What did you do to your 2002 today !

[John76]

On 1/5/2023 at 1:29 PM, TVeye said:

If it passes smog requirements for a '76 '02, why would any special registration be needed at all?

My '76 passes the biennial CA smog test, so technically I do not need a collector car registration.

However, with a collector car designation, further smog tests will not be required as long as it is insured as a collector vehicle. 

Collector vehicle insurance (Hagerty) has provisions for the number of miles driven each year ( <100, 500, 2500, 7500, 10,000 or 10,00+) so you can pick (and pay) for whatever suits you.  Not so for Historical vehicles, which can only be driven a very limited number of miles (parades, shows, charitable functions, etc.). Historical cars are issued a special license plate (to make them easier to spot). Collector cars can maintain their original license plates.

John

PS: Don't go to your local DMV in CA. Nobody will have a clue about this process.... ask me how I know!

 

Edited January 8, 2023 by John76
Correction

[TVeye]

I knew about the limited drive time the Historical's were confined to.

Good to know the same restrictions are not applied to Classic's.

I wonder how long it will take for CA to give us another couple of years (ie '76, '77, '78?)

They really hate to do that.

Not surprised your DMV was clueless

Edited January 6, 2023 by TVeye

[billy g]

4 hours ago, TVeye said:

I knew about the limited drive time the Historical's were confined to.

Good to know the same restrictions are not applied to Classic's.

I wonder how long it will take for CA to give us another couple of years (ie '76, '77, '78?)

They really hate to do that.

Not surprised your DMV was clueless

 

If you mean adding years to the smog exemption, it'll never happen.  More likely, they go the other direction.  It's a good incentive to get the collector designation, if possible.

[Markster]

13 hours ago, nodoi said:

Impressive shop @BarneyT And the cars look incredible as well. Hope to see the Ceylon at an Austin event soon! Wheel envy.

I agree!  @BarneyTI am jealous too!  BUT in California we would never have those rims up on that shelf like that!  🙂  

[pd_55]

More like what didn’t I do to my 2002 today. I was talking with some friends and they convinced me to post my “build”. Have not posted any progress unfortunately, so this is all of it to date, mostly in order. Started it about 24 months ago when I picked up a perfectly fine running 1974 BMW 2002 4-spd repainted in Estoril Blue by the previous owner. My goal was to build something that I liked and would enjoy driving. It’s more restomod than original, but it’s certainly fun. And was an exercise in learning as this was a first for me and tested my mechanical abilities. What’s left to do is cosmetic; paint and bodywork. Originally Polaris Silver, but I like the brighter BMW colors like Fire Orange or Taiga Green. I think I’ll enjoy it for a bit though.

 

Car on pick up day:

 

Started tearing into the interior and replacing items. Steering wheel, short shifter, new console, etc:

 

 

Got a line on some cheap E24 rear seats I couldn’t pass up:

 

 

New Corbeau retro front seats for some actual support:

 

 

Sold the 14” bottle caps and replaced with 15” Panasports:

 

 

Some random parts tidying up like water pump, fuel pump, brake booster and master, fuel lines, starter, alternator, rebuild carb, relocated battery to the trunk (much more space in the engine bay), etc. Also added custom made hood struts (hood fell on me once and that was that):

 

 

New AKG shifter for no other reason except loved the look:

 

Bigger things to tackle. Replaced front and rear suspension with Ground Control components with some replacement front struts I sourced. New Wilwood front brakes with slotted rotors and 250 mm rear drums. New bushings for both front and rear. No pics of the Wilwoods, which is odd. Also swapped the 32/26 for a 38/38 carb with ITG filter. Cleaned up the bay and added the flat black:

 

 

Then a little bigger thing to tackle. New motor and trans. Sourced from the site from a great guy who put together some nice parts, but wanted some of that S2000 F20C power in his 2002. Motor is slightly built, Schrick cam, Jenvey fuel injection, Haltech ECU and harness, 245 5-speed, the works and was recently torn down and serviced:

 

 

