Finishing up projects! *pics*
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Melting Slicks
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Finishing up projects! *pics*
Off from work today so got some long awaiting stuff done on the vette! 
I tightened the bearing bolts on the rear. Tightened the caliper bolts on the rear. Cut the slack out of the Ebrake cables. Polished the trailing arms and lower control arms. Dropped the car off the jack stands. Went to finish installing the throttle body and found out that its for a 94-97 not a 92-93... Packing it up and shipping it back... Waiting for the correct part #.
Polishing the trailing arms was an accident! I found a wire brush that was my grandfathers years ago! Never seen anything like it... Looks like its made of copper bristles... Well anyway I was just fooling around and started brushing the alum. with this brush and they shined up PERFECT! Barely any elbow greese... After the wire brush I just hit it with some flitz and now they shine pretty good for a 3 min polish job!
The mythical brush!
Upper TA was brushed... The lower was untouched. You can see the diff!
Then with a little Flitz!
WOOO Came out good I was very suprized
I tightened the bearing bolts on the rear. Tightened the caliper bolts on the rear. Cut the slack out of the Ebrake cables. Polished the trailing arms and lower control arms. Dropped the car off the jack stands. Went to finish installing the throttle body and found out that its for a 94-97 not a 92-93... Packing it up and shipping it back... Waiting for the correct part #.
Polishing the trailing arms was an accident! I found a wire brush that was my grandfathers years ago! Never seen anything like it... Looks like its made of copper bristles... Well anyway I was just fooling around and started brushing the alum. with this brush and they shined up PERFECT! Barely any elbow greese... After the wire brush I just hit it with some flitz and now they shine pretty good for a 3 min polish job!
The mythical brush!
Upper TA was brushed... The lower was untouched. You can see the diff!
Then with a little Flitz!
WOOO Came out good
I was very suprized
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Looks like you installed new dog bones. Good job cleaning them up! It's on my to do list as well.
As for that wire brush....it sure looks vintage,that's when they made things that lasted.
As for that wire brush....it sure looks vintage,that's when they made things that lasted.
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It was all solid hardwood, no particle board. Beautifully made. I opened up all the drawers, one by one and the action was precise and tight. It felt like solid quality. No chatter, no side-to-side rattle of cheap chinese crap. Even the wood inserts were superbly done. No saw blade marks on the end and a satin smooth finish. Later on, I looked up Leopold Manufacturing and they were around for over a hundred years, before closing in 1990. I was saddened. It's probably going to the dump.
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The old tool, is way cool! Just to relate; I was in the company salvage yard sales this morning and they're tossing out a bunch of 1960's heavy wooden desks, most of them U.S. made. The one with the brass handles on the end caught my eye and I opened up the top drawer and there was a brass nameplate on the top affixed with tiny brass screws, "Leopold Desk Manufacturing, Burlington Iowa".
It was all solid hardwood, no particle board. Beautifully made. I opened up all the drawers, one by one and the action was precise and tight. It felt like solid quality. No chatter, no side-to-side rattle of cheap chinese crap. Even the wood inserts were superbly done. No saw blade marks on the end and a satin smooth finish. Later on, I looked up Leopold Manufacturing and they were around for over a hundred years, before closing in 1990. I was saddened. It's probably going to the dump.
It was all solid hardwood, no particle board. Beautifully made. I opened up all the drawers, one by one and the action was precise and tight. It felt like solid quality. No chatter, no side-to-side rattle of cheap chinese crap. Even the wood inserts were superbly done. No saw blade marks on the end and a satin smooth finish. Later on, I looked up Leopold Manufacturing and they were around for over a hundred years, before closing in 1990. I was saddened. It's probably going to the dump.
Now they make stuff to break! Thats how these companies stay in bizzzz!
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HAHA So Im just going to hold off until I need new ones ! HAHA 
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When I get finished pics of the car on the ground with all 4 corners done I will have to update and or rewrite the build process... But it was a little bit of enginuity and A LOT of help from my buddies Trey and Andy at Street Shop Inc. As well as Jeffvette who is a member on this forum!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-g...06-brakes.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-g...06-brakes.html
