Touring International

[theseeker411]

Haha, well thanks man. Honestly though I don't think one is more amazing than the other. Your wheel choice matches perfectly with your car, and not many people can say that.

[Earl]

Haha, well thanks man. Honestly though I don't think one is more amazing than the other. Your wheel choice matches perfectly with your car, and not many people can say that.

I tried picking a wheel that is simple and would go well with the build. I almost didnt get them because I didnt want to copy Shaun, but I went for sparkle silver faces to keep then from being too similar. I do love how they fit the car. Thank you for the kind words. I dont know how I will decide on a next wheel choice down the road

[frink84]

Hardware looks great, contrasts well with the black

[Earl]

Hardware looks great, contrasts well with the black

Thank you=) I like how big of a difference it makes versus the old hardware.

I thought I would never have a place to post.

Are you a spammer?

[Earl]

Spent most of the day yesterday attending a local BMW meet. Had a great time and got to drive another s52 swapped compact=) I ended up forgetting to take pictures of it so I am sad. He is a friend of mine and I will be seeing him Saturday again most likely, so I will get pictures. It is basically a stock appearing arctic silver compact on 17" BBS RK's. He plans on throwing on an ///M bumper, m-tech mouldings, and either DS2's or LTW's.

I didn't do a whole lot before going to the meet besides little tasks.

I peeled the plastidip completely from one sideskirt, and got all the remaining bits off of my front bumper.

I threw my stock lip on just to get an idea of how my ACS style lip will look once I get it back.


It made me notice how uneven the floor really is in the shop. Front what I could tell, the ACS style lip will basically be sitting on the ground. That is what I would like to see anyways=)

I then took a picture of all the stainless hardware for the timing covers. I can't wait to get the cam tool so I can get the timing chain on and be able to throw the covers back on



That is the boring update for now. I am thinking I should start grinding the welds out of the bay and working on my trunk setup this week.

[Cutlets]

Looks good so far Gosh I love that fitment aswell!!!

Oh and I just started following you on Instagram. My IG is: cutlets93.

[Earl]

Thank you=) I am hoping to break out of my lazy streak soon and get a bunch of things done.

[Evil Panda]

Thank you=) I am hoping to break out of my lazy streak soon and get a bunch of things done.

lol @ "Lazy streak"

I cant seem to ever get up the motivation to touch my car.

[Earl]

Well then I need to start working on mine more to motivate you=D

[Earl]

These bad gurls just arrived at Kittys=) Now to sit and wait for them to get stateside

[Evil Panda]

Woot!

[Earl]

Well I got nothing done on my compact Saturday. I did however work on a fellow compact owners car=D


That little guy has an s52 in it. To top it off the body has under 85,000 miles on it and the s52 has a measily 65,000 miles on it.

What I spent the day doing with another buddy of mine is trans mounts and csb replacement. When we got it all apart the csb was absolutely destroyed. The rubber around the bearing completely tore and the bracket was also snapped. We installed the new one and buttoned everything back together.

We did this because when the car would be getting into torque, the driveshaft would slap right by our thighs. This was obviously the driveshaft moving more than it should at the csb.

Well when we went on the maiden voyage, the car still maintained the issue=( There are only two things I think it could be. Either the output shaft on the trans is garbage(I don't believe that is the case) or one/some of the bolts attaching the diff to the subframe have become loose. I am glad both of these are easy things for my friend to diagnose. I felt so bad having spent all day feeling that we had fixed the problem.

Anyways my build will resume Wednesday at the latest=D

[Earl]

I have a tiny update=P

No work has been done but my mirrors are on their way.

I also remembered last night that today is my Anniversary, tomorrow I have a wedding rehersal, and Friday I am in a wedding. Maybe tomorrow I can squeeze some time in to stop at the shop and get something dopne=)

[Cutlets]

Hey man, Just want to ask a question. Before you went on air, what rear suspension where you running to get it low? Just curious as I am after a different rear setup.

Love this thing!

[Earl]

Thank you=) I was just running the springs from my Rokkor coilovers and some e30 bilstein HD's. If I wanted to make a lower static rear setup I would use the 97 Mustang gt shocks that I have now and some 4" or so Hyperco springs