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What did you do to your 2002 today !

Berk Ergin

By Berk Ergin,
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I used testors paints from the local hobby shop. My roundels had no paint on them to start with but we're pretty dirty and not it the best of shape. I cleaned them up with 0000 steel wool.
Turns out I picked up the wrong blue the first go around (too dark) so I let them cure for a couple weeks and sanded them back down with with the steel wool again. The next few attempts were spent trying to paint them perfectly but messing up one way or another, either too thin with runs or too thick with brush strokes... In the end my mixture was a few drops of thinner to about a teaspoon of paint. I just went on thick and sloppy with the paint, let them sit a week, oven baked them by putting them in the oven without preheating, setting it to 325° and setting the timer for 15 minutes (you want them to heat up gradually). Then wet sanded them with a soapy mix and a tiny piece of 500 grit sandpaper. You can actually see the piece I used in the last picture (fingers are sore). That cleaned off all the excess paint and smoothed my work out a bit, still not perfect but oh well, I'm content...for now. I may have my wifes artist friend paint them at some point. I probably should have just done that in the first place. e5d4f12f23047e1fdd4dfaddac3de9ef.jpg5f15d239066ccf6adbfde4965e72ac02.jpgaa4489297a00bd3b96be47e3934a9edc.jpg

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I had to make a couple of attempts before I got the desired results.  Esty has a decent write-up how to do it. The key is thinning the paint and dropping into the recesses and let the paint flow. Also... patience... gotta have it. 

 

Here's what I ended up with for the '67 CS...

 

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'69 Granada... long, long ago  

'71 Manila..such a great car

'67 Granada 2000CS...way cool

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After 7 years of riding around with no horn, I finally set out to find the spring contact for my Mountney wheel. They said they don’t make that part (not so sure about that but meh) and found it on the Moto-Lita site and took a chance. Just finished installing with a stupid grin on my face.  It’s those little details that you leave for “later” that are most rewarding.  

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76 BMW 2002 Arktisblau M42 5 spd - Born 5.21.76 - daily money pit

06 Aston Martin V8 Vantage 6 spd - garage queen *  73 Mustang Convertible 351C 

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Resealed the engine, new output seal and selector seal on the transmission, and made a new bushing for the shift tower. Got it bolted back together and installed back in the car today. Have time tomorrow to get it finished up.

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'76, totally stock. Completely.

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Received my ceramic coated Stahl header back from Jet-Hot. 67bb6a5e14ad3da261b1b3af16242371.jpg&key=ce7048411446b73d1dd8567f1f135877cf3751a578466d9e81b5601b9e8493e8


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Your header looks amazing! Do you have a before picture? I have the same one but in super rough condition. Was shipping both ways included in their price?


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Visited my new friend Brett who has a garage full of Tii’s and roundies... and another across the neighborhood in a friends garage

 

Also fixed my rattly horn ring with some two-sided tape and drove her after a long stretch of rain

 

Vrooom. Vroom!!

 

Randy

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See the whole restoration at:

http://www.rwwbmw2002.shutterfly.com

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17 hours ago, Bibm5 said:

Your header looks amazing! Do you have a before picture? I have the same one but in super rough condition. Was shipping both ways included in their price?


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Prices for Jet Hot coatings have gone way up since I did my tii manifold and downpipe in 2009. I priced the same parts from them in 2014/2015 and the price had more than doubled.  If you contact them and provide size details they most likely can issue a call tag from FedEx.

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Riviera 69 2002 built 5/30/69 "Oscar"

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37 minutes ago, worzella said:

Visited my new friend Brett who has a garage full of Tii’s and roundies... and another across the neighborhood in a friends garage

 

Also fixed my rattly horn ring with some two-sided tape and drove her after a long stretch of rain

 

Vrooom. Vroom!!

 

Randy

You visited Mr. Cooper and didn't take any pics?  Brett needs to start a blog on all his stuff (newbie).

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Riviera 69 2002 built 5/30/69 "Oscar"

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