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[CrackerTeg]

Wait. They couldn't get 225/45's on a 17x8 wheel? Da fuq?!

[bostongrnM3]

seriously a 225 is within spec for an 8in wheel lol

[bennkishh]

Wait. They couldn't get 225/45's on a 17x8 wheel? Da fuq?!

seriously a 225 is within spec for an 8in wheel lol

Seriously!! I had 205's on an 8.5 with the shooters, but that shop went out of business since then.

[bennkishh]

Busy past few days!! Got around to an oil change, which is a pain, and expensive on this car. I also began the rust repair, which see,s to have went okay. Pictures later today, but I smashed my radiator today, jacking the car up on the wrong point on the car. Going to u-pull-it tomorrow to grab one and hook it up and take care of her.

[bennkishh]

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So me, Moses (mheberlein), Anthony (ahip) and Cameron set out to build a set of coils for Moses' E28 this week.



We made it down the street to the gas station before the tires were hitting the coils, so I fished out a pair of autozone spacers out of my back seat and saved the day for a little while.

We got to Cameron's house and set to work grinding down the struts to accept the coil sleeves.



We worked until about 1 o'clock or something ridiculous like that, and got the passenger side buttoned up.





We got the e28 introduced to the ground in the front, which was great until Moses got down the street and exploded a front tire. Shit was so cash.

But that's enough on that clunker

I began my body work on all 4 fenders, which seems promising. My 8.5 quart oil change took fuckin forever.

I ended up removing my radiator, fan, and shroud and re-installing it with all the clamps tightened up, and she's running cooler and ever. I have a gnarly sound coming from the right rear, which I couldn't track down, so come Tuesday ill hand it off to the shop to cut off whatever is grinding back there!!



BONUS MOSES BOOTY


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[MadMax]

this is awesome !

[bennkishh]

this is awesome !

Thanks!

Oh, and I got dat camera back today >


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[Farintosh]

Looks great! Amazing how a few small changes can make a $800 look so classy and mean.
Can't wait to see what's next!

[mike-81-240d]

I love it so much. Time to look for a XJ6 as a college beater.....

[bennkishh]

Looks great! Amazing how a few small changes can make a $800 look so classy and mean.
Can't wait to see what's next!

Yeah, it's all about the little things, however some big things are on their way.

I love it so much. Time to look for a XJ6 as a college beater.....

They're great knock around cars, and for what it's worth, they're actually pretty fast, you just don't feel/notice it lol

[bennkishh]

So I found the only photo that I took of the bondo work, I hadn't been home and a couple days so my phone was long dead, and the iPad was the only thing left around. I like this shit, because 1) it makes my wheels look better than they are and 2) the color it makes my car look here is bangin'.




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[bennkishh]

Body work is going sub-par, I suppose. On the right rear quarter, the hardener for the bondo wasn't mixed right and ended up not working, so all that has to be redone. However, the other rust repair spots came out alright, I ordered more bondo today to finish it up, as well as spot putty to really do a good job. It's back to pissing itself in the driveway again, which is bad because school starts up Tuesday for me. It's coming out of a hole on the top of the radiator, on the left side. The same hole is on the right side, however it isn't leaking. It looks like some sort of pressure release or overflow for the radiator, but maybe it's stuck open or something? It's getting frustrating to say the least.

The other issue is a grinding/scrubbing issue in the right rear, which started a day or two ago. It sounds like metal on metal, and gets more frequent as you accelerate, but come off the gas, and the noise goes away completely. Any thoughts?

[cheesefacedogbone]

Body work is going sub-par, I suppose. On the right rear quarter, the hardener for the bondo wasn't mixed right and ended up not working, so all that has to be redone. However, the other rust repair spots came out alright, I ordered more bondo today to finish it up, as well as spot putty to really do a good job. It's back to pissing itself in the driveway again, which is bad because school starts up Tuesday for me. It's coming out of a hole on the top of the radiator, on the left side. The same hole is on the right side, however it isn't leaking. It looks like some sort of pressure release or overflow for the radiator, but maybe it's stuck open or something? It's getting frustrating to say the least.

The other issue is a grinding/scrubbing issue in the right rear, which started a day or two ago. It sounds like metal on metal, and gets more frequent as you accelerate, but come off the gas, and the noise goes away completely. Any thoughts?

If you are putting bondo directly over rust , its gonna come right back through after getting wet a few times. You need to at least wire wheel the rust spots and apply some rust neutralizer first. Also I would avoid the spot putty if it is the type that squeezes out of the tube, and dosent mix with a hardener. That is a 30 year old laquer based product that can cause all kinds of issues with modern paint. Check out Evercoats metal glaze. its the real stuff.

[96E36]

Wait. They couldn't get 225/45's on a 17x8 wheel? Da fuq?!

Weird. I'm running that on all 4 corners of my e36...

[bennkishh]

If you are putting bondo directly over rust , its gonna come right back through after getting wet a few times. You need to at least wire wheel the rust spots and apply some rust neutralizer first. Also I would avoid the spot putty if it is the type that squeezes out of the tube, and dosent mix with a hardener. That is a 30 year old laquer based product that can cause all kinds of issues with modern paint. Check out Evercoats metal glaze. its the real stuff.

Don't worry, everything got grinded down to bare metal, quite nicely. Prep work is the name of the game when it comes to bondo, haha. The spot putty will be used sparingly. Honestly, I'm most likely gonna be spray bombing over the repairs in a matching color, as I don't have the time to repaint the whole car right now.