Started my first ever motor swap with a homemade gantry engine lift replete with Home Depot shelving components:

 

 

 

Motor and subframe out with much more drama than I would have wanted. Couldn’t get the car or jack quite high enough to drop the motor, so it was sketchy at best, but ultimately done:

 

 

 

 

New motor prepped, new trans prepped, disassembled, reinforced, cleaned and painted subframe with new hardware and bushings, new motor and transmission mounts. Assembled and ready to install in a similarly sketchy manner:

 

 

Motor in its new home finally. Other upgrades like new radiator and electric fan:

 

 

Now to the area of least confidence; wiring. Wired up the motor, ECU and cleaned up existing wiring. Located on the heater core so the console still fits with a little modification. Removed and reconditioned the fuel tank and installed a new Holley in tank fuel pump, new hard fuel lines with AN fittings:

 

 

Hopefully my final shifter upgrade. Coolerworx shifter to compliment the extra gear. Shifts feel really solid and I don’t mind the taller lever. Went with a Haltech digital dash to be able to monitor everything of concern. Fits nicely and was able to utilize and modify a cluster I bought off the site to give a slightly stock look:

 

 

Here’s how she sits now. There have been quite a few little things that I didn’t mention like the bumper, exhaust, new headlights, dual horns, coco mats, removed and refinished all interior panels, replaced door brakes, added strut bar and many more. But it rides and drives great and feels reliable now. Recently tuned and dyno’d, so runs well. Came out with 141 whp 124 lbft torque, which I’m happy with and feels like plenty when I want it. Next steps are the exterior, body work and paint so the outside can match everything else. Quite happy with how it came out and since I did it in the garage and no work was outsourced, it’s completely rationalized as worth it:

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 6, 2023 by pd_55
Pics

[Mario Falfan]

Keeping up with

 

 

that dash 

[its55]

Thought I should post up some pics of recent work / progress I've mentioned.  Exhaust system and cooling system renewal.  I'll be adding on the header heat shield and related after fixing the leak at the upper timing chain cover.  The exhaust work was a bear, working under the car w/ no lift 😂including cleaning and painting underside above the muffler area.

[0257]

6 hours ago, pd_55 said:

More like what didn’t I do to my 2002 today. I was talking with some friends and they convinced me to post my “build”. Have not posted any progress unfortunately, so this is all of it to date, mostly in order. Started it about 24 months ago when I picked up a perfectly fine running 1974 BMW 2002 4-spd repainted in Estoril Blue by the previous owner. My goal was to build something that I liked and would enjoy driving. It’s more restomod than original, but it’s certainly fun. And was an exercise in learning as this was a first for me and tested my mechanical abilities. What’s left to do is cosmetic; paint and bodywork. Originally Polaris Silver, but I like the brighter BMW colors like Fire Orange or Taiga Green. I think I’ll enjoy it for a bit though.

 

Car on pick up day:

 

Started tearing into the interior and replacing items. Steering wheel, short shifter, new console, etc:

 

 

Got a line on some cheap E24 rear seats I couldn’t pass up:

 

 

New Corbeau retro front seats for some actual support:

 

 

Sold the 14” bottle caps and replaced with 15” Panasports:

 

 

Some random parts tidying up like water pump, fuel pump, brake booster and master, fuel lines, starter, alternator, rebuild carb, relocated battery to the trunk (much more space in the engine bay), etc. Also added custom made hood struts (hood fell on me once and that was that):

 

 

New AKG shifter for no other reason except loved the look:

 

Bigger things to tackle. Replaced front and rear suspension with Ground Control components with some replacement front struts I sourced. New Wilwood front brakes with slotted rotors and 250 mm rear drums. New bushings for both front and rear. No pics of the Wilwoods, which is odd. Also swapped the 32/26 for a 38/38 carb with ITG filter. Cleaned up the bay and added the flat black:

 

 

Then a little bigger thing to tackle. New motor and trans. Sourced from the site from a great guy who put together some nice parts, but wanted some of that S2000 F20C power in his 2002. Motor is slightly built, Schrick cam, Jenvey fuel injection, Haltech ECU and harness, 245 5-speed, the works and was recently torn down and serviced:

