Finally got Nudnik to a wash stall and gave 'im a much needed bath....

C ya,
Dutch

 

Just ordered this:
No more cables!!!

 

Great unit. I installed one on my son's r50 and had one on my previous r52. Really nice when you also use it with the Cravenspeed Smart phone mount. The world of multi media is all right there at your fingertips. I hope you enjoy it as me as we do!

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Got members of Size MINI Club of Vancouver and the Vancouver MINI Cooper Club to get out at 6:00am to donate toys to the Vancouver Christmas Wish foundation in the 2012 toy drive.

 

Changed that belt tensioner damper that was long gone. Why did BMW complicate things w/ such inferior design & engineering? Just so we can call it German? Or British?

 

Awesome!!!

 

Ordered him a custom Euro plate.

 

I got a Euro plate and love it!

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Moved him out of the garage and onto the driveway. LOL.

 

Installed new tires Hankook Ventus V4, ordered a set of Adjustable rear control arms and washed the MINI today.

 

Drove it.

 

Missed it.

 

1200 miles this weekend, and finally moved my R53 exhaust from "prototype" to "tested and approved"!

I've now had an even dozen exhausts on my car...

 

And it is installed.

 

seafoamed my mini in the morning. later cleaned the intercooler :D

 

Put 160 miles on it, and will do the same for each of the rest of the days this week.

 

about 5 hp power increase

 

got it running...sort of. the CVT belt didn't snap and it car will startup now that the codes are cleared. I did reset and calibrated the adaption values but i think something internally is still messed up. probably a faulty rotational speed sensor or maybe the valve body is just messed up. idk idc anymore, after finals are over it'll be shoved in a corner and replaced with something that doesn't have 100hp and a cvt

 

Put in the cargo liner I made. They don't have them for Coupes???

The towel is temporary.

 

Scooter, I didn't know that would be an important thing. I don't have mine yet but I hadn't thought about this. Is the concern with water splashing in when the hatch gets opened? Maybe Weathertech make a liner of some kind for that area.

 

It's for my dogs. They love the beach and making sure every inch of their bodies are covered with sand. I made it out of water resistant rip-stop so it should hold up to anything I decide to throw back there.

 

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I blacked out my belt line.

 

Well guys, I just returned from a trip to Georgia this week. I went to Perry, GA to visit my little brother and yesterday, we drove up to Atlanta to Way Motor Works. Got to meet Way for the first time. What a guy. Anyhow, got there first thing in the morning and I had a list of things to have done that Way was aware of. First thing was an ECU tune. Man, what a difference that made. It really unleashed a lot of this car's potential. It is a lot more responsive. That only takes about 30 minutes. Then I had them change the oil and filter (much cheaper that having a dealer do it). I also had a set of Platnium NGK-R cold heat range plugs installed. Then I had them swap out the Helix lower control arms for a new set of NM Engineering Titanium lower control arms.



right side


left side

 

Those LCAs look sooooo small. If they weren't titanium I'd be afraid they would break