Back from death- the revival of a 74 BMW 2002

[rhoderacer]

New armrest/ ammo box



Still need to do more cutting to get the ebrake to work.

[lisenbyjacob]

legendarryyyyyyyy

would like to see it go static instead of bagged though, would go up the scale just for me a bit, but to each his own

[mtmorto]

I like that ammo box idea a lot.

[rhoderacer]

Well some of you will be happy to see this and some of you won't... But I don't give a shit lol. I have changed my mind and the 02 will be static. I have already installed coilovers in the rear and soon to be in the front. I chose 350lb in the rear and I have a set of 500lb for the front. I may be going down to 350lb in the front if it is too stiff(which it will be). Also I found out that the motor has done 468,000 miles. Still looking around for a possible motor swap option.

[magnumleigh]

I love where this is headed

[rhoderacer]

Coilovers installed in the rear. Not nearly as low as they will be.




The spring was taken out and the coilover was installed into the shock mount. The spring fits with about 1/4 inch on each side inside the shock tower.

[Hitman Cody2130]

Glad to see this is going to be static rather than bagged, cant wait to see it all finished up

[rhoderacer]

Been working a lot lately and haven't had time to get too much done on the 02. What I do know is that I have 98 days until h20i and I need to have this thing done and reliable. Time to get back to her.

[M.Doban]

Pretty sweet! I'm not sure how you're going to be able to drive it static and as low as you want though? It looks like if you hit even a pebble the tire will hit the bottom of the flare. Is this the case or are the pictures deceiving?

[Dutchtouring]

what kind of coilover did you use? from what car?

[rhoderacer]

Pretty sweet! I'm not sure how you're going to be able to drive it static and as low as you want though? It looks like if you hit even a pebble the tire will hit the bottom of the flare. Is this the case or are the pictures deceiving?

The wheels will have about 2 inches of travel in the fender when I spin the coils down to a proper height. The pictures are a little deceiving. I'm not too worried about the tire hitting the fender because of the heavy spring rates.

what kind of coilover did you use? from what car?

I am using rear r53 Mini Cooper vmaxx coils and they fit perfect. They go a lot lower too!

[skiierman]

awesome car, I love the boxy wheel wells.

[rhoderacer]

spent a few hours making the trunk smooth. 3 cans of filler primer later...


also started sanding down the driver side.





I have spent hours trying to get the driver side shock cartrige out of the shock tube. I have used heat, pb blaster, and a 8lb slide waight. I dont know any way else to get it out other than replacing the whole set-up. feel free to voice your trick to getting this damn thing out!!

[theseeker411]

Smack on the shock tube with a rubber mallet while pulling on the slide weight?

[scweet14]

i dont think ive seen this build thread yet, but im glad i have now! love the work man!