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Added the a phone holder for better GPS navigation, etc while driving. Pretty excited about it. The bracket itself did not reach under the bolt, but once I tightened the seat back down, things seemed to be pretty good.
Install a few parts during the week on my Red 2011 S All4
NM Eng. Engine Torque Arm Insert
NM Eng. Rear Sway Bar - 22mm
M7 Oil Catch Can
M7 Pre-Intercooler Charge Pipe -Black
* I think I'll be buying an exhaust system next, just not sure if it will be Borla, Magnaflow, NM, Remus, or Milltek. Have to first figure out the noise that is coming from either driveshaft or exhaust.
Finally got the hood stripes and black line head light + tail light trim rings installed. Putting the the tail lights back on were seriously a PITA as mentioned in another thread (thanks for all the suggestions there by the way!), but thankfully I was able to tighten them in the end with the help of my wife's small hands.
Finally got the hood stripes and black line head light + tail light trim rings installed. Putting the the tail lights back on were seriously a PITA as mentioned in another thread (thanks for all the suggestions there by the way!), but thankfully I was able to tighten them in the end with the help of my wife's small hands.
Thank you 1BigPea!!! Very, very helpful and I truly appreciate it!
So, according to MiniMouse17, they're called "scuttles". I, too, was thinking of wrapping and have seen "kits" to change them to black but plastidipping doesn't look too difficult if you're careful.
Does plastidip hurt the paint at all? Like, if you get a little on the car? I know they say it peels off but I guess I'm afraid I'm gonna hurt the paint if I make a mistake... This question is also for the tape. It looks like others use the masking tape (blue paper) that you use when painting trim in your house. Is that correct or is it special tape?
I'm a big do-it-yourself-er so the thought of trying it doesn't freak me out ... too much, that is...
Adding M7 strut brace and NM sway bar to R60 - excellent
Originally Posted by kohlersc
The NM Rear Sway Bar is ok for the R60 (doesn't say it fits on their site)? Anyone running an NM Rear Sway Bar and an M7 MONSTER Strut Tower Brace on their Countryman?
I wanted to improve my CM handling, and asked Kyle Conner for a recommendation (he's much farther down the improvement road). He suggested adding the strut tower brace by M7 and the NM 22mm bar at full stiffness.
I added the M7 brace first, and it immediately changed the feel of entering a turn in a good way. Then I added the NM 22mm rear sway bar and checked the alignment. The following weekend I went on a long, twisty trip in the Sierra Nevadas - where I would self limit how zippy I went around some turns, I was now able to very stably corner up to the limit of tire adhesion, passing some enthusiastic Subarus on the outside without stress.
I would say this is an excellent addition to the R60, doesn't change the comfort of normal driving, and enhances the twisty experience.
I installed a new Helix intercooler and a muffler pipe delete last week. According to the onboard dyno with Mini Connect, the combination of the JB+ tuner and the hardware mods brought me up from 179 to 214 hp! I have no idea how accurate the onboard dyno is, but just yesterday, I jumped behind an R56 JCW headed down an on-ramp onto interstate with no one else on the ramp. I actually had to lift off the gas to keep from running into him!! He had quite a bit of smoke coming out with each gear change, so he may've just been down on the power, but I still expected him to pull away.
I installed a new Helix intercooler and a muffler pipe delete last week. According to the onboard dyno with Mini Connect, the combination of the JB+ tuner and the hardware mods brought me up from 179 to 214 hp!
Are there other mods, or just JB+ with IC and muffler delete? Sounds pretty good if you can keep up with an R56 JCW with just those mods!
Just a Sprint Booster, but that doesn't actually add any power. Honestly, I think the JCW was down on its power. There was quite a bit of black smoke with each gear change he made.
Replaced my bounce flats today after getting a low tire warning and the wife rushing to get it fixed before I can verify. Anyway. Trying out some Blacklion BU66 Champoints in 225/50/17s. On the short ride home it felt a lot less bouncy.
07-19-2015, 04:02 PM
