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    Located at German motor werks in Longwood!
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    Ok me too. I would like one as well. What are the odds?
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    $600 NOS including a cracked lense. They show an upclose picture of the crack on the site. With a crack that seems a bit high. I got my amber euro set 7 years ago for like $150 bucks. So with inflation & considering the product, if they were perfect the price is close.
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    Orlando Fla
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    My opinion, definitely not an improvement either in looks or performance so...
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    Please let me know. thanks, Mike in Orlando
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    Awsome thanks for the reply when you posted these a week or two back. As I replied on the original post and emailed you. Thanks again.
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    For a car that realy needs a few $1000 more in finishing touches I would say that was a good price to get. I have close to $20,000 in mine and ther is no way I would get 10 for it. New engine new suspension lots of upgrades ....but, needs seats, dash, bumpers, carpet, .......still the car otherwise looks very nice, great engine bay & trunk. Good luck
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    In Orlando interested in tail lights & maybe the windshield.
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    I think I am on General Altamax 195 60 r14's I love em and no tire rub on lowered car.
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    Not exactly what I was implying but if you want to be that way then yes! I expect it to be cheap second rate shit made to be sold and forgotten by the builder. I don't expect PhD's but I expect someone at least familiar with the end users needs. Go ahead buy it and let us know I'd love to see a US made aluminum radiator at a reasonable price. The only ones I ever saw were the Nameless Perf. ones, and it appears they must have found out it's cost prohibitive, as they no longer sell it. Korman makes a nice US aluminum radiator, but they charge accordingly ($500). With proper quality control a part can be made in China and not be complete crap (not worth opening that can of worms). Maybe these were radiators that were declined (possibly due to reasons I stated) by their intended purchaser? All true and I agree, my issue is with a product made 3000 miles away by someone who knows nothing about the end user. I assure you there are no BMW 2002's anywhere near the factory . As stated China makes many fine products. Most with cheep labor and unfair trade practices as well as little or no environmental and worker rights. But hey a good value to us. Oh and don't forget the R& D they "borrow" Can I interest you in some drywall or baby formula?
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    Not exactly what I was implying but if you want to be that way then yes! I expect it to be cheap second rate shit made to be sold and forgotten by the builder. I don't expect PhD's but I expect someone at least familiar with the end users needs. Go ahead buy it and let us know
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    Very funny!!!! It's in China, the world's hub of after-market german car parts.
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    My car had a tube step header when I got it and a muffler in need of replacement, so I got an ansa resonator, & muffler from Bravauto. That was back in 2004. The flange on the resonator cracked and they sent a new one no prob. Still on & I still love it! I love the way it sounds and yeah the radio is not much good at highway speeds but I don't drive that much on em. The car is a sports car to me, not a minivan. So to each his own. Plus I like the classic twin tip of the ANSA.
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    I will try to attend as well. Hope to see some other 2002's!
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    Hope you & yours (including your 2002) had a safe happy year & into the future.
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    Battery in trunk, & the terminal is on now the firewall where the washer bottle was mounted (on 74-76) over the brake boster. So moved the washer & had a vent can so...
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    I got lucky & found a rust free running 75 with some work done for $3500 8 years & $15,000 ago. New engine, front & rear overhauled sub frame & suspension, lots of other stuff but not restored! So I average around $2,000 a year for a "hobby".
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    I sanded the raised parts in stages to 2000 grit on a sanding block then used polish and a dremell buffer to get high shine. I taped with blue painters masking and cut with a SHARP X-acto knife. I used some nice paint I got at a motorcycle shop. I also set the cleaned cover in the hot Florida summer sun for an hour prior to painting to get it up to like 150 then used a heat lamp & hair dryer after to set the paint. Use a thick coat like the directions state.
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    just under the car for a regular look around & found the linkage from the sway bars (IE front & rear) was lose & the urethane bushings where hanging with about 1/2 inch slack. I tightened 3 lose corners & checked again for normal fit. They are all snug now but I don't know how much to tighten them to avoid damaging the bushings. Anyone else have this happen? IE sway bars B&G lowering springs, Bilstein sports, all urethane bushings. TIA
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    I like the view from the toilet in the second picture!!! Is that a local custom?
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    Man I love it down here in the winter.
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    http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/05/9214237-gone-in-less-than-60-seconds-11-luxury-sports-cars-wrecked-in-expensive-pileup
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    If it is real its valuable! I was at my wrench's shop the other day and a customer had one for the mechanic to install. It was a copy and the casting was VERY rough. Someone had even tried to grind it to look good but seems to have given up. Seems like a lot of money for that part if it is a knock off.
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    Thats an understatement! If that is the car as represented than the engine is worth more than $15,000
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