Ah, cold AC again. I would not mind about 10 minutes of time to give the guy
who picked the placement for the expansion valve a piece of my mind. Other than that a fairly easy install

compressor and drier are easy to get to just did not want to risk that the expansion valve did not have junk hung in it after the compressor ate itself alive
a couple of weeks ago

 

Ordered the nm torque mount insert. Now the waiting game begins again.

 

Molly finally got the same Rear Brake Setup as on the Front, Akebono Euro Ceramic Pads, Zimmermann Rotors, new Sensor, she also got PIAA Xtreme White Parking/Roadside and Fog Lights to match the Headlights that I installed all by myself a couple of weeks ago!!

 

got some new Black Jack swag for my birthday:



Sunroof decal my brother and I installed



BJ covers for the inside


glove box


door


start button


they are made of metal great quality


another sunroof pic, easy to put on


all done

 

Awesome! Where you get the sunroof overlay? I wanted to tint but my shop won't do it. I assume I can use a vinyl overlay.

 

I got the oem decal from mini, think it was off of eBay.

 

Had a fun ride to get to the Mini of Montgomery County Picnic. The route included a ferry ride across the river.

 

ordered my acessport for my 09MCS because 14.3 AFRs at WOT scare the **** out of me lol

 

Tried out my new Autoglim valet kit (pretty satisfied so far), then drove over to the city.

Tried fitting different strollers in the trunk as we want to keep her around

Then drove to meet our local mini club for the first time and add a blast with them!

Met some real nice folks who are about has crazy has me about the Mini's It was fun.

 

Morphix, where did you pick up the Black Jack interior swag????

 

Very nice Morphix!

 

Installed pax lumbar support (reversing a driver side), and debadged.

 

Morphix...Looks Great!!!!

 

I've been looking at those for a while they're really tempting but I was curious about fit?

You can find about everything on ebay.

 

After practicing on 5 or 6 friends' vehicles, I finally introduced my MINI to my PC random orbital. Took out most of the swirl marks that the dealership included free with my purchase!
I have a couple spots that could use a little more attention, but it was getting late.
I didn't bother with any pics, as I only have a crappy iPhone for a camera.

 

Alta hot side boost tube...
pretty easy install... 30 minutes or so
pulls nice and smooth- no more hiccup

 

Plastidip: Headlight Rings, Tail Light Rings, Upper & Lower Grill Surrounds, Scuttles, belt line tape, smoked side reflectors, shorty antenae...oh yeah and seafoam treatment through the pcv hose.

 

cool, was it a noticeable difference?

 

It is noticeably smoother - even my girlfriend noticed.... cant tell if it gained hp like their dyno charts show- but I have to agree that the power curve is much smoother

 

eBay, you can find them in all different color combos and such.

Thanks

 

Thanks for the info!

 

drove it in a rally

 

Installed the used, cracked top engine mount that I got for free from Jerry @ Eurotechs, because its rubber innards were less cracked than mine, and mine was cleaner.

Cut the majority of the innards out of mine, leaving just enough of the two un-cracked rubber supports in place to locate the center bushing, capped off the bottom of the empty bushing, and filled it with 3M Window-Weld polyurethane.

I'm going to have to wait a while for it to cure, since my oven's gas, and it just seems like it would be a reallllllly bad idea to heat the thing in an oven with an open flame.... I'm sure sitting in my garage through the heat of a few days ought to be enough for it to cure.

I wish I'd had another one around to fill, as I had a little more than half left of the tube of Window-Weld....

I'll report back after it's cleaned up and installed, with pixs of the final product and such....

C ya,
Dutch

 

Added 5mm wheel spacers all around and adjusted the H-Sport rear sway bar to it's tightest settings. Dang, MINI is a slot car now. O_o

 

Vacuumed and cleaned my windows.. then took it for a pretty bad *** drive through fairmount park in Philly.. twas nice!