Malagatii

Here's a picture of the planned route in case the link above did not work.

I'm happy to push the roll time back an hour if that helps. More cars to see at C&C, but I don't think I can make a whole day of it, so I'd prefer to roll by 9:15-30 (latest). Also, This does not have to be strictly '02s. Bring friends and any ride you want.

Yes I'm still very interested in pulling this together and may do it no matter the turn out. I'm still thinking of the same plan unless someone wants to suggest changes that might get more participation, as this is the first time I'm pulling something like this together. Plan to meet at Cars and Coffee at 8:00 at the Rolland Plaza Starbucks, and roll by 8:30-45 after checking out a few cars. He's one route I've been thinking of with stops in Tomales and Occidental at least: http://www.mapquest.com/#e27edd117a1e19f521d6224e Looks to be about 2.5 - 3 hours and under 100 miles. Too long? I would be good to get an early start

Great. Here's my early ideas on a plan. Meet at cars and coffee at 8. Hit the road by 8:30 (too early?) then back roads out to Tamales, on to bodega, occidental and back to Novato. Should be a 2-3 hour trip on some great roads, depending on how many stops we want (I'm thinking at least 2). Thoughts?

In my office parking lot today at 4th and Channing in Berkeley. Really nice shape.

Event Title: Marin Cars and Coffee, and Drive Event Author: Malaga74tiiDD Calendar: View Event Event Date: 07 Sep 2014 8:00 AM (Single Day Event) I'm looking to pull together drive for us NorthBay 02 owners after the next Marin Cars and Coffee Let me know if you are interested and if enough people respond I'll get a map and other logistics together. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marin-County-Cars-and-Coffee/160155830753455?sk=events View Event

It's a general vintage car meet up. I keep on trying to get a good 02 contingent to show up. I wasn't able to make it today, but want to get a drive together for next months if we get enough interest.

I'm toying with the idea of pulling together a drive of west Marin after the C&C event in Novato on Sunday September 6th. I'm happy to pull together a route if there is enough interest. Respond to this posting if you would be. Also a friendly reminder that this months C&C event is this Sunday. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/932673156745366/

Yeah, still need to put new Subframe and poly inserts in. Hope I can can get around that int he next couple weeks. And we did completely remove the trailing arms to get the old bushings out and the new ones in. I hadn't realized we need to preload the bushings and then do the final tighten the trailing arm mount bolts once the car was under load. I'm certainly going to doing this when I install the subframe bushings. Another update: I decided to go back to the tire shop that balanced the wheels for me and apparently one of the tires failed the road force test where the tread was wavering a bit. They checked the wheel and it was true, but the tire needs to be replaced. The tires only have 9k miles on them but they are 18 months old so out of warranty. Now if I could just find a shop that has one in stock. Anyone know where I can find a BF Goodrich G-Force Sport Comp 2 195/50 r15? My guess is that this is a majority of the cause, but I still need to look into everyone else's suggestions because there is probably more to it. Thanks for all the comments!

Obviously not my car, but I always loved this shot:

Great suggestions. This wasn't happening prior to the bushing upgrade. When I swap the wheels out, I was thinking about doing just what you recommended: running it up to 60. I had not thought about the rear transmission bushing being an issue, but I did notice the last time it was on the lift that it looked more like a squished donut than a squared up racing slick tire. I'll certainly be taking a closer look at that.

I double checked and I did install the bushings the correct way. (Thanks for the photos, Buckeye. - a side note, but I'm assuming you are either in Columbus or went to OSU. I went to OWU.) I also checked the diff and it's solid. We did not touch it when we installed the bushings. I'm starting to think I really need to swap out the wheels. It must be a damaged rim. Can't hint of what else it might be.

Thanks, Esty. that was one of the last things I tried to no avail... BTW, can I send my car off to you for summer camp for an interior refresh... I love the photos of what you've done to most of your cars. And yes i do have a carpet order coming to you one of the these days.... Soon I hope. Thanks, Ola. The car is my daily driver, so I am hoping it is not the driveline or something that could put an abrupt halt to my commute. I don't know how water could get into the tires over the two days that this started to happen, especially in this dry climate in California. I'll take a look at the Diff.

So 2 weeks ago I replaced the rear control arm bushings with Polyurethane on my 74tii ( still need to do the subframe inserts). At that time I also rotated the tires and installed new steel braided brake lines. 2 days later on the way to work the car started to shake around 60 mph. The shaking/vibration can be felt throughout the whole car (in the seat and the steering wheel, etc...). The frequency of the vibration reminds me of a warped rotor, but it's happening all the time at a constant 55-65 mph (it's still there above 65-70, but not nearly as noticeable). Thinking I had thrown a weight on a rear wheel, I got the wheels balanced.... minimal improvement. I also visually checked for a tire out of round, but nothing that i could notice. Trying to identify if I had a bad wheel, I tried rotating the tires back to original position. Again, maybe minimal improvement. I've checked the guibo, but it looks in reasonable shape. It was replaced about 20 k miles ago. Center bearing seems OK. half shafts seem ok too. So my question(s): Could it be the guibo? I've read/heard that when these are going, the shakes come on around 30-40 mph. Also I would assume the frequency of the vibration would be much faster. Are there typical visible signs of one about to fail? Could it be due to the new bushings and a change to the alignment in the rear? Not sure I understand the physics of how alignment could cause shaking, but.... And if it is, what options do I have since there is no adjustment to the rear alignment? Could it still be a bad wheel? I may need to borrow a friends set of wheels to test this... What else could it be?

On Gilman st in Berkeley this afternoon.

Spotted on 6th and Channing in Berkeley. I've seen it a few times. Nice ride.