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Old 12-11-2008, 07:36 PM
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How do you like the kit so far SoldierNurse?
 
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How do you like the kit so far SoldierNurse?
No regrets! Sounds great [no interior drone] & maybe a SOTP little quicker.

Here are few more pics...

 

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cool meeting you today great mini you have there and from what I hear fast ;]
 
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I thought that the JCW logo on the air box was a 3-D colored crest? Is MINI getting cheap on us- again?
 
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My factory JCW has no badge on the engine compartment...mmmmm
 
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cool meeting you today great mini you have there and from what I hear fast ;]
Likewise

BTW, I posted pics here Great to meet everybody...
 
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Old 12-14-2008, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Sketch
I thought that the JCW logo on the air box was a 3-D colored crest? Is MINI getting cheap on us- again?


No decal, or colored badge but up close you can see an embedded imprint. I was disappointed at first but decided I like the clean look. BTW, I noticed yesterday an 09 JCW without etched John Cooper Works tailpipes. My tailpipes are etched with the logo [no pics but will post same later].
 
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I'm sure this was the quickest way to get the new JCW logos onto the old kit. When I got my kit installed, I wondered if the badges would be the new logos or not. Personally, I prefer the old ones so I was happy to see the old logos on the car and airbox.
 

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Originally Posted by MPowerF1
I'm this was the quickest way to get the new JCW logos onto the old kit. When I got my kit installed, I wondered if the badges would be the new logos or not. Personally, I prefer the old ones so I was happy to see the old logos on the car and airbox.
Well, I don't have to worry about a decal/badge coming off my airbox.
 

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Huh? Can you try the edit button?
Fixed... or at least I think so...
 
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Fixed... or at least I think so...
 
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Originally Posted by SoldierNurse


No decal, or colored badge but up close you can see an embedded imprint. I was disappointed at first but decided I like the clean look. BTW, I noticed yesterday an 09 JCW without etched John Cooper Works tailpipes. My tailpipes are etched with the logo [no pics but will post same later].
This is the way that the "new" tuning kit for cars built after July 08 is... it also features the "new" JCW logo.

I have a '07 R56 with JCW kit in the family, and it has the colored JCW logo on the airbox.
 
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Beautimus!
 
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mine now with head light n tail light surrounds black...

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Taken last Saturday...

 
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Looking good SoldierNurse!!!!
 
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Originally Posted by scott48
mine now with head light n tail light surrounds black...



Very Nice Scott.....looks good..
 
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^^Scott that looks hella sweet! Glad you didnt do the washers in black, only the rings. Whats next? Beltline?
 
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^^Scott that looks hella sweet! Glad you didnt do the washers in black, only the rings. Whats next? Beltline?
I'd like to do the 'cooper' emblem on the back, but don't really wanna pull it off cuz putting it back on would kinda suck
 
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Originally Posted by scott48
I'd like to do the 'cooper' emblem on the back, but don't really wanna pull it off cuz putting it back on would kinda suck
I was thinking about just doing the S. Did you use Plasti Dip? Looks really nice!!
 
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I was thinking about just doing the S. Did you use Plasti Dip? Looks really nice!!
thanx, used krylon semi-gloss
 
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Originally Posted by dwf137
^tripod.

i've done quite a few of them in my time. Set up camera, put it on a shutter delay, press button, run, pose, repeat.

Then go into photoshop or similar, create cutouts, and place them all on one picture, just be sure to line everything up right.

You can also set up a camera on a tripod, set the camera at a long exposure (i.e., 2 min.) at a low ISO, then have someone manually operate a flash (or do it with a pocket wizard, if you have one).

The result: in one exposure you're in multiple spots in the frame. No photoshop (or aperture) needed. Pure lighting technique.
 
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Originally Posted by tjtull
I was thinking about just doing the S. Did you use Plasti Dip? Looks really nice!!
this is what happens when you are bored and have left over vinyl from diy headlight/tailight vinyl wrap...



 


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