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Old 12-02-2014, 02:02 PM
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Yesterday: Brought home a 55" TV in the Cooper. Yes, inside it!!
You had to have taken it out of the box... But did the box come with?
 
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Old 12-02-2014, 03:09 PM
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I broke mine.
 
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Old 12-02-2014, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by JCW_Coupe
Pics or it didn't happen lolz
Sorry, no pics! I was a little busy at the time. Plus I was worried that it would start raining again!

And it fit with the box!! Fortunately the box wasn't much bigger than the TV. Taking it out would have helped keep the one corner of the box from sitting on my shoulder as I drove home, though....
 
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Old 12-04-2014, 11:20 AM
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A month since collecting my GFs R56 Justa, I did nothing to it

Novelty wearing off ??


Hardly - I bought this for myself

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Old 12-04-2014, 03:53 PM
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Nothing to mine, but the missus and I took her 2010 Justa, "Frau Blau", to the dealership and trader her in (the car, not the wife) for 2015, BRG Cooper hardtop (name pending).



Sorry for the crap pic. The weather has been less than perfect for photography around here.
 
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Old 12-04-2014, 06:50 PM
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Ordered spark plugs... and got my water pump and oil filter gaskets from Pelican Parts.
 
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Old 12-04-2014, 06:53 PM
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Ordered a 16% pulley, power steering pump, spark plugs and new belt. Now sit and wait for everything to get here.
 
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Old 12-04-2014, 09:22 PM
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Got a new hood from mini, painted in the stock purple, wet sanded it then i airbrushed it and did the stripes in house of color chameleon paint, just finished the clear and buffing today and now it will sit in my living room till spring
 
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Old 12-05-2014, 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by goblintim
Got a new hood from mini, painted in the stock purple, wet sanded it then i airbrushed it and did the stripes in house of color chameleon paint, just finished the clear and buffing today and now it will sit in my living room till spring
Sweat, did you do this in your garage?
 
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Old 12-05-2014, 03:19 AM
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no, i live in a apt. my buddy that has an airbrush business let me use his place and when i was done he cleared it for me and buffed it. i been airbrushing for over 20 years at malls, the beach and stuff but since i got in apt. 10 years ago i have to do big stuff at my friends if its for me, if i had my own place i could do stuff all the time.
 
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Old 12-05-2014, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by goblintim
no, i live in a apt. my buddy that has an airbrush business let me use his place and when i was done he cleared it for me and buffed it. i been airbrushing for over 20 years at malls, the beach and stuff but since i got in apt. 10 years ago i have to do big stuff at my friends if its for me, if i had my own place i could do stuff all the time.
I haven't seen custom air brushing on the hood of a Mini until now which is quite shocking given the Mini enthusiasts out there, I must say though it's look gorgeous!
 
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Old 12-05-2014, 07:02 PM
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Thank you, Its something i designed for myself, i drew abotou 4 different vampire skulls on paper till i got this one then just went of for it.
 
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Old 12-05-2014, 09:44 PM
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Got this funny looking thing in the mail 👍👍👍🚀🚀
 
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Old 12-06-2014, 11:12 AM
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Did a 2nd cat delete plus res. Added bms clutch stop and eject sticker on glove box button.

Sent from cellular device.
 
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Old 12-06-2014, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by goblintim
Got a new hood from mini, painted in the stock purple, wet sanded it then i airbrushed it and did the stripes in house of color chameleon paint, just finished the clear and buffing today and now it will sit in my living room till spring
Hmmmmmmmm..............welllllllll.......I dunno
 
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Old 12-06-2014, 04:47 PM
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Today!

Washed! Then clay bar! Then Waxed
Did Headlight Restore! Turtle Wax Kit
Looks great! Can't post pics for some
Reason before after 😀
 
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Old 12-06-2014, 06:04 PM
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Link to the thread Here. I just perform a compression test after using EPR or BG's Engine Performance Restoration, this **** works as described advertised! Say goodbye to the coked oil inside the oil feel line for turbo! Cylinder #1 gained 15 psi, #2 gain of 10 psi, #3 gain of 7 psi and no gain for #4. While this might not look like a serious gain on all cylinders consider the fact that my cylinders are much more even across the board. I wish I had someone to do a video recording me when I was draining my oil, it had black swirl mark in it that looked like marble tile in the oil as I was pouring it into a storage container. That would have been jaw dropping for you guy's!

Tomorrow I'll see if I can pour it out and back into the storage container to see if I can show that black stuff.

Before BG's EPR
1. 150 psi
2. 155 psi
3. 158 psi
4. 170 psi

After BG's EPR
1. 165 psi gain of 15 psi.
2. 165 psi gain of 10 psi.
3. 165 psi gain of 7 psi
4. 170 psi no gain.
 

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Old 12-06-2014, 06:42 PM
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Picked up my JCW ('12) from the dealer
Shorty Antennae - done
Added Home Link mirror and programmed - STOKED!
 
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Old 12-06-2014, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by troyegly
Picked up my JCW ('12) from the dealer Shorty Antennae - done Added Home Link mirror and programmed - STOKED!
Pics!!! So did you replace the regular clown nose mirror with the home link one? Been looking to replace mine with the auto dimming one. Might as well go all the way and get one with home link.
 
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Old 12-07-2014, 02:54 PM
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Bought a new passenger side motor mount then filled the holes in it with 3m windo-weld.
 
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Old 12-07-2014, 06:58 PM
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Today was time for an oil and filter change, half way between the recommended
interval (about every 7-8K) with Mobil 1 0W40 and OEM filter and new plug.
All went well.
 
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Old 12-07-2014, 09:31 PM
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Mirror Swap

Originally Posted by LILYisatig3r
Pics!!! So did you replace the regular clown nose mirror with the home link one? Been looking to replace mine with the auto dimming one. Might as well go all the way and get one with home link.
Sure I will get a picture of the mirror for you. I had the auto dim mirror and then upgraded to a used homelink mirror, it was very easy.

Now if only the new mirror was not scratched! I am going to have to split the old mirror which is in perfect condition and I was going to sell to try to make one good mirror....all depends on how much the scratches bother me.

Swap is very easy.
 
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Old 12-08-2014, 05:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Systemlord
I haven't seen custom air brushing on the hood of a Mini until now which is quite shocking given the Mini enthusiasts out there, I must say though it's look gorgeous!
The President of the university here just bought a JCW convertible and had the univ mascot airbrushed on the hood and sides. Looks really cool
 
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Old 12-08-2014, 12:35 PM
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Finally finished my write-up on the Raceseng Slammer shift **** I installed last month. Full review, here: https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...hift-****.html



 
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Old 12-09-2014, 07:55 AM
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Swapped the winter wheels onto the GFs Justa...

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Ride quality much better on 15" nrft than the summer 16" rfts
 


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