What did you do to your mini today?
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Here's a quick video on what a clay bar is and how to use it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcZRj509Ir8
In the detailing forum there are also a gazillion tips on how to spoil your MINI. Octaneguy is particularly knowledgable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcZRj509Ir8
In the detailing forum there are also a gazillion tips on how to spoil your MINI. Octaneguy is particularly knowledgable.
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Have fun on your road trip xristos!
This morning I'm changing my oil and getting ready for a road trip myself. Going to make an 8 hr trek down to Southern California... and get an RMW tune!! I've been waiting for this day for too long it seems. The 8 hr drive back home is definitely going to be an exciting one.
This morning I'm changing my oil and getting ready for a road trip myself. Going to make an 8 hr trek down to Southern California... and get an RMW tune!! I've been waiting for this day for too long it seems. The 8 hr drive back home is definitely going to be an exciting one.
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that sounds like fun! If I were in your area I would definitely go. I've got one dent in the bonnet that looks like a 4" lead sphere was dropped on it. It's been there for at least 1.5 years and I have NO idea how it got there or exactly when. I think that's the only thing I'll ask a body shop to PDR (if that's a verb) since I need to really watch the expenses. Both my bumpers are a disaster but I'm hoping my DIY will make them more presentable. I know they'll get messed up again soon enough anyway.
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After months of internal conflict about keeping the bonnet stripes or deleting them. And after worrying about ghosting, adhesive nightmares, and remembering the painstaking task of removing hideous wallpaper. I did it. It took all of 10 minutes and you can't tell they were ever there!
Thanks for the information on the threads! I hooked up an extension cord and brought out a blowdryer...turned it on "hot" and "high" settings and the stripes just let go. Awesome! Thanks again for the info on the may stripes threads. Now I have to decide if I want to put different stripes on it and what I want but for now it looks like a new car!
Thanks for the information on the threads! I hooked up an extension cord and brought out a blowdryer...turned it on "hot" and "high" settings and the stripes just let go. Awesome! Thanks again for the info on the may stripes threads. Now I have to decide if I want to put different stripes on it and what I want but for now it looks like a new car!
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C ya,
Dutch
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Today, I built in a lumbar massager! The entire process wasn't very complicated and took about ~2 hours to complete, seeing as I had never done something like this I'd say it was a fairly quick job.
The lumbar massager works by alternating three different air bladders using a switch mounted next to the hand brake. The bladders are rotated continuously and if the switched is pressed again during the massage sequence, the bladders are kept inflated. This allows me to set my lumbar support once and then forget about it, or run the massager when my back is in need of it.
Attached are some pictures of the process.
Oh, and there is a blue LED that lights up around the switch to let me know when the massage is running, which looks great with the Electric Blue exterior!
The lumbar massager works by alternating three different air bladders using a switch mounted next to the hand brake. The bladders are rotated continuously and if the switched is pressed again during the massage sequence, the bladders are kept inflated. This allows me to set my lumbar support once and then forget about it, or run the massager when my back is in need of it.
Attached are some pictures of the process.
Oh, and there is a blue LED that lights up around the switch to let me know when the massage is running, which looks great with the Electric Blue exterior!
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Thanks, those are actually high end components from the luxury seats in the big sedans. The installation in the seat was done in 5 minutes. Pop the back, slide the bladders in and tie rap the components.
The hardest part was drilling a 16mm hole with a 10mm bit, I won't show the hole before the button was in. Plus running the cable from the fuse box, but with the great info from this forum it was no problem either.
Cheers
Tom
The hardest part was drilling a 16mm hole with a 10mm bit, I won't show the hole before the button was in. Plus running the cable from the fuse box, but with the great info from this forum it was no problem either.
Cheers
Tom