I have the stock 15" all season Continental tires which came with the car. They're pretty narrow....175mm I believe.

They're great for traction in snow.

I'll be putting R94 "Bridge Spoke" wheels on in a month or so and will switch back and forth in Fall and Spring every year.

I'm happy to hear about the longer wheelbase being even more stable because I hope to pick up a used Clubman as a second car in a couple of years.

 

I clayed, compounded, polished and wax my hood today. Was in bad shape. Looks much better now. Going to do the trunk lid next week.

 

BUSTER and I had some TDD (Top Down Driving) today. It was sunny and 55°F in Chicago.

 

I sold her today, the new owner took her away and I almost teared up. I will deff get another one in the future, but right now i need to focus on school and 0 debt.

-B

 

A difficult decision, I'm sure, heresmymind but school and zero debt is around the corner and so will be another great MINI.

 

I'll end up getting either a GP mini, or a lotus elise supercharged

-B

 

Killing Cones
Today's Action

 

Happy to have a clean MINI again.

 

Nothing like transporting a shelving unit (in box). From boot to arm rest. Glad my MC has that arm rest!

 

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8:20p last night the wife tells me... "Do you have some work to do on the MINI on the backend?" I thought to myself, is this foreshadowing? My answer, "No, not that I am aware of!"

Well, there is a sound coming from the back somewhere. You might want to check it out! Great... pry the wheel off, yup, LR brake pad set is just past their service limit.

Good thing I had a spare set of Hawks on the shelf. Swapped out rear pads and off I go. All is well and back to motoring.

(Dont ask why I had a spare set of rear brake pads in the garage; I have no idea)

 

Put back on Pepès street shoes & caught a sunset

 

Worked... A little.

 

Installed my new tastefully simple license plate(s), replacing the tacky 'color' ones. A great $7 upgrade!

 

I know its weird, but somehow i like the looks on the mini without those fender flares.. )

 

A good body shop that does a lot of custom stuff could probably weld all the mounting holes up and smooth out the body panels to shave them off. Not for me though, I dont even like them painted that much.

 

One step closer to getting the coilovers on

 

Started with my build. Man that's one dirty motor.

 

You need my Sprintex on there...

 

Took it to the car wash -- spray only -- and washed off what I hope was the last of the road salt. I hope we're finally done with snow, so I can keep the car looking good again!

 

I don't have that much coin on me. But that would be a nice touch to finish the list of parts I have.

 

I finally replaced my front leather seat bottom cover. Everything went better then expected, no broken clips, no airbag lights and the heater part works.

Saturday I will tackle the driver's side door lock.

 

FINALLY installed the torque arn insert.

 

I want to but I ordered it and found out i have the early design diamond shaped one and I ordered the round one #loosemoney

 

Installed my Bronze 17x8 Neuspeed RSe52 7.5 45mm offset rims with Michelin Pilot Sport Super Spots 215/40/ZR18… Also put on the Wilwood 13/11.75
DP6/CPB 4X Kit from TCE…