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Are your wheel arches painted?
Yes they are! It looks soooo much better than the standard plastic
 
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Grid , looks great again.
 
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Ya that looks awesome did they paint black or clear the plastic I assume sanded painted black than clear
 
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The arches came with the bodykit I ordered. The arches, the rear diffuser, lower side skirts, and front lip were all primered instaed of black plastic. I just dropped them off to the body shop and had them painted.

But you still could have a body shop sand down the stock parts and paint them as well.
 
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Had a little fun with my friends in Manhattan this past weekend.





 
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Had a little fun with my friends in Manhattan this past weekend.







Awesome, at first I thought it was Italian Job NYC
 
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Lmao haha it does look that way with the rally lights one white one red
 
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Old 07-30-2015, 05:52 PM
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Had a little fun with my friends in Manhattan this past weekend.






That is great! Never think about motoring with a group in the city. Must be harder keeping the group together with lights and traffic. Nonetheless great photo. I enjoyed it.
 
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I wish I was invited :( lol
 
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Looks at all the gray , black , and white cars in NYC, then the MINIs which stand out. Its like a movie scene.





This looks like fun.


Albiecrazy - can we use that top pic for our FB or Instagram.
 
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New to me, or my oldest should she old the line of responsibility in the next year and a half. 2011 Cooper S eclipse gray metallic.




 
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Originally Posted by mini coop
That is great! Never think about motoring with a group in the city. Must be harder keeping the group together with lights and traffic. Nonetheless great photo. I enjoyed it.
It actually works out beautifully early on a Sunday morning - we meet up at 5:30 and leave for the run at 6:00 a.m. Hardly any traffic at that time of day on a Sunday. And the traffic lights tend to go red sumultaneously so it's pretty easy to stay together.

The organizer also takes us through a couple tunnels - the exhausts on most of our cars makes that a lot of fun.

Here's the video Kerry put together for this year.

 
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Originally Posted by ECSTuning
Looks at all the gray , black , and white cars in NYC, then the MINIs which stand out. Its like a movie scene.





This looks like fun.


Albiecrazy - can we use that top pic for our FB or Instagram.
Let me check with Bobby - he was our official photographer and hopped around the city to catch us at various points of the run.
 
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Originally Posted by ECSTuning
Looks at all the gray , black , and white cars in NYC, then the MINIs which stand out. Its like a movie scene.





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Albiecrazy - can we use that top pic for our FB or Instagram.
OK with Bobby. Just give credit to Bobby Chia for the photo and have at it!
 
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Thanks we will, love the city shot.
 
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Updated look ... R111 17s and tint ...
 
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My "new to me" 2007 MCS (and my other beast)

I got tired of 13 MPG in the M5, so I picked up a new toy this week.
 
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Originally Posted by Albiecrazy
It actually works out beautifully early on a Sunday morning - we meet up at 5:30 and leave for the run at 6:00 a.m. Hardly any traffic at that time of day on a Sunday. And the traffic lights tend to go red sumultaneously so it's pretty easy to stay together.

The organizer also takes us through a couple tunnels - the exhausts on most of our cars makes that a lot of fun.

Here's the video Kerry put together for this year.

NYC Sunrise Run 2015
Great video and many familiar sites.
 
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I got tired of 13 MPG in the M5, so I picked up a new toy this week.
Auto or manual? Nice blue color, aways wanted a blue Mini Cooper, even if I went with an F56!
 


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