Installed my homelink today.

 

Was it an easy install I'm about To do mine

BTW I am so jealous of your black roof "liner" my 2004 brg with anthracite interior an black panther leather still came whit that beige liner and clock 😞

Want to trade

 

It was fairly easy. Since I didn't have the clock, had to find another power source. First tried the vanity lamps in the visor, perfect until I shorted them out and could not figure out the fuse. So trashed that idea. Then I decided to go with the constant power to the sunroof. Worked great. As far as cutting into your console....cut small, miss small. Take your time and cut a little, test fit...cut a little, test fit. Oh, and the following link says to use 16 gauge wire.....way to big. I used 18 and was still too big to fit into harness on the transmitter, but I got it to work.

http://r53minicooper.wordpress.com/2...-less-than-20/

And I think I'm gonna pass on the trade offer.

 

Pretty much sums up my feelings about it, too!


Awesome. I love hearing MINI Motorsports success stories!

 

Did the "One Ball" & painted Calipers

 

I have been thinking about doing this. What color did you do? Any pics?

 

I have been thinking about this too. what is the "one ball"?

 

The One Ball is an exhaust mod.

The exhaust goes into the muffler on the passenger side then into the muffler on the drivers side . I remove the Pass side muffler and just use a 90 and go right into the drivers side exit muffler. . Most of my time was making some really nice tips fit and look good. this mod cost me less than $20 in parts.

Nice tone maybe 20% louder and a bit more "burble"
This Cooper S is my commute car so resisting the urge to build another fire breather.


I did the calipers RED.
only took this photo as one of my bees was very interested

 

I replaced the strut on my tensioner. Thanks to the Professor for selling me the replacement strut at the Marketplace. I had been waiting for Way at WMW to hook me up with some of his new Delrin bushings or Powerflex but they never materialized despite my efforts. I saw many bad pics of Powerflex failures with some comments about the failure maybe due to a worn out strut so I replaced the strut with a stock replacement with brand new bushings. The one in the pic came off my 06 that only has 32k.

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Thanks for the info.
I may have to do this. I like the idea. My car is only a few weeks old, so I don't want to get too carried away and also don't want to void any warranty this early on.

 

Hey Jbat66, you are ou of luck on the oneball anyhow... Its for 1st gen ('02-'06(('08 on cabrio's)) S models only.

 

Your system is different ... cant do a "One Ball" on yours

 

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Thanks, I was wondering. Yeh, I haven't been crawling around under there yet. It is pretty low, with out putting on a lift or a jack.

The only think I have done so far is to add mud guards front and back. :-)

I did have to remove the rear tires to do the back guards.

I may someday swap out the muffler system with something with a bit more tone. I am a harley guy and do like pipes. lol

 

Not today but earlier this week picked up a set of S-Lites (heavy wheels) with some rubber left to have as a spare set of wheels. Also will travel with one as a spare wheel.

 

Installed my new alien motion 3lbs battery

 

Just received my new rotors, pads and SS brake lines will be installing tomorrow if every thing goes well. Change to a stubby antenna my wife loves it

 

One ball is only applicable on the R53 due to the relocation of the battery to the boot. I'm guessing, since youre talking about warranties, you dont have an R53

 

Look guys, no more brake covers.

Today, I had my Wilwood brake system installed along with an AutoCarbon carbon fiber/Alcantara steering wheel.

Front


Rear


and the steering wheel


Going to my first car show with it tomorrow. Will have some better pics up tomorrow afternoon.

 

Love the brakes. How do you like them?


Is the wheel about the same thickness as the JCW wheel?

 

I want that steering wheel how much and where.....

 

I bought my MINI today! Tomorrow we are getting rid of the run flats and putting some good tires on it. More mods are planned for the future. Can't wait to share.

 

I really like the brakes. As far as the thickness of the NM wheel conmpared to the JCW wheel, I have no idea. I do know that the NM Engineering wheels, which are made for the MINI, are made with a BBK upgrade in mind. There is ample clearance and no spacers are required.

 

The steering wheels is available through Bimmian.com. I will warn you, they are not cheap.

http://www.coopersport.com/56/STW/

There is a core charge that is applied to your order, but it is credited when they receive your old steering wheel back. They do provide a shipping label for the return.

 

Not cheap under 1k? Carbon fiber hand made hand stitched ..I didn't expect it to be cheap...But I must have it...