Stop by the dealer to get the black rims installed... CHECK!
Install the Alta CAI the next day... CHECK!

MINI looks and sounds much better

 

put in one-step colder plugs to compensate the pulley upgrade. night and day difference. i think i must have needed new plugs anyway

 

heyyyy grendl... you center stack and door pulls look great!

 

ditto on that. Is that a DIY or was it a vinyl kit from a vendor ?

 

Haha, actually it was along the Columbia River between Grand Coulee dam and home.

But I've driven in those states before & you're right- no matter how many you kill them just make more!

 

Oh sweetness! Now you need to do seat covers or something for the interior. A billiard ball shift ball at the very least.

 

Like this one

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ate/1252358430

 

Yep - sorry. Those english names are popular up in the north east...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...9&ie=UTF8&z=11

 

I had seat covers in mind before I even got her. But I am holding off on them for a bit. Right now I'm shopping for new license plate frames. Unfortunately, I drive auto so no shift ball for me.

 

Added the GP Intercooler with an M7 Extreme Bonnet Scoop. By the end of each week, I was having to shop vac the IC from all the bugs and debris being scooped up.

So I had this stuff laying around, and made a custom screen. Took less than 30 mins, cut so it just slid in between the scoop and the bonnet diverter, nice and snug, so no attachment hardware needed.

 

Nice!

 

very creative. nice job

 

He said he got it from AC.. the centerstack and door pulls... Mike at AC did the same for me, but the OEM wavy checks..

 

Im taking the MINI to get tint installed this afternoon!

5% on the sunroof and the Va legal limit on the rest 50% up front and 35% in the back. Im pumped! I park my car in a wide open direct sunlight parking lot everyday at work.

 

This isn't quite all today, but all within a week...

Took off the wheels, washed and waxed them of corse, rotated them as well.





Painted the calipers





Got my Whalen, painted the numbers in.



Washed, Black Wowed, clayed, Waxed...I think this pic says it all.



A very good week for the MINI And with the combo of the Whalen and painted calipers I think I gained at least 20 horsepower!

 

actually did this Monday. Very simple to do. Just drilled a hole (9/16"), laid a piece of leather cut from an old work glove over the shifter To make it snug and shoved it on.

 

Today I saw someone gave me a nice looong scratch on the driver's side of my hood, and as I blew off frustration on the way home, I got a ticket. Oh happy day.

 

Sorry about the scratch and ticket Mello...why do people do that crap?!?

 

If Karma is worth anything whoever did that will be reincarnated as a Gulf Coast shrimp.

 

Looks nice. I gotta get a 14 ball going soon. The chrome band on the stock **** gets ***BLOODY HOT*** even with the window-shade in place, and it's got a thick enough metal substrate to *stay* hot for a while....

C ya,
Dutch

 

Man, talk about a double whammy. Sorry 'bout your bad luck today!

C ya,
Dutch

 

Drove through terrible traffic from Westchester to Brooklyn, NY.

Witnessed a Minivan t-bone a sedan into the median at ~40MPH, directly on the other side of where I was sitting... in traffic on the BQE. It was awful.

Also... thought they were going to hop over and crush me.

Oh yeah... washed the car too

 

Thanks guys. Hey, at least the cop was super nice, haha.

And yea, I just don't know what makes people want to do that. I've even been extremely angry at people, and the thought of keying their car or scratching it is just simply well beyond acceptable.

Thanks for the well wishes though. I have some plans for a new hood or modifications to this one, so hopefully I won't have to look at the scratch for too much longer lol.

Then again, the ticket money didn't help with affording those things, haha.