B C Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Gluten or Blunttech for the parts.Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk Gluten I have been wanting some monochrome roundels for a while. Those look great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CallmeDavis Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 lurkin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowleym Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Man someday I promise myself I'll have attention to detail like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassE Posted April 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Man someday I promise myself I'll have attention to detail like this.It's a double edged sword - there's always something to do! Took a ton of pictures on Saturday early afternoon before the GTG - lots of great shots to come as the week goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CallmeDavis Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 ^ Here's the first, and probably most anticipated. Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassE Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 I'm a way bigger fan of this shot then I thought I'd be! BimmerBonez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhundley Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 That looks really good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CallmeDavis Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 The full set can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmonz07/sets/72157644385991526/ teaser: m42b32 and DrLeadFoot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassE Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 My favorites - but check the link above!!! B C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 holy hot damn, what a stunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Fantastic. Great shots. And great e30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassE Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Thanks! I've been hearing a slight whining/grinding noise from the rear the last couple times I drive it. Sounds like it's coming from the PS rear, doesn't get loud enough to hear until 15+ mph, is constant (doesn't change under braking or cornering) and is fairly high pitched (not metal-on-metal but does have a dragging metallic sound).Pull the rear brakes off last: plenty of life on shoes and pads, shoes are functioning properly and are fully retracting when ebrake is released. No play up/down or left/right out of hubs - but hard to tell just by yanking on studs.Only thing I could find out of the ordinary was some uneven wear on the rotor faces (just some light grooving - nothing I'm concerned about) and the following on the PS rear pads:See the "lines" on the pad with wear sensor that run perpendicular to the rotor rotation? No idea what they're from - possibly a bad pad?I was planning to do rotors/pads all around with good everything about mid summer, cash flow is alittle low right now. Maybe I'll have to do them sooner then later?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 I'm sure the grooving on the pad matches the grooving on the rotor face, a little bit shouldn't be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassE Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 I agree - but what are thoughts on the thin perpendicular lines on the top pad in the pic above? Crappy pad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 If you don't mind sharing, how much did the paint job run you? looks like it turned out pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 It doesn't look like it is cracked or anything, not sure about those marks, I would just run it until you can do the whole brake job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 If you don't mind sharing, how much did the paint job run you? looks like it turned out pretty good. I think the price was very reasonable. IIRC he only had the valence, front bumper, passenger fender, passenger quarter, and passenger door painted. The rest is original=) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassE Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 If you don't mind sharing, how much did the paint job run you? looks like it turned out pretty good.They only painted the passenger side and front, drivers side and rear are all original paint. Paint shop was alittle under $2000, and I supplied all the replacement body panels needed (PS door, fender, front valance). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassE Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 I also had them prep and respray the underside of the hood in preparation for bay work next winter. The entire door needed to be replaced and internals swapped over - which apparently was a pita. Both of those added a bit to the cost.When it comes to paint work - I'll only have Inline Autobody in Oshkosh touch my stuff. The owner Kurt has been doing stuff for me for years and does great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassE Posted May 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Well.... Might have found the culprit for my slight grinding from rear. Not sure:Rotated wheel ends from both sides - couldn't hear anything troublesome, only noise was a slight "whine" from diff. So put new pads in passenger side and reassembled - turned over to same results. Put rotor back on drivers side and turned over by hand. "GGRRIIINNDDD"Ruh-ohChecked to make sure ebrake was fully disengaged, rotated again and got the same sound. Removed rotor and found these on inside of rotor:2 separate cracks, about 60 degrees apart. I swapped rotors side-to-side and got same grinding.... So not sure if it's the issue.Shoes are seated firmly against backing plate, springs seem to be under good tension, and brake appears to be operating normally. There was some heat cracking on shoes - but not excessive wear.Thoughts?Don't have a lot of experience replacing shoes/springs, so will have to do some research in the AM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 I also had them prep and respray the underside of the hood in preparation for bay work next winter. This would look nice under the hood=) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassE Posted May 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 I like the idea of keeping with an M20, not sure if I wanna go big cam/ITB's or boost tho.I do love the sound of a monster cam at idle.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 I love the sound of wide open ITB's=D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 That ITB setup would be fantastic! That car must be horridly slow or obnoxious to drive though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassE Posted May 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 That ITB setup would be fantastic! That car must be horridly slow or obnoxious to drive thoughHow do you figure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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