What did you do to your mini today?
#7876
Removed the bonnet lining fabric/fiber/whateveritis from the inside of the bonnet.
Man, it's dirty under that thing. Off to the carwash stall....
This was done in preparation for adding venting to the bonnet to reduce under-bonnet temperatures, in hope of rubber items lasting longer, slightly increased performance, and better cooling and (most importantly here in Mordor) a/c efficiency....
C ya,
Dutch
Man, it's dirty under that thing. Off to the carwash stall....
This was done in preparation for adding venting to the bonnet to reduce under-bonnet temperatures, in hope of rubber items lasting longer, slightly increased performance, and better cooling and (most importantly here in Mordor) a/c efficiency....
C ya,
Dutch
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#7885
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What color are yours? I looked in your gallery, but I think those shots were pre-painting.
#7888
Installed a new slave cylinder from a 1990 V6 S10
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ml#post3565475
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ml#post3565475
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#7900
I blacked out the grille bars on my Pepper White R52 (1st gen convertible). I left the chrome grille surround and used plasti-dip to paint the grille. Plasti-dip is all it is cracked up to be. The finish matches the fender flares and such on the MINI very well. I got a piece of dirt in the first coat I did on the lower grille, so I just peeled it right off and redid it. It is also really easy to get an even coat with no runs because the stuff is viscous and contracts a lot while drying. Pretty fun.
One thing I did a little differently was prompted by how difficult it is to get the grille off. The little plastic studs sticking out of the grille have little sheetmetal nuts that hold them to the car. It is hard to get the nuts off because they don't want to just unscrew, and it is easy to break the plastic studs off. So, I drilled holes where the studs were and used plastic expanding rivets to hold it on. The rivets I used are the ones used to hold the insulating pad onto the underside of the hood. Now I can remove the grille much more easily if I need to touch up the plasti-dip some day. I plan to add stripes soon, too, so I'll be able to remove the grille for that. The plastic rivets have part number 51481915964, cost about $0.50 for each of eleven of them, and needed to be shortened a bit to work. I used a bench sander for that.
One thing I did a little differently was prompted by how difficult it is to get the grille off. The little plastic studs sticking out of the grille have little sheetmetal nuts that hold them to the car. It is hard to get the nuts off because they don't want to just unscrew, and it is easy to break the plastic studs off. So, I drilled holes where the studs were and used plastic expanding rivets to hold it on. The rivets I used are the ones used to hold the insulating pad onto the underside of the hood. Now I can remove the grille much more easily if I need to touch up the plasti-dip some day. I plan to add stripes soon, too, so I'll be able to remove the grille for that. The plastic rivets have part number 51481915964, cost about $0.50 for each of eleven of them, and needed to be shortened a bit to work. I used a bench sander for that.