Drove to Rancho Cucamonga from San Diego and back yesterday on the 15. Cleaned the few bugs who left the planet off my window and clear bra today. Another benefit of the clear bra - you can wipe off bugs with window cleaner.

 

Wife and I washed both her MCS and my CMS, just got finished up, pulled into the garage and then realized I forgot pics. Oh well...their super shiny!

 

Just looked at drivers front wheel, I curbed it late Friday night swerving to avoid getting clipped. Well this much I knew driving home, no balance or alignment issues. Will put her on a lift later and double check.

Looking at the situation as a good reason to get my 18's, anyone have twin spoke 18's for a reasonable price...

 

Wash, vacuum, interior clean in the misty marine layer this morning. A clean car rides better to the dealer for Mr Mini's recall tomorrow.
Now if only I could fix the cracks in my driveway this easy!



da Michelins

 

I got it washed yesterday and as I was finishing the wheels, the sky opened up and started raining. Got to love Florida!!!

 

The powers that be noticed you missed a spot

 

Got the clear bra and tint (35% ceramic) done yesterday. Pics to come.

 

Yesterday:

I took it into the dealership to have the Coolant Temp Sensor replaced due to the recall.

 

MA legal is 35% so I went 35% on the 4 door windows. The little side windows and the rear I went down to 20%.

 

Visited Octane Guy and picked up a couple gallons of Hydro and Mystique to keep Sargent looking good; then further up the road visited Jerry at NM Engineering and was informed of their next product for our CM's, their soon to be released rear sway as well as the latest on their upcoming ECU Tune for the post Feb 12 build CM's...all this while on a road trip with the Mrs...

 

Gave it a full detail, vacuumed the interior for over an hour and still could not get all the dog hair out of the cheap carpet. Oh well, it's as clean as it's going to get this time around.

I also tried a car cover from my 6 series and it fits! Well, it mostly fits. The front is really saggy but the rear fits fine. I picked up a BMW cover for the 6 recently and I did not know what I was going to do with the aftermarket one, but it just got handed down to the CM!

 

Saturday I installed my VIP Fog Brackets & my Hella 500 fogs. Ran the relay harness & have the signal wire fed into the car. Going to order an OEM fog switch this morning to replace a dummy sw. & then have separate control of the 500 fogs.
(This install was a DIY thread for the most part...coming soon)
Install requires removing grill/trimming, routing a relay wire harness, finding grounds & routing through the firewall.
Washed it yesterday & went to 2 car events.

 

well YESTERDAY I vacuumed the floor mats and washed my CM and gave it a coat of wax.

I'm pretty impressed with the Meguiar's Ultimate Liquid Wax's application in full hot sun. It didn't do anything weird and buffed off nicely with my microfiber cloths. I did two applications before buffing on the horizontal surfaces.

 

I traded my 05 Mini Convertible, for my new (to me) 2011 Mini Countryman S. I say our family outgrew our Mini, but I'm grateful we didn't outgrow our Mini Family!

 

I installed CravenSpeed dipsticks in both our MINIs today. It's now possible to actually see the oil level!

 

Took her in for an estimate :( Buddy backed into her.

rippled hood and scratched up bumper.

 

Nice! I've been meaning to pick up a couple of those...thanks for the reminder!

 

Sorry man, doesn't look to bad, hopefully they will fix it right away and you'll forget it even happened!

 

i unpacked my milltek cat-back exhaust system for my cms all4

won't be able to install it until saturday .... going to be a long week

scott

 

Mojito, so sorry to hear about your SB baby!

 

So sorry! We will wait to hear what the damage $$$$ is. Yikes.

 

Today I zipped around doing errands , but took a brief moment to admire my SB Countryman after the rain with all the beaded water droplets shining in the sun.
Of course, that just means it's bath time again.

 

I installed my VIP intake to accentuate the sound of the JCW exhaust I installed on Sunday.

 

Made my own CAI from JCW factory air box (pics) and added VIP strut brace

 

Where is the cold air coming from?