All things MINI
I’ve got a new knob! Doug Whalen of Whalen Shift Machine not only did an AMAZING job on it, but I got in in two days! I probably shouldn’t be as exicited as I am about a new shift knob, but this is the first step on my interior upgrades. (Techincally the fourth, if you count the Craven Shift Well Cover, Hamann Pedal set and the blacked out down tubes that I painted)
Some photos:
I’ve been toying around with making a custom Hamman logo for myself. Using the Hamann logo for inspiration I came up with this:
I wanted it to have the same feel as the Hamann one, but obviously with a squirrel 🙂
Here’s what its going to look like on my Whalen shift nob
Today was a busy day. I painted the rusted rotors on my Detroit Tuned Big Brake Kit. Also put in spacers on the wheels (5mm up front and 15 in the back). Now I have to wait for the suspension to settle back in to see if the rears will rub or not.
Also blacked out the 3rd tail light and painted the backs of the gas tanks and exhaust shield black. 🙂
Here are some more decent pics from Minis on the Dragon 2008.
Special request for Paul. –update 5/2018 -I’m not sure what happened to this gallery, nor what images were here. I’m sad about that.
Well, not being one to leave anything alone. I repainted my side markers (inner bits blue) and blacked out the “S” part, replacing the red sticker with a blue one I got at the dragon.
Some pics from Minis on the Dragon 6. I took a lot more, but really, how many pictures of Mini’s do you need to see? 🙂
We leave tuesday for the Dragon. Gotta start packing and test fitting stuff today. Need to figure out how much room I’ll have for beer after all our gear and puppy stuff if loaded up.
I’m really excited!
The red hoses for the headlight washers came today, so I’m pretty much set for the Dragon now, at least for today 🙂 Also got my cowl scoops installed. Not sure if I’m going to keep them or not.
I was able to get the stock coil pack bolts apart, so I could install the new MSD red coil pack. Looks very nice sitting in the middle of the engine bay. Also painted the under hood. Looks a bit more purple than the stock color, we’ll see how it looks when it dries. (crosses fingers)
So I’ve owned the car just about 4 months, and today swapped out a part that I already had swapped out for a second time. (first was the John Cooper Works CAI for the ALTA one), today I removed my blue Kingsborne Plug wires in favor of red Magnecor ones. I actually like the texture of the previous ones better (kinda fabric, vs smooth silicone now). I have a red MSD coil pack, but need bolts.
I was going blue and black under the bonnet, but decided I want it to look like a Dragons innards under the hood, so all red hoses and chrome now 🙂