The tan colour look awesome! Fits perfect with the wheels.
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Originally posted by PastaBatman View PostThe tan colour look awesome! Fits perfect with the wheels.
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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:
Sprayed the brake shields and hubs:
Painted the diff black:
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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Originally posted by bimmerbabe View Postoooooh the wheels!
and ooooh the old pictures!
it's funny, but I feel the same way about the color. The tan plastidip looked awesome, but I think now it's time for Schwarz again... suits the car a lot better.
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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=/
I then laid down some primer:
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:
Driver side:
I ended up having to quit that for the day because my brush bit the dust:
By this time the primer was dry, so I laid down the paint:
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:
And a shot of the pistons clean:
More to come Saturday=)
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Doing it right man, I cannot wait to see this beast back on the road!Fleet
'95 E36 Compact | m50tu | 3.45LSD | Autopilot V2, AirLift Performance Series (F), Air House 2 (R) - BUILD THREAD
'02 E39 540i Touring | Muffler Delete | Autopilot V2, AirLift Performance Series (F), RE5 (R) - BUILD THREAD
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I got a little done on Saturday, but it doesn't look like much.
I started off by painting the other side of the block. Both sides turned out really well.
The color came out brighter and more silver than what I wanted, but it will work well with the rest of the colors.
Most of the rest of the day was spent with a propane torch and wire brush. I still have a lot of seam sealer to get out of little nooks and crannys. I'm really hoping I can get it out soon so that I can weld the seams up, grind them flat, and then smooth out the whole bay. I really want to be done with that so that I can just fit the wheels, and then send the car off for paint.
I'll hopefully be ordering a ton of parts this week so I can slowly cross things off of my list. I also need to replace a wheel bearing in the rear so that I can put the subframe back in.
Last thing I got done was a little cleaning on the steering rack. I ran out of brake cleaner=(
I'm hoping some more exciting updates will come sooner than later.Last edited by Earl; 04-22-2013, 06:03 AM.
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Originally posted by Earl View PostI'm hoping some more exciting updates will come sooner than later.
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Originally posted by bimmerbabe View Post...and some are already on its way
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I got another little chunk of work done yesterday. I wanted to smooth out all of the old bracket mounting points. I grabbed a 120 grit flap wheel and went to town.
I then got most of the seam sealer finally removed from the corners. Some of it is still in that very tight corner. I think I'll need to use a pick to get that out.
I then put the subframe bushings in.
I went to put the trailing arm bushings in and ran into a snag. I got the end with the sleeve pressed in with the help of a hammer, but I could not get the other end to come in any farther than pictured=( I didn't happen to have a c clamp handy, so I will be using one today to get them fully seated.
I will be going to the shop today after work, and also on Sunday. I'll post the updates Monday=)
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Originally posted by bimmerbabe View PostFinally putting it all together...
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