early 02 nose replacement

[Guest Anonymous]

Anyone have a link to any articles or step by step on early 02 nose replacements..

there was one link the other day but it only showed one of 4 pages...thanks

[Guest Anonymous]

The Mobile Tradition repro noses require some tweaking and modification for the grilles and headlight buckets to fit correctly. It seems the headlight bucket mounts are not always welded in at consistant locations, and might need to be repositioned slightly for the headlights not to have a gap with the grille bezels. Also, the grille screw mounting tabs will need some bending for the screw holes on the lower end of the grille to fasten up without a gap. There are no wiring harness clips welded onto the new panels, so you'll need to get some plastic clips to hold the harness.

[Guest Anonymous]

When using any new, repro Mobile Tradition body panels, do a pre-paint assembly of trim pieces, lights, grilles etc. to avoid any post-paint assembly problems due to the marginal quality of the repro panels.

[Guest Anonymous]

Thanks. But I managed my parents paint, body and frame shop for 5 years before moving to BMW in 1980.. master tech status....moved to serice writer/ asst. serv mgr.in 89/90. Stayed with the dealer till 99.

Worked for Harley as Serv Manger for a while.

Now working for my old boss at BMW who bought his own 2002 shop.I know the basics and more...just wanted some tips and specifics on the nose. It has been awhile. There is a link on this pagehttp://www.bmw2002faq.com/body_and_interior/nose_replacement.html

But it does not include the whole article. I'm looking for the rest.

[Guest Anonymous]

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/body_and_interior/nose_replacement.html

It only has the first page....