Washed and detailed my baby... she's looking real fine!

 

Yeah I technically live in Huntsville but my job has me on the road more than at home.

 

If you make that drive a lot I guess a warranty goes out fast!

 

Detailed mine, including some wet sanding of some places the previous owner used touch up paint in.

 

Drove back from DC to Boston after running the Northeast Divisional Solo Championship race this weekend.

7 hours and 15 minutes, courtesy of JCW power, good luck, and light traffic.

I do love this car...

 

Had the windows tinted and clear bra installed.

 

put in my Zippee Shades!

 

Drove to and from Ronda Spain with my buddies. Got to drive their 2009 m3 on the way back!! They loved my Mini more than i loved their m3 i think

 

Washed and waxed and blacked up the trim. Now for the inside.

 

I went ahead and installed the official "MINI" black bumper "step" vinyl. Now the few scratches from the previous owner have been covered, and the car actually looks very sharp from the behind. I love contrast . I'll post pictures when I get my new phone on the 4th.

It wasn't terribly easy to install since I had two hard edged corners to deal with, and the vinyl was EXTREMELY thick and didn't want to bend (plus the way it was designed, there wasn't much vinyl past the edges, so it wanted to pull up from the car at first). After a lot of pressing with the squeegee and pushing a lot of soapy water out from under it over and over and over and over again, it finally gave in. It has a nice MINI logo on it, with different textured black stripes running horizontally. I love it!

 

I put on 3 coats of Zaino. Detailed interior and wheels. Looks better than new even tho has 63K miles on the clock! Will take me a couple days to physically recover lol.

 

Yesterday I finished this

 

Nice. That's a clean install where's the amp, and what sub/ amp did you get?

 

The first photo was supposed to be the box pre-false floor but I failed on linking

This is what the box looks like/where the amps are:



The sub is a Rockford Fosgate P3S412 a 12 inch shallow mount the Kenwood amp is a KAC-X8405 and the other one I honestly don't know, it was donated by my bf to power the sub.

 

Gave it it's first oil and filter change.

Actually I did that to my better-half's MINI -- mine still has another 1000 miles before it needs a change. Good practice though. Probably the easiest (but not the cleanest) oil change I've done on any vehicle. Oil WILL run down your hand when you remove the drain plug (I did have a rag at the ready just for that). And I probably should have let the filter drain longer before removing canister completely -- have a pan ready to catch the spill.

 

Today I would like to install the chrome boot that a friend in our mini club gave me but the screws are not standard or an alon wrench. Does anyone know what the star tool remover is?

 

The "star" tool is called a torx bit. They come in different sizes just like allen bolts do.

You can buy a tool for a few bucks for a cheap set set of torx wrench/bits.



Harbor Freight $1.79

HTH's,

Mark

PS. You may want to post this in a better section (like DIY or interior mods, etc) Posting something like this in a thread that is about mods that have been done is almost hijacking the thread and frowned upon. No slam, just friendly advice.

 

De-Chromed the tail lights.

 

Seeing as this is your first post, I want to remind you make sure you torqued your plugs to 25lb/ft on a cold head. Its quite common for MINIs to blow a plug if you don't.

 

Painted my stock tow hook red!

 

I'm having an SB Acoustics 10" shallow mount installed today and tomorrow by Integral Audio as a demo install. I'm picking it up late tomorrow!

It'll be nice to have a little thump in the boot!

 

Installed the LED side marker lights from outmotoring.com

 

Quick detail. Hand washed, Meguiars Quick Detail on the outside and Interior Detailer inside, dressed the tires and vacuumed inside. Unfortunately the Prima Clarity and microfiber glass cloth I've been waiting for didn't show up until the afternoon when the 100 degree sun was baking my garage so I'll do the glass in the morning.

 

Nudnik got a quick bath at the local self-serv spray shack to knock off the big chunks, since I'm due for an oil change soon, and they throw in a thorough wash for free (which can be upgraded to a detail job for an extra $10) when you get your oil change. It's too hot here today in Hell's Forge, AZ to go out and do the windows with Stoner's, and I blasted pretty much all the bugs off the nose, so this will have to suffice for a bit, I think....

UPDATE: Once the sun sank below the trees and houses, it was cool enough to get the Stoner's going. I had *just* enough light to get it done, and to add some nice RAF roundel stickers to the rear quarter windows and one in the center top of the windshield. They look really MOD....

C ya,
Dutch

 

had to update to the v0.2 patch as the rear driver side tire picked up a nail this week.

cracked 4K on the odometer.
gave Beast his first hand wash today.
found 4 chips and a ding
that 100 mile a day highway commute is rough!
time to find some touch up paint.