IND helped me build a ///MONSTER

[JEllis]

Originally Posted by ilikebmxbikes

thanks man. should have said whats up. When I have the s3-r down there again, you need to drive it. curious about your impressions on the stroker.

Deal, that would be rad.

[jeff@autocouture]

Originally Posted by JEllis

Thanks, the M4 looked great. I was skeptical about the RKP wing but it really looks great on the car!

thanks !, we should probably meet in person, and not just stare at each others cars! lol

[JEllis]

A shot from the HRE Open House. Great event!

IMG_0893 by JEllis, on Flickr

[dlbrooks18]

Sick looking car, love the new wing and wheels, looks like those Schirmer M3s which are the business, what are your wheel specs?

[JEllis]

Originally Posted by dlbrooks18

Sick looking car, love the new wing and wheels, looks like those Schirmer M3s which are the business, what are your wheel specs?

Thanks! They are 18x9.5 ET19 and 18x10.5 ET19.

[Hujan]

Originally Posted by dlbrooks18

Sick looking car, love the new wing and wheels, looks like those Schirmer M3s which are the business, what are your wheel specs?

Now that you mention it, I do see the Schirmer similarity. Only thing that's missing is a DCT.

[JEllis]

Originally Posted by Hujan

Now that you mention it, I do see the Schirmer similarity. Only thing that's missing is a DCT.

[Exclusivs]

Originally Posted by JEllis

I would have long sold my M if it wasn't 6speed. Looks great Jason. Stay purist! Save the manuals!

[JEllis]

Originally Posted by Exclusivs

I would have long sold my M if it wasn't 6speed. Looks great Jason. Stay purist! Save the manuals!

A cold rainy Bimmerfest morning.

DSC00292 by JEllis, on Flickr

[Hujan]

That picture is awesome.

[alpha-m]

Originally Posted by JEllis

A cold rainy Bimmerfest morning.

DSC00292 by JEllis, on Flickr

Track Mode:Engaged

[Hujan]

Originally Posted by Exclusivs

I would have long sold my M if it wasn't 6speed. Looks great Jason. Stay purist! Save the manuals!

Of course, of course. I'm just giving him a hard time because he loves the Shirmer M3s and they are all DCT cars. But I won't kid you; I often wish my car was a manual, too.

[JEllis]

I did a shoot for Falken a loooong time ago. But they keep posting pics I have not seen. Here is the latest.

11161738_10153206854060804_7201005790466439125_o by JEllis, on Flickr

A big part of me wants to go back this look. Gigantic spoiler and everything!

[Exclusivs]

Originally Posted by Hujan

Of course, of course. I'm just giving him a hard time because he loves the Shirmer M3s and they are all DCT cars. But I won't kid you; I often wish my car was a manual, too.

The relationship you form once you get to know the car and appreciate its gearbox is unparalleled.

[JEllis]

Originally Posted by Sam@ModeCarbon

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <3

Thanks Sam

[JEllis]

Been a while since I posted an update.

I purchased some HRE classics not long ago. The HRE craftsmanship is some of the best I have ever seen in a while. The attention to detail is insane.

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Nice thing about HRE is being able to spec my own wheels the way I wanted them.

18 x 10 and 18 x 11 ET25 front and rear. Fat rubber 275/295 filling out the arches.

IMG_1093 by JEllis, on Flickr

IMG_1089 by JEllis, on Flickr

As much as I love the HREs they are for sale and I am going back to the original look.

Unknown by JEllis, on Flickr

Thats it for now.

[buddalun]

They both look good.

[JEllis]

I have been asked a few times about my wheel detail process I did on my "re-acquired" Takata Volks.

They came back to me pretty dirty with a lot of road grime and rubber on them.

The first layer of grime on the inside and outside of the wheel was easily removed with bug and tar remover. I had a bottle of Turtle laying around but simple green would probably work just as well. After the initial wipe I was left with rubber/grime on the lip like this.

IMG_1053 by JEllis, on Flickr

I used a combo of things to get the rubber off but it wasn't easy and it was time consuming. I sprayed on a thick coat of the bug and tar remover and let sit for a while. Then I took Menzurna FG400 and went to work.

IMG_2582 by JEllis, on Flickr

I then took the same FG400 to the faces. The Volk paint is somewhat soft and hand polishing worked out well. Below is after one pass by hand. You can still see some small swirls but they came out after a few more passes. I had a few areas where I used the heavy cut 300 and then passed over again with FG400.

IMG_9628 by
JEllis, on Flickr

Below is with the wheel mostly clean and new stickers applied that I purchased through IND. You can see that all rubber has been removed and the touch up process has started.

IMG_9811 by JEllis, on Flickr

You can see in the previous pic that I used Tamiya model paint for touch up. Volk doesn't sell touch up paint or release their paint code. But I find in these instances, I can always get close with the plethora of model paints on the market. Here is the valve stem hole. You won't really see these blemishes with the stem attached but I am OCD and touched them up with a very small brush.

IMG_3765 by JEllis, on Flickr

Cleaned and touched up

IMG_1833 by JEllis, on Flickr

Finally I broke out my airbrush to fix some stuff in the inner barrel. Again, your really not going to see this and usually there is a going to be a layer of dirt covering everything but I am OCD. Below is some damage from an installer.

IMG_5429 by JEllis, on Flickr

Broke out the air brush. After the first pass.

IMG_7493 by JEllis, on Flickr

The model paint isn't exact so I diluted the mix with a little flat and blended the area a little better. Wish I had a pic but you really cannot tell. You can see in the below pic how great the inner barrels are coming out. Very nice for a 3 year old wheel.

Almost done

IMG_5679 by JEllis, on Flickr

Finally done

IMG_5588 by JEllis, on Flickr

[ericxog]

You are the man. I love watching your meticulous approach to things. A true purist!

[Hujan]

Very nice, J Breezy. But don't leave your audience hanging. What happened next?

[zgerm3n]

so good

[dbworld4k]

Badass! Any video clips of the GTS exhaust and xpipe?! That's gotta sound good.