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Old 10-13-2016, 08:06 AM
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That looks Hella good!
 
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That looks Hella good!
And bright also
 
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Old 10-13-2016, 09:31 AM
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I've always wanted to put driving lights on my car. Did you have to upgrade the bonnet support struts to support the extra weight of the lights?
 
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Old 10-13-2016, 10:20 AM
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Thanks guys.

Originally Posted by AKIndiMini
I've always wanted to put driving lights on my car. Did you have to upgrade the bonnet support struts to support the extra weight of the lights?
I did not have to change anything with the hood. The lights do not actually weigh that much and are only a fraction of the weight of the hood itself.
 
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Old 10-13-2016, 11:19 AM
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Ordered some Black with red border hood stripes and JCW Mirror covers.
 
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Old 10-13-2016, 12:41 PM
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I flushed out my cooling system and put fresh new blue BMW/MINI coolant back in. Discovered that the dealership that did the last coolant service used standard green coolant!
What MINI dealership did the last coolant service?
 
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Old 10-13-2016, 01:34 PM
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Lights

Looks great, Squirrel. Nice job. Really adds to the appearance, plus you your night vision!

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Old 10-13-2016, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 3rdcoastmini
Ordered some Black with red border hood stripes and JCW Mirror covers.
Please post some pix when you have them installed. Are you applying stripes yourself or having a shop do it? If you are doing it, please post some advice/pix if you can.

http://new.minimania.com/MINI-Cooper-Stripes

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Old 10-13-2016, 04:11 PM
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Just got my R53 back from WMW. He put an ATI Super Damper on for me and wow what a difference. Plus he stuck around to answer some definite Noob questions I had. Thanks for all the help Way!
 
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Old 10-13-2016, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Mini Mania
Please post some pix when you have them installed. Are you applying stripes yourself or having a shop do it? If you are doing it, please post some advice/pix if you can.

http://new.minimania.com/MINI-Cooper-Stripes

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Will do. I am installing myself. Ive done some vinyl wrap of small stuff so what the heck. I have been wrenching a long time on a lot harder things, I think.
 

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Old 10-14-2016, 10:10 AM
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Replaced the crank position sensor seal (without putting it in service access mode), and made a video for my sister to show her a less time-consuming way to replace the horn on her R53.

 
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Old 10-15-2016, 08:41 AM
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Installed AWE exhaust. Touring edition, since my wife drives the car often.

 

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Old 10-15-2016, 09:55 AM
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I dusted him today... Nice and clean and ready to go!
 
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Cleaned and washed the Blue Meanie yesterday. sadly, no other MINI's were at the Cars and Coffee this morning! I parked in the German row though with lots of BMW's. My son parked in the Miata lane, but only a few...strange. Lots of newer cameroes and WRX's. Weird. The only classics was a really nice '68 VW Bus and a 67 Caprice rat-rod with bags. Hum? Oh well, next time.
 
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After a few drives with the Ziza fog lights, I really like them! Much brighter than the factory setup. I am currently running the OEM HIDs, Ziza Platinum White fog lights and the LED driving lights.

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Old 10-18-2016, 01:38 PM
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I removed my hood stripes and installed a red decal around my hood scoop.






I like it! Much cleaner looking
 

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Old 10-18-2016, 05:18 PM
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Today I stripped the ECS Tuning strut plates, the cabrio braces, MSD ignition, spark plug wires off the car and installed the OEM parts in its place. I also installed a new coolant expansion tank and added new coolant. After doing all that I lowered the price for the MINI on CL and am hoping to sell soon. I am also selling some of those and other aftermarket parts if anyone is interested.
 
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Old 10-18-2016, 11:20 PM
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Looks great, RDY4TK. Nice job.

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Old 10-19-2016, 11:26 AM
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Installed new wheels today BBS RK. My other wheels team dynamics with tires are going for sale
 
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Old 10-19-2016, 02:27 PM
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Very nice, one of my favorite wheels next to the BBS LMs.
 
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Originally Posted by ECSTuning
Very nice, one of my favorite wheels next to the BBS LMs.
Thanks... bbs rc's from one of vws are my favorite but those wheels are extinct in 4x100 so I got these instead. Maybe some day
 
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Old 10-20-2016, 02:38 PM
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Installed new wheels today BBS RK. My other wheels team dynamics with tires are going for sale
Car looks great! Got my "new to me" RGRs today, will be mounted once I get the appropriate centering rings



Nothing too special for mine otherwise, just a quick wash, clay and wax. Also figured I'd bust out the real camera, since all the pics I had until now were crappy cell phone pics.



 

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Nice wheels! How noticeable are the markings between the lugnuts on the RGR's? From the pic at the Tire Rack, it looks like BBS put the size, offset, and the model number on the face of the rim by the center cap.
 
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Old 10-21-2016, 11:12 AM
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Installed these today to go with the new sway bar. Pretty substantial difference over stock links and a must have, in my opinion, with an aftermarket sway bar.
 
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Old 10-21-2016, 01:00 PM
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Are those wooden links!?
 


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