Blue MINI Cooper

Category: MINI

All things MINI

  • Winter Rims

    Winter rims from Discount Tire (after Tire Rack screwed me over for a month)
    Drag wheels with Blizzak tires.
    Gotta paint out the red stripe as well as the chrome caps.

  • Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

    Actually I don’t have my winter tires and wheels yet, but…
    Merry (belated) Christmas and happy new year!
    Blue Mini Cooper Chakik

  • Tail Light BLACK OUT!!!!!

    HUGE Thank you to Chad from Detroit Tuned for doing this incredible work. The worst piece of chrome left on the outside was the rings on the taillights. NO MORE! BAM! BOOM! I frakking love the way the boot looks now. This is way better than the rear BKK that we did. (tho thats pimp too, pics to come)
    Sorry for the photo quality, my first gen iPhone is about done.

  • Towing with the MINI

    Half of the towing kit has arrived. MiniFini is, as usual fast and friendly!
    Just waiting on the actual attachment for the motorcycle and we’ll find out what the towing capabilities of the Mini are. I’m assuming with my almost 200 ft lbs of torque I’ll be able to pull a motorcycle.

    Appointment next week to finally get the blacked out tail lights going. Ill post before and after pics.

  • Detroit Tuned / Mynes Dyno Results

    Results of yesterdays Dyno Tune Party at Detroit Tuned. The Mynes guys were awesome!
    I went in from Jan’s tune 2 years ago with : 207.5 / 170.1
    Ended up with 208.3whp and 191.9 ft/lb of torque.
    Its noticeably smoother across all RPMs I’m very happy with the results. And Chad fixed a rattle in my SC belt tensioner.



  • MINI Link iPhone app. Why?

    So everyone has to have an iPhone app. Seems MINI is not much different. I downloaded and installed the app, and after messing with it, I can only ask : “why?”
    Do you expect me to have this app running while I’m driving and keeping my phone active? That’s safe. So far I have not seen one other user, pin, or anything else of use in the app.
    Its free. So it has that going for it. Otherwise it seems it core purpose is rather unsafe and an added distraction to already distracted drivers. Disappointing.

  • New Shoes

    Finally replaced my cracked and bent wheels. Seems strange to see the car with different wheels on it, as I had the last ones before the car was even in Michigan.

    Konig Feather Rims
    Konig Feather Rims

  • New wheels: kinda

    Thanks to JMS at the Michigan Mini club for the new rim!
    Looks great!

  • Anyone for Foos?

    Reasion 39,238 why I like driving a convertible: Foosball anyone?

  • Hella Black Magic Driving Lights for Sale

    More Images of the Hella Black Magic Lights.
    Brackets and what they might look like in the OEM mounting position. Pay no attention to the “custom mounting bracket”. The things I do for you people.

    Mounting brackets and size
    Mounting brackets and size
    Hella Black Magic Mounting Option
    Hella Black Magic Mounting Option
    Another angle of the custom mount
    Another angle of the custom mount