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  1. I mean, I'll take them and call you today to organize. Cheers, Bram.
  2. I'll take the transmission to exhaust bracket with hardware. Email sent. Cheers, Bram.
  3. Email sent re: window regulators. Cheers, Bram.
  4. Hi there, email sent re: the door brake. Cheers, Bram.
  5. Hi there, I'll take the exhaust manifold heat shield. Cheers, Bram.
  6. Bram

    wheels!!!

    Email sent re: the original steel wheels.
  7. Toatlly agree Toby, wider tires are certainly not better in rain or snow -- or (unless you've got the right compound) where you can't get them up to temperature. And the penchant the 2002 rear-end has to get airborne (without that 727 elevator) doesn't help! But if you're on the track, can get your suspension dialled in right (appropriate camber etc.) AND you can use a tire with a compound that will get up to (and not beyond) temperature for the contact patch then you can obviously generate enormous grip. I may have mistakenly apporached this presuming this was a street car -- in which case I feel that a 10" street tire on an '02 mightn't be optimal. Like you, in my experience I always found the point of dimisihing returns occured once you get to 7" or so... But those roll-the-car inducing hoosiers in the other post sound like fun!
  8. And eastsidebimmer (Ben) helped me out with a nice set of hubcaps. Well-packed, quick response and a pleasure to deal with. Cheers.
  9. I also just dealt with Connor (celk06) -- bought two OEM sun visors that were perfect. Great communication; speedy service. Cheers.
  10. Bigger tires don't automatically translate to better grip. If you've got a light weight car (like a 2002) that doesn't have a 50/50 front/rear weight distribution to start with and you significantly increase the contact patch of the rear tires (like what a 10" tire will give you) then you need to consider whether you can get enough down force over the rear of the car (using either aerodynamics, i.e. spoilers -- or extra weight, i.e. battery in the trunk, bigger differential, sand bags etc.) to make use of the contact patch. Race cars maximise big contact patches via those two methods (not the sand bags!) combined with one other major consideration: tire compound. Really soft tires stick like glue and so you can go bigger with them on the track -- but with reduced longevity which makes them useless for the street.
  11. Hi esty, email sent re: salt and pepper trunk mat for roundie. Cheers, Bram.
  12. Email sent re. the wheels. Cheers, Bram.
  13. Aside from fitment issues the other thing to consider is can your generate sufficient downforce to warrant a contact patch of that size on a car that already has a less than perfect weight distribution?
  14. I'm interested in the visors. Please email me: bram.williams@hotmail.com Cheers, Bram.
  15. Yeah, RHD. I'm an Aussie who lives in New York, and the car is waiting back in Sydney for me as a kind of welcome home present to myself. Only thing is I have no idea when I'll actually be moving back to Australia! Have got my brother driving it occasionally enough in the meantime to keep it in good shape. Been thinking I should maybe buy myself a cheap 02 I can leave parked on the street in Brooklyn to tide me over...
  16. Hello all, this is my maiden post and apologies in advance for it being a little long. I'm one of those guys who has been away from 2002s for a few (like 10) years and has now "come home". I just bought myself a '73 roundie, Colorado, matching numbers and in good enough condition and original enough to be worth sorting out and hanging on to. Have to say, it's great to be back, because I love these cars and because they've featured so heavily in my personal history. A Riviera '70 model was the family car when I was a kid in the '70s (yes, Dad made my brother and I climb in and out of that back seat for a decade 'til he finally got a four door E30 in the 80s). But although the 02 was by then beyond tired Dad didn't sell it -- he and I worked on it together to get it roadworthy enough to be my first car in '88. The addiction got serious in the early 90s when at one time between my brother and my friends we had five 02s in the fleet (and another 6 in the yard as "parts cars"). We built countless engines in our home garage -- turbocharged 'em, did big brakes, rear disc brake conversions, big differentials, etc. etc. And we circuit raced the hell out of them for a few years. But the one thing we didn't ever do was keep them original -- and that's the route I want to go down now with the "new" '73 (while still driving the crap out of it!). I want to be able to hand this one on to my (now only 4 year old) son. Anyway, there was nothing like the FAQ community back when I was last into these cars --and I have to say, it's just incredible to experience the knowledge that's shared around this place. Thanks for indulging me -- I'll keep my future posts short! Bram.
  17. If anybody can help me out with a Rear Euro License Plate Holder/bracket and/or a Summer/Winter box for the standard carburettor air filter intake please let me know. Cheers, Bram. bram.williams@hotmail.com
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