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Old Mar 30, 2003 | 10:58 PM
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Who owns this MINI? I would like to ask you a few questions about the body work...
 
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Old Mar 30, 2003 | 11:04 PM
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OOOH, looks like a Rouge exhaust. I think this is the first picture I've seen of a customer with this exhaust. It looks good (especially since they smoothed the original exits in the bumper), but would look amazing if the tips came thru the faux vents!

 
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Old Mar 30, 2003 | 11:05 PM
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I think it is just 2 Mini Cooper exhausts. Not sure. The scoop blends with the hood. I need to ask the owner some vital questions...
 
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Old Mar 30, 2003 | 11:06 PM
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It's not the Rogue exhaust; I think it may be the Birds UK system.

It looks nice with the smoothed hood scoop and the Cooper aerokit rear to cover the center outlet.

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Old Mar 30, 2003 | 11:08 PM
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Actually, what really struck me was the hood scoop piece...
What did they do to it?!
 
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Old Mar 30, 2003 | 11:09 PM
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How much would that cost to smooth the hood scoop? I think it makes the car look a lot cleaner.

I heard the BIRDS exhaust doesn't add any hp? This true?
 
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Old Mar 30, 2003 | 11:15 PM
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Hmmm....front scoop thing looks nice at first glance but look closley at top of mini logo...some photo blending is what your seeing here I'm afraid...but nice idea!
 
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Old Mar 30, 2003 | 11:19 PM
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My bad on the exhaust, Rouge uses different tips, but same location:
Rouge MINI exhaust

also: Birds UK
and a bit of a tease: Hartge
and the finale: Birds Exhaust

 
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 12:01 AM
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I hope it isn't just a photoshop job...I wonder if the guy down at my body shop could smooth it out. That dual exhaust on the MC Aero kit is ****...
 
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 12:17 AM
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Body work is not hard... especially for something as simple as that.... in order to do a better job, the whole bonnet would need to be sanded and the scoop... then the scoop would need to be secured permenantly... fiberglassed into place... then some simple resin work in the seams.... sanded to perfection....
then the whole bonnet would have to be re-painted with the factory color.

Simple... Expensive....

Do the labor yourself and save a lot of $$$$
 
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 06:31 AM
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If it is expensive, then I want no part in it, LOL. Thanks for the 411 Mighty!
 
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