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

[Earl]

lol The column cover needs to come back off at that point too to remove the stalks. I can get the dash in and out in under a half hour at this point so I'm not worried=)

[Earl]

I have been really busy planning a GTG and what not lately but figured I would post some pictures of a few things to keep things lively in here

If you can't buy it, make it (new one is stainless)

I cleaned and painted the rear bumper carrier as well as the mounting brackets (and installed OEM hardware)

[Earl]

Finally scored a missing piece of the puzzle:

Racing Dynamics Non M lip

Unfortunately I wasn unaware that the lip is slightly different between the two non M bumper styles so I will have to make some reliefs in the top of the lip to fit around parts of the bumper vents. The good thing is that the lip isn't perfect and needs some fixing anyways.

You can see the small semi-circle reliefs now that are for fitting around the vertical slats in the wide slat style non m bumper. Those will be filled in as well.

[jc43089]

Looks sharp, I like that. Good call on something besides just putting M bumpers on everything.

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[patsbimmer1]

I've always liked the racing dynamics lip.  Nice find!

[Jdesign]

Need MOAR updates.

[Earl]

Update: more parts ordered countless times over, put in an hour or two of work tops, forgot to post a picture or two.

[Jdesign]

Been to busy with flat tires 

[Earl]

Been too busy being lazy

[YoungCR]

Earl said:

forgot to post a picture or two. 

*slowly looses Instagram followers *

[wasnt m3]

Let me know when you're ready to part it out. You have a couple things I could use. Haha

[Jdesign]

Hey Earl. Motivation called me, asked what you have been doing lately..........

[Earl]

I mean Battlefield 1 came out on the 20th...

[Jdesign]

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[Earl]

I never posted these pictures from around early August because I had planned to start working on the car on a regular basis again. Obviously that didn't happen haha

Replaced the crusty nuts for the front of my rear subframe. I'm not sure why I didn't order these and replace them the first time I redid the rear subframe. 

I had noticed that the stainless hardware on my diff had corroded when I used the KBS Rust Seal chemicals to prep the diff to be sealed. Instead of polishing them and leaving the wave washers I had initially used, I thought it would look a little nicer with some beauty washers. I bought new bolts again and ordered more washers from Downstar. 

Before

After

I figured it only made sense to mount the brake master with some as well.

The most recent work I did was cleaning up the fuel tank access areas under the rear seat. There was light rust around the openings and plastic captive nuts so I wired them down to bare metal and primed them for now. 

Once I clean up the underside and redo the undercoat there, I will spray down the semi-gloss.

I'm hoping to start putzing again on it soon so that I can get an idea on when I want to actually get it all together and maybe to a somewhat "done" stage

[Jdesign]

Yes. Now that its getting into build season, I expect to see regular progress!

[Earl]

I registered this for Euro District on April 15th...not sure why I did it but I figured it is time for me to set a goal to achieve.

[Jdesign]

YAS. Goals!

[B C]

YAS Marina!

[Earl]

Time to wipe a little dust off...

I pulled the front subframe to get powdercoated since it got pretty messed up at the body shop from the bay work and being jacked up without any padding.

Tonight I will put the rear up on stands as well so I can remove the undercoat and any surface rust from the rear subframe forward. I am still trying to think of a clever way to heat under the car so that I can recoat within a few days and have it actually dry (since it can't dry in 30-40 degree weather)