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[hardwima.03]

lovely car mate, love the grille.
Glad to see it came back strong after the accident.
could I ask what boss you need for the rally style steering wheel?

[Duncy H]

Cheers fella

It's an omp fitment one, I couldn't link you to an iten cause I bought it second hand unfortunately.

[Duncy H]

Right i fitted my front cones yesterday, thought, oh it can't take too long, well it did Including prepping my motorbike i was in the garage 9-9!!

Anyway a comparison..


The other cone was sunk into the cone, this is after it came out a bit...


The trumpet contained some sand and a screw


I got fed up of the white top dash rail so threw some hammerite at it, not a very good job but it better than white. Needs another coat.

[Duncy H]

Got my headunit fitted and it sounds absolutely awesome! :) Except, went to plug in my iphone and it's not compatible Might have to buy a cheap ipod.


Gave my top dash another coat, not bad finish for a brush!


Wasn't pleased to find this, i wee little hole, it's odd though cause its just whole and the rust doesn't extend any further and it's not very big, i've layered it in hammerite for a quick treatment, not totally sure what i'm going to do about it, for time being it will just be getting sealed up with something.

[2-alex-2]

use some fiberglass then smooth it down then paint over it again you will never know

[Duncy H]

Right folks, been trundling along without incident recently :)


Put some new subframe mounts on, made a very nice difference :)


New steering column bushes too made an awesome difference :)



Remember the headunit change? Well it wouldn't work with my iphone But no fear, digged this out of the cupboard :)


Got merry with the stickers


What I have been working on at work :)


And a big big hint as to what is to come soon


Gave the calipers a coat of red


And that's about it :)

[Noah]

Ahh 10s You ledge <3

Edited by Noah, 06 July 2012 - 09:36 PM.

[Duncy H]

[Noah]

You have 10" versions of my wheels!

[joezone2001]

those wheels look ace mate! wish mine looked that nice! lol.. mine don't even match! keep up the good work.
joe

[Duncy H]

Last picture with 13s


New brakes


New wheels



Need either narrower arches, spacers or to shave some material off these ones.

Edited by Duncy H, 11 July 2012 - 10:40 PM.

[Midas Mk1]

Looking Great! I reckon standard grp 2's with a little negative camber would look awesome

[Duncy H]

Long time no update! Big changes has happened! But Good :)

I started getting a bit tired of the mini and started to lose touch with the fun side of it. Also winter was taking its toll on it. So I thought I'd buy myself a more reliable daily and turn the mini into a fun toy :)

The car i bought didn't turn out sensible of coarse ;) A mk2 golf 1.8 driver.


Anyway the mini. The other day i quickly wrote down a rough list of what wants doing. Turned out to be a long list


I had to make sure I got a decent home for the mini while work is done, commenced a majour garage clean up. Also beefed up on security. Gunna be hilarious if it gets broken into with the measures I have put in place ;)


Fetched the towbar off, (for sale this)


Seats out and for sale


Messy interior storage


Blurry picture but whipped the arches off and got rid of all of the muck underneath.


Whipped the exhaust off, some great halfords quality for you here. Both sides snapped and not even 4 months old


Engine dismantling!



Can't seem to get the cooper freeflow manifold off though!

Then got hungry and cold and wet so came in and updated this topic with a jacket potato :)



The basic plan is:
-Big engine (not sure on a series or bike engine yet)
-Propper bucket seats
-Roll cage
-Harnesses
-Lighten!
-Strenghten certain areas
-Minor welding
-Rust proofing

What am I letting myself in for?

[jonny f]

Looking good!

What engine are you going to go for?

Edited by jonny f, 24 December 2012 - 07:47 PM.

[Duncy H]

Not sure yet. Either gunna be a tuned 1275 of some sort of bike engine. Staying fwd though whatever!