What did you do to your mini today?
3rd Gear
Joined: Mar 2012
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Ha ha... Thats funny! Please tell me you are joking about beating your fender with a hammer! After my bad experience trying to weld up the side scuttle vents (1st attempt) I can tell you how thin and weak they are... Still my current favorite R50 on the site BTW... :D
And thanks!
6th Gear
Joined: Feb 2010
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From: North Denver Colorado
Thank heavens... 
Seriously though, if you ever want to give body work a try, pick a pice of something up out of the scrap yard... Bend it, fix it, repeat... It can actually be a pretty fun pass time when you get good at it. Pretty easy to pick up on too, I started when I was 10, did my first paint job at 15.
Seriously though, if you ever want to give body work a try, pick a pice of something up out of the scrap yard... Bend it, fix it, repeat... It can actually be a pretty fun pass time when you get good at it. Pretty easy to pick up on too, I started when I was 10, did my first paint job at 15.
After ordering 4k in parts just earlier in the day (yesterday) tragic accident occurred last night..my car was possibly totaled. As i was driving in a underground parking structure after Undie Run (a school event where everyone gets in there underwear and runs around the town from midnight to 2 am) my steering basically failed on me, became flippy floppy in wheel control and i couldn't avoid hitting a steel and concrete column, i was so worried about avoiding it that i forgot to brake. My baby still kind of started after the crash, just for a couple brief seconds and there was some hissing coming from it. I fear it is totaled since it was dripping pink/red (tranny) fluid but oddly enough not oil. The slightly funny thing is the headlight trim rings just popped off perfectly, always wanted to black vinyl wrap them lol and the hood scoop popped off nice. Headlights are 100% perfect not even a scratch and no bent wheels or suspension, even the intercooler is unharmed, i could see the engine looked intact and just the hot side tube leading to the intercooler was ripped off the turbo.
6th Gear
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: Western PA
Sorry to hear and see that Panther MINI! ...
Maybe the fluid you saw was steering fluid though usually that makes the steering stiffer, not floppy. Or maybe the inner tie rod failed. It is not that uncommon though usually on older rusted cars.
Maybe the fluid you saw was steering fluid though usually that makes the steering stiffer, not floppy. Or maybe the inner tie rod failed. It is not that uncommon though usually on older rusted cars.
2nd Gear
Joined: Aug 2013
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From: Huntington Beach, CA
The steering became unresponsive as in it felt like i had no power steering like i kept turning the wheel and it just didn't turn the wheels and when my steering wheel stopped turning (reached the limit of how much it can turn) i knew i was effed
6th Gear
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: Western PA
Let us know what it was when you found out. It surely sounds scary!!
Sorry you had to panic. You probably could have stopped but it's quite understandable to loose control when it goes so fast and it is a very unusual situation.
Sorry you had to panic. You probably could have stopped but it's quite understandable to loose control when it goes so fast and it is a very unusual situation.
4th Gear
Joined: Mar 2013
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I'm going to prepare mine for the big storm coming tomorrow up here in Connecticut. New rear wiper is a must, some more washing fluid. and vacuum, (the rear seat delete area is covered in wood from stacking firewood in the mini, lol)
-B
-B
2nd Gear
Joined: Aug 2013
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From: Huntington Beach, CA
Yep, never had an accident or ticket before this so it was all different. I'm hoping it's just front end damage and the engine was just shoved back hence why there was red/pink fluid dripping from the front right of underneath the car (i assume transmission fluid). Thank god i had full coverage insurance, AAA uses a point scale to determine if its totaled, 20 points means totaled mines at 17.6 so there's still hope she can be repaired, she's being sent off to a repair shop for her repairs, no cost to me other than the deductible so overall not too bad..I'm thankful though, if she can be resurrected I'll be the happiest guy on earth, i mean bleh i definitely wouldn't want to have to buy a corolla or camry if my MINI was a total loss 
3rd Gear
Joined: Jan 2013
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From: Vermont
That looks awesome. I'm not a huge fan of the CF look, but otherwise that's a great setup. Where did you find the a-pillar mount?
So I got an A-pillar from a Parts car and made the mount, I went with the Cf as I thought it was easier to do, than trying to match the factory color and with the amount of handling that it was going to get it would only get really dirty.
Thanx! But really its not that hard, hell I got the parts to do it at Lowes and Walmart
Lowes PVC Pipe for the gauges and wally world for the Fiberglass and Bondo, then the Cf is really Hydro-dip and clear coated.
Lowes PVC Pipe for the gauges and wally world for the Fiberglass and Bondo, then the Cf is really Hydro-dip and clear coated.
6th Gear
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: World Championship 50 Fans
After ordering 4k in parts just earlier in the day (yesterday) tragic accident occurred last night..my car was possibly totaled. As i was driving in a underground parking structure after Undie Run (a school event where everyone gets in there underwear and runs around the town from midnight to 2 am) my steering basically failed on me, became flippy floppy in wheel control and i couldn't avoid hitting a steel and concrete column, i was so worried about avoiding it that i forgot to brake. My baby still kind of started after the crash, just for a couple brief seconds and there was some hissing coming from it. I fear it is totaled since it was dripping pink/red (tranny) fluid but oddly enough not oil. The slightly funny thing is the headlight trim rings just popped off perfectly, always wanted to black vinyl wrap them lol and the hood scoop popped off nice. Headlights are 100% perfect not even a scratch and no bent wheels or suspension, even the intercooler is unharmed, i could see the engine looked intact and just the hot side tube leading to the intercooler was ripped off the turbo.
5th Gear
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 1,083
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From: Mount Doom, Mordor
LOL! Yeah, they're kinda bright. 
Good thing the "grille" panels they're mounted in point them a little downward, or they'd be even worse. 
NOBODY will miss them, though--and when I've got my hitch in, I still have backup lights....
C ya,
Dutch
Good thing the "grille" panels they're mounted in point them a little downward, or they'd be even worse. NOBODY will miss them, though--and when I've got my hitch in, I still have backup lights....
C ya,
Dutch
5th Gear
Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Mount Doom, Mordor
Sweet!
I'm working on an air plate diverter kinda similar to the one M7 makes. It's a long-running back-burner project, but I just ordered the vinyl decals for the next step in building it. I'm keeping the details top secret until it's done....
C ya,
Dutch
I'm working on an air plate diverter kinda similar to the one M7 makes. It's a long-running back-burner project, but I just ordered the vinyl decals for the next step in building it. I'm keeping the details top secret until it's done....
C ya,
Dutch
