dp

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Open to offers isn't an auction- someone had the jam to E-mail me and make an offer as they didn't think it as " bad " as you did , Esty . After reading Aldy's thread it seems you're not that endearing .

now we know something about your poor ethics and integrity...you & aldy should get along really well birds of a feather you know

huh? "ethics and integrity"?? Good frakking grief!

Theres a topic for complaints in a different forum, 2323 should know better than to a) make public something he is working with his (non-BMW dealer) supplier in this thread and EVER expect anyone on this forum to trade with him in the future after airing this beef in a way that forced blunt to systematically dismantle the complaints publicly to defend himself.

My suggestion to the faq "member" 2323? Go to your local dealer in the future for fragile parts that need to be permanently cosmetically perfect. See how your local dealer responds to an attempted return 6 months after delivery! If they buckle to your attempts to excise selfish, unthinking wants out of them, great. And if you have no idea what I am poking at you for, take a job in retail for six months yourself and then try to figure it out!

Theres a Luminition trigger in the distributor of my E3 racer, been there since at least 1992 (when the P.O. imported it from the UK and restored the car) It works fine. An anecdote: on the drive to Laguna Seca one weekend, the chopper wheel (interrupts the optical trigger) grenaded into a dozen parts. Bummer. No spare. A serious age/thermal thing, old plastic that just...well, disintigrated. Wrote to the manufacturer in the UK and a few weeks later got spare wheels (different material now) and a bunch of stickers. Don't know if I'd get THAT level of support from a stateside manufacturer!

Jaeson I s/b able to help with that if you will CONTACT ME

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Can anyone recommend wheel repair? and if so, a shop that does it? I have a set of 14" momo's that I'd like stripped, minor curbing on one and minor ding on one other repaired, trued a/r, lips polished, and centers painted. Gotta believe there's someone in Colorado who can do the job, maybe in the Denver area?

t.i.a. for any leads!

resurrecting this thread,

wondering...how much extra unsprung weight could there be in a 14 or 15 inch 5-lug wheel compared to a 14 or 15 inch 4-lug wheel? Could the hubs "really" be substantially heavier with a 5 lug hub compared to a 4?

As for the rears, why would the trailing arms need swapping? can't a 5-lug hub be mounted to the E10 stub axle?

-shrug-

I have a set of H&R sport springs and Bilstein HD's that came with my '71 BMW touring. Got a question for you guys, do I need sport shocks to use these springs? I'm told that HDs will bottom out with lowering springs, and the H&R's are "good" for 1-1/4" lowering front and rear. And if so, can you recommend springs that will be suitable for use with the new Bilstein HD's? One other question, is it true for the 02's that the valving for sports is different from HD's in addition to the sports being shorter? I am not too keen on serious lowering, but not totally opposed to some, if you can help with this I'd really appreciate it!

What are you paying altogether?

whaaa?

I have a set of H&R sport springs and Bilstein HD's that came with my '71 BMW touring. Got a question for you guys, do I need sport shocks to use these springs? I'm told that HDs will bottom out with lowering springs, and the H&R's are "good" for 1-1/4" lowering front and rear. And if so, can you recommend springs that will be suitable for use with the new Bilstein HD's? One other question, is it true for the 02's that the valving for sports is different from HD's in addition to the sports being shorter? I am not too keen on serious lowering, but not totally opposed to some, if you can help with this I'd really appreciate it!

for a custom run of wheels.....made to our specs...powdercoated, etc...what did you hope they would run?...realistically?....

Quite frankly, 500+ is WAY more (2x? 3x? 4x?) than what generic steelies sell for new, and those look plenty retro enough for prolly 90% of the readers here...i.e. anyone with a basic driver. Heck, just that asking price will have the hoarders who have the real wheels asking 2x what they would have before reading your post! If you think 500 is reasonable, pony up the coin, get the wheels sourced from china or argentina for 20-30 bucks each FOB from Beijing or Buenos Aires, then offer 'em....and "work" to get whatever markup you want to build into it.

dp..I responded in the FS/GB thread as well...any idea what REAL Borranis or Alpinas demand these days????generic?....dont compare generic prices to a run like this...apples vs oranges. Pony up the coin?....then farm out the job to China..Argentina ?...Im not into making this complicated....

I agree w/ your idea on 14 x 6...its been stated before...but you are a bit off on the other comments.

Like I said before, I'd likely be down for 2 sets of 14x6 triangle cutout borranni copies, pending a clear cost estimate that is reasonable enough for me to justify on my daily-driver-right-now-running-just-fine-on-13"-steelies-with-too-bad-they-don't-make-them-anymore-michelins

just as a point of reference....$350 for pc'd oe 13's.

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,50/page,viewtopic/t,318452/

um, considering an asking price of 350 for a set of powder-coated 5-dollar rims is not a useful point of reference. Powder-coating costs, what, 15 -20 bucks a wheel?

Good grief,

for a custom run of wheels.....made to our specs...powdercoated, etc...what did you hope they would run?...realistically?....

If you think 500 is reasonable, pony up the coin, get the wheels sourced from china or argentina for 20-30 bucks each FOB from Beijing or Buenos Aires, then offer 'em....and "work" to get whatever markup you want to build into it.

14x6 makes more sense than back-in-the-day-stock-size I'd go for a set or two in 14x6 with the borranni diamond cut outs, well....what price you talking here?

the thing is, concourso-pretenders won't want "fakes", and people who drive their cars will want something they have a chance at purchasing tires for. And the guys with track cars, ANY series allows for +1" from stock so they'd be perfect. Even the Steve Earl/Goodwood/FIA Oldtimerr set could/would use 14x6'es

my '02 cent's worth

When I picked up the Fjord Touring on Wednesday, I was anxious to see what tires were on it .... Michelin X Metric All Seasons, 165 R 13's, 400AB, car drives really nice with them and way different from any 02 I have ever driven, which always had much wider 14 or 15 inch wheels on it. Not "toss-able" in the way I was used to but certainly a very high smile-age rating in my book! Nice enough in fact I am now debating whether I will put the Mahle 14x6 rims I'd already picked up for it on. Sorry though, they do not look like 60's sidewalls or tread at all, thank goodness if they had old tech tread it'd be noisier and likely far less predictable.

one more...

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we should get together, I was thinking the same thing, first with the IMSA/RS Tii, but then reason set in and I was thinking about the yello E3 race car. Madness, but the more I think about it the more I think that is a bucket-list item!

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400 must of been a while ago. 550 is a good price in todays market

good for the sellers, maybe ;-)

exactly. BMW being the seller. theres not a lot of margin on this stuff believe it or not. but you are correct, 550.00 and good price should not be in the same sentence

just one of those things, cost to produce things when money is tight seems to go up...producers want to charge more when their sales are down, keeps the income level going up (?!?) 'cause everyone is entitled to more than they had yesterday?!?

400 must of been a while ago. 550 is a good price in todays market

good for the sellers, maybe ;-)

Thats wicked dp. Do you have any motor shots?

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it will fit do you need a hub?