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#241 alex-95

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Posted 15 February 2018 - 10:29 PM

Great work mate, You've done a good job bending the valance to cover the subframe. Are you leaving the black wing and front panel?



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Posted 16 February 2018 - 08:53 AM

Looks sick mate, when you said you wanted a metal front on it I thought it was a shame too loose the white front but I gotta say now it looks much better.

Thank you mate! Get an update of yours up ;-)

I do like this car!

Cheers bud :-)

Sweet! thought that might have been the case. Yeah I can't justify that price tag either but I love the look of them  :P do they still swipe alright and clear the screen efficiently without much farting about once made them?

I’ll be honest, from me trying them with the dust on the windscreen they don’t seem to be the best, but then again normal mini wipers aren’t that good :lol:

Great work mate, You've done a good job bending the valance to cover the subframe. Are you leaving the black wing and front panel?

Thanks man! Yeh it really hides the swap, which is what I was after, black panels will be staying as they are for time being, might see if I can get them paint matched later on

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Posted 16 February 2018 - 01:19 PM

God damn this looks epic. Loving the mismatched wheels! 



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Posted 18 February 2018 - 03:29 PM


God damn this looks epic. Loving the mismatched wheels! 

 Thank mate! I see you've gone to mis-matching wheels too, its a good look :D

 

Bit of a spam update to be honest, done about 30 miles in it today, nothing major just running about seeing how it performs. New box is lovely, 1st/2nd are way more usable with less wheel spin and the lsd works well, exhaust is hellish :lol: very loud and raw, and backfires like a gunshot, just how I like it, not so much my parents however... The brakes bled really easily in the end, and once they've got some heat in them they are awesome. I've got to say Im really really happy with how it looks now, just like a 'normal' mini but goes like a Porsche :-P It does need a wheel bearing on the drivers front wheel though and could use a service

 

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#245 Jared Mk3

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Posted 18 February 2018 - 03:57 PM

That exhaust is so ridiculous it's actually perfect!  :D



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Posted 19 February 2018 - 06:41 AM

Absolutely love it! Those pics are ace!



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Posted 10 March 2018 - 12:04 AM

Found a pic on my phone youll like! From santa pod last year 

 



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no idea what your speed was but i remember being told im a sad sad man when i pointed at it and said to my gf look its wills car! haha

 

keep up the great work :)



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Posted 11 March 2018 - 10:33 PM

Found a pic on my phone youll like! From santa pod last year 

 

no idea what your speed was but i remember being told im a sad sad man when i pointed at it and said to my gf look its wills car! haha

 

keep up the great work :)

 

Ayyy thanks mate :D I think my best was about 14.6 at 97 but hoping to get into the 13's this year! If your at mitp this year we could have a little race :P


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Posted 14 March 2018 - 09:49 AM

Ha I'd love to race. But remember mines a lowly 998 (with cheeky cams) so isn't going to choo choo like yours unfortunately :( Not sure if A-mine would every make it to the pod yet or B- would get down the strip hah!

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Posted 22 March 2018 - 05:26 PM

Thought I would address a  problem I've had for a while, which is my tie rod to frame clearances. I already use ball joint spacers but still only had 1/2" if that of clearance. To sort this I seam welded a new piece of box section above it, then cut a section out of the lower piece and boxed that in. Some of the welds are award winning but gettting the torch in there was a pita but I'm sure it should be strong enough! I had though of doing this whilst the engine was out, but I didnt write it down so it didnt get done :lol:

 

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Posted 22 March 2018 - 08:27 PM

Totally mental Mini, love it



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Posted 02 April 2018 - 04:25 PM

Soooo, Brooklands Mini Day 2018! Rather good day out all in all, forgot how uncomfortable fun the mini is to drive, sick drive there and back down lots of B roads, caught up with mates, had a few problems though. Firstly my battery tie down strap nuts vibrated loose which left it and the battery banging about in the boot, I think this played a part in the battery negative terminal not having a good enough contact and it meant the car was dead. Once I worked that out, I thought I'd give the test hill a go in the afternoon :D Started up, drove down, got in the queue, turned it off, then wouldnt turn back on  :xxx: Got pushed out the queue, fiddled around with it, found a 30A fuse had blown, ran round to the trade stands, got one! Started up, got let back in the queue by a very kind gent, lined up and didnt slow down enough for the top  :whistling: Might have jumped it, and my freshly welded tie bar mounts took pretty much all of the impact, but cant see any cracks or damage so my welding cant be that bad!

 

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Awesome photo buy Josh U R Photography www.facebook.com/joshurphotography/

 

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Couple videos too :lol:

 

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Posted 02 April 2018 - 07:21 PM

nasty scrape noise what did it do?



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Posted 02 April 2018 - 07:25 PM

 

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This picture is really cool  =]



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Posted 02 April 2018 - 07:48 PM

Thats a fair old jump :lol:

Only just noticed you ditched the oil cooler.

 

nasty scrape noise what did it do?

On the 2nd video you can see the 2 big scrapes in the concrete where the tie bar mounts hit the ground. Also the concrete/ lack of paint between the 2nd a and 3rd photo :lol:






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