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Old 06-26-2011, 08:49 AM
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^^says you have clear turn signals..you mean the ones in the headlights or the ones in the fenders?
 
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Old 06-26-2011, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by justin2386
^^says you have clear turn signals..you mean the ones in the headlights or the ones in the fenders?
@Justin...White or Clear Turn Signals simply means that the lens is White or Clear, but the Bulb remains Amber. In the "mod" department some have replaced the Bulb and/or the Bulb Housing.
 
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Old 06-27-2011, 09:04 AM
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Pic.?? Where's the PIC.??!!
Should be good now. Although I got excited and missed the MOD part of this thread... no mods on this one..yet.
 
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Old 06-27-2011, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by RJKimbell
@Justin...White or Clear Turn Signals simply means that the lens is White or Clear, but the Bulb remains Amber. In the "mod" department some have replaced the Bulb and/or the Bulb Housing.
i know what you are talking about..i was talking about the lens..not the bulb
 
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new intake is in :D

 
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Old 07-17-2011, 06:03 AM
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That's pretty clean. Which one is it and how does it sound?
 
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That's pretty clean. Which one is it and how does it sound?
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Old 07-17-2011, 08:45 AM
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new intake is in :D

looks siick! i think this is a clean and simple solution for an intake mod! is it a custom job?
 
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Old 07-17-2011, 10:51 AM
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thanks everyone! its a custom intake i built and its SO LOUD! at 3k rpm it opens up and is louder than my exhaust hahah
 
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Old 07-17-2011, 10:57 AM
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measured all the piping required
removed the windshield washer resevoir
bought parts from this website

http://siliconeintakes.com/
 
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Old 07-17-2011, 11:33 AM
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Would you mind posting the dimensions?
 
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Old 07-17-2011, 04:34 PM
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and a sound clip?
 
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Old 07-24-2011, 01:48 AM
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thanks everyone! its a custom intake i built ...
Great job, looks awesome .

A soundclip would be nice .
 
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I want thise rear bumper. Where can I get one?
 
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I want thise rear bumper. Where can I get one?
You can buy the bumper at your MINI dealer .
It's the JCW Aero Kit bumper.
 
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I just ordered a JCW Grill, (this is my first car, and my mom technically owns it...and she just so happens to LOVE chrome >.<) I ordered a blackout beltline kit and I was going to plasti dip the grill trim and headlight/tailight rings...but maybe not for a while :/ All stock for now !!!
 
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Old 07-24-2011, 09:58 PM
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You can buy the bumper at your MINI dealer .
It's the JCW Aero Kit bumper.
I don't want to spend stealership prices. But I would like to price it out do you know a website that might have it?
 
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Originally Posted by corin.mcblide
Would you mind posting the dimensions?
+1


and my car is down for a while..overheated pretty bad..dealer said i need a new motor..i think it might be a partial load of BS to get some more money..im going to do a compression test and then yank the head to see what im dealing with..

anyone ever swap one of these from auto to manual? i may do this while the car is all taken apart..i know ill probably need a new engine computer, as well as all the linkages and everything..would i need a new BCM?

another thought is i might fix it then sell it..then search for something else..
 
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Has anyone ever blacked out the area around the lower grille? I'm wondering what that would look like...

 
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Old 07-28-2011, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Albiecrazy
Has anyone ever blacked out the area around the lower grille? I'm wondering what that would look like...
...I've also wondered how that would look, ..it would give the lower grille the appearance of same size as upper...

..plan on ordering a roll of matte black vinyl to redo my chrome trim anyway.
..after that project is done...may toy around with doing that low grille area.
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Old 07-28-2011, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Albiecrazy
Has anyone ever blacked out the area around the lower grille? I'm wondering what that would look like...
was bored... heres a quick ps i did.



i think it looks better if the black trim is painted because it needs contrast, otherwise it bleeds into the trim and looks awkward.

 
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Old 07-29-2011, 11:46 AM
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Thanks for the ps, corin. As I started to picture it myself (without your ps) I kinda came to the same conclusion... I'm not sure it's a complete deal breaker, but not ideal. Have to think about it more.
 
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Old 07-29-2011, 03:17 PM
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whats good is that it doesnt look half bad either way you go. but if you do just do the black out... that would almost push me to paint the arches just because it loooks that much cleaner.
 
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Thanks for the smile. The MINI outclassed both cars. Easily.
 


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