The shaved 88 Shitaco

[C-Hutch]

DEM RIMZZZyo

[kittenpuncher]

JKJK Awesome job man keep up the hard work.

[harlerocco]

I'm love a wheel rebuild, so please, continue lol.

will do

thanks for the compliments sir. bbs e78 centers off an old pcar

build looks great, keep up the good work

Thanks Fraser, the e78's have been noted, don't think I've ever seen a set of them before.

DEM RIMZZZyo

yo <3

JKJK Awesome job man keep up the hard work.

haha it often feels that way, but even if no one gave a damn I'm doing the build for me anyways.


The car was supposed to be back last week so I could start putting it back together upon the completion of my finals. Would have been the perfect thing after a stressful semester. Alas I got a text from the shop owner that pushed the return of the Shitaco back another week. I'm expecting it on Friday, but who knows. SoWo is looking less likely for it, and that really irks me since this place has had my car since FEBRUARY 25TH! The original deadline was March 8th... So I'm about fed up, especially because I paid them half already.

[harlerocco]

Got another one done





Which caused this



Installed the bumper trim too

[theseeker411]

Lol, how the hell did your face get that dark?

[harlerocco]

Lol, how the hell did your face get that dark?

1.25hp buffer spinning at 3300rpm shooting aluminum dust and compound in my face.

[SebastienPeek]

Which caused this

Ahaha day has been made.

Have had the same thing happen to me, but instead I was working on an engine, not polishing wheels!

[Chuckdee]

So you've turned black? lololol

good shit!

[rice4life]

We found out your real identity...


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Coincidence?

I think not!

[canimuff]

u are one babely pube, assy

[harlerocco]

u are one babely pube, assy

see ya soon :*

Just ordered tires.

Expect more dirty face tomorrow. Going to try and get the centers painted and the two other lips polished.

[harlerocco]

[Hella_RICH]

1.25hp buffer spinning at 3300rpm shooting aluminum dust and compound in my face.

Is that your excuse for putting on a black face.

[harlerocco]

Well... I typed out a big update, hit submit, and S/W decided to not work for about 10 minutes. Here we go (again)

Car should be back today, but I'm sure it will end up being tomorrow. It's been blocked/primed and blocked/primed some more. Once it comes back the goal is to have all glass and panels back on within a day or two.





Stayed up all night working on the wheels. Prepped and painted the faces. Remember kids, don't paint your mounting surfaces The Eastwood Vintage Wheel paint worked great. Went on easily, evenly, and seems durable. I would recommend it to anyone doing a budget wheel rebuild.

Before:


After:








As you can see above I'm still missing a waffle and hex caps. However the mailman just dropped off this care package from MemoryFab. They really came through in a pinch by supplying the last pieces I needed to finish these wheels. Ordered one waffle, half height small thread hex caps, and some sik yoloswag. Hats off to them!



I'd like to have the wheels together tonight. Right now the list consists of:
-Strip and paint 2 barrels
-Finish polishing 2 lips
-Paint one waffle
-Clear bolts
-Polish hex caps
-Assemble

[harlerocco]

Car won't be at sowo. Extremely livid at this point. Shop has had my car since February 25th, and the original turnaround was 2 weeks. Two and a half months was just a little too hard of a deadline I guess...