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Oct 13, 2016 | 08:06 AM

#18201

DneprDave

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That looks Hella good!

Oct 13, 2016 | 08:14 AM

#18202

ECSTuning

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DneprDave

That looks Hella good!

And bright also

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Oct 13, 2016 | 09:31 AM

#18203

AKIndiMini

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I've always wanted to put driving lights on my car. Did you have to upgrade the bonnet support struts to support the extra weight of the lights?

Oct 13, 2016 | 10:20 AM

#18204

Squirrel724

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Thanks guys.

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Originally Posted by AKIndiMini

I've always wanted to put driving lights on my car. Did you have to upgrade the bonnet support struts to support the extra weight of the lights?

I did not have to change anything with the hood. The lights do not actually weigh that much and are only a fraction of the weight of the hood itself.

Oct 13, 2016 | 11:19 AM

#18205

3rdcoastmini

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Ordered some Black with red border hood stripes and JCW Mirror covers.

Oct 13, 2016 | 12:41 PM

#18206

Qik420

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AKIndiMini

I flushed out my cooling system and put fresh new blue BMW/MINI coolant back in. Discovered that the dealership that did the last coolant service used standard green coolant!

What MINI dealership did the last coolant service?

Oct 13, 2016 | 01:34 PM

#18207

Mini Mania

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From: Nevada City, Calif

Lights

Looks great, Squirrel. Nice job.

Really adds to the appearance, plus you your night vision!

Drive Hard. Drive Safe. Keep Grinning.

Oct 13, 2016 | 01:37 PM

#18208

Mini Mania

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Stripes

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Originally Posted by 3rdcoastmini

Ordered some Black with red border hood stripes and JCW Mirror covers.

Please post some pix when you have them installed. Are you applying stripes yourself or having a shop do it? If you are doing it, please post some advice/pix if you can.

http://new.minimania.com/MINI-Cooper-Stripes

Drive Hard. Drive Safe. Keep Grinning.

Oct 13, 2016 | 04:11 PM

#18209

Gadgetrunt

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Just got my R53 back from WMW. He put an ATI Super Damper on for me and wow what a difference. Plus he stuck around to answer some definite Noob questions I had. Thanks for all the help Way!

Oct 13, 2016 | 05:23 PM

#18210

3rdcoastmini

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Originally Posted by Mini Mania

Will do. I am installing myself. Ive done some vinyl wrap of small stuff so what the heck. I have been wrenching a long time on a lot harder things, I think.

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Oct 14, 2016 | 10:10 AM

#18211

AKIndiMini

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Replaced the crank position sensor seal (without putting it in service access mode), and made a video for my sister to show her a less time-consuming way to replace the horn on her R53.

Oct 15, 2016 | 08:41 AM

#18212

GPMini

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From: Newberg, OR

Installed AWE exhaust. Touring edition, since my wife drives the car often.

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Oct 15, 2016 | 09:55 AM

#18213

CooperSAZ

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From: Phoenix, AZ

I dusted him today... Nice and clean and ready to go!

Oct 15, 2016 | 10:48 AM

#18214

Piano Man

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From: Columbia, SC

Cleaned and washed the Blue Meanie yesterday. sadly, no other MINI's were at the Cars and Coffee this morning! I parked in the German row though with lots of BMW's. My son parked in the Miata lane, but only a few...strange. Lots of newer cameroes and WRX's. Weird. The only classics was a really nice '68 VW Bus and a 67 Caprice rat-rod with bags. Hum? Oh well, next time.

Oct 15, 2016 | 01:41 PM

#18215

CooperSAZ

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After a few drives with the Ziza fog lights, I really like them! Much brighter than the factory setup. I am currently running the OEM HIDs, Ziza Platinum White fog lights and the LED driving lights.

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Oct 18, 2016 | 01:38 PM

#18216

RDY4TKF

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I removed my hood stripes and installed a red decal around my hood scoop.

I like it! Much cleaner looking

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Oct 18, 2016 | 05:18 PM

#18217

Steffen.Johnson

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Today I stripped the ECS Tuning strut plates, the cabrio braces, MSD ignition, spark plug wires off the car and installed the OEM parts in its place. I also installed a new coolant expansion tank and added new coolant. After doing all that I lowered the price for the MINI on CL and am hoping to sell soon. I am also selling some of those and other aftermarket parts if anyone is interested.

Oct 18, 2016 | 11:20 PM

#18218

Mini Mania

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Looks great, RDY4TK.

Nice job.

Drive Hard. Drive Safe. Keep Grinning.

Oct 19, 2016 | 11:26 AM

#18219

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Installed new wheels today BBS RK. My other wheels team dynamics with tires are going for sale

Oct 19, 2016 | 02:27 PM

#18220

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Very nice, one of my favorite wheels next to the BBS LMs.

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Oct 19, 2016 | 02:55 PM

#18221

b6cool

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ECSTuning

Very nice, one of my favorite wheels next to the BBS LMs.

Thanks... bbs rc's from one of vws are my favorite but those wheels are extinct in 4x100 so I got these instead. Maybe some day

Oct 20, 2016 | 02:38 PM

#18222

eschantra

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From: Brookline, MA and San Antonio, TX

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Originally Posted by b6cool

Installed new wheels today BBS RK. My other wheels team dynamics with tires are going for sale

Car looks great! Got my "new to me" RGRs today, will be mounted once I get the appropriate centering rings

Nothing too special for mine otherwise, just a quick wash, clay and wax. Also figured I'd bust out the real camera, since all the pics I had until now were crappy cell phone pics.

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Oct 20, 2016 | 04:34 PM

#18223

RB-MINI

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Nice wheels! How noticeable are the markings between the lugnuts on the RGR's? From the pic at the Tire Rack, it looks like BBS put the size, offset, and the model number on the face of the rim by the center cap.

Oct 21, 2016 | 11:12 AM

#18224

mdaz75

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From: Massachusetts

Installed these today to go with the new sway bar. Pretty substantial difference over stock links and a must have, in my opinion, with an aftermarket sway bar.

Oct 21, 2016 | 01:00 PM

#18225

DneprDave

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Are those wooden links!?