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Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:21 pm

jimkeo wrote: took my 71 sb in for painting at earl schieb, hey its all i can afford and they use poly instead of acrylic

for the same price you can set yourself up with a painting system and get to it... single stage paint job is easy as pie

Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:49 pm

zeroman wrote: jimkeo wrote: took my 71 sb in for painting at earl schieb, hey its all i can afford and they use poly instead of acrylic

for the same price you can set yourself up with a painting system and get to it... single stage paint job is easy as pie

i live in california and only have a carport so i cant get away with it. besides the last time i tried painting a car i came out like shit and ended up having to have done professionally.

Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:53 pm

ANSAracingb wrote: Thanks Mike. :D

I painted those black also when I first got the car. But at least one of them is bent pretty bad (it has a LOT of wheel weights on one side) and I've always wanted a set of 8-spokes. I picked these up for pretty cheap; just touching them up before I buy tires and slap them on the car.

I'll probably keep the steel wheels with their tires for winter/rainy weather driving though.

thats killer that you still have the black and yellow plates. i am stuck with the newer white and blue plates yuck. and hey the wheel will look nice on your ride

Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:08 am

After about a week of brain-lock trying to figure out what order to do things in next, I put down POR-15 rear package shelf interior pan and spare tire well.

Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:04 pm

My Sedan Edition One 1994 in the VW workshop. The VW mechanic team will fit new cylinders tins, new head cylinder covers, new oil radiator (made in Germany), new dual port end castings, new dual port intake, new injectors, new injector rails and other small engine items. I got everything from my own genuine parts stock!

Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:36 pm

Antonio, tienes un Vocho de 2004? Yo se tienes un Vocho de 1994 pero recuerdo tuvo un Vocho de 2004 tambien.

Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:10 pm

Changed the oil in "Otto", installed new strainer and plate, crush washers, & silicone gaskets. Took him out for a drive with the top down....

Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:56 pm

put my license plate bolt/lights in

Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:51 pm

Today I Finally managed to get my radio and speakers in, turns out there wasn't a good ground before. :D

Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:00 am

Fixed my reverse lights!

Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:24 pm

nodak_85 wrote: put my license plate bolt/lights in

Those are pretty sweet 8)

Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:47 pm

i started to disassemble the nose, took fenders off, gas tank out.
cut my finger on a new fender.
sent my new hood and fenders to the body shop to remove "shipping" damage and get them epoxy primmed.

Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:29 pm

Voltage regulator arrived today, changed it, now I can drive it again! It sat in the garage for more than a month =/

Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:43 pm

signed its death warrant. (put it up for sale)

Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:10 am

I got my flywheel back from the shop a while ago and put it on that night.

Today.. I was looking through my box of gaskets for my injector seals...."what's this big O-ring for" says I. Then I Homer myself and realize I have to take the flywheel off again, as its the flywheel o-ring that I neglected to install. I remembered ... wrongly.. taking it out. What I found when I opened the flywheel again.. an old hard o-ring. So it probably wouldn't have been catastrophic. But.. still.. stupid. Replaced O-ring and re-torqued. Much easier since I am about done with the engine and took it down off my workbench.

Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:19 pm

Received my OEM VW door hinge plugs. Two of the plugs on my car are missing and as a result the passenger door is harder to close because the pins are starting to rust up. So now that I have new plugs, I can grease the hinge pins.
8)

Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:26 pm

Just took it for a nice ride and showed the Monte Carlo SS next to me the back of the car as i pulled away.

Sat Mar 20, 2010 6:01 pm

FINALLY started installing the front half of the carpet kit I bought 6 months ago for my vert...after getting diverted by a leaking master cylinder, which led to all new brakes, heater control cables, rust removal, pedal rebuild, etc etc.

Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:36 pm

My Sedan Edition One 1994 in the VW workshop. The VW mechanic team installed today new cylinders tins, new head cylinder covers, new oil radiator, new dual port end castings, new dual port intake, new intake boots, new fan belt, new injectors, 8 new push rod pipes, 2 new injector rails, new crank pulley and other small -genuine VW- items. They forgot to take off the VW factory stickers.

Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:06 pm

i put new fender beading on and other misc parts back on bety after getting back from earl schieb's.