Over the last few years adding various wiring components such as remote radar, remote alarm, additional lighting, air horns/relay and solenoids for the CRY02 injection, the areas where these wires are routed and components mounted looked way too cluttered.

Thought about covering them, but the pass side ABS system can get pretty darn hot, so I felt trapping the hot air there was not a good idea.

Alerternative was to use stainless steel mesh. Found some. Made templates of the cavity opening with brown wrapping paper and proceeded to cut and form the edges with a pair of pliers bending it to a 90 degree angle to the face then attached the rubber trim so that the screen is tucked up under and inside the rubber channel area holding it in really tight.

Now that "eye sore" area inside the cowls is practically invisible as the eye tends to focus on the screen instead of what is undernieth.

Will be painting them with black (caliper) Ceramic spray paint tomorrow....

At the very ends near bonnet struts there are shielded wire harnesses and cutting around them left flat ends. So painting the mesh should provide a cleaner look.

Then finish it off with a chrome cover for the Brake fluid reservoir.

 

Smokin' hot ! Like the rest of your MINI

May look cool if you remove the bottom amber bulb, take out that lens ( from the back ) then add a set of chrome stealth directional bulbs.

I first saw this few years back done by "REDRUM" Mini....to a set of R53 face lift Xenons.

Are you able to say what they typically charge for this service ?

 

Today I peeled the plastic covering off my floor mats that were still on the car from when I bought it. LOL.

 

Thought about giving a wash but settled for new silverstar bulbs. We'll see how they do.

 

Picked up an artificial Christmas tree 70% off tonight. Good thing I already had the roof rack installed.

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Had a surprising number of looks at traffic lights, etc. It was totally stable. I didn't need to worry about on-ramps, highway and spirited driving on the way home.

 

Reminds me of running to Home Depot to pick up a few 2X4's in my old CRX. Thank god for sunroofs.

Grey Raven, that is one pretty engine bay.

 

That is really nicely done. Is that a water sprayer above the supercharger inter-cooler?

 

yeah but it all depends on what you get. it cost me 290 for the lights in the shroud and painting the projector shroud and another thing. and also for them to install a easy install wire so i can easily hook it up to my parking lights

 

Its a CryO2 system. Basicly it sprays the I/C down with either Co2 or No2 (Nitrous oxide). Both of theese gasses remain well below freesing in a liquid form, and when sprayed on the I/C it will freese the metal INSTANTLY. Its great for drag cars, especially ones like ours that severly suffer from heatsoak. Roll up to the staging lights press a button, heatsoak is totaly gone I/C is running temps well below ambient, and you lay down some more power to get better run times. Only problem with it is the I/C will only stay frozen for a few seconds before it starts to heat up again.

 

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Youtube clip of system in action

 

Yikes! Sounds like a recipe for thermal shock! Be careful about using it when the intercooler has heated up already, or you may have to find yourself a new cooler.

 

Installed NM intake and inlet pipe. Way impressed.

 

pictures????

 

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Set of 4 Bridgestone Potenza 205/40/17 RE760 tires arrived today. Now the wait is on for the Rotiform Nue wheels later this month.

 

Celebrated 50k miles

 

Is everyone buying tires this week? I just picked up a set of BF Goodrich All Terain KO's for my Jeep yesterday! Planing on burning off the rest of the Nitto NT-01's for the MINI at a free day at HPR in January. Might as well add a new set of those to the cost of the motor rebuild.

 

Changed the oil in the r56 and called the dealership about my leaky oil line going to the turbo. I have an appointment with them on the day after Christmas... "Merry Christmas, now give me $$" The things I do for this car

 

I'll second that motion. It wouldn't be bad if the car only nickel and dimed us but it's usually way more than that. On a good note, it sure is fun to drive!!!!! I hoping I can go a year without any more issues.

 

Pictures tell the story...

 

I live in New England and have not been able to get my car washed for awhile. So today I knew it would rain but be in the 50s and I could at least wash my wheels (apartment living=no self hand wash for me unfortunately). I went down to wash my wheels and it started sprinkling. I looked like a fool but I have clean wheels now! Down the brake dust!

 

Tata Steva............very nice ride. Low key but very striking.

 

Thanks!
"Low key" was the "theme" this time... Last Clubman was for show and shine, "in your face, you regular (MINI)uneducated person on the street or in the traffic"... This time, I am going (I hope) for more refined look that only MINI aficionado would appreciate...

 

it is appreciated

 

Today i got in my headlights so i threw them on my car as soon as possible. And WOW those pics do not do justice. those headlights look amazing. i have not been able to hook up the daytime runnning lights on them yet but ill update it later on tonight with some pics and videos of those but here is what i have right now. (sry for the horrible pics)

 

That looks great! Smother that chrome... lol