do a suspension overhaul like this with my car

                  1991 318is, 1991 318i, 2022 Bronco

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                  • StewCrewS
                    StewCrewS
                    StewCrew
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                    #488

                    Good thing I have pictures of your subframe parts after paint!  Just gotta bug the hell out of me to upload them

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                    • EarlE
                      EarlE
                      Earl
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                      #489

                      m42b18 said:

                      Looks fantastic! I'm dying to see those wheels come together. One day I will do a suspension overhaul like this with my car

                      Thank you sir. The suspense is killing me as well.

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                      • EarlE
                        EarlE
                        Earl
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #490

                        StewCrew said:

                        Good thing I have pictures of your subframe parts after paint!  Just gotta bug the hell out of me to upload them

                        Get them up!!! do it do it do it do it do it do it do it

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                        • StewCrewS
                          StewCrewS
                          StewCrew
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #491

                          Earl said:

                          Get them up!!! do it do it do it do it do it do it do it

                          Ill try here at work, but no promises.  Theyre going to be massive if they do work, and I wont be able to edit anything.  But Ill try!

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                          • EarlE
                            EarlE
                            Earl
                            wrote on last edited by
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                            Just upload them to photobucket and they'll resize when theyre posted=)

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                            • StewCrewS
                              StewCrewS
                              StewCrew
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #493

                              The cleaning process

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                              Cleaned

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                              After paint.  I only took one, sorry :P

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                              • EarlE
                                EarlE
                                Earl
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #494

                                Badass actions shots=P

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                                • StewCrewS
                                  StewCrewS
                                  StewCrew
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                                  #495

                                  I heard parts dont clean as well unless you make faces at them.  Appears to be true :P

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                                  • EarlE
                                    EarlE
                                    Earl
                                    wrote on last edited by
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                                    Just to give you guys an idea of exactly how my lips will look.

                                    http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1060311#post1060311

                                    This is Shaun Quills car. He is the one powdercoating my faces. We are both running Breytons. His are 11's in the back though. I need to find some 7.5" or 8" barrels to widen mine sometime this year.

                                    Hit him up if you guys need any powder needs met: https://www.facebook.com/ShaunsPowderCoating?ref=ts&fref=ts

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                                    • JeffJ
                                      JeffJ
                                      Jeff
                                      wrote on last edited by
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                                      that would be sweet looking i need some!!

                                      StewCrew said:

                                      The cleaning process

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                                      Cleaned

                                      After paint.  I only took one, sorry :P

                                      ha earl^

                                      1976 530i e12
                                      1990 325ix e30
                                      1992 325i e36
                                      1995 740il e38
                                      2001 330xi e46
                                      ^More to come :)

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                                      • EarlE
                                        EarlE
                                        Earl
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #498

                                        ^That's me=P lol

                                        I got a little bit done yesterday.
                                        I started by taping off the block. I ended up running out of tape so I could only one side=/

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                                        I then laid down some primer:

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                                        I then had to wait for that to dry, so I started working on the bay again. I busted out a propane torch, wire brush, and pallet knife.

                                        Passenger side:

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                                        Driver side:

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                                        I ended up having to quit that for the day because my brush bit the dust:

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                                        By this time the primer was dry, so I laid down the paint:

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                                        It was supposed to have more of a champagne tint to it, but it definitely looks good=) It looks like liquid mercury. Hopefully Saturday I will get the other side painted, as well as removing the crank bolt to pull the timing cover.

                                        I also snapped a few crappy pictures of my rearend parts finished up:

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                                        IMAG0994zps2f27b340.jpg

                                        And a shot of the pistons clean:

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                                        More to come Saturday=)

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                                        • YoungCRY
                                          YoungCRY
                                          YoungCR
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                                          #499

                                          Looks great!

                                          Chris Young
                                          BMWCCA #458972
                                          1986 528e/5  | 1994 530i/5 | 1995 540i/6 | 2013 X5 35d | 1998 C1500 Suburban | 1995 K2500 Suburban

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