What did you do to your 2002 today !

[JohnS]

1 hour ago, 68gretchen said:

Thanks for the inspiration !

Funny, on mine a '74tii the bottom rubber part was painted yellow from the factory, that's why I painted over it in yellow, but on yours it isn't painted.  Differences....  Looks good!

 

[68gretchen]

1 minute ago, JohnS said:

Funny, on mine a '74tii the bottom rubber part was painted yellow from the factory, that's why I painted over it in yellow, but on yours it isn't painted.  Differences....  Looks good!

 

I noticed that after I'd painted mine. I'd been meaning to do it for a while but didn't want to buy a can just for that. After seeing your post I rummaged around in my paint cabinet and found a full can !

My car is a mish-mash so whether or not it's painted "correctly" wasn't my concern...just happy to see it done 🙂

[Steve A. Caceres]

55 minutes ago, sczapiga said:

Looks good! How’d you wire up the back of the fuse box?

It was a direct plug and play. No modifications needed. Link below. 

 

 

BMW 2002 Series (E10) Blade Fuse Box

WWW.HOLYGRAILLABS.COM

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Replaces the original fuse box in BMW 2002 (E10) cars with a modern, aesthetically similar, fuse box based on...

[matthewjacob]

Finally got my backplates and brake adjusters unstuck and cleaned up on the back brake rebuild. Now on to the famous spring. Wish me luck. 
 

 

[JKKH]

On 4/30/2024 at 1:23 AM, 72pdx02 said:

I love your squareback. I’ve always wanted one of those. I’ve owned several bugs. A 61, 69 and 55. The most fun VW I owned though was my 92 GTI. I really miss that car and wish I had kept it. It took me everywhere for 14 years. Then kids came and I thought it was time to grow up and get a family car. 

@72pdx02We were twinning back in the day...

Edited Friday at 08:27 PM by JKKH

[JohnS]

In the search for another BMW therapy session (stress relief), grasping at straws...

 

 

 

 

Edited Friday at 08:41 PM by JohnS

[bergie33]

1 hour ago, JohnS said:

In the search for another BMW therapy session (stress relief), grasping at straws...

 

 

 

 

Varnish?  Clear Coat?  Chrome paint?

[JohnS]

Light polish, degrease, then light clear coat, bake in sun.  Easy.  Now searching, always searching...  😅

 

When I sprayed the relays with the clear coat, I taped off the lower section with the prongs, didn't spray that.  The pic is after I took off the tape and they were baking...

 

Those newer Orange relays were bugging me...  Looks only... work great

 

 

Edited Friday at 10:40 PM by JohnS

[OldRoller]

1 hour ago, JohnS said:

relays were bugging me.

What was that about engine bay ocd????  😎

[Pablo M]

Inspired by my rear parcel shelf re-wrapping success I finally tackled the trunk vinyl redo. I had bought the vinyl long ago but since I was using my trunk as my tool box I waited till now, with the car running again. 
It went pretty quick. I’m really satisfied with the outcome.  
I wanted to go darker so went black vinyl. Has similar texture to the original elephant skin. 
Also swapped the edge protectors on the fenders from white to black. The original white looked bad, even after cleaning. 
 

 

 

Next will be tie rods, then carpet (esty) and I have to fix the driver door lock. 

Edited Saturday at 03:46 AM by Pablo M
Oops

[JohnS]

2 hours ago, OldRoller said:

What was that about engine bay ocd????  😎

That Hideous Green Interstate battery is next.  Ha Ha 🤪

[OldRoller]

2 minutes ago, JohnS said:

Hideous Green

Follow your own lead.... paint the top!

[bergie33]

10 minutes ago, OldRoller said:

Follow your own lead.... paint the top!

I see a custom vintage battery paint job in your future, John.

Edited Saturday at 02:36 AM by bergie33

[OldRoller]

Finished sewing the perforated panels on the driver's seat.... ! after repairing the feed dog linkage on the old 1910 Singer 31-15 industrial machine... the 02 is a simple machine after dealing with that mechanical entrapment of mystical wizardry! 

[popovm]

Jacked up the car, pulled passenger drum, and ran it through the gears on jack stands to see if I could isolate a noise. It sounds a bit like cicadas and starts at about 20 mph. Still happening. It’s gotta be the center support bearing or the diff. Not sure yet. I think it was a little quieter after I sprayed some lube in the CSB but not 100% sure. I haven’t replaced that yet so might as well. I also have a new diff to go in so between those two it should clear it up. My goal for autocross this summer might be out the window unless I hustle. 
 

I also replaced the passenger door brake with an “upgraded” one but turns out the arm is pretty long and doesn’t really prevent the trim from being crushed. The product copy didn’t mention anything about that. It does slow it down but I am sure a determined passenger could find a way to mangle the trim.  Disappointed since it took forever to drive out the pin. Debating whether or not to take it back out and chop off some length. 

Old arm and pin. 

 

Old busted door brake

 

Edited Saturday at 07:09 PM by popovm