First owner passed the car down to his daughter. I'm guessing she lost the other keys

 

I had my windows tinted today to the legal limit for South Carolina. Tough to make out in the pictures. Hope it helps relieve the heat inside my girl.

 

The Ohlins have arrived! Now, I'm just waiting on the Vorschlag camber plates. Soon this project, which started last February, will be done….
….

 

Not today but Sat. And Sun. did our first autocross. Just for kicks(not a competition) at the Portland Historics Races you can pay $5 a run. FUN!

 

#pepper# - First F56 I have seen tinted , well other then the F56 JCW prototype. Post up some more pics.

 

Hey,

Just installed (yesterday) a new belt tensioner pulley, alternator and polyurethane lower control arm bushings on my 2005 Mini Cooper S. While my Purple beauty was in a disassembled state, my mechanic said, "Let's replace the oil seals and, oh, by the way, you need a new upper motor mount." So, I bought a TSW mount and had that installed as well.

The car is up and running and feels better at 121,000 miles than it has since new. The tougher control arm bushings and TSW motor mount have definitely enhanced the feel of the car. I use a stock lower motor mount (replaced at the beginning of the year) with the TSW upper and I haven't experienced any vibration at all. However, the "direct connection" feel between the accelerator and the engine is terrific.

Perhaps the best thing was the replacement of the belt tensioner pulley. The old one was making so much racket that it was spoiling my driving experience and frightening small children as I drove by!

All in all, an expensive, but beneficial day of Mini repair and enhancement.

 

ECSTuning, I uploaded a few photos to my gallery. It was a bright sunny day today so maybe not the best for certain pics.

 

Did a rear muffler delete on my r57 Justa.

 

Thanks I reposted out of your galley. Looks nice with the tint.

 

 

Rotate those lights!

 

Yeah I guess I could have lined them up with the door line. Didn't even think about that.

 

Did a muffler delete on my r57 and installed a 4" black powder coated
tip.

 

JD. Did you make a generic bent pipe or a specific product muffler delete? How loud is it on the highway?

 

Over the past two days: Installed puddle lights (with the circle), changed out my chirping friction pulley, washed, clay barred and waxed my 08 mcs in prep for MTTS. tried to rotate the tires and change the oil but energy level was too low. lol

 

Ran around Manhattan with about 15 MINIS this morning. Oh lord, the fun!

2014 NYC Sunrise Run

 

Got some Carbon!

 

Installed a new supercharger bypass valve, huge improvement!

 

BUSTER got his summer Leatherique treatment today.

 

Installed new Engine mounts, checked the oil, washed the Mini, ready for work in the morning !

 

Put a strut brace in that I was given ages ago.

 

She was detailed like a show car. Wheels were removed and are clean as day it was made. It's been inside because of a threat of one drop of rain.

Can you imagine something preventing you from driving your Mini?

Don't worry she's coming out!!!

 

I replaced my hood/bonnet release cable, hood latches and still couldn't align the hood.

 

Cleaned the interior and contemplated selling it. I am freaking sick of this damn boost cut issue and this f'ing car.

 

Time to say goodbye IMO. Get a different car.