Jump to content

Pablo M

Turbo
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    562

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    9

  • Feedback

    0%

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Pablo M

  1. Pablo M
    I have a ‘72 2002tii. (build date march 1972). i have seen some early cars have two-tone interior panels and mine are same pattern but all black. I’ve researched and can’t find any definitive info on the two-tone. Was that just an option that was available? Was it specific to certain years or cars? I wouldn't mind having two tone to break up all the black and would even consider painting mine (with vinyl specific paint).
  2. Pablo M
    I'll take them. Shipping to 90403 I'll message you my details and will need your info for payment. Paypal ok?
  3. Pablo M
    Contact Alfredo, (951) 847-6846 He’s mobile and does vintage cars. He was recommended to me and came out to my house in Santa Monica to install windshield on my 1969 f100. He was inexpensive too. I think it was $150 for new windshield plus install. highly recommend.
  4. Pablo M
    Hi Larry, I actually bought vintage style lugs from Ireland Engineering. That seemed a no brainer in regard fitment, even though I paid a fair bit more ($40). I like supporting folks like that, they're local and super nice people, and I've been ordering from them almost daily lol so adding them into another order coming seemed easy enough. They'll also serve me well when I switch to e30 steelies, which is what I think I'll end up with, either that or my sons 14" basketweaves when he upgrades his e30 wheels The shorty lugs that came on mine, with the steel wheels, are steel lugs and I could see every time I removed them that they were biting into the aluminum and leaving shavings in the lug hole of the wheel. I also had them come loose on me. Lucky for me I was only rolling the car down the alley, given its not roadworthy quite yet.
  5. Pablo M
    I did the same. Needed some quick, cheap wheels for my new to me 72 so I got bottlecaps also. Cheap as chips. Wanted 14’s also for better tire choices. mine were in bad shape as they were race spares. So I spray painted them. Saw an interesting bottle cap where the recessed area was painted, rear was polished and liked how it accentuated the bottlecap. So I did reverse, hiding the worst parts of the wheel in the black lol. And I ran the shorty lugs intended for steel wheels. That was a bad idea. I have correct ones now. Wanted bronze but ended up with copper. Homage to M4 GTS? I’m also in SoCal!
  6. Pablo M
    Ok thanks.
  7. Pablo M
    You're right. Should always buy NEW rubber parts lol. I was just afraid they weren't available any longer. Will buy from Rogerstii. Thanks for the heads up! Thanks Steve. Yes, aware of the others (although they don't always immediately come to mind-new to 2002 ownership lol). Went to Pelican as they're local to me and I can pick up if necessary, although shipping is next day since so close. When I buy enough the shipping is free so there's that too.
  8. Pablo M
    The filler neck inside the trunk on my car has holes from dry rot. Spills fuel all over trunk and down inside of quarter panel. Tried buying new one (Pelican Parts) and not sure of NLA or just not available at this time. Anyone have one (on a parts car, in spare parts, etc) they would sell me?
  9. Pablo M
    Just checked the rears, two dot.
  10. Pablo M
    Thanks for checking. I haven't had a chance to try that yet...my son took his car keys to school so until I get them back I don't have a place to work on my car lol. As an aside, he just got his car running, 1986 325e, after having an engine fire earlier this year, while home from school. Car stayed home as its not been really sorted for the 6 hour drive up and back yet. I did send photos to Andrew at IE and he said the car looked like it was sitting like its supposed to with the Stage 1 springs. Also, I don't expect much change in retightening the suspension bits as nothing except the sway bar end links and tie rods (at the center link) were loosened. The spacer removal I can do in the alley behind the house...probably. Still not clear what to look for on the stock spring pads. I don't recall seeing any markings on them. I should be able to see the dots near the spring end seat correct? There is practically NO spring pad under the spring; the pad is that short, paper thin. Related question: what of the three were standard on these cars, one, two, or three dots? I can't imagine the ones on my car were ever changed, based on how they look. The front has about 2" air space between tire and wheel arch, rear about 1-1/2" or so. after springs: rear spring, viewed from back
  11. Pablo M
    I was just doing some research on this. I installed IE stage 1 and not happy at all. I assume you cut one full spring turn? Can you confirm? Are Bilstein Sports shorter than stock? yhisnis the exact look and ride I was after, and a fellow Riviera owner too (72 tii). I’m going to do this first chance I get.
  12. Pablo M
    They could start by reproducing otherwise NLA parts. But I agree with them lol.
  13. Pablo M
    There was vinyl on the wheel wells originally? Never seen that.
  14. Pablo M
    I got the vinyl wrap material before the second door panel went back on so decided to wrap it before reinstalling. Got the tip from a thread here, about peeling off the Mylar ‘chrome’ on the panels and wrapping in chrome vinyl. Also decided to wrap the Bakelite bit in brown carbon (kinda the same, but newer) instead of chrome as the post I was following did. not concourse perfect, but neither is my car, by far, so really happy with it.
  15. Pablo M
    New stock sway bar urethane end links installed.
  16. Pablo M
    I could really use these! They look way better than mine. Wish I were closer, although I do have friends in Sac.
  17. Pablo M
    I suspected it was for a locking gas cap, although I don’t have a locking cap and the cap I do have appears original, or at least showing some appropriate age. In this photo the pair above are the spare ignition key and small key in question. lower pair is original ignition key (that broke the other day) and trunk key.
  18. Pablo M
    Strange. Mine definitely doesn’t have that lock on top side of dash. So my extra small key, with same patina as other original keys (ignition and trunk) is a mystery.
  19. Pablo M
    Hi David, Any word on the hardware? Also, you home from school? If so, where do you go to school?
  20. Pablo M
    I was wondering the same. I just bought a 72 tii and got a third type of key, a small key. Was told it was glovebox. Been preoccupied making it street legal to bother yet with that lol.
  21. Pablo M
    Now that I've been digging into the mechanics of my new-to-me '72 02tii I've been looking for torque specs and came across these below. I also have Haynes manual, but couldn't find a torque spec for the oil drain plug so went searching further. My question is what does the +x and @1 mean? For example, the control arm connection shows torque to be 51 +14 @1. Does that mean 51-65 ft/lbs? Or something different? And what does the @1 mean? @flagoworld posted this link in a thread: Tightening torques - Google Sheets DOCS.GOOGLE.COM 11 - Engine Engine ,Tightening Torques Nm,mkp,<a href="http://lb.ft">lb.ft</a> Engine (block) to gearbox (transmission), M8,25 - 27,2.5 - 2.7,18 - 19.5 M10,47 - 51,4.7 - 5.1,34 - 37 Cylinder head bolts The following procedure should be followed on all repair work where torquing of the... @Buckeye created this diagram in a post I came across.
  22. Pablo M
    Hi, I’ve read here you’re keeping the bumpers. Would you part with the mounting hardware? I don’t need the bracket but do need all the screws and such connecting the bumper to brackets and hardware at the ends. Also confirming you sold the taillights and reflectors.
  23. Pablo M
    I’ll take them! To confirm, these will fit 72 tii ? I’ll message you.
  24. Pablo M
    Lol, im after about this height. This is my friends car and he said he has 1-1/4” drop. He’s running 15” wheels but overall height of my 14’s and his 15’s are the same. Yes, I’ve reached out to him already.
  25. Pablo M
    Thanks for clarifying. what thickness would be original? as they definitely looked original lol.
×
×
  • Create New...