Drove it to the beach. Oh, and got a speeding ticket.

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Swapped front and rear pads to stoptech performance pads and flushed fluids to motul 600 brake fluids.

 

Drove it across the Mackinac Straits Bridge in Michigan with 847 other Mini owners!

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I'm jealous, I was supposed to be there but instead I was at work:-/

 

... not so much what I did to my MINI today, but a culmination of the past few weeks when time permitted.

I've had my new-to-me R57 for nearly a year. When I bought it from MINI of Pensacola I received some schwag in a bag that I really loved:



I've been wanting to find a way to incorporate that design into my car. So, in addition to installing the M7 J-bar, BSH OCC, DoS fogger, painting my calipers, and installing EBC reds, I also added a design to the M7 turbo heat shield.





Used the DoS fogger kit about 2 weeks ago and noticed an immediate improvement, particularly when coming off throttle. Vehicle has about 52k miles.

 

Got up early, gave her a bath/shine and loaded her up with a jazillion tons of camping stuff. Was amazed at the amount i could fit in......

 

Cracked 199570 this morning

New Tranny fluid
New o2 sensors
New Tensioner and Belt
Installed a DICE unit
New Fuel Filter
New tires

LCA's and Balljoints should go in about a week or two along with a new headliner. Best part, it's driving really nice right now.

 

Finally changed my driver's side headlight. It was broken for about a month. Let there be light!!!

 

Great! Did you guys break the record?

 

No. The record is 1450, set in England in 2009. Largest MINI gathering ever in the U.S.A. There were rumors about trying again next year!

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Wow....that's a big number. No matter what, 847 is huge and certainly something to celebrate.

Well if that rumor is true, perhaps I will partake in the event next year!

 

Today I ignored mine completely. I don't want it to get a big head..

 

Installed a front center arm rest, a needed addition, and vacuumed out the back seat, after my wife and the dog got taco chips everywhere. What a mess they made!

 

Put my used R53 in "Service Mode" for the first time!

 

Tried the "Kiwi Leather Dye" on my trim pieces and I must say that it's an improvement. I hope that it'll last as describe on other posts/forums.

 

Gave it a bath!

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Did the cooling fan resistor mod on my girlfriends '06 S today. Nice to have both radiator cooling fan speeds and the power steering fan working again.

 

Replaced the turbo oil line with the Detroit Tuned line. The factory line was weeping oil at the turbo. While I had things apart, I installed the Way Turbo Insulated Blanket. Wow, the bonnet is much, much cooler to the touch! 68.5k miles.

 

Same here! And I did it again this morning, and was able to get a video of it since my camera's battery wasn't dead, like it was about 3 miles from the bridge yesterday! Then later I sat around a fire with your MINI. Hope you're last day up there went well, and have a safe drive home.

When I got back home today, I washed both the MINIs. 600 miles of bugs is nasty!

 

I installed my interior LED light set from ECS. I purchased their R57 9 piece set which appeared to be exactly what I needed for my Coupe. My guess is it is also the correct set for an R59. Before install I labeled each package so I would be able to swap without confusion. G - Glove compartment, 2 X FW - Footwell, 3 X FD - Front dome, 2 X D - Doors, T - Trunk.

I started in the trunk. With a plastic trim removal set I was able to pop out the light in less than 30 seconds. Most of the locations were accessed in less than a couple of minutes. A couple of lamps were difficult to install in the housings because of limited space, the footwell lamps in particular. The hardest light was the dome lamp. I couldn't follow the directions because moulding wraps around the pry locations. I actually gave up for a while. I noticed the front dome protruded and almost acted like a handle. In frustration I grabbed the "handle" and applied downward pressure, and the front popped out. Spring clips held the dome in the rear. The total swap took 1 hr 15 minutes. It would have take just under 1 hr if I didn't give up.

I'm really enjoying the "natural" light and total increase in light output. My guess is the LEDs are about 5000K in color temperature, compared to probably 2700K on the old lamps. The attached pics were taken under the same conditions. My garage was closed with my garage lights on, at the same time of the day. I can post other pics if requested.

 

I removed my front bumper, and all the trim and grills from it, Machine buffed it down from all the rock chips and white clear coat. Sealed it, waxed it. Restored the plastic trim, then installed the jcw style grill. I also rebuffed my hood.

-B

 

If this is the case me and a few more of my buddies would love to be there!

 

Today I decided to fix my passenger side door that likes to close all by itself, cracking my passengers in the shins. I took the door apart, removed the door brake assembly and located the small metal clip in the bottom of the door that had fallen out of the door brake socket. I put everything back together and the door now stays open as people are climbing in and out! Awesome.

 

The wife was texting me about the MINI and got autocorrected, and she decided that's what she will be calling my car from now on--My MINIon. Sounds fine to me! lol

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It is nice to see that someone else in Pensacola has been bitten by the "mod" bug. Welcome.


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