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

[Earl]

Ass lol

Oil filter housing bolt is finished:

This weekend should be a nice one at the shop

[DrLeadFoot]

^ Looks good!

[Bassboy3313]

You're so HANDY Earl!!!

[Earl]

Lol Speaking of handy, I somehow got cleared to be done with therapy and my splint. It seems way to early for me but I guess I'm nkt the boss.

[REKIII]

If the women don't find you handsome, they better find you handy!!

[jc43089]

^ Red Green FTW!

[Earl]

hahaha

[Earl]

Didn't get much of anything done on the compact this weekend but I do have pictures.

My friend wasn't able to make it out to work on the bay so I decided to just quick stop by Sunday.

I got this guy installed:

I also rounded up a few things I want to get powdercoated:

The dust shields are coming off of the knuckles because they are shot and I won't have much use for them=)

I also took some pictures of being aired out on the 15's. It just looks funny with how sunk they are.

[ClassE]

Damn that rear goes low... Who are you having do your Powdercoating? I'm debating on getting some pieces done.

[Earl]

I believe Bassboy is just throwing them in his toaster oven=)

If I were to have a place do powdercoating I would go to Hytec and talk to my buddy Jed.

[B C]

I need some stuff ceramic coated by Hytec

[Bassboy3313]

Looking good as usual Earl!

[Earl]

Thanks bud=)

[Earl]

I stopped out at the shop Sunday hoping to do a bit of work but it was way too cold. I grabbed my calipers and front knuckles to pull apart at work this week.

I am in the middle of breaking down the knuckles and will be doing the calipers sometime this week. The 46mm nut on the knuckles is going to be a fun one. It is supposed to be on at 221 ft/lbs.

I am breaking this all down in preparation for powder and new hubs. I need to find some rebuild kits for the calipers since I am splitting them. Has anyone found a good place? I have been told Autozone and will be calling them after work for pricing.

[wasnt m3]

That big ol' nut shouldn't give you too much grief. Breaker bar and a piece of pipe is all it takes.

[Earl]

I got them completely disassembled and sandblasted very easily. Pics to come=)

[Earl]

I started with the knuckles by removing my Motorsport Hardware studs.

As you can see, they have been around the block a few times.

I then tapped the safety tab out on the nuts and removed them.

The inner race was left behind.

I thought it would be hard to remove but I was able to slide it off with two screwdrivers underneath.

I removed my ABS sensors next since the ABS is deleted.

I also removed the dust shields and threw them in the trash.

They were now ready for some cleaning.

I taped up the spindles to keep them from being damaged by the sandblasting.

I then got them as clean as I could and ready for powder.

The next thing to tackle are disassembling and prepping the calipers and carriers.

[jc43089]

I like!

[REKIII]

What did you find on the Autozone rebuild kits?  A bunch of years ago I was looking for rebuild kits for my rear Neon calipers.  Autozone had them listed, but couldn't get them.....I thought it was odd.

[Earl]

I actually forgot to give them a ring yesterday. I will be shooting them a call as soon as they open today.

Edit: Just gave them a call. They cannot get rear kits but they want $8 for each front.