Touring International

[Earl]

dang Earl, that interior is pimpin as heck, and those center caps are pretty gangster too. I for sure would not have the patience to do this much fiddly small stuff on my car.

Thank you. Honestly, I don't even have the patience lol. This car is killing me=P

Damn you're just killing bro.

Thanks man=) Glad ODB made it to Cali without anything too catastrophic happening

I have just read all 27 pages and I'm feeling inspired!! Great build thread, keep it up and I can't wait to see it finished

Thank you=)

Your thread makes me want to keep and work on my 316 compact.

Love your work and motivation!

Thanks. That means a lot. Compacts have so much potential and I am happy that my build inspires people and lets them see that

<3

Hi Allen=P


I have a little to update with what got done yesterday. It is a big step in the right direction=)

[Evil Panda]

<3

[Falco_e36]

Your thread makes me want to keep and work on my 316 compact.

Love your work and motivation!

[Charlie]

I have just read all 27 pages and I'm feeling inspired!! Great build thread, keep it up and I can't wait to see it finished

[theseeker411]

Damn you're just killing bro.

[floatingdino]

dang Earl, that interior is pimpin as heck, and those center caps are pretty gangster too. I for sure would not have the patience to do this much fiddly small stuff on my car.

[Earl]

Thank you=) I think the black will suit it much better in the end

[Disco Stu]

Fuck..

You're going to town now mate!

Not looked for ages (cos I couldn't find it )

I still liked in the tan though!

[Earl]

Thank you=)

[Welfare]

Such a good build. Will be subbing for sure.

[Earl]

Thank you

[frink84]

looking great. carpet turned out very well.

[Earl]

After that Dustin and John had an idea to get the valve cover clean inside. We cycled the fuel pump with a battery and used the old gas to slosh around in the cover to remove the aluminum chips. It took a few times but it worked great.

I then installed the valve cover gaskets:


John and I then installed the cover and the mounting plate for my COP kit:


Since I don't have plugs yet, we just set the coils in and hand tightened the bolts to keep debris from getting in the cylinders:


Since we were putting the engine together, I installed the lower intake manifold gasket and also got my knock sensors cleaned up and re-installed:



John wanted me to keep installing as much as I could on the engine so the next step was the fuel rail. It had some scuffs and minor surface rust so we ran to grab a can of my favorite paint....Wrinkle Black. I didn't get any after pictures since we weren't there long enough after I sprayed it to see it wrinkle, but I will get them sometime this week.


After that we finished up my axle refresh. The boots were in great shape so we just redid the clamps. We used stainless steel ties which seem to work well for people.



Other than that my interior should be coming soon so I brought my rear seat bottom home to uncover so that I can wrap it with the new seats fabric when it arrives=)

[Earl]

I got a bit done Saturday.

I started off the day by working on dying my "new" carpet. It had light fading in spots and I wanted to make it look as new as possible.

I went with Duplicolor Vinyl and Carpet dye. I brushed it in after each coat and then brushed it in the end. The feel of the carpet is no different than the feel of my old carpet.

Before:



After: (it is darker in person, white balance sucks on my phone)




I drug my old carpet out too to get a comparison:



After that my buddy Dustin stopped by and dropped off a set of center caps that he has been working on for me. The agreement was that I wouldn't get them until the car was done, but he was sick of them sitting in a box in his kitchen=P




They are concave but it is hard to see in the pictures. They also have an o-ring groove to make them easy to pop in and out. I am not sure if I should leave them as is, polish them, or have them powdered to match the faces. Right now I am leaning towards leaving them as is.

[Earl]

Thank you=)