Went to one of th Sin City MINI Club get togethers, and had an Awesome Burger. Afterwards a few of us went for a cruise up the Strip!

 

^^^^ Nice assortment of MINIS.

 

I finally got to see the movie Italian Job. Awesome movie , but now i wish i had gotten a hard top mini instead of a cabrio.....Hmmm seems like i may have to get another one. But which one...? 1st gen i know that at least.

 

decals decals and more decals, what a PIA that was...the simple things are always the hardest.

 

^^^Looks so good though.

 

Installed a craven speed scissor mount that my wife got me for my birthday! High quality product, no vibration seen on the phone all all....recommended !

 

Removed my AZNOptics LEDs in the license plate and city light locations as they were giving me bulb out warnings. One of the rear lights failed completely (2nd warranty replacement) and the city light units at the front were dropping their resistors. I had to MacGyver the dropped resistors out of the headlight using a multi-tool and first aid kit bandage tape.

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Anyways they are obviously not a good fit for constant-on locations of the MINI. Will see if they give me a refund or replacements I can use in other locations of the car.

 

Very nice do you have a secret compartment? If so those clips holding the cover are so hard to remove ... I thought i broke them

 

yes, I put it on still in the car, it just kept wanting to pop open. Since there's a slight curve to it, the decal was kinda tough to flatten out without bubbling or creasing. All in all, not to bad, just took way longer then I thought it would.

The eject sticker was a bit of a pain too, same problem curved surface.

 

Took a picture of my MINI after an early morning run at MINIs on the Dragon in the lower Fontana dam area.

 

^^^^ Jealous 2X - that you're at the Dragon and I'm not and that MINI.

 

Retrofitted lumbar support into the drivers seat. Took about an hour. It was a worthwhile investment of time and money. Plan to do the passenger seat next weekend.

 

Well, you do have a Pepper White MINI and that is awesome!

 

painted my calipers today. now i just need to get the black rotors front and back to make the wheels look even better

 

Today I deleted my muffler and installed a new resonated tip. I also washed my Mini. Put nightshade by VHT on my taillights!!!

 

Any pics?

 

I ordered a 3D Design Carbon Fiber Rear Diffuser (not cheap) and a NRG Carbon Fiber Rear Deck Lid for Tackleberry (2009 Astro Black MCS). With all luck, the M7 Carbon Fiber C-Wing will be here the end of the week.

 

Awesome picture! I love mountains, trees, fog, dappled sunlight, and bright shiny MINI's!

 

Making a mess of the MINI.

 

Holy crap. what happened?

 

Just got home from my 1st MINI's On The Dragon OMG it was awesome now I love my MINI even more!!!

 

Whoa! What are you doing there?

Here's what I did this weekend. Got rid of that chrome grill and replaced it with a JCW Black one. I also Plasti-Dipped (Yes, I know the "Cheap" way of blacking out the car) the trim. I like the look of it and eventually, when I can save the money to get them vinyl wrapped.

 

Throw out bearing is starting to make noise so I'm tearing it down for a clutch job. Also installing coilovers, SS brake lines, replacing green gasket on the SC intake horn, and replacing my oil pan gasket as there's a verrrrrry light weep.

 

I noticed my exhaust pipes were a little low on my JCW Cooper. I jacked up the pipes, zip-tied the donuts to close up the center airgap and raised them up about 3/4". All of a sudden the angle of the exhaust tip fits exactly the body contour and is centered in the bumper cutout. Well see how long the zip ties will last but this was exactly what I was after. My CLubman was perfect from the factory by comparison.


Walk0080 In your eyelids try a 13 element LED and stay away from ones with resistors if you can (thats what I am using in my gallery shots). Different years have different sensitivities to this bulb. A 2009 wont throw a bulbout, a 2010 might. Not sure about the 2012. I am waiting for them to come out with a 17 element that's the same diameter as a 13. That would be perfect probably for all years.

 

Look at my profile and the pics are in my gallery