yes, but you still need to aim them.

self levelling just accounts for loading...should you fill your trunk with lead.

i aimed mine higher so that i can see infront of the car better without blinding oncoming traffic.

Now my fog lights have some kind of effect too!

 

And add some kind of edge guard to the "bacon slicers".......


Use this as a prototype and I think you may be on to something.

Good DCM

 

I'm cheap and I have a bunch of vinyl I need to waste, so I decided to make some Rock chip guards.

 

Still can't believe this thread is so popular!

68WMiniS: Love your cheap guards! For those who can spend a few bucks, here is another alternative: Porsche stone guards.

 

Added a classy MINI sticker to my speedometer! Dorky, maybe. Cheepskate, definitely!!!!

 

Is that inside or outside of the plastic window?

 

Outside, on the plastic.

 

here is two cheap things
one is a volt meter(which i saw it from an other guy) for 2 usd
and second the stickerbomb downtubes

 

Like the Sticker Bomb!!

 

The day i made the stickerbomb i ordered a pair of leather downtubes cause it looked a little odd but now i love them

 

blacked out my "Cooper" logo with a bit of vinyl scrap

 

Nice!

 

You did a good job.

 

Where did you get that voltmeter??? I want one!

 

Thanks! vinyl is hard sometimes... well, most of the time

best tricks ive found, is 1. very clean surfaces, 2. very sharp razor blades, 3. patience patience patience!

 

ebay ebay ebay!!!

heres an example

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-GREEN-L...item3f1c7562df

there are tons of choices, mostly in terms of color!

 

Outside on the plastic makes it easy to swap out stickers to suit my mood, and sometimes the airbag light is off for days on end and I can go sticker-less!

 

Had a buddy make me a phone bracket and also re-wired my audio cable and iPhone charging cable through the steering column.

 

Thanks to pmxgm for the idea... mine drinks New Castle through my new CBI.

The keg, if properly "machined", fits in the stock lower airbox perfectly. It also acts the same as an Alta airbox lid, for $30 less, and that includes the beer!

 

you should tear into your speedo and slap some black vinyl over that airbag light.

but dont get me wrong, the stickers are still great!

 

Thanks for the compliment but to be honest it was first doubtsteve idea by the way looks great. hey tell me does the can is open from the bottom and from lower side facing the airbox?

 

No. It's not open underneath.

 

Mine simply has the bottom cut out but retains the "ring" around the outside. The air enters through what used to be the the bottom of the keg. I considered Swiss-cheesing the parts you can't see, but the keg bottom is 4x the area of the intake hose so there's really no flow restriction there and... frankly... cut aluminum is sharp and I rather value my fingertips!

I've noticed zero change in performance or drive-ability, possibly a v-e-r-y slight change in intake noise (not louder or softer, just very slightly different)) but with the Mini not exactly being the "cone of silence", it's a wash there. I love the grins when folks look at the engine bay.

 

Dutch, I did 1971 Datsun 240Z vents and yea, it is a pucker moment when you take a rotary chopsaw to a 2-1/2 yr old car hood. My brother thought Id lost my bananas, but then remembered that this is the seventh car that Ive hood sawed. Yea, they get better w/ practice. BTW, I like it, its gutsy.

 

TY! The vents more or less follow the lines of the usual bonnet stripes, so it kinda "fits" in a way.

They really work well at letting the heat out. Heat soak is reduced, and it recovers from it more quickly. I've since blacked out the louvers, leaving just the mounting flange shiny/chrome.




C ya,
Dutch