What did you do to your mini today?
A good bit of work! Could use "goo gone" or similar product on that lower bumper to get the rest of the fake grill sticker residue off of the painted surface. Then wax it, of course.
If I painted anything here today, the paint would freeze before it had a chance to dry. We don't even think of painting until late April, if we're lucky!
Nothing major here. Just starting to get to the nit picky stuff on my car now... Replaced the cigarette lighter outlet and the halo ring that goes around it. In the process, I noticed that the shift gaiter had a hole in it from wear...so now I'm going to be looking for a real leather replacement.
Finished up striping
Finally Finished putting on all the stripes on "The Rascal" thats what i call my Mini she came out great if i say so myself considering i have zero experience in Rally striping and pin striping .Patients is the key
Before i removed the original stripes
Top down and Rally stripes done side top and back
Here is the back Love my Mini even more now
Before i removed the original stripes
Top down and Rally stripes done side top and back
Here is the back Love my Mini even more now
Last edited by savagetone; 01-13-2017 at 09:50 AM. Reason: adding text
Finally Finished putting on all the stripes on "The Rascal" thats what i call my Mini she came out great if i say so myself considering i have zero experience in Rally striping and pin striping .Patients is the key
Before i removed the original stripes
Top down and Rally stripes done side top and back
Here is the back Love my Mini even more now
Before i removed the original stripes
Top down and Rally stripes done side top and back
Here is the back Love my Mini even more now
Nothing major here. Just starting to get to the nit picky stuff on my car now... Replaced the cigarette lighter outlet and the halo ring that goes around it. In the process, I noticed that the shift gaiter had a hole in it from wear...so now I'm going to be looking for a real leather replacement.
Hahahahahahaha MiniRoadstah "If I painted anything here today, the paint would freeze before it had a chance to dry." Man that sounds cold. You must be all the way up top Maine? I do know it's pretty up there. Last year we did a roadtrip through all of the New England states and over to Montreal. Stay warm my friend.
Bernard
Hahahahahahaha MiniRoadstah "If I painted anything here today, the paint would freeze before it had a chance to dry." Man that sounds cold. You must be all the way up top Maine? I do know it's pretty up there. Last year we did a roadtrip through all of the New England states and over to Montreal. Stay warm my friend.
Bernard
Bernard
I finally got around to TRYING to drill that bolt out, no good. Can i take you up on that knuckle for the passenger side?
yeah its gorgeous here i recently moved here from NYC Brooklyn to be more precise. but don't miss the weather there just the food thanks for the reply the stripes ordered on eBay the 6inch ones i Plasti Dip so i will remove them once my vinyl one comes in .
Did the wet sanding and clear coat method of restoring headlights. I had the worst headlights I've ever seen, which didn't capture well in the before photos. They were yellow and incredibly cloudy. Still need to let dry and wet sand the clear coat to remove orange peel, then wax. Still way better than before. I spent more time taping than sanding and clear coating, this is a simple process. If anyone wants I can post a how to.
Before
After wet sanding (removes yellow)
After clear coat
Before
After wet sanding (removes yellow)
After clear coat
Last edited by burley; 01-18-2017 at 03:50 PM.
I've done this to head lights on my older cars, and it works very well, although I only taped the edges around the lights. I've shown others how to do it as well.
You should post what you did and what you used. I see cloudy yellowed lights every day. Yours turned out really clear... excellent.
You should post what you did and what you used. I see cloudy yellowed lights every day. Yours turned out really clear... excellent.
I've done this to head lights on my older cars, and it works very well, although I only taped the edges around the lights. I've shown others how to do it as well.
You should post what you did and what you used. I see cloudy yellowed lights every day. Yours turned out really clear... excellent.
You should post what you did and what you used. I see cloudy yellowed lights every day. Yours turned out really clear... excellent.
Process:
Wet sand with 400 grit, then 600 grit, then 2000 grit, then clean with alcohol and spray with clear coat.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEJbKLZ7RmM
Clearcoat: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ff04b4ec721ccd