What did you do to your mini today?
3rd Gear
Joined: Apr 2011
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Care to share a picture? I've been dreaming of CF door pulls. The stock plastic is such garbage.
5th Gear
Joined: Dec 2010
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From: Oahu, Hawaii
Sorry for the delay on the pic.
These are very nice!!! I am very happy with how they look.
On a side note: while picking up my parts form the dealer, I believe someone in the parking lot gave me a door ding.
Left the house with no door ding, and only parked at the dealer and then went to work, and noticed this when I closed the door.
Will post pic later.
These are very nice!!! I am very happy with how they look.
On a side note: while picking up my parts form the dealer, I believe someone in the parking lot gave me a door ding.
Left the house with no door ding, and only parked at the dealer and then went to work, and noticed this when I closed the door.
Will post pic later.
3rd Gear
Joined: Apr 2011
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From: Bridgeport CT.
First Sleep Over
Had it's first sleep over at Mini of Fairfield County.Right Rear tailight was takin on water and getting replaced while there figure get oil change break in oil dumped 
Man I just hoped it behaved 
Man I just hoped it behaved
3rd Gear
Joined: Apr 2011
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Sorry for the delay on the pic.
These are very nice!!! I am very happy with how they look.
On a side note: while picking up my parts form the dealer, I believe someone in the parking lot gave me a door ding.
Left the house with no door ding, and only parked at the dealer and then went to work, and noticed this when I closed the door.
Will post pic later.
These are very nice!!! I am very happy with how they look.
On a side note: while picking up my parts form the dealer, I believe someone in the parking lot gave me a door ding.
Left the house with no door ding, and only parked at the dealer and then went to work, and noticed this when I closed the door.
Will post pic later.
You'd think fellow Mini drivers would be careful!As for me, I swapped out my amber bulbs for silvered replacements last night (no more egg yolk!) and broke 2k on the way to work this morning.
6th Gear
Joined: Feb 2011
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From: Maryland, USA
Well, I didn't do "it" to her. I stood helplessly in the lobby of where I work and watched her get pelted by dime and quarter sized hail The storm lasted a good 5 minutes (felt longer). 
fortunately she "weathered" the storm unscathed phew!!
The storm lasted a good 5 minutes (felt longer). fortunately she "weathered" the storm unscathed
phew!!
5th Gear
Joined: Aug 2006
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Had Solar Gard LX70 tint installed on the windshield, 2 front windows & hatch glass. In USD, it cost me $410 Hard to beat 72% VLT & 55% solar heat rejection 
Decided to keep the rear windows tinted dark so I can stuff my junk in the back seat.
Hard to beat 72% VLT & 55% solar heat rejection Decided to keep the rear windows tinted dark so I can stuff my junk in the back seat.
4th Gear
Joined: Apr 2011
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From: Miami, FL
Wow! That sucks. I remember the very next day after I bought mine it hailed here in Miami which in the 30+ years I've been here I've never seen it do. I had to sit there just like you watching my car getting hammered by large hail. Fortunately mine made it out ok too.
5th Gear
Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Mount Doom, Mordor
I installed the Euro parcel shelf and aux input that arrived here earlier this week....
I'll add pix in the morning, if all goes well.
C ya,
Dutch
I'll add pix in the morning, if all goes well.
C ya,
Dutch
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5th Gear
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From: San Marcos, CA
2nd Gear
Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Central, FL
Does the parcel shelf add that much storage?
5th Gear
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From: Mount Doom, Mordor
I'd say it adds almost as much as the door pocket.
It also gives you a place down low, out-of-sight, and out-of-sunlight (things melt in the sun here in Hell's Forge, AZ) for things you want to leave in the car (like glasses, for example).
I plan on adding an extra power plug in the back of it so that I can plug my cellphone charger in there, where the obnoxiously bright blue LED will be out of my range of vision (and will provide a little illumination for the parcel shelf). I have already put my AUX input (added at the same time) in the back near the center column.
It also adds a little knee room compared to the original panel.
HTH!
Pixs soon!
C ya,
Dutch
It also gives you a place down low, out-of-sight, and out-of-sunlight (things melt in the sun here in Hell's Forge, AZ) for things you want to leave in the car (like glasses, for example).
I plan on adding an extra power plug in the back of it so that I can plug my cellphone charger in there, where the obnoxiously bright blue LED will be out of my range of vision (and will provide a little illumination for the parcel shelf). I have already put my AUX input (added at the same time) in the back near the center column.
It also adds a little knee room compared to the original panel.
HTH!
Pixs soon!
C ya,
Dutch
1st Gear
Joined: Mar 2010
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Had my Min do more hitch transfered from my 2009 R55 to my 2011 Hampton R55, installed VIP light bar and 4 Hella 500 black magic rally light. If I knew how to post pictures on here I would do so. Just wondering, I asked Pat at Ferman Mini in Tampa about lowering springs, he said all I would need to put on were the springs and that there should not be any problem with adjusting the camber when realigning. does anyoe have any advice on this