AGREE!

 

Ordered a 15% WMW pulley today through the local German auto shop. Should be in soon. Can't wait!! Anyone have a reference on what the pulley sounds like with normal driving? Shifting at around 3K? Also, that being the only mod? I ask a lot, I apologize!

 

Spiffy! Out of curiosity, what products do you use on the black plastic rocker panels and to condition the plastic interior?

 

under normal driving conditions it wont sound any different... but when you jump on the throttle you will here a nice supercharger whine!!!

 

Buffalo NY's Dyngus Day parade with some folks from Towne MINI. We had 12 MINI's in the parade. The weather sucked but there was a great spirit!

 

OMG those wheels are P-I-M-P! Nice job!

 

Basically what I'm wondering is my parents won't be able to notice at all, right?

 

Haha no not at all! Your good to go! You will notice a big performance boost though...

 

The Krautenküper got the NM torque arm inserts -- a great 5 minute mod. Makes it feel a lot tighter when stabbing the throttle. No discernable increase in vibration.

Unfortunately it also got a 2" scratch on the driver's door when the fertilizer spreader, stored next to it in the garage, fell over and hit it with the handle.

Ordered A94 "Midnight Black Metallic" touch-up paint. Kinda depressed right now.

 

Ain't that some sh*t.....

 

Well, no. It was more of an ammonium-nitrate based fertilizer, rather than manure based.

 

Hahahaha just like when I was in high school modding my truck. One day I was doing an oil right after I had installed electric fans for the radiator, and some big shinny longtube headers, my dad came out looked under my hood, and I started sweating. But all he said was I think your coolent is a little low. So if your dad is as thick as mine you should be good. He also didn't notice after my cam swap " cole why is your truck idleing so rough?" while it's loping it's *** off so hard the truck was shaking side to side, "oh I just lowered the idle speed if I raise it up it will sound normal again"

Nothing like modding your vehicle behind your parents back

 

I remember quite a few good mods to my car when I was younger. The only difference is my dad was helping me and we tried to keep it from mom . The only problem was not much got past her. She would shake her head and tell me to make sure I won.

Ron

 

So what you are telling me is I won't see any monkeys throwing your fertilizer at the zoo? What a shame....

 

ROFL LMFAO I remember those days lol

 

Finally finished the install of my Sherwood walnut burl interior with the door ovals this AM. I'm liking it a LOT and my MINI is grinning!

 

Where did you get this from? Ive been looking for something to go with my redwood lounge leather interior. Very nice looking....

 

Sherwood is wholesale only. I got my kit from carid.com. They offer several exotic wood veneers. Their Royal Rosewood might match your seats pretty good.

 

WOW! That looks great - much nicer than the English Oak that I ordered in the Clubman. Gonna have to get me some of that!

 

New wheels a couple days ago.




Cleaned out the back of the car today. Took off the rear emblems (MINI Wings and CooperS). Removed old Vinyl stickers. Repainting MINI Cooper Wings Emblem black

 

LOL you have awesome parents!

I used to work on my dad's old VW bug that he later gave to me as a present in high school. I slammed it, bought a rebuilt 1835cc engine with weber carbs and exhaust, five spoke empi wheels, rear seat delete and added a custom built subwoofer box. Those were the good ol' days for sure. I'm such a wuss now though, changing the oil and air filter is probably all the work I've done on my MINI. Everything else I outsourced.

 

Drove up to Madison (WI) and got my last free oil change.
The service manager gave me this swell 24" x 36" poster; it'll look great on the wall of my shop.

 

Black belt line

plastidip just because i wasnt real sure about doing it but i love it!

belt line and tail light rings
oh, i did the chrome scuttles on the side also but the pic doesnt show it.

now, how in the do chrome gas door off?

 

What wheels are thosr

 

Another question???? Are they flat stick ons or are they contoured? Is it real wood or faux wood? Reason I ask is because i put wood in a Pathfinder years back and paid ALOT but it looked cheap and you could see the transitional area of the old to new wood. If you don't mind could you give me a little more info of your thoughts about the kits?