Damn ya should of gotten pictures of all this work you did.

 

Installed the NM Torque Arm Insert

 

Washed it, then put on its first springtime coat of P21S.

A couple weeks ago had polyurethane control arm bushings installed, a new right outer ball joint, and 3 count'em 3 leaks
(oil sump gasket, crank position sensor O-ring, and right transmission shaft seal. Lots of labour $$.

 

I know I wanted to but that was a much larger project than I thought it would be trying to squeeze it all in one day, which turned out being 4 am. Luckily others have taken pictures of all the steps. I did just make a custom mount for my iPhone that uses one of the bolts on the side pillar by the radio on the driver side. I had to replace the bolt with a slightly longer one but I am testing it as I type. It is perfect since I always use my aux input with my phone and can easily check emails. I wanna live in the car right now though my wife would probably divorce me haha.

 

Made some camber adjustments to the rear end.

 

Pix?

C ya,
Dutch

 

Have sorta the same setup. I use the top bolt to mount my cupholder, and that holds a mount for my iPhone. So I can plug it in my aux port.

 

Got it registered and put the plates on since the dealership I got it from completely screwed it up.

 

Yea I will get some up later today of it.

 

That's on my list, did it make a difference and is it a pain?

 

I took mine to a general motor mechanic to have them put in -- only cost me $19.66, well worth the money and they made a big, big difference.

 

That's AWESOME $19 bucks to install is nothing I've got stop being lazy and just order me one and be done with it.

 

I was going to do it myself but I'd have had to buy jack stands and maybe some tools and ..... I took my inserts to my local mechanic and it was all done in 10 minutes!! I sat on my inserts for about two months thinking like you; then just went to the mechanic -- very relieved.

 

When that happens to me, i blow their doors off and add a bogey graphic to my front quarter panel(depending on what they are driving, of course!).

 

Here are the pictures of the mount. I used part of one I bought, so part of it has the arm that can bend left/right and up/down which you can see is the skinnier part, plus the front where the phone rests rotates 360 degrees. I decided to wrap the bottom metal part in black electrical tape to help protect my pillars, so it was not just metal rubbing. It is plenty tight to not move when driving, but just lose enough to where i can still tilt it up and down more if I need to. With the bottom of that mount open I have my car charger plugged in, and I just left the aux input loose and brought just enough out to plug in instead of mounting it anywhere, because it was just extra work. It does not look store bought up close, but when you are just sitting in the car, you cant tell, so I am quite pleased with how well it turned out.

I took a piece of pipe and cut it to about 3.75". The actual mount had a tiny screw where it screwed in to the old suction cup type mount, so I drilled a hole in that pipe and screwed it in, which made for a nice snug fit. Then the other end I hammered it flat and hammered it over a pipe to give it a little curve to kind of match the curve of the pillar. With out that, the mount would stick straight in the back of the steering wheel which would not help, and then I drilled a hole for the bolt. The bolt did have to be slightly longer than the stock one, I could not get it to screw in, I will paint that screw black. And if I ever need to remove it, it takes 30 seconds to unscrew the one bolt, and there is no evidence of it!

 

TYVM for the pixs!

Black Sharpie. Way easier!

C ya,
Dutch

 

Today I had H&R street performance coilovers installed. Wow! A much more aggressive stance, better cornering and mountain canyon driving.
Jorge
DS 07 MCS

 

Np!

Black Sharpie definitely way easier! Good idea.

 

Put a 1/2" spacer under the front of each seat rail. Seats are much more comfortable for extended driving now.

 

did you corner weight those puppies?

 

Not my MINI but... I saw this yesterday down the block from me and couldn't not stop to take a picture:


It's a shame the clubman looks injured

 

FINALLY able to post recent pics of Giggles in my Gallery!!

 

Boooo!

 

Tinted the side corner markers in front and back. The only thing left to have a completely black-out Mini is the Joey-mod. I'm still trying to find out if performing the joey-mod will decrease the lighting efficiency of my projectors...

 

as long as you dont spray the projectors