Here is a bad picture of a good car.

 

A $100 mod that barely anyone notices. Happy 4th everyone!

 

I love that clean look. Hrm...instead of blacking mine out maybe I should have done the Cooper swap too. Happy 4th!

 

I like that look. Is the kit only sold by MINI? Does it keep the original gas cap in place underneath?

 

Unfortunately you can't just swap the outside door, the whole job is kind of a pain in the ***. To get the new cap seated correctly you have to get at the fuel filler neck from the rear wheel well.

But, it ended up being totally worth it. I had my S cap painted body color but I always hated the shape of it. You have to buy parts 10 & 11. Luckily I found one on eBay for about 1/2 price and just had it painted.

 

 

 

Thanks for the info. It looks really good. I'll keep an eye open for a used one in AB floating around somewhere.

 

I'll be turning in my '08 Clubman and taking this one home Tuesday. Can't wait. Guess I'll have to change my signature too.

 

Nice!

 

Here's how mine sits as of July 4, 2011.

Thanks,
KK.

 

LOoks sick

 

Installed all my BlackJack stuff (mirror caps, side scuttles, valve caps, go badges and rear view mirror). Just waiting on my chrome hatch handle that I won off of ebay for $0.99 and I am set

 

This is recent but pre - grill fogs!
many little things but they add up...biggest mod to date - color match

 

whats your mod list?

 

[ok, ok, can't resist. cross posting it here too...]

Got a new Bike; a Raleigh Alley Way. Was out taking night shots of it when I realized the Mini was in a great location for a few more shots.









All photos in various sizes [in case you'd like to see it 'big'] are published here: JCW & Alley Way @ Night

 

how did you get those blue lights in your pic?

 

These were all 30 second exposure shots. I was using my low wattage bike light to 'paint' the car, bike, and trees; not nearly the same pay-off as a 5 or more LED light (as seen here), but it still offers some light-fill of the shadows. The streak from right to left at a slight angle from horizontal is the blinking helmet light of a bike rider who rolled thru the scene even tho I was yelling and waving to him asking him to roll behind me and my camera sitting in the middle of the road. At that point I got frustrated and yelled "fine, don't go around me" while waving my arms in frustration of having my shot ruined by him rolling thru ... At the same time, yet more Taxis were approaching, and you see the lens flare produced from the headlights in the lower right edge of the frame. And what you see is my flailing of my arms in frustration with my bike light in hand. Hahaha... All that's before I realized the shot was actually ruined by me not aligning the frame properly and cutting off the front wheel of the bike. But, I thought those streaks were actually a pretty interesting effect. So I gave the shot an extremely high key finishing in my post processing resulting in the over-the-top contrasty image you quoted.

P.s. Sorry, some people may have simply replied "my 1 or 2 watt LED bike light". I'm just not that kinda guy.

 

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co.../size/big/cat/

 

How do I add my pics here rather then a web link?

 

You have to first load the photos somewhere and then link to them at that location. I don't think you can do that using FB though since it requires a login.

 

Instructions in link below

https://www.northamericanmotoring.com/forums/1st-gear/205222-how-to-include-photos-in-your-posts.html

 

Hey , Welcome from Malta in Europe

 

 

First off iPhone 4's take some of the best quality phone pics around

And I love the way the polished centers on the wheels really tie together the bits of chrome on the exterior trim. Looks Damn Good