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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ElrodKTPQ_89" data-source="post: 1293702" data-attributes="member: 18710">More progress. The other night I took my brackets to a friends house and put them in his bead blaster. Makes me wish I had one now. It's like a magic eraser.Before: <img src="http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/ElrodKTPQ/Primetime/8927A061-D4AF-4443-A8E7-C2AB1E60F8FE_zpsa7id2x9u.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />After:<img src="http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/ElrodKTPQ/Primetime/0E23850C-C7C3-4C6D-A887-4E37B2F3A70C_zpsu0q75uuq.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/ElrodKTPQ/Primetime/82EBD61A-2564-414A-85B2-B932957561E0_zpskdrgyhop.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Also out a fresh coat of paint on my engine. Looks just as new as when it came home from the machine shop. <img src="http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/ElrodKTPQ/Primetime/D3B974AB-C119-4893-8629-11AD37A5D0E3_zpsl6igcbcl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />In the process of trying to take the egr tune out to remove the lower intake the tube split in a few places so looks like it will be getting deleted. I'm already running with no smog equipment or cats so why not?And the other day I bought a couple cans of Duplicolor automotive paint in DSG just to see how it looked and was pretty pleased with how it turned out. So I decided to just use it to paint my inner fenders and firewall instead of going through all of the trouble to get my friend over with his paint fun and everything and doing it. Here's some crappy iPhone before and after pictures:<img src="http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/ElrodKTPQ/Primetime/A7BB58C5-EFAD-429E-B9E0-EA83A00535BA_zpspkhrc1i1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/ElrodKTPQ/Primetime/1A6B2EEF-A291-4326-8978-23C8EC724452_zpsqrw09kk9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/ElrodKTPQ/Primetime/063A8684-3253-448A-A68E-1ECD7AC7A2CC_zpslpkljdn2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />After one light coat...the cans don't go very far. <img src="http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/ElrodKTPQ/Primetime/704EE018-70BD-461F-AE99-A1D370590B7A_zpsl26n8qba.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/ElrodKTPQ/Primetime/BD901DC0-8115-439D-AF0C-EF779DFB5E94_zpssj0bunm5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/ElrodKTPQ/Primetime/EFD5F00C-ED95-433C-AA49-F313F24FE4C3_zpsuuonbadu.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/ElrodKTPQ/Primetime/A53DBB19-2148-40CF-BBD7-15EB9F7A9B94_zpsh5z531gv.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />My plans for the week are to get a few more cans of paint tomorrow after work and finish up what I started painting. I'm also painting my alternator and P/S bracket the same color. I also have a box of parts and bolts and such to take and bead blast so they can be painted as well, including my lower intake. Once everything gets painted, I will probably go ahead and start on my front suspension work that way I can go ahead and clean/paint all of it and the front section of my frame. I also have to finish taking out my fender splash guards so I can clean and paint them as well. I'm very anxious to see how it's all going to turn out.</blockquote>