Lets see it?!

 

Unfortunately I won't even see it until June - did a pre-trade and my dealership put my name on a CM JCW that has been alloted to them to be built in April/May 2013.

MsBrit

 

I just went thru that wait. Well worth it. I could not be happier! Give us more details.

 

This will be my 6th MINI (5th Ordered) since 2003 so I am so used to the wait.

Absolute Black
Anthricite Headliner
Black Headlight Housing
Arm Rest
Leather Champion Red
Cold Weather Pkg
Prem Pkg #2
Auto Dim mirror
Xenon Lights
18" 5-star black wheels


MsBrit

 

Ray - I bought the Xtec's (t10 12v5w chrome/amber -#tx-ac-pr) from Amazon

 

What did you pre-trade? I'm figuring 2012 Countryman S?

 

Well I finally finished de-chroming last night...now just have to figure out something for the headlights...

 

few more...

 

Looks good. You can Joey mod the headlights black.

 

what's a pre-trade exactly?

 

Installed VIP intake.

 

Steering wheel JCW cap

 

Very nice simple mod.

 

happy birthday to my cm... my gift? state inspection!

 

Got my D-Can cable in while i was out of town.

Got NCS up and running last night to pull original files and this morning i pushed my one-touch sunroof functions, turned off the gong, comfort close, unlock with key removal, and probably some other stuff i cant remember.....

 

How easy was the one-touch sunroof code?

 

Nice, I need to do this. Where did you get the cable?

 

Used dread red to run from NYC to MD and back to NYC instead of the C,... Well the good was the mpg advantage, and the stealth of speed, however road noise up, feeling every bump, I definitely must get rid off the run flats... While on 695 I saw my twin, with tint, I got to do it now, and get my 19 jcw on....

 

raise the tire pressures to improve the ride

i am running 42 psi front / 37 psi rear

the change is dramatic, my friends thought i had changed the rfs for non-rfs

i arrived at those pressures using a tire pyrometer

my 225/45R18 pirelli p7 summer rfs are wearing evenly across the tread and also wearing the same front and rear

due to the cost of rfs, i will be buying michelin pilot super sports for my next set, but i have no complaints about the rfs after raising the pressure

scott

 

Scott,

I tried that a while back after reading it in one of your prior posts soon after I got the car, it was a great improvement. I will check the pressure again cause to be truthful I haven't done it in a while.....

 

About as easy as any of the other code changes... The hard part is not one individual change. It's getting the cable rigged and software ready to use. And if you aren't 100% sure about what's going on dont continue because your could kill the car. Literally, you would need to bring it back to the dealer so they can fuss at you and re-flash your computer.

Got this one as recommended in the R60 coding thread.

http://www.one-stop-electronics.com/...&product_id=16

 

Quoted for truth

 

Did it last night.

Didn't seem like 10 psi added int he front and 5 in the rear was going to make a difference. But it was noticeable.

Nice.

 

raising the pressure doesn't make your teeth rattle ?

 

Surprisingly not.......I was thinking the same, but figured worst case was letting some air back out.