Man, I wish my dad taught me how to lay CF!

 

It adds a nice bit of extra zip, and pulls a lot better even down at low RPMs. The exhaust note is a little deeper now at low RPMs when you get on the go pedal, too, thanks to the extra boost. In combination with the BSH poly motor mount, it really gets you moving noticeably quicker....



I'm working up an idea based on the Dave F. airbox mod that will let me use a canister type filter inside the box. That's on the back burner for a bit, but I can plan for free while I do the required repairs....

C ya,
Dutch

 

Mine gets it's plates put on. I was hoping they would suggest a name but, the letters are AGL.....I did think about just calling him agel (like bagel without the b). I dunno...it's kind of growing on me but....

 

Put in my above my fog led lights running lights do now they are bright and match my xenons.. Easiest mod I've done yet.. Idk y they didn't already match the xenons. It looked rediculous before



I know. my car is in a very bad need of a clean. its been getting colder so its getting harder and harder to get out there

 

Oh yeah they look of in the pic. They actually matched up perfectly

 

I put my 08 MCS up for sale...Time to get a Countryman! (my daughters are getting to big for the MCS!)

 

Replaced belt tensioner and belt. No time left over for coolant change...

 

Which LED bulbs did you buy for the city lights? I've got a set of AZNOptics LEDs waiting to be installed in my JCW this week.

 

I put his Mississippi Blues Trail Tag on and gave it a nice chrome rim. Classy and understated.

 

I put those in my Gen1 pictured above to match my xenons.

 

Jealous...did you make it yourself?

 

Might have got from the dealer, there on a lot of the cars on the lots out here. just ordered mine MINI so have been looking at a lot of cars

 

I want one of those stickers! *jealous*

 

My dealer gave the sticker to me! (Thanks, Melvin, @ MINI of Chicago!) It was part of their marketing campaign to sell manual cars just a few months ago. They aren't very sticky so I wouldn't be surprised if it comes off eventually. I was lucky enough to find that the text and border match my paint!

 

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...13218995272061

 

Cool. Those are the ones I got.


Took delivery of my JCW today! But I curbed one of the winter rims already. Too much of a clutz sometimes, I shouldn't be allowed to have nice things.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walk0080/6381151047/http://www.flickr.com/photos/walk0080/6381151047/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/walk0080/, on Flickr

 

Ouch!

 

It's not too bad but I have a feeling it is going to happen again. The wheels seem just a tiny bit too wide for the tires. The tire curb protector doesn't work as a result. I am tempted to use them as my summer set with slightly wider tires and keep the challenge wheels for winter use. hmmm.

 

If guys in 8-9 more years are going to try to impress her with cars I at least want her to be impressed by the right thing. Civics with carbon fiber hoods are a no-no. I want her passing on any punk with a carbon-fiber ro CF look Honda Civic hood. I would prefer her in the company of boys with cars that deserve carbon fiber.

 

That's some bad luck

 

I drove my MINI to the LA Auto Show and saw this new B Spec race MINI.







MINI dealer in NC will soon start selling race prepped B Spec series MINI Coopers for racing. Exciting times ahead in the world of MINI.

 

I like I wish they had that in a s version. I like the look

 

I'm not as upset about it as I thought - maybe tomorrow when I see it in full sunlight or maybe it's just because I "only" spent $140 per wheel. Anyways, I live in the city and parallel parking is frequent so I really couldn't justify getting really expensive wheels. I was in an unfamiliar place, very dark, but heavy traffic and I am not yet used to the left-up motion for reverse.

Just glad I didn't curb the Challenge wheels!

BTW I am really liking these Enkei Imola wheels. At night they darken up nicely to match the Eclipse Grey paint:


2011121_0048[r]--2012JCWDelivery_StCatharines_edited-1.jpg by walk0080, on Flickr

 

The spokes on those König Feather's do stick out a little.

I have the same ones in black. When they where mounting the tires the idiot tech dropped one on its face, and pitted the paint on all the spokes! To make matters worse, when I asked the manager what they where going to do about it he said "Well we really cant do anything about it." I'm pretty pissed at this point and told him "I bought the wheels through this company, you broke it youre going to fix it." He told me tthat I bought them 6 months ago, and it could be prior damage. Then I explain to him Your tech just took them out of the original sealed boxes, and unwraped the tires from their shiping plastic, I ordered them 6 months ago when I was in Iraq. His answer to that made me want to punch him in the face! He said, "Well what took you so long to get in here to get them installed?" I just looked him in the eye and said "Evedently I was away in a war zone defending a bunch of idiots at a tire shop that cant even do a simple task correctly. Then I just walked away and never went back.

Sorry for the long rant, but come on you know it kinda brought a smile to your face.

 

finally trimmed my arches