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Old 03-23-2010, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by kemo
Well it was actually yesterday, but I finally picked out my rims & tires and ordered them (Enkei SC03 Silver rims and Falken Ziex ZE-912 - 215/45R17 tires)

love those wheels..i have been looking at them since i got my mcs, i just wish they came in black or hypersilver
 
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Old 03-23-2010, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by rkiller691
So basiclly i have an R56 non-S, not much i can do. i jus began with the basics... lighting. So I've done a 6000K HID Kit, LED foglights (with output ), Tinted the windows, smoked out my taillights, and got rally lights with LED Halo rings built in. and LED lisense plate lights. my 1st and last mod to the engine is an NON-S air intake from K&N

take a look lemme know what u think

this first pic is near the LA River on a partly cloudy day
http://s719.photobucket.com/albums/w...t=IMG_9373.jpg

this next pic is my smoked taillights
http://s719.photobucket.com/albums/w...t=IMG_9390.jpg

my mini from the side
http://s719.photobucket.com/albums/w...t=IMG_9427.jpg

this pic is the License plate lights plus the rally and the lights on
(b4 the HID's)
http://s719.photobucket.com/albums/w...t=IMG_9427.jpg

this next one is a pic of my LED foglights (194 bulbs)
http://s719.photobucket.com/albums/w...t=photoert.jpg

this last pic is of my HID headlights.
http://s719.photobucket.com/albums/w...nt=photo-1.jpg

looks good..where did you get the halo rally lights from?
 
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Old 03-23-2010, 03:11 PM
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JUST installed the first modification to my wife's 2010 Cooper......Shorty antenna FTW!!! OFICIALLY our 10TH MINI!!!
 

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Old 03-23-2010, 04:11 PM
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washed, clay-bared, and waxed. this was my first experience with the clay, and i must admit it is amazing, my mini is only 6 months old, but he was DIRTY! i wash it every week or so, but there were little specks i could never remove, i was just about to give up on them when the clay bar came to the rescue.
 
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Old 03-23-2010, 04:40 PM
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Installed the Defenders of Speed intake. Lovely
 
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Originally Posted by pepperwhite09
washed, clay-bared, and waxed. this was my first experience with the clay, and i must admit it is amazing, my mini is only 6 months old, but he was DIRTY! i wash it every week or so, but there were little specks i could never remove, i was just about to give up on them when the clay bar came to the rescue.
I've used WD-40 for those specks too... cleaner bar is very good though.
 
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Claybar will also remove "fresh" water spots from the body, windows, and chrome, as well as some older water spots too, and what seems like pitting on wheels from nearly 7 years of brake dust. So don't be afraid to clay everything (except plastic). Do the windshield and windows, and all chrome and the wheels. I think it will surprise you.

After I wash, clay, and wax, I can't stop feeling my MINI up.
 
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Old 03-24-2010, 09:34 AM
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yea i worked on the mini for roughly 4 hours just cleaning it, inside and out, well this morning at around 4am, my friend was having a family emergency and asked if i could pick up his brother from the airport and bring him to the hospital about 60 miles away, of course i didn't hesitate to help. this morning was foggy and the roads were a bit on the damp side, co after my 120 mile trip, i get home to a completely filthy car, covered in love bugs and road grime. so i had to pull out the polish one more time after i removed all them dead bugs. Walter looks great again...for now
 
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Old 03-24-2010, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by pepperwhite09
so i had to pull out the polish one more time after i removed all them dead bugs. Walter looks great again...for now
I've had the same issue with the weather here since January. Every time I have Nudnik washed, it rains a day or two later.

C ya,
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Old 03-24-2010, 10:21 AM
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I only checked the tire pressure. I know boring? LOL
 
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Got some paint done.

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I just got my windows tinted today. 20% rears and 70% to be legal for the front windows. I am very pleased with how it looks....

I want to be your LatexSalesMan!!!
 
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Was not today but on Monday I lowered my MINI with H&R springs
 
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Took Zim onto some back roads, and tore up some asphalt.
 
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Got some paint done.

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Nice.
 
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Nice! Makes a big change for the better.
 
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cleaned up Jasper and took some new pics with the new Clubby!



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cleaned up Jasper and took some new pics with the new Clubby!



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Looks fantastic!
 
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Old 03-25-2010, 03:26 PM
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It was actually yesterday... but my summer wheels went back on! Yahoo!!! Smooth and grippy again.
 
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Old 03-25-2010, 06:14 PM
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Installed a Helix ss. I highly recommend it!
 
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Originally Posted by morphix
cleaned up Jasper and took some new pics with the new Clubby!



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The wheels on that Clubby are tight! Great color combination. And that's saying something since that S is looking good, too.
 
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Old 03-26-2010, 08:25 PM
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Got my windows tinted, ceramic 30% all around. I'm lovin' my Minnie. She's "new" all over again.
 
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Washed the MINI
 
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new shoes! enkei rpf1s :]
 
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New shoes (Bridgestone Potenzas) & wheels (R98s)! Will take pics when she's clean, tho ... we have 2 days of rain comin' up, so I'm not even gonna waste my time/$$$ 2day.
 


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