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[Tomf]

Been busy whilts the site has been down,

First i made up some doorcards, then a centre console. Now all i have left to do is th dash and maby and under rear seat board thing.






(the centre console isnt finished in the picture ill take some finished pictures later and post them up)

Edited by only 16 and i already love minis, 03 September 2006 - 08:51 AM.

[Dolts]

Looking grat matey, keep it up!

[Tomf]

Thanks i have just got to sort the dash out now but ill take that to school and use there machines there to get a better finish. Also ordered some corba classics last night

[miniallsort]

wow speeding ahead now dude looks great

[MinipixMatthew]

Cool, looking good. I personally love the wheels, but then I am slightly biased in that they're the same as the ones I've got! Although interestingly mine seem to stick out further than yours, despite not having any spacers... yours sit very nicely under those group 2 arches, mine stick out a bit beyond the standard black plastic arch trims on mine.

Oh and loving the checkerplate door cards, sweet!!

The RC40 is indeed a great exhaust (I've got one), and it does make a good raspy noise when you put your foot down, but generally speaking it's a fairly tame exhaust. It doesn't look all that special, and unless you're flooring it it's actually fairly quiet most of the time. Depends what you're after really. If you're going with the sporty look, the twin exit pipes will probably match the door cards quite nicely, but although it'll sound good it'll do nothing for your performance, in fact I've heard in some cases these noisy exhausts can actually slow your car down... Anyway, leave it up to you, what you've done with the car so far looks great!

[Tomf]

Thanks. Im really pleased with everything that has happened so far, but i still love the exhause, even if it does lose some post it is still a big step up from my 998 auto lump so it makes me happy.

[1984mini25]

Do they do those sun visors in red by any chance?

And are those headlamp peaks just held on by the outer headlamp ring?

Oh and I personally though it looked ok with the overrides, I’m putting them on the front and back of mine when I get round to it.

Other than that it’s looking good.

[Tomf]

Yea im prety sure you can get the sun visors in red, the head light peaks are just held in place with the ring. Ill be putting 4 spot lights on the front and see how that looks soon but im not sure if i will like the look so that might not last long.

[minidub]

keep the wheels cause they match the roof and mirrors
and 4 spots will look ace

[minipip]

any luck on the spots bar yet fella? but nice work on the cards and very custom on that center console mate i do like that lil touch! rare to see sommin like that just rember to keep it all polished for the shows! and dont forget! driving soon dude!!!!!!!!
neways nice going so far hope to c more soon

[Tomf]

No luch with the lamp bars yet. you wouldnt think i would have two lamp bars but no full set so i can it them. lol. i might just go for the two now because im getting annoyed with the lamp bars now lol

[Dom]

Going back to your exhaust...

I recently did the Brands Hatch to Nurburgring Mini Run and I drove it fine with my exhaust (stainless steel, single box RC40), wasn't too loud, conversation was managable.

There was someone there with the exhaust you have and they both had to wear ear plugs over the exhaust so they could hear what each other were saying.

So bear in mind the noise may sound good, but for long journeys it might do your head in.

On a side note tom, can you take a picture of the rear lights of your mini with the reverse light, fog light, indicators and tail lights on? I'd like to see what it looks like to only have one reverse and one fog light.

[Tomf]

A bit more progress. I fitted my cobra classics over the weekend.



I also made the my dash. But i dont have any pics yet so ill post them up later.

Edited by Tomf, 26 November 2006 - 01:34 AM.

[Turbo Tom]

Looking good mate. Loving the rally theme. If any body is after a supersport exhaust, i've got a brand new
Play mini stainless steel one for sale!!

[Tomf]

Fitted some black and silver number plates today, also finally got some pictures of the finished dash.






Sorry about the bad quility of the pictures.


Also got my kevlar parts that i will be attempting to rub donw and lacqure, so any tips would be great.