 

 

Started my first ever motor swap with a homemade gantry engine lift replete with Home Depot shelving components:

 

 

 

Motor and subframe out with much more drama than I would have wanted. Couldn’t get the car or jack quite high enough to drop the motor, so it was sketchy at best, but ultimately done:

 

 

 

 

New motor prepped, new trans prepped, disassembled, reinforced, cleaned and painted subframe with new hardware and bushings, new motor and transmission mounts. Assembled and ready to install in a similarly sketchy manner:

 

 

Motor in its new home finally. Other upgrades like new radiator and electric fan:

 

 

Now to the area of least confidence; wiring. Wired up the motor, ECU and cleaned up existing wiring. Located on the heater core so the console still fits with a little modification. Removed and reconditioned the fuel tank and installed a new Holley in tank fuel pump, new hard fuel lines with AN fittings:

 

 

Hopefully my final shifter upgrade. Coolerworx shifter to compliment the extra gear. Shifts feel really solid and I don’t mind the taller lever. Went with a Haltech digital dash to be able to monitor everything of concern. Fits nicely and was able to utilize and modify a cluster I bought off the site to give a slightly stock look:

 

 

Here’s how she sits now. There have been quite a few little things that I didn’t mention like the bumper, exhaust, new headlights, dual horns, coco mats, removed and refinished all interior panels, replaced door brakes, added strut bar and many more. But it rides and drives great and feels reliable now. Recently tuned and dyno’d, so runs well. Came out with 141 whp 124 lbft torque, which I’m happy with and feels like plenty when I want it. Next steps are the exterior, body work and paint so the outside can match everything else. Quite happy with how it came out and since I did it in the garage and no work was outsourced, it’s completely rationalized as worth it:

 

 

 

 

 

Some great mods, and a very distincitive ride. I’m gonna have to file away for future use: ‘Completely rationalized as worth it.’!

[kbmb02]

Checked an M10 crankshaft for runout / straightness, and checked end play. -KB

 

 

[Pablo M]

Intersperse with the big projects I’m also tackling small pet peeve projects. Lol. 
 

Cleaned up some wiring in the engine bay. 
example: 

[ingramlee]

 Not today but a few days ago. These guys were done. I changed entire arms with new bushings already installed. I will save these arms for spares. Thing is, the car drove straight with no weird vibrations.

[man_mark_7]

My family was in Puerto Rico over the holidays. We daughter managed to capture a pic of this '02 heading into Old San Juan on Dec. 30th. Anyone here live in Puerto Rico?!

 

 

 

 

[Dave919]

8 minutes ago, man_mark_7 said:

My family was in Puerto Rico over the holidays. We daughter managed to capture a pic of this '02 heading into Old San Juan on Dec. 30th. Anyone here live in Puerto Rico?!

 

 

 There’s a “Puerto Rico Classic Bimmer Group” on Facebook that’s pretty active. I’m not in PR but my car used to live there 

 

[tech71]

Spent yesterday cleaning, organizing garage and repositioning the 02s

Clutter builds up so fast, What I wouldn't give for even another 100 sq ft of space.

Franzi's in the lift position finally, tomorrow will begin to determine what 20 years of neglect has inflicted upon it.

Due to space concerns I have to haul stuff, tires, exhaust ect ect over to the barn as they come off, slows me down... crud

The "Orca" Recaro's cant go to the barn, even short term.

[cda951]

I have been neglecting my own fleet of cars recently, so it was time to start catching up on the backlog of repairs to each.

 

I replaced the brake master cylinder on my '73 tii today, was going well until the last brake hard line snapped. I couldn't find the shop's compact DIN flaring kit, so I had to cram the Stahlwille lump that's meant for use in a bench vise into a tight space. But, it got the job done.

 

A customer stopped by in her pristine 1600 cabriolet that we restored last year, good to see it out and about between rainstorms.