1973 BMW 2002 tii - Judge Judy

[phreshkid]

Sup,

driving this beyotch.




Still tuning:





Stoked that it's back in circulation.


Sorry for the suckass photos

[phreshkid]

Very nice interior and sweet looking car. I wonder if that kind of interior would do an e30 justice.

Thank you for the compliments.

As for an e30, they are still not "classic" enough to warrant a different carpet. The single piece carpet kits in e30s are fairly easy to find and even easier to swap out. I'd just stay original.

Even 2002s got one-piece carpets, but not til 74-76 or so. The 73 and earlier cars have always been my favorite. These cars lie in a time-frame where BMW was making NICE parts for their cars, before converting to plastic for everything.

[efficient]

Very nice interior and sweet looking car. I wonder if that kind of interior would do an e30 justice.

[phreshkid]

one day i try to get my pos 2002 nice as yours

Pick your battles, Ara. I'll enable you, but I also think you have your heart set on something else.

[mariano_is_my_hero]

You've seen it at its worst, too.
I remember Monterey prep on your rear panels. We finally gave up and you got a free mat out of it. In essence, our friendship is paying you dividends now.

one day i try to get my pos 2002 nice as yours

[phreshkid]

looks nice for old pos 2002

You've seen it at its worst, too.
I remember Monterey prep on your rear panels. We finally gave up and you got a free mat out of it. In essence, our friendship is paying you dividends now.

[mariano_is_my_hero]

looks nice for old pos 2002

[TimeMachinE30]

Nice carpet and mats. Leather trimmed? Very classy.

[mike.bmw]

Wow. This car is amazing. I didn't realize this was one of your other projects until this morning. Great work and attention to detail!

[freeride53]

I love that carpet material. I'd love to have a set of floor-mats made up in that.

Sina

[phreshkid]

Starting to look really nice. Huge improvement inside the trunk.

Thank you! Wait til you see the fresh carpet install I just finished.








The car is finally ready to have it's headliner finished, then glass installed, and finally, re-tuned with the new dizzy.

I'm so close. So so so close.

[Maikkeli]

Starting to look really nice. Huge improvement inside the trunk.

[phreshkid]

I want to further my last piece of advice to this: Don't hire Mexicans from Compton, Ca to do anything car-related if you have any doubts in your mind. They will let you down.

This isn't a racist statement, but it is generalized. I'm being let down over and over again from guys who say they can do a thing, and that thing is done very incorrectly. The latest situation is the beltline trim. I finally got to installing it and with that came initial inspection. I should have counted all the pieces and inspected them a month ago when I got them back from the "polishers", but I didn't. Well, I'm missing two pieces for my car, and I've gained four pieces from someone else's car. How do you rectify this situation? You cut your losses and buy new parts. That's about all I can do.

But I've been working like mad on this little tii. It's starting to take serious shape, and it's looking good. I put another 15 hours into the paint to try to correct things that the painter did wrong. I'm bitter about that too, because I shouldn't have to do more work on that front. Oh well, moving on.

Here are a few photos of developments over the last few weeks.


Firstly, I found a perfect front bumper, so that was swapped on.





Then a much better two piece dash with only a single crack. That was a nice score as well.





Next I pulled off the headlight buckets and gave everything a deep scrub, before the grilles went back on.






Also managed to mostly finish the trunk and rear panel. Looking good now.







Also sold the Borrani wheels and picked up a set of ultra rare Campagnolo Ragno wheels in 13x6. These are in completely original condition. I will run them on the tii.



Then I cleaned them up and installed valve stems.






Soon now.

[phreshkid]

Damn, i should get my 02 re-painted...

My only advice is to not hire Mexicans in Compton to install the headliner. They will mess up and not tell you.


Sometimes saving money gets expensive.

[Maikkeli]

Damn, i should get my 02 re-painted...