AlfaBMWGuy

December bump for a stocking stuffer wiper arm.

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Gary

I will take one.  Sending PM.

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Gary

3 minutes ago, Jam3422 said:

That's funny - I did just the opposite, put the new guts in the old style case when the old one had a meltdown...and I don't think the old guts will fit in a new case. 

 

That pic of the older solid state VR insides helps a lot.  Yep, don't think that plan is going to work.

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Gary

Thanks Mike.  I didn't know if it would clean up as nicely as other components.  I literally gave myself tendonitis of the elbow a month ago from being overzealous with steel wool on things like the washers and hose clamps on my tii airbox and some spark plug wire guides that were all pretty corroded over the decades.  Now those bits are shiny (pic below shows the airbox bits), but my elbow is not happy.  Guess I'll just have to switch to the other arm for the VR and not be as enthusiastic and hope for the best regarding no long-term issues for both elbows ?

Hello,

Is it possible to take the internals out of an old school OEM voltage regulator and transplant them into the metal case of one of the newer Beru VRs?  I know that the new cases are not as tall and that makes me suspect the guts of the old ones won't fit into a newer shorter case.  My reason for wanting to do this is that I have a new "failed out of box" Beru VR that was put on by the previous owner.  Then I will soon also have a scruffy, but working older VR (in shipping now).  The car is such a nice looker that I hate to just run the older VR and bring down the rest of the under hood cosmetics.  I don't have my tii with me currently to do the investigation myself on transplant possibilities so I was hoping there would be some existing experience with this since failed Beru VRs seem to be so common these days.

As another option, based on FAQ advice from @OriginalOwner in another thread, I bought one of the NAPA Echlin VR503 voltage regulators to be able to at least have a path forward solving the overcharging issue I was having (thankfully, it is functioning well).  Could the internals from that one be transplanted into the new Beru metal case so it would at least look closer to stock than the NAPA part?

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Gary

Hi Seb,

I tried to PM you, but got a message that said you can't receive PMs.  I looked through your ebay listing and didn't see this, but am asking anyway.  Any chance you have any nice condition black passenger side wiper arms for a late year 2002?

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Gary

Pierre helped me out with a VR so I should be good now.  Of course if someone has an old school OEM VR that looks near new, I'd still be interested.

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Gary

I'm looking for an old school white (suppressed) or yellow (non-suppressed) tape wrapped OEM looking known to function properly solid state voltage regulator for my 1974 tii.  I'm experiencing the not uncommon overcharging issue with the ones that Beru is now producing that are cheaply built and fail out of the box.  From my FAQ investigation I know there is a better built VR from NAPA, but I'd prefer to go with something that looks like it belongs under the hood of a 2002 and get a NAPA one as backup.

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Gary

Still looking bump.

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Gary

No clue on Audi TT seats, but I hear that Isuzu Vehicross seats are a great option.

If you are just looking for the lens section of the taillight and not the frame, etc, these are still available new from BMW.  I ordered one the week before last and got it to me in under a week through BluntTech.  This was a driver side lens.  It was spendy at just over $250 before shipping, but after all I went through to get correct taillights, it was worth it to me. I also can't speak to how many of these, and which side, are available without coming from Germany.  With global supply chain issues, anything coming from BMW in Germany now seems to take weeks if not months.  I really lucked out in quickly getting a new one (if you disregard the cost) after trying to find a good used option through the FAQ.

Orange is the normal lens color if you are talking about the outer turn signal section of the lens.  But, without seeing pics of yours I couldn't tell you which of yours is normal since what some people call orange, others would call yellow.  Maybe your yellow one is just a faded original that was orange?

-Gary

My most sincere condolences.  I had only recently interacted with Dan for the first time while trying to source some bits for my new-to-me '74 tii.  He offered to powder coat some wiper arms for a really friendly price after I said the best I could find was a new one from BMW in Germany for $150--which he commented was outrageous for a single black wiper arm.  Then when figuring out the logistics at the end of September he said he wasn't feeling well.  Then on October 4 he PM'd me again saying he was into his 2nd week of COVID and starting to feel a bit better and hoped to be up and going again soon as he had a lot to do.  I wished him well, hoped he had the support from family/friends, and said the wiper arms could wait.  Then he dropped off the FAQ, but on Nov 2 I noticed he visited again so I sent him another PM just hoping to hear he was feeling better although Oct 4 was the last PM I got from him.  One of the genuine great guys who make this ownership community one I want to be part of.

-Gary

I ended up passing on the driver side so it is still available as far as I'm aware as well.

-Gary

I will take the driver side. PM incoming.

