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Old Jul 5, 2006 | 05:51 PM
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Project Msfitoy Garage!

Ready for paint and epoxy floor


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! !!! Someone haul this ***** away.....



Back in another few days for things to come
 
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Old Jul 5, 2006 | 05:54 PM
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AS PER DAVE'S REQUEST, THERE HAS BE A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE SENTENCE BELOW. PLEASE READ SLOWLY AS IT IS A LIFE ALTERING SENTANCE.

I am just about to epoxy my father's floor. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out.

Happy dave?
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Old Jul 5, 2006 | 05:54 PM
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Sweet! Thameth did his own garage too! Have fun, and be sure to post lots of pics!

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Old Jul 5, 2006 | 05:59 PM
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I am sooo jealous. I dream of doing an epoxy finish on my garage floor but can't imagine emptying all my crap out of the garage for the time it would take to do the application (not to mention praying for dry weather).
 
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Old Jul 5, 2006 | 06:02 PM
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sid- i thought your MCS was a different color...
 
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Old Jul 5, 2006 | 06:12 PM
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sid- i thought your MCS was a different color...
You're pullin my lug nuts again...eh?
 
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Old Jul 5, 2006 | 07:01 PM
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You're pullin my lug nuts again...eh?
nothing comes free.

so, did you finish epoxying? which coating did you use? im thinking
about doing the gray seal on my garage this summer. (can't afford the
tiles...will wait until i can buy a real house like yours).
 
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Old Jul 5, 2006 | 08:34 PM
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When you're done with that one, let me know..................

Been wanting to do that for 3 years now.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 07:13 AM
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Me too, 3 years now. We've done almost everything to every room in my house 'cept the garage. Gotta wait at least until fall, since it's been raining every day.

I guess I'll epoxy the floor. But I'd LOVE to tile it with the 12" x 12" black and white square vinyl tiles, into a giant checkerboard. I think they'll lift and crack tho, plus my floor is not totally flat.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 07:26 AM
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good luck on thta project. it should look awesome when done. i agree with kentiki... tiling would be awesome
 
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 07:39 AM
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Good luck on your project. I did our garage about three months ago and have been loving it ever since. Didn't even plan on doing it but I needed to clear a few things out as I was gettting rid of the old fridge and to get to it I needed to clean up 1/3 of the garage so I just went ahead and got hangers for all the tools and realised I only had 1/3 of the garage left to clean after that. Went done and bought two gallons of gray floor epoxy with blue/white/black flakes and went to town on the floor. Luckily I had a side walk way to put all the stuff in during drying. Then out I went and bought storage cabinets to go around my tool box and on the wall. $1000 later and the garage was all done. Funny thing is it has been the least expensive room I have redone yet.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 07:47 AM
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HAHAHA, funny thing is i am doing the same thing for my garage right now also Sid!
 
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 08:58 AM
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So Sid, how many people stopped thinking it was a garage sale?
 
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 10:23 AM
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So Sid, how many people stopped thinking it was a garage sale?
i'll take the MINI for $5.

sid- which epoxy are you using? please share your secrets... well, not
too much.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Squirlz
So Sid, how many people stopped thinking it was a garage sale?
I'm thinking I should just stick a Garage sale sign up on the lawn while the crap is already out there

4GASM is doing my floor...he and his dad does this professionally if anyone's interested...

And Ken...you're too funny
 
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 01:38 PM
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Hey Sid, what's up with that offset hoodscoop?
 
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
I am sooo jealous. I dream of doing an epoxy finish on my garage floor but can't imagine emptying all my crap out of the garage for the time it would take to do the application (not to mention praying for dry weather).
As do I... I'm thinking we'd have to rent a POD or two... or three...
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 07:01 AM
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Scratch that. I have no idea what I'm talking about. lol jk TheWrks has the answer!
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 07:11 AM
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Hey Sid, what's up with that offset hoodscoop?
MDSBRAIN has one of these for sale (great deal) in the marketplace section.
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 07:14 AM
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Hey Sid, what's up with that offset hoodscoop?
The Off set Hood scoop is to fit the M7 Direct Flow Intercooler (DFIC)


 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 07:18 AM
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I think you guys missed Mr. Winky.
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 10:11 AM
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My lovely busy helper
Almost ready for primer...



This doesn't mean the mods have stopped...
Tell me if you guys can figure out which lines goes to what...


 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 10:55 AM
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Tell me if you guys can figure out which lines goes to what...
Heck if i know, but I take a stab at it:

IC inlet horn = pre SC presure (or temp)
IC inltet bung = SC pre temp (or press) - tee'd to normal boost connection
IC outltet bung = SC post temp
IC outlet horn = post SC pressure - tee'd to mech guage
The rest is your NOS plumbing.

Why did you replumb your OCC (overkill?) the braided stuff was looking good.
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 11:43 AM
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sid- how long do you have to let the epoxy dry before you can
park on top of it?
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 11:48 AM
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Sid, I found your garage on MSN...
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com....aspx?GT1=8376
 
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