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

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  • EarlE
    EarlE
    Earl
    wrote on last edited by
    #561

    StewCrew said:

    Great Britain going way too hard.  It looks like it came out of Death Race

    Ill swing by if I get off in time!

    Do it=)

    I'm placing an order on ECS tuning for everything that I can think of that I will need to put this whole thing back together. Surprisingly the total is only $365.

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    • EarlE
      EarlE
      Earl
      wrote on last edited by
      #562

      Well I finally have a somewhat exciting update=)

      Tuesday I missed a package, but did end up getting my box from Germany.
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      And the contents (plus another set of tail lights)
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      Yesterday I tackled installing the euro glovebox. Here is a comparison between the two gloveboxes.
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      I removed the metal piece under my dash to find two brackets. One was welded to the dash frame, and the other was bolted to the radio surround. Getting at the bolts for the one on the radio surround sucked. After about 15 minutes of cussing I got it off.
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      I then covered my wires under the dash and broke out the angle grinder to remove the mount from the dash frame.
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      That orange piece is another melted crayon that I found under the console. That brings the total to 3.

      Then I quickly installed the new glovebox.
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      It needs a little tweaking, but I love it=) I also installed a new handbrake handle, but I didn't take a picture since it is nothing special.

      I headed home after this to see if my package had arrived. Let the pictures do the talking.
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      The 3.5" lip is wider than my phone is tall=) I am very excited to get these wheels assembled and fitted. I will be sand blasting my barrels today because a scotchbrite pad wasn't working as well as I thought it would.

      Updates to come after Saturday.

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      • KaiserRollsK
        KaiserRollsK
        KaiserRolls
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        #563

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        • B
          B
          B C
          wrote on last edited by
          #564

          What do you need a glovebox for? 

          What kind of gloves will you be carrying?

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          • EarlE
            EarlE
            Earl
            wrote on last edited by
            #565

            KaiserRolls said:

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            Thank you sir=)

            slap oversteer said:

            What do you need a glovebox for?

            What kind of gloves will you be carrying?

            I actually might purchase a pair of driving glove for this sir. Keep that wood grain nice and polished.

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            • EarlE
              EarlE
              Earl
              wrote on last edited by
              #566

              That quote above is trippy. It says I replied to the quote at 9:26, but Brians post is said to have happened at 9:28...

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              • B
                B
                B C
                wrote on last edited by
                #567

                Earl said:

                That quote above is trippy. It says I replied to the quote at 9:22, but Brians post is said to have happened at 9:35...

                problem?

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                • EarlE
                  EarlE
                  Earl
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #568

                  slap oversteer said:

                  problem?

                  Why are the quotes times different than your post time? Look at every quote, and then its original post. WOAH!!!

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                  • B
                    B
                    B C
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                    #569

                    Because you are a damned wizard and a troll, that is why.

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                    • EarlE
                      EarlE
                      Earl
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #570

                      That explains it=D

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                      • StewCrewS
                        StewCrewS
                        StewCrew
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #571

                        Earl said:

                        That quote above is trippy. It says I replied to the quote at 9:26, but Brians post is said to have happened at 9:28...

                        Dude stop....  I cant even...

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                        • Brian.B
                          Brian.B
                          Brian.
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                          #572

                          Man, idk how I feel about stepped lips. =\ Looks good though. Glad you got the lips finally!

                          instagram @howdoyoudrivethat

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                          • EarlE
                            EarlE
                            Earl
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #573

                            Stepped lips are better than flat lips. My opinion. They look much better. Flat lips look cheap to me. Also, you cannot get flat lips for OZ wheels.

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                            • Brian.B
                              Brian.B
                              Brian.
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #574

                              Yes you can. Rotiform can custom make you lips for any wheel. idk.

                              I really hate slant lips, or the lips that'll take you from, example a 15" rim to a "16inch" rim by making the lips 1" or whatever amount taller.

                              But slant lips seriously look god awful in my opionion.

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                              instagram @howdoyoudrivethat

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                              • EarlE
                                EarlE
                                Earl
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #575

                                Rotiform makes shit product. If I wanted cracked lips I would have kept my old ones and ran them over a few times. Plus they charge way more than I paid. Each one of their lips costs at least twice as much as my lips.

                                Slant lips can look good on certain cars and face styles. I don't like huge slants, like the 16" to 18" ones for RS's, but a 1" slant can look classy. However, Mexican car was very sexy on his RS's (that's the e36 you posted). They didn't look lippy, but they complimented the car well.

                                I like stepped lips because they are more complicated than a blah flat lip. They add depth and I like how the light hits off of the stepped portion. It just makes the lip seem more aggressive.

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                                • Brian.B
                                  Brian.B
                                  Brian.
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                                  #576

                                  I didn't post Mexican's E36, I posted Jaycee's WRX lol, unless you're talking about a further back post?

                                  instagram @howdoyoudrivethat

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                                  • EarlE
                                    EarlE
                                    Earl
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                                    #577

                                    Brian said:

                                    Brian, on 17 May 2013 - 12:17, said:

                                    I didn't post Mexican's E36, I posted Jaycee's WRX lol, unless you're talking about a further back post?

                                    Ope sorry. I forgot Mexican had red bbs caps. I didn't look at the front bumper in the picture. I'm not a fan at all of how that WRX looks. It doesn't look feature worthy to me.

                                    I did like Mexicans car still though=)

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                                    • Brian.B
                                      Brian.B
                                      Brian.
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #578

                                      Mexicans car pulls off the slants, I will give it that. The WRX doesn't look right, I agree though.

                                      instagram @howdoyoudrivethat

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                                      • EarlE
                                        EarlE
                                        Earl
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #579

                                        There is a dakar yellow e36 compact that used to be on RS with slant lips and I hated how it looked. I'll try to find it.

                                        Found it:

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                                        • R
                                          R
                                          REKIII
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                                          #580

                                          I agree with you on your reasons for likeing stepped lipes, and your clain that flat lips look blah and cheap.  However I still choose flat lips as they make the wheel look bigger and deeper.  Seems like you're just cheating the sidewall with stepped lips.  I used to have real BBS LM's and the stepped lipe was the one thing I didn't like about them.

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