My '75 2002 Sleeper

[TrentW]

I think the stance looks perfect. Interested to see how the front flares will look.

[tinkwithanr]

Got a little bit of progress to report from tonight. (Still working on the video update, but it should be good when it's done).

I finally took the time to reassemble the wheels (un-refurbished ATM, I figured this way I won't mess up a newly painted wheel with all the test fitting) and mount the tires on them. Originally I was going to take pictures of the process, but working alone it was all I could manage to get the damn things on the wheels. After an hour and a half of hand to hand combat I got it done. Funny enough the first wheel took and hour, once I got the hang of it the rest of them went together fairly quickly.

With the wheels and tires mounted and filled with air they could finally do the job they were born for, holding up the car. Well, the front wheels that is, the rear ones still need some kind of suspension to attach to, more on that later. So I threw the front wheels on the coilovers for the first time and set her down. And WOW, she was low. So low that I couldn't get the low-pro jack out from under the front subframe (~2.5 high). At first I was just going to put some 2x4's under the front wheels to get the jack out, but then I remembered that it had coilovers. So you can raise it. Duh. So after some tweaking of spring perches I found a somewhat happy height. It's still seems a bit lower than I was planning, but it's really hard to say until I get the front fenders cut and mount the flares up there to match the rear. I may end up making some upper strut mount spacers, it all depends on where the shock is sitting in it's range of travel with my desired ride height.

I also threw the rear wheel in the fender with the rear supported at where I think it will end up. So this should be roughly what the final ride height will look like (sorry for the crappy phone pics, left the dslr at home on accident):








Notice how tucked in the rear wheel is the the fender and body. I will probably have to do some more trimming on the inside, but I really like how that looks in this picture. With as big as the tires are, I don't want it to seem like an old school muscle car dragster with a lot of rake or anything like that.






More to come in the next few days. Thanks for looking!

[Farbin Kaiber]

I saw the B-T.com teaser of your tooltrays, I knew it was you comming up!

[tinkwithanr]

Well in that case thanks guys, definitely wasn't expecting it lol.

[knuklehead92]

I submitted your build to him. I am sure a few others did as well. I was super happy to see it up there.
Liked your FB page.

I did too! My fav of the year and will be next year hehe.


@tink
I dig that subi light bar you made

[deutschman]

I submitted your build to him. I am sure a few others did as well. I was super happy to see it up there.
Liked your FB page.

[tinkwithanr]

Thanks to all that voted.

No progress on the car this week, I've been fabricating some equipment for the shop (to use on the car!). I did want to share two things though.

First up, I made a facebook page for my "company" Tinker Engineering. For the time being it's mostly just a profile on my shop and personal projects that I have going on right now. In due time I'd like to develop a number of things for BMW's and Subaru's to offer to the public as well as service and modifications for vehicles.

https://www.facebook.com/TinkerEngineering

Second, while I was browsing though my normal automotive forums I got a pretty big surprise. I've followed the posts on Build-Threads.com for a few years now, and I love going there to see the crazy stuff that comes out of Norway/Sweden/Finland etc (I think it must be something in the water up there). Low and behold the latest blog he featured was my little build! At first I didn't even realize it was mine lol, took a minute to sink in. You can find it here:

http://www.build-threads.com/build-threads/1975-bmw-2002/

Pretty cool that Fiona's story/progress is getting out in the world. She's had a long journey so far, but there's still a ways to go.

[kingston]

Voted for ya

[tinkwithanr]

Thanks!

[cabriodster87]

Done GL

[tinkwithanr]

Ugg, sorry guys. I wish I could come in here and dump a whole bunch of gratuitous fabrication porn and updates worthy of your admiration, but that just isn't the case. I have been making slow progress in a few area's, but overall there really isn't anything to show for it yet.

However, that leads me into some news that you will hopefully enjoy. For the past month my old roommate and myself (along with a few of our friends) have been getting back into making short films/stories. During this time I brought up the idea of making a kind of video documentary of the build and progress that goes along with it. We both agreed that it would be a fun thing to tackle.

So before the end of the year you can expect a new kind of update. For those that still like the old updates, I'll keep up with them (pictures and explanations), but I will also take the time to make a 2-5 minutes film about the progress that has been made, along with the though process behind things. Oh, and lots of cool in process shots of course.


Last but hopefully not least, I realize I don't deserve much from you guys which how I've neglected you these past few months. That being said here is the latest short film we finished.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgJjqAhvAao

We entered into a video contest, and one of the ways to win is popular vote. So please watch it, if you like it we would really appreciate it if you could vote for us. First place receives a really trick RED camera system, but even 5th place gets something, so every vote helps! And you can be assured that anything I win will be going to working on the car lol.

Here is the link to vote: http://shar.es/DQto4



Thanks again guys!

[DER E30]

UPdate????

Don't stop now!

THis has go to be one of the coolest builds on r3v!

[DrLeadFoot]

Simply amazing! Moar updates please!

I can't wait until all attention is on the engine.

[Zreberlcoe]

Nothing? Yeah? No?:(

[knuklehead92]

show more... i need motivation right now....