My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)
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this needs to be moving under its own power before the snow flies!!!!!
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Tiny bits of work yesterday.
I was going to remove the front end, but I want Alex to see it before I take it apart. He will be swinging by Sunday before we go to the get together=)
Most of the time at the shop was spent installing some of the new hardware and talking to the landlord. I am very happy with how the hardware looks so far.
Alternator bolts with beauty washers
Motor mount arm
Intake manifold
I need to figure out how to clean up the throttle linkage a bit since it now looks like crap with everything else looking new.
Throttle body
After getting those in I noticed I made a mistake on the length of two bolts. Look what I did wrong
I ordered them the length of the studs without thinking how far the nut threaded down onto the studs=( I just need to cut them down at work and run a die on the threads to clean them up. No biggie
I peeled the plastidip off of my lux slats and then took some pictures of the front of the car with its Calypso goodness=)
If I wasn't so dead set on keeping the car black it would either be sprayed Calypso of Diamond Schwartz. Black will keep with the classy, subtle look I am shooting for.
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Looking good man. Love all the cleaning and wrinkle paint you're doing. Looks brand new!
Thank you sir=) That is the goal. Some of the black brackets aren't perfect in spots you can't see which bothers me, but if I sit and nitpick everything I will never get done. lol
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"I just need to cut them down at work and run a die on the threads to clean them up."
Run the die on first, then cut them off, and turn the die back off. Easier than trying to get it started on the cut threads.
I did exactly that=) haha I know the game
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I did exactly that=) haha I know the game
Good deal, don't mind me, just sharing lessons learned the hard way...
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Tiny minimal update.
Finally was able to source some nice stainless socket head screws to replace the rotten ones that held my TPS in place.
I am also working on picking up a rare part that I have been after for over a year and a half. Tomorrow morning they will either be mine, or I may lose out on them. Hoping I get them=) I will clue you guys in once they belong to me
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I am also working on picking up a rare part that I have been after for over a year and a half. Tomorrow morning they will either be mine, or I may lose out on them. Hoping I get them=) I will clue you guys in once they belong to me
Did you finally find a set of mud flaps?? Sorry if I ruined it lol
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Well I now own the secret, so here is the story.
So I have been looking at the car and wondering what would even look right for mirrors anymore. I have had the mirrors off so long that the flag mirrors just look to big, bulky, and stick to far away from the body.
I thought no mirrors, but it would look a tiny bit odd. So I remember a while back I was offered a set of AC Schnitzer Cup mirrors. I was willing to buy them but the seller started to not respond back and I never heard from him again.
I told my german friend Kitty that I may want to find a set of AC Schnitzer mirrors. She ended up finding exactly what I was looking for and at a steal of a price. We anxiously awaited until this morning and she bid in the last few minutes. Now I just need to wait for them to get to her and then they will be coming stateside=D
They sit tight to the body and flow better than most mirrors I have seen. Some may wonder why I just didn't get ///M3 mirrors. I absolutely despise them and how they don't flow with the body in my mind=P haha
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I ended up having a nice time yesterday installing all of my stainless hardware. The initial idea was to just replace all of the hardware you visually see. I now feel that is half assed and will be ordering all of the bolts I missed.
Before and after of the oil filter housing. Not sure why the wrinkle black looks shiny but it isnt in person.
I installed my TPS bolts
Threw the intake manifold together and put the valve cover in place to get an idea of how it will look.
Those were also took before I did the oil filter housing bolts for some reason. I also took all of the timing cover bolts out of their holes and put the stainless bolts in place for now. I like leaving hardware in the holes it belongs when I can so I don't have to label them and guess later.
Good riddens to all this nasty hardware
Hopefully a tiny update from tomorrow will be posted later in the day.
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