What did you do to your mini today?
#9052
Mini club winter driving "school" (playground?) scheduled Feb 10 near Pittsburgh...
Just threw my snow tires on this morning.
#9054
I pulled off the factory bonnet stripes. Getting ready to do clay/wax and have some new graphics ordered from England.
It was actually a little sad pulling the bonnet stripes, I've fallen in love with its factory options and change is a little hard.
I ordered this stripe with "13". Mine being a 2013.
http://www.mini-graphics.co.uk/mini-...-viper-stripes
It was actually a little sad pulling the bonnet stripes, I've fallen in love with its factory options and change is a little hard.
I ordered this stripe with "13". Mine being a 2013.
http://www.mini-graphics.co.uk/mini-...-viper-stripes
#9057
Some of my most enjoyable drives have been in extreme conditions like that. Grab the snow tires, enough survival gear to be sure you won't need it, AND GO PLAY!
Mini club winter driving "school" (playground?) scheduled Feb 10 near Pittsburgh...
Just threw my snow tires on this morning.
Mini club winter driving "school" (playground?) scheduled Feb 10 near Pittsburgh...
Just threw my snow tires on this morning.
#9058
Some of my most enjoyable drives have been in extreme conditions like that. Grab the snow tires, enough survival gear to be sure you won't need it, AND GO PLAY!
Mini club winter driving "school" (playground?) scheduled Feb 10 near Pittsburgh...
Just threw my snow tires on this morning.
Mini club winter driving "school" (playground?) scheduled Feb 10 near Pittsburgh...
Just threw my snow tires on this morning.
Bad thing was last night on my way home I was a long stretch of road with no street lights and we had strong snow drifts, to the point where you couldnt see a thing in front of you. I was going slow (15/20mph) but the wind must of been so strong that I wasnt even aware that I was being blown into a curb ending up in a ditch (which was really just a area of grass). But I did hit the curb pretty hard as it scared the hell out of me. Car felt fine afterwards. No TPMS sensors going off. Alignment seemed off though. And now I have a humming noise coming from the side I hit on. Not a constant hum.. but like something is hitting in the same spot each time the wheel turns (if that makes any sense whatsoever). Its really only at higher speeds...can really notice it at 45mph or above. What I'm curious about is what I should on to see if anything got damaged?
#9062
Yeah I was thinking that too... but I've put a good amount of miles on it since then and no TPMS sensor warning or anything. So I ruled that out. I guess it could still be bent and just not bent enough to let air out. I havent jacked the car up yet to see cause its 17 degrees out and dont really feel like freezing hahaha. Thanks for the reply.
#9065
Oh same here... I love doing doughnuts and grabbing the E brake on a turn so the rear end flies out haha. This is the first snow we've had this year and I was seeing how well the tires that came on the car (Non run flat...some kind of Fuzion tires, cant remember the name off hand) did in the stuff. They suck! So if we get more snow then I may just opt to get some dedicated snow tires.
Bad thing was last night on my way home I was a long stretch of road with no street lights and we had strong snow drifts, to the point where you couldnt see a thing in front of you. I was going slow (15/20mph) but the wind must of been so strong that I wasnt even aware that I was being blown into a curb ending up in a ditch (which was really just a area of grass). But I did hit the curb pretty hard as it scared the hell out of me. Car felt fine afterwards. No TPMS sensors going off. Alignment seemed off though. And now I have a humming noise coming from the side I hit on. Not a constant hum.. but like something is hitting in the same spot each time the wheel turns (if that makes any sense whatsoever). Its really only at higher speeds...can really notice it at 45mph or above. What I'm curious about is what I should on to see if anything got damaged?
Bad thing was last night on my way home I was a long stretch of road with no street lights and we had strong snow drifts, to the point where you couldnt see a thing in front of you. I was going slow (15/20mph) but the wind must of been so strong that I wasnt even aware that I was being blown into a curb ending up in a ditch (which was really just a area of grass). But I did hit the curb pretty hard as it scared the hell out of me. Car felt fine afterwards. No TPMS sensors going off. Alignment seemed off though. And now I have a humming noise coming from the side I hit on. Not a constant hum.. but like something is hitting in the same spot each time the wheel turns (if that makes any sense whatsoever). Its really only at higher speeds...can really notice it at 45mph or above. What I'm curious about is what I should on to see if anything got damaged?
#9066
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Picked up a set of PIAA Extreme White wedge bulbs to replace the front parking lamps. And a set of PIAA yellow plasma ion fogs. Man, once I get the MINI back from the body shop (after it gets a new hood with different stripe kit and JCW aero front bumper and side skirts) it's seriously going to be like having a completely different car.
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As for today I double checked the torque on my M7 strut tower brace. Then returned the torque wrench I had borrowed. Roads are too wet out to hit any curves too hard.
#9071
It was for a 350z... $250 for a complete transmission... not bad.
#9074
edit: your sig says a lot of plasti dip, i never used the stuff but i actually want to do it on this roof rack, plastidip it black because the silver aluminum is killing my theme.. is it easy to use?
#9075
^ Yeah its pretty easy to use. If you can spray paint then you can use Plasti Dip. Ive learned that its much much much easier to use if you remove the parts and spray them that way as opposed to trying to tape off and spraying the parts still attached. You dont need to sand the parts or anything. Just wipe them off with a rag and start spraying. Do 3/4 coats or until you feel comfortable. If you want a glossy finish they make a glossifier product to which is like a clear coat kinda. But in my dealings with it... it just makes it really grainy. I preferred just the dull/flat finish of the plasti dip by itself.