Assembly required - Ceylon ‘72 tii

[mvliotta]

This is the year I put my ‘72 tii back together again. A restoration to her original condition (with a couple of goodies). 
 

Received the car last month after painting her back to her original color - Ceylon. 

 

Seeing Barney T going through his reassembly with a similar Ceylon car has been a big inspiration. I’ll document my progress here, with questions along the way. 
 

Actually did a lot of the leg work last year:

 

 

 

 

So now the fun begins!

 

First up is rear subframe:

 

 

 

 

This went up fairly quickly and was pretty straightforward. The lift helped a lot.  Torquing the bolts to spec was really satisfying and something I’ve been waiting to do for over a year.  
 

Next up is engine bay electrical. More daunting for me, so will need to take my time there. Luckily things were working pretty well before disassembly… just hope the painters didn’t mess up the harness as they pulled it through the firewall. 
 

Vince
 

 

 

 

 

[pjp90]

Looking fabulous.   But how will you redecorate the family room after taking all those gorgeous parts out to the garage?

 

[mvliotta]

1 hour ago, pjp90 said:

But how will you redecorate the family room after taking all those gorgeous parts out to the garage?

Decoration to you and me, Paul…my wife….not so much

Edited January 8, 2023 by mvliotta

[JsnPpp]

Beautiful work, truly.

 

I'm right there with the rear subframe on my car but it won't be as pretty.

 

Nice work and an inspiration to us all..

 

Jason

[d.hitchcock]

Yeehaw! Looks fantastic.

[Mike Self]

Gonna be too pretty to drive!  I love the attention to detail, including the properly stenciled "S" on the differential case.  Ceylon is a rare color--can't say as I've seen more than a half dozen (if that) in the 40-some years since the color became available...

 

It must be a sickness--looking at the table full of replated pieces, I realized I can sight recognize almost every part on the table...guess I've spent way too much time messing with 2002s...

 

When are we gonna see it at an event....this spring/summer?

 

mike

[conkitchen]

So rewarding to drop the subframes and recondition everything before reinstalling, like the factory.  I can relate. 

 

nice work BTW 

Edited January 8, 2023 by conkitchen

[Lorin]

Looks great !

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited January 8, 2023 by Lorin

[MurphinDC]

Beautiful color and so rare.  Looking forward to the updates.

 

Curious what's your choice of springs and spring pads ( one dot or two dot)?

 

Thanks

Murph

[mvliotta]

On 1/7/2023 at 9:49 PM, JsnPpp said:

I'm right there with the rear subframe on my car

Thx Jason, enjoying reading about the journey on your car…keep it going!!

 

On 1/7/2023 at 11:35 PM, Mike Self said:

When are we gonna see it at an event....this spring/summer?

Hoping to get it all buttoned up by the summer. Will take a look at show schedules, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be driving up to the Saratoga event. 
 

On 1/8/2023 at 9:47 AM, MurphinDC said:

Curious what's your choice of springs and spring pads ( one dot or two dot)?

 I’m using stock springs that I cut a loop off with one dot pads. Hoping to match the lowering I will get from a set of upside down  Bilstein struts that I have. These were used on the Alpina cars, I think. They are about an inch lower than the standard tii strut (on the right) and a little beefier. I have a feeling I’ll be doing some trial and error in spring cutting and pad swapping in the back to get the height right once the front suspension goes in. 

 

 

 

Edited January 20, 2023 by mvliotta

[jgerock]

Are you planning for a second 2002 since I see (4) struts and (4) trailing arms?
 

Always nice to see this much effort in suspension components that will mainly never be seen.

[Hans]

Wow.

Don't forget to torque lower shock nuts on ground. 

[mgben]

Looks great! Nice to zoom in and check bolt directions for my current rear suspension reassembly.... Like Jim @jgerock said.. where is the second car?  but understand collecting myself. Also have been told to attach the flex brake lines to the car first to make it easy on yourself, but I am not there yet on mine.

The Oetiger clamps for the CV boots may give you peace of mind (not for picky reasons), since your rehab looks so perfect. https://www.bmw2002faq.com/forums/topic/284046-ear-clamps-for-cv-boots/

Will definitely follow your build.

 

[jgerock]

5 hours ago, mgben said:

Looks great! Nice to zoom in and check bolt directions for my current rear suspension reassembly.... Like Jim @jgerock said.. where is the second car?  but understand collecting myself. Also have been told to attach the flex brake lines to the car first to make it easy on yourself, but I am not there yet on mine.

The Oetiger clamps for the CV boots may give you peace of mind (not for picky reasons), since your rehab looks so perfect. https://www.bmw2002faq.com/forums/topic/284046-ear-clamps-for-cv-boots/

Will definitely follow your build.

 

And there are two boosters..

[Hans]

39 minutes ago, jgerock said:

And there are two boosters..

RHD? or spare.