New Hampshire Mini Meets? Anyone interested?
Color match looks waaayyyy cleaner
Too much chrome on the Coopers there senorita. And yes we know you like to stand out.
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Agreed. However. Leaving the beltline chrome and or color matching does give the visual affect of the car being lower. The rest i like black.
Looking at pulling my headlights off / apart to paint them. Unfortunately, a few of the bolts just spin and spin... Not sure if I need to take it in to have someone drill them? I don't want to break a bunch of tabs. I've broken enough plastic on this car. LOL
Also - I have a foggy fog light (HA!) that I haven't been able to clear up. My thought was that heat from the bulbs would get the water evaporated, but it doesn't happen. Either way, there's moisture trapped in it. So do I need a new fog light, or do I need to replace a gasket of some kind?
Thoughts?
Lamp replacements for the fogs are going to be PIAA Plasma Ion Yellow Bulbs
Also - I have a foggy fog light (HA!) that I haven't been able to clear up. My thought was that heat from the bulbs would get the water evaporated, but it doesn't happen. Either way, there's moisture trapped in it. So do I need a new fog light, or do I need to replace a gasket of some kind?
Thoughts?
Lamp replacements for the fogs are going to be PIAA Plasma Ion Yellow Bulbs
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The r56 is loaded with plastic. How about designing black exterior door handle and gas cap covers?
Do you get into Carbon Molding?
If you send me some I can design them. Or some measurements. The problem isn't designing them, it's getting enough interest to have them injection molded or vacuum formed.
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There was a company offering black trim and was very popular on here. Aesthetic Creations but the owner closed the business and went to do something else. There is alot of cheap CF pieces on ebay that I keep looking at. But I would have to paint it. I wonder if people would be interested in the covers in body color?
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Do you do any abs plastic work?? My diy project this winter is wider fender flares i have a mock templete but dnt know much bout molding and adhereing the product
Sure do. Problem is, if you're looking to injection mold something especially low quantities the cost can be quite high. Why don't you PM me your email or something and we can talk some more? Maybe even tonight at the meet if I can make it out of work in time.
Rear seat delete cover would look BOMB in Carbon Fiber.
Not if people jump on the opportunity. Carbon Fiber with a big old John Cooper Works badge in the middle of it. That s**t crack....
Any idea where this breather is specifically? I'd like to check it before I pick up the $100 fog light that I just ordered from eminiparts.com (pickup in Bedford tonight).
Ordered a set of PIAA Plasma Ion Yellow H8 bulbs from Mike today. Found a great deal online, and BavAuto price matched them. So huge kudos to them.
Ordered a set of PIAA Plasma Ion Yellow H8 bulbs from Mike today. Found a great deal online, and BavAuto price matched them. So huge kudos to them.
Any idea where this breather is specifically? I'd like to check it before I pick up the $100 fog light that I just ordered from eminiparts.com (pickup in Bedford tonight).
Ordered a set of PIAA Plasma Ion Yellow H8 bulbs from Mike today. Found a great deal online, and BavAuto price matched them. So huge kudos to them.
Ordered a set of PIAA Plasma Ion Yellow H8 bulbs from Mike today. Found a great deal online, and BavAuto price matched them. So huge kudos to them.
What wattage on the Bulbs?
I'll definitely look for that, assuming I can get to it through the accessport in the wheel well. The bulbs are 35W bulbs.
The yellow should look sick.I am selling the 6000k HIDs in my fogs and getting 3000k yellows.