#Goals Things are moving along on the car! The motor rebuild has made driving the car a blast. I am driving around like a menace and I love it!! Last year I had 3 major things on my list and tons of minor things. The … Continue readingApril 2017….New list of things to complete! #goals
This has been a long term project that is near completion. I have posts about the process in previous posts so I won’t go into specifics. I wrapped my refreshed BBS wheels in Hankook Ventus V2 195/50 tires. Since they are ET40 I will need … Continue readingBBS Rims and Hankook tires…Test fitting! #BBS
These wheels began their lives on a pretty hot car in its day. An 80’s era Mazda RX-7 convertible. They were stock wheels for that car. Mazda had BBS make a pretty special wheel for the car. It was a a 15 inch wheel with … Continue readingProject BBS Lightweight! From start to finish.
OK..so I was going to do the polishing myself because I wanted to do as much as possible. I called a local BMW 2002 guy who sells rims and has offered polished lips in the past if he had any advice on doing it and … Continue readingBBS Rims…ONE STEP CLOSER! Look at those lips!
The engine project is moving right along. Pistons arrived and look good. (Thanks Hal!!) Ken has them cleaned up and the motor is being reassembled. The oil pump was refreshed and in a few days hopefully we will be back on the road! The cool … Continue readingPistons have arrived!
Bottom end refresh is underway and its mostly going smooth. The thought was the rings were bad allowing oil blow by. The hope was there was no damage to the cylinder walls and the crank would be undamaged. The good news is the overall condition … Continue readingEngines…you never know what u got until you crack ’em open!
Things are moving right along with the 2002 in terms of getting things done! Mechanically the only 2 big things that are remaining are the bottom end rebuild and the 5 speed conversion. So it’s time to scratch another one off the list.The car consumes … Continue readingRings and Bottom End Refresh!
Not much to update on the car. I’m enjoying the new paint job. I’m taking the car back to TJ for a few minor touch ups, specifically the headliner. The paint seems to be great and holding up great. I have used Meguiars no water … Continue readingChristmas Update!
Did a quick impromptu shoot of the car. Here are a few images.
So it’s been about 7 years since this exhaust has been on the car. It’s loud and aggressive. So now that the car has gotten painted the wife has now complained about it being too loud. I actually mentioned it years ago but maybe because … Continue readingNew Exhaust!