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#1 Kyleje

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Posted 11 November 2014 - 10:32 PM

Is there anyway I can tidy up / unclutter my mini's engine bay it's a 1989 Austin 1000 city e, with a 1275 engine

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#2 Stu.

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Posted 11 November 2014 - 11:12 PM

Looks pretty good as it is to me pal :)

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Posted 12 November 2014 - 12:10 AM

The brake servos on the later cars take up a lot of space but it's not really practical to get rid of those. To clear some space you could put the washer and breather bottles elsewhere e.g inside the wheel arch. But other than that your struggling

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Posted 12 November 2014 - 12:25 AM

You can also get some custom length plug leads and some tidy clips like these to make them look nicer:
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Website: http://www.jegs.com/...759833/10002/-1

 

Here is a photo of them in an engine bay: http://stillvisionst...neBay_0070a.jpg

 

You could also move your ignition coil and do some general hose and wire tucking and wrapping to keep them hidden as much as possible.



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Posted 12 November 2014 - 09:26 AM

Depends what you desire and colours maybe a new rocker cover /few things from dsn

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Posted 12 November 2014 - 11:21 AM

Thanks for the response, I am currently taking the engine out in going to clean and paint the engine and was just wandering how I could put it back a bit tidier than what it is now

#7 Mini ManannĂ¡n

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Posted 12 November 2014 - 11:58 AM

Have you looked on this thread? http://www.theminifo...ne-bay-styling/  Loads of ideas.



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Posted 12 November 2014 - 02:00 PM

^as said was going to suggest myself but someone beat me to it




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