Wisco Touring International

[anassa]

Originally Posted by Earl

No problem=) Spread the word. All the compact guys that I chat with have vented discs.

Will do, I have the same experience as far as the guys I know all have vented, maybe they just had those in stock and wanted to get rid of it so they gave it to you lol

[Earl]

No real update.

I didn't get out to the shop this weekend. My buddy Kyle will hopefully be out this weekend to put in more time on the bay.

I have a pending order on ECS for the tensioner plug and washer, as well as all new bolts for the front suspension. I am trying to replace almost every bolt with a new one for peace of mind. When I did the rear suspension I didn't really care all that much. Now I feel like rusty hardware was half-assing it and I feel like ripping it back out to replace all of that as well.

I have also been thinking about my rear shock mounts. I have some decently new e46 m3 convertible mounts installed now, but I didn't have new washers, nuts, and gaskets when I put them in. I have been thinking about doing the GC tall RSM's to gain some dampening in the rear, but I think that would limit my airing up height due to the Mustang shocks already being really short.

I am also hearing about Camaro rear shocks lately and am wondering how they compare length wise and stiffness wise to the mustang shocks. Does anybody have any info on this?

[Earl]

Currently I have these molding badges



I have never been a huge fan of them since my car isn't an ///M car.

However, I have always been a huge fan of these



Since I have ///M parts this seems more fitting and looks a little nicer.

Thoughts?

[trikzta]

Go for it man they look sweet

[teetime4one]

I like that look too Earl.

[Earl]

Not a ton done this weekend.

Saturday I went out to the shop and threw my front subframe and sway bar in the trunk to clean up at work this week. I think I will have my front subframe reinforcements TIG'd in at work as well.

My proper Adams Rotors came and I also picked up my powdercoated calipers, carriers, and knuckles.



I also ended up talking to a guy who does vector images and asked how he does them. I realized I didn't have the tool to do it, but he offered to do one of my car. He did an awesome job. He even modeled my AC Schnitzer Mirrors.



His name is Artur Borovik. Here is his portfolio: http://arturborovik.com/

[anassa]

Looking good!

You know with that ///M trim your probably going to generate some hate from the purist who will cry foul at M parts on a non M, M44 powered hatch. At least the .org is a lot friendlier then other forums in that regard.

[Earl]

M42 powered=) But my friend and I came up with another solution that I somehow failed to post. He wanted to make custom badges for me and we are in the process of making a set. Here is the general idea:

[anassa]

Originally Posted by Earl

M42 powered=) But my friend and I came up with another solution that I somehow failed to post. He wanted to make custom badges for me and we are in the process of making a set. Here is the general idea:

Ohhhhh pretty, is he going to make more for those of us that may be interested?


(forgot you had a 95 lol)

[Earl]

We were discussing that option. Depending on how mine turn out, he may make more. They're obviously going to be vinyl layed on the backing plate and then a heavy layer of silicone spray overtop to make them look OEM.

[anassa]

Originally Posted by Earl

We were discussing that option. Depending on how mine turn out, he may make more. They're obviously going to be vinyl layed on the backing plate and then a heavy layer of silicone spray overtop to make them look OEM.

Great! Looking forward to see how they turn out on our ti then!

[angelicmisskitty]

Good thing you are going for the custom made versions the more unique the better.
Plus, if the M-Technic ones are just stickers, these definately aren't oem ones. All the badges that BMW produced for the mouldings were single plastic badges that need to be clipped into your moulding, they never officially sold stickers for that, at least not in Germany =)

[Earl]

Thank you. Check in here soon to see how they work out=)
I am hoping to start accomplishing more to liven up this thread now that I placed another ECS order today.

[teetime4one]

The rendering of your car is awesome Earl!

[Earl]

Thanks=) I was so pumped. The guy that did it was great to deal with and got it done super fast. He definitely shocked me with it