Just wait
My set came early this year, also - rather have them and not need them than vice-versa

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And just in time for Christmas...new stripes
https://www.northamericanmotoring.com...ml#post3420988

Happy holidays to all

 

The wife bought me the Hands Free Blue Tooth device that clips on the sun visor which works awesome. My oldest daughter and her boyfriend bought me a Mini Bulldog. My parents gave me some coinage which I will use to buy a MSD Coil Pack, Magnacor Plug wires and new plugs.

 

I felt that the trip from Colorado to Las Vegas would be a gamble.(pardon the pun)
I didn't want to see her on the back of a flatbed tow truck again....
She was in to the dealer 2 times in a week for the clutch/tranny, and a couple other problems.
I just wanted to have a stress free Christmas, plus, I don't have any money left this year for repairs. But don't get me wrong, as soon as I got here, I regretted not bringing her!
She would be LOVING this weather!!

 

Oh...Molly's already had both Front & Rear replaced under the 3 Year Free Maintenance, but this time it will be on my Dime!! Am thinking about Green Pads, but was wondering if Brembo's would fit my 16" Wheels??

 

RJK, from what I understand, the Brembo's are hard to fit on a lot of 17" wheels, and cost about 2K, although could be a good excuse to also get some shiney new shoes as well . The green pads sound like the ticket . I would like to get the Brembo's as well.
You may want to check out TCE Performance as they have some Wilwood package's that may fit. Best of luck.

 

Some goodies I got this year...

1. a second Thule bike tray for my OEM roof racks - I can finally carpool to the trailhead.

2. Light in Sight - yeah, I'm no longer the over-eager, neck-craning MINI driver at the line.

3. AZN Optics city light LEDs - to match my xenons.

4. MINI buckle - a gift from the coolest 12-year old nephew in the world. I have a collection of belt buckles and this one goes to the top of my list.

 

Habanero got a glove box organizer and I got a MINI logo hat, two T-shirts and a cool unisex jacket. It was a MINI Christmas!

 

Well Pip ended up getting the urban floor mats (which look awesome, and Im hoping the berber will wear better--the factory ones were already showing serious heel imprints), Connolly leather cleaner and conditioner, a MINI Union Jack pillow, and a really cool classic mini USB drive--the business end of which pops out of the boot when needed, and pops back in when it isnt so it looks like a matchbox car. My family has really gotten into my car--my parents had the mats and pillow wrapped in paper that matched it and the gift tags read "To Pip from Santa" LOL!

 

I just put Molly's New Shoes on her in April, so if I can't get Brembo's to fit with her's being 16", then I'll have to go another route, but I'm still set on the Green Pads, I'll talk to my SA when the time comes, he's a former MINI Mechanic, he'll give me ideas on the best direction to go!!

 

Ooh me likey! I think Kirby's going to be getting a New Year's present!

 

The wife and daughter put a bow on it....got it a little earlier this month as a Christmas present.

So, the JCW got a bow

 

Having just got it and just getting into the who MINI "thang", I was surprised to get a nice MINI baseball cap from my daughter, a MINI matchbox convertible (red not orange) from my son. I was able to find a 1:18 scale (I think that's right) of a spice orange convertible that's proudly sitting in our living room.

 

Jax my white one got nothing and the Gemma, the black S got traded in on a VW Passat. LOL!!

 

This was baby's first Xmas! Groo got a bottle of Griot's polish/wax and some microfiber wax-removal towels. Groo's keeper and event planner got the world's sweetest JCW racing jacket! Now I'm just waiting for slightly warmer weather to break that sucker out!
Jon

 

My MINI is getting ME for Christmas.....and Vice versa (kind of)! Should be here by the 30th which is just around my Birthday. I couldn't ask for more.

 

Ha! I went the other way: leaving the Passat for the MINI Cabrio.

 

i got a "miniac" go badge, hella 500s (which i am hoping to find a good install how to), and my exhaust i put on two weeks ago... oh and i just got the mini motoring graphics, but i posted about that in the mini motoring graphic thread...

 

That is funny. We have our first child on the way and having 2 Mini's was just not going to work. I am very surprised at how much room the new Passats have. It's like...

 

FWIW, I went with dba 4000 rotors - they are a slotted rotor made in Australia. Paired them with Hawk HPS pads the brake dust is virtually gone. I’m very happy with them. I also couldn’t justify spending 2K on a big brake kit for a straight Cooper. I love the looks of the Brembos, but still.

 

Black mirror caps to replace the standard spice orange ones. I'll post pics once installed. Hobbes is excited.

 

The Brembo's and the Gen 2 JCW brakes are basically the same and require 17" wheels and even at that some don't fit.

Nice setup
The DBAs look great.

There is nothing wrong with the Gen 2 "S" brakes. They even work well on the track. Don't forget, these were the "JCW" option on the Gen 1s. Maybe a red powder coating on the calipers

 

for my wife, just before Christmas...

Then some yellow Nokyas

And look what came in the mail today for her....




.... But theyre gonna need spacers.

 

I gave Trigger his first bath (it's been nasty awhile here).
He asked for new light lenses.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53074154@N00/6591629749/

 

I got an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle with the compass in the stock! I kid, I got coal. But cooper got a torque arm bushing kit by NM from Santa because he was good and didn't get any tickets this year.