Taking her to dealership for her regular, under warranty oil change

 

Purchased a new shift ****! Now to save for the Short Shift kit!

 

reinstalled rear seats, engine cover, and broken glove box lid.

 

one ball mod and finished up my led interior lighting

the one ball mod is ok I guess but it is poppy and not that impressive more annoying if anything

 

I had the one-ball done early last year, and though it doesn't sound terribly impressive, the car performed like it had finally coughed up a hairball it was stuck breathing around. On top of that, when not driving with performance in mind, it got better gas mileage. Not bad for the $30 it cost me. The "poppy" deceleration is kind-of a bonus, IMHO, giving it that "old sports car" burble. I've since moved on to a half aftermarket, half custom exhaust, thanks to snagging a smoking deal on the rear half of what I was told was an RMW exhaust (I've never seen one or even a picture of one, so who knows...) from a member of our local MINI club.

I'm gonna have to look up some green LED lights for my interior--those pix from your car look really cool....

C ya,
Dutch

 

the kit ran me 50 dollars at https://www.ledunderbody.com

I bought the 6 piece flexible interior kit and used 2 on each side and 1 in the middle

I agree the one ball mod however bad sounding made my car run way smoother

 

Good news- just got the call my custom Mr Bean green paint job is done on my Mini
Bad news- I'm not gonna be able to get there before close :(
Gotta wait till Monday now and then the further customizing continues.
CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

 

dealership did regular 14000mile oil change, flush brake fluid...I can never get out of the stealership without buying my Mini a present..got checkered valve stem covers. They look great against her new black wheels! Never sprung for them when she had her chrome alloy wheels...

Besides they were on sale...couldn't resist...

Also got to see the new Coupe up close. Wow, NICE! Also confirmed Horizon Blue is no longer a choice for the 2012's...I feel special

 

Got my Mini back from paint today gonna be doing a lot of Mr Bean tribute stuff on the car now. Hehe I love it!!!!! Can you say Mr Bean green

 

Awesome! You putting on the black vinyl for the hood? And the sleeper sofa on the top?

 

I covered my car in blood...just a normal Halloween day.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ml#post3388710

 

Oh, WOW, love it!

 

Backed into a stop sign pole in an alley right next to my house and put
a big dent and tear in the rear bumper skin. Bumper itself and everything
else is just fine.
The side back window was still frosty/misty and I just didn't see it.
Arrrgh stupid stupidity.

Next step will be a new rear bumper skin, take it to the body shop to paint,
then will replace it myself. I have $250 in MINI Moolah rewards on my MINI card
which will just about cover the part, but the painting is again as much.

 

that sucks

 

Yes gonna be doing the hood in flat black vinyl and painting some Mr Bean and Teddy cartoons around the car. Also got a cool paint idea for the wheels I should have done by the end of the week and gonna paint the roll bar to match. Yes getting the chair on top of the convertible will be difficult but I'll try it. Then I'll be driving around looking for that 3 wheel blue wagon to run off the road I got so many honks, thumbs ups(I hope they were thumbs) and smiles today, it was great.

 

I cannot wait for all the updates on this transformation! Hope the Mr.Bean conglomerate is compensating you for the cool advertising!

Never the less, you are going to bring smiles to a lot of folks

Thanks

 

Thank you it's all about the smiles
I tweeted about the car a few weeks ago and Rowan Atkinson himself was interested to see the final car, maybe I can get him to take it for a drive Mr Bean style.

 

Now that would be AMAZING,!! Please, please keep us (me) posted. LOVE Mr. Bean!

 

Just so long as he doesn't wreck it like his McLaren F1!

Cool car, by the way--love the color on it and the whole Mr. Bean tribute idea!

 

Got my windows tinted.

 

K, so it's a few days late, but I got the plugs and belt last week to go along with the pulley and tensioner stop cable I've had hanging around since shortly after MitM. Hopefully will get them installed at the local club's "Tech Day" in a couple weeks, along with the K&N springs I have had sitting around for a while now!

C ya,
Dutch

 

Lovin' Mr. Bean ^^^^^ there! Cool.

Got my first TPMS tire ding - nothing earth shattering about that, but I was stoked to see that my dealership did some updating when the Kid was in last and now it tells me which tire is low. Every time that thing went off, it may as well have said, "Hey, you've got a low tire, but YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CHECK ALL 4 OF THEM YOURSELF TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IT IS!"

 

Well I painted hood flat black yesterday and did some Mr Bean cartoons on car. Still got more stuff to do but its fun and getting a lot of smiles

 

It is really shaping together now! Are you going to paint the horizontal bars on the grille black as well?

 

Looks like they already are.