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What did you do to your 2002 today !


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45 minutes ago, flagoworld said:

Anyone have spare bumper side boot thingies?

 

Do you mean you want some good ones, so you can cut them up?

 

I'll bet you could drill out the rusty crap and epoxy some new "nuts" in there.

 

Have you seen how much better the shape of the e21 bumpers fits in against the nose?

Are there any of those cars at the Yank-A-Part these days?  I haven't been there in a while.

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     DISCLAIMER 

I now disagree with some of the timing advice I have given in the past.  I misinterpreted the distributor curves in the Blue Book. 

I've switched from using ported-vacuum to manifold, with better results. 

I apologize for spreading misinformation.  

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Chamonix ‘73

 

Airdam is fitted.
 

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I wasn’t super happy with the seams between the airdam and the flares. One the drivers side the airdam was trimmed too aggressively and I got a little wild on the pass side flare. Soooo I get to do both ‘glass and ABS work to get them where I want them. All in all the fitment is good and I’m happy to finally have them all hanging on the car.

 

I also managed to get the front subframe primed and painted.
 

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The gloss should die down some after it dries. The overspray was still settling when I snapped this pic. I need to order some strut rod bushings (thought I had them) and clean up a pair of control arms so I can assemble the front suspension soon. 

 

Can’t lose sight of the fact that there is TONS of bodywork yet to do, but I do feel like it’s actually staring to come together... ?

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19 hours ago, Greg R aka Big_Lebowski said:

Drove Stella to the paint shop to get a quote.  

 

 

Dude.  Your car revs to 12?!  Super-jelly over here.  The sound would be awesome.  Full on sport bike noises...  Periodically I try and talk the wife into building her a proper old Mini Cooper with a zx14 / gsxr1k / busa motor, quick shifter, cage, the whole bit.  So far she has declined- but she does like the sound of the rally cars going flat and shifting, so maybe there's hope, some day...

Dave.

'76, totally stock. Completely.

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6 minutes ago, irdave said:


... I try and talk the wife into building her a proper old Mini Cooper with a zx14 / gsxr1k / busa motor, quick shifter, cage, the whole bit...

 


It’s hard to believe, Dave, that anyone could say no to that... ???

 

Oh, wait... I might! ?

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

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1976 2002 Polaris, 2742541 (original owner)

1973 2002tii Inka, 2762757 (not-the-original owner)

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10 hours ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

 

Do you mean you want some good ones, so you can cut them up?

 

I'll bet you could drill out the rusty crap and epoxy some new "nuts" in there.

 

Have you seen how much better the shape of the e21 bumpers fits in against the nose?

Are there any of those cars at the Yank-A-Part these days?  I haven't been there in a while.

 

LOL yup. Mine also have chunks missing from them on the outside so I want some nicer ones to start with. I could try some black caulk, I guess. Maybe I will try that first.

 

I have looked around and the 320i ones are fairly expensive. Shipping is too. There are none at the local junkyard unfortunately.

 

I figure I'll tuck this one and if I come across a 320i one then I will swap it out.

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'74 Verona

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I haven’t glues the bellow pieces together yet, but it’s all fitted up and I like it!! I ended up drilling out the broken studs and welding new ones in to the metal plate... only smoked a little bit of rubber ?

 

Still have to do the rear.

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Well, I thought I was going to install new Koni’s in the front.  To my amazement, 48 years does a number on the front suspension.  Torch, freeze cycles to get bolts off etc etc.   I assume the Boge that was rusted in was original? 
Anyway, off to get everything powder coated and will order a bunch of new parts. 

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'72 2002Tii Inka   2760698
'65 Porsche 356SC

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Finished up  the trunk including battery mount, main power restored! 

Love the new trunk matt, thanks Esty.

Also installed Hella LED center brake light. Thanks Halboyles.

On to the passenger compartment.

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76 2002 Survivor

71 2002 Franzi

85 318i  Doris

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14 minutes ago, tech71 said:

Finished up  the trunk including battery mount, main power restored! 

Love the new trunk matt, thanks Esty.

Also installed Hella LED center brake light. Thanks Halboyles.

On to the passenger compartment.

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You can reclaim that lost trunk storage space by using the space under the back seat for storage.  Access is less efficient, though :P

14 minutes ago, tech71 said:

 

 

Ray

Stop reading this! Don't you have anything better to do?? :P
Two running things. Two broken things.

 

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Almost finished getting the rear bumper tucked. Just have to cut down and glue the side bellows. I love how much it tucked in. I kept the rubber protector in there and it fills the gap between the bumper and the car. Looks nice.

 

Don’t mind the crap paint and missing trim, gonna fix that soon ?

 

The bumper bracket bolts were seized badly. It took overnight penetrating oil, heat, and a whole lot of impact gun to get it loose. I blew up a socket wrench from impacting so much! (wrench on bolt, impact on the nut). Thankfully the peened direction selector had just wobbled off and after taking it apart I was able to peen it back on and the socket wrench lives to wrench another day!

 

Happy with the end result though.

 

 

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'74 Verona

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Swapped thermostats and flushed the coolant and took it for a mobile quarantine spin.  Still gets to 1:30/2:00 at freeway speeds on the temp gauge, and VDO reads between 175 and 185, but will drop to 0 intermittently and flutter before returning to temp.  

 

Thinking new radiator next.  

Engine bay OCD is a real problem

 

@02carbs 

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