Wisco Touring International

[Earl]

Thanks again bud

[BlackBMWs]

Originally Posted by Earl

Thanks again bud

You're welcome! you did all the hard stuff. It'll (already does) look great overall...

[Random_task]

I digg it.

[eurohb]

[Earl]

Hahahahaha

[Earl]

Thursday I arrived to the shop to see how the fuel rail turned out.


I also installed a little more hardware from Fastenal.


Before


After


They gave me an m10 nyloc nut instead of an m12, so I had to put the old diff bolt back in until they get that sorted.

I went to Summerfest Thursday as well and saw this



I wanted to take it for a ride so bad=)

Saturday I decided to make it my goal to get the car back on all four wheels. With me patiently awaiting my quote, I figured that the car needs to be ready to roll as soon as possible.

With that I started by priming the front subframe and control arm mounting areas. I wanted to make the surfaces as nice as possible to keep from dirtying up my new parts. I didn't want to install any of this until the entire front end was cleaned up and undercoated, but they will be doing that when they paint so I will be dropping this all once it gets to the bodyshop anyways=)

I started by laying everything out (I didn't lay out the struts and calipers since the cardboard was too small)


I then installed the front subframe



After that came the control arms and Treehouse Racing mounts



I then bolted the front knuckles to the struts and then installed them on the car.

[Earl]

After that I installed the front rotors (with my stainless ECS retaining bolts)


Followed by the front calipers


Once the front was tackled I moved onto the rear.

I installed the axles


Then it was time to toss the wheels on and drop it back onto the earth



We were going to drop the engine in for ****s and giggles, but didn't have the proper straps and I couldn't air the front of the car up high enough to get the engine hoist legs to slide underneath.

Things are now happening at a steady pace=) I am hoping to get the car out to paint within the next month. My interior and other small tasks should keep me busy while it is away

[Earl]

Just for fun I took a picture of John standing in the bay.


After that he took a picture of freshly baby faced me in the bay=)

[teetime4one]

So fresh and so clean

[Earl]

Thank you sir=)

[teetime4one]

No, thank you!

[Earl]

Why thank me? lol

[teetime4one]

Bringing a 318ti back to life as you have...everyone should say thanks. It's dedication that most of us regulars of this thread really appreciate.

[BlackBMWs]

+1!

[Earl]

You're welcome=) I really appreciate that