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I had a bit of an unfortunate incident last night installing the drive shaft and torquing the Guibo, my 1/2" Torque wench slipped off one of the M12 bolts and smacked me in the face. At first, I thought I lost a front tooth (as it hit me so hard) but just ended up with a really badly busted lip...

Nice. I have the K Mac rear adjustables - they do a good job of straightening up the rear camber. Also, I applied some of that thick crinkle finished 3m wrap on the leading edge of the gas tank to take the gravel rash Thank-you and agreed on the addressing the rear camber with the eccentrics. Thank...

I just noticed the rear sway bar reinforcement brackets They must be Dinan parts?? They look pretty slick, Simple yet effective. Solid design without having to weld in reinforcement brackets like I did. Jeff Jeff - That's correct, those brackets are part of the original Dinan kit. Very well designe...

Thanks Jeff and Tom. I appreciate the kind words. I've been chipping away at the car a few hours every evening after work and this past weekend. The entire rear end, brakes and associated parts are now all installed. No more nasty black undercoating!! The next time I have to do all this again, I wil...

Geeezus!

That is a ton of work.

Kudos to you. Amazing talent and so glad that this car is being saved!

It's a pity someone butchered the strut towers.

Nice job on cleaning things up, the wheels look great.

And congrats on the baby! Hopefully another future BMW owner, like dad!

WoW!!

jps635 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:03 pm What make are the new axles?

The axles are made by GKN, but when I get them, I typically check that they are sufficiently packed with grease and also I re-paint them as the paint is so thinly applied.

Gratuitous rear diff mount, axles and bog bone pics

Yesterday, I fitted new brake shoes to the trailing arms and also the PowerFlex bushings (which there is only way to installing them correctly, you'll notice the bushings have a fat flange and thin flange). Rear Trailing Arms After 2.JPG Rear Trailing Arms After 3.JPG Rear Trailing Arms After 4.JPG

Any tips on your restoration process of cleaning prepping priming and painting the wheel wells? Where do you get your paint? Are you using glausurit 1k paint for the henna color? How do you paint the nooks and crannies and not get overspray or runs? You make the restoration and refinishing look so ...

Fitted the new Powerflex bushings in the Subframe and also picked up lots of kick knacks from the power coaters.

And After..man, this thing is HEAVY!!!

Bo Dang, more envious work accomplished :-" Cerakote is similar to Powder coating, except much much thinner and also high temp OK, so not powder, applied as a liquid but also baked on :-k I guess I could just Google it and find out :roll: Thank-you sir. Cerakote is applied as a powder and then ...

In an effort to keep making progress, I've been trying to squeeze in a few hours here and there in the garage. Yesterday, I was able to degrease, sand, prime and paint the rear wheel wells. This should last for another few decades. Before: Wheel Well Before 1.JPG Wheel Well Before 2.JPG And After: W...

Finally removed the RTAB bushings...always fun!!

Then sanded the trailing arms and got them ready for paint.

I replaced the shift rod rear bracket \ bushing with the one from Turner which is stainless with a polyurethane bushing (big fan of these Turner upgrades and highly recommended). I also replaced the crumbly old rubber boot around the shift rod, which is always a bit tricky with snaking the harness f...

Stuff I took to the powder coaters:

Incredible build!!

You are very talented.

Keep those pictures and updates coming.

I removed the muffler heat shield and it will be high temp ceramic coated.

And a naked rear end!

Always fun removing rear subframe bushings!