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Gary

I have to give my appreciation to @Myinka for taking the time to provide this how-to on a path forward for the NLA lens gasket for square light '02s.  Last month I bought the exact foam cord from the link provided and within a week I had a great solution to a previous owner tossing the lens gasket to apply this Home Depot type black putty to serve as a glue to hold the lens to the frame with a broken lens mounting post.  Here's what I started with for a lens gasket:

Here after a couple hours of removing the nasty black putty (with the combination of an old kitchen fork and heavy duty engine degreaser) is my frame before applying the foam cord:

Finally, here's the finished product also with a new lens and no broken mounting post along with a freebie square light t-shirt courtesy of another FAQ member:

My passenger side lens gasket was pretty badly deteriorated (I suspect most are and owners just don't realize it until the weather seal is compromised) so I replaced that as well (also to get the correct color match between each side for anyone who is really looking at these lights up close) and still have enough foam cord left over with the minimum 10 foot order to do the whole job again in the years to come.

-Gary

Still looking for a nice passenger black wiper arm. Any help is appreciated.

A few years ago when I was looking for silver wiper arms for my earlier 2002, it seemed like lots of folks had stashed a few spare wiper arms.

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Gary

Attached are pics of my now finished driver taillight project.  First is the "before" pic of the horrid DIY black putty job done probably a couple decades ago according to the previous owner.  This putty was acting as a glue because of the broken mounting post on the lens, meaning it was helping to hold the lens against the chrome frame weather sealing it.  Then the "hacker" removed the lens gasket before filling the channel with the putty so I had to fabricate a new lens gasket as well, which I did for both sides since the original lens gasket was pretty much decomposed on the passenger side as well.  What a mess cleaning up the putty!  As a bonus, I was lucky enough to be the one to score the freebie square taillight t-shirt in the XL size offered by a FAQ member (I deserved it given my recent experience).  So I've included a couple pics of that along with my tii taillights.

The one I ordered through BluntTech actually showed up to them already, which they said is the quickest they've gotten anything from BMW in months.  Therefore, I'm marking this thread as Found.

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Gary

Thanks John, Yes you can do that.  The wait though is 6 weeks currently with the global supply chain issues and that's just an estimate.  I was looking for something where I could enjoy it this fall before winter hibernation, but that time is already running short so certainly that's my fallback and to have it for spring.

Turns out that BMW still sells these square taillight lenses new as I was told by my usual supplier, BluntTech.  They are pricey at over $275 each, but I went ahead and ordered one (hard to tell how many weeks it will take having to come from Germany in the middle of a worldwide shipping/supply chain shortage).  I've got an interim solution with the cloudy lens version that will get me by (see pic below of a cloudy vs. clear lens next to each other--I guess one could argue that cloudy better matches my Granatrot tii, but I'd like the taillights to match with each other as well).  But, if someone does have a really nice lens section of a driver taillight and they aren't looking to sell an entire assembly for $$$, let me know.  I'll not mark this as "found" until I know more about how long will take my new one to arrive and I can always cancel that order if another used option pops up.

Thanks,

Gary

11 minutes ago, Malagatii said:

Damn. Too slow again. Great shirt but sadly I’d need the XL…

Yep, me too--glad I jumped on it quickly.  I've actually been working through issues to get a good driver side tail light lens on my new-to-me '74 tii so this is ironic and amusing that I'll be getting a t-shirt of an actual square tail light!

I'll take one in XL even w/o seeing a working pic.  PM sent.  Your jpg image links above are broken for me at least.

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Gary

I am looking for a nice condition '74-'76 square driver side tail light.  I'm specifically looking for just the lens section as the frame, frame gasket, and light assembly of my existing one are fine.  The center mounting post on my existing lens section is broken off at the base of the post and I'm having no luck gluing it back on such that it will seal against the lens gasket and be weather tight--a previous owner or shop kludged this with Home Depot type putty to replace the lens gasket in an attempt to both act as a seal and glue, but it's just too ugly to live with that.  As well as needing both mounting posts to be solid, I need all of the lens sections to be clear and not cloudy including the double lens with the white section behind the red that's above the center white lens section with the mounting posts.  Some of these apparently have become unsealed and cloudy over the decades and this won't match my passenger side lens.  I'd prefer the lenses not to have any cracks, but if there are smaller hairline cracks that aren't too noticeable, that would be OK.  If someone has a full driver square tail light assembly and will only consider selling the complete assembly, I would consider that.

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Gary

Hi, I'm sure there's very little chance of this, but if someone happens to have a 390mm Nardi wood wheel with black spokes and a hub for a 2002, I'd be very thankful in taking those off your hands.

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Gary

If anyone happens to have a spare BMW 2002 OEM passenger door seal, I'd love to buy it off you.

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Gary