Fitting the Hamann bumper and getting prepped for paint! What what! So excited, just talked to Chad at Detroit Tuned regarding the final paint choices.
And now its off to paint. This is going to be awesome!
Seems like its been forever waiting on that damn bumper. Hmm looks like my image alignments are screwy. Nice job wordpress.
After 3 months of impatiently waiting, the Hamann front bumper has finally arrived at Detroit Tuned!
Start the clock!
Looks like Matt and the Detroit Tuned gang have been busy, the front end is torn down and getting cleaned and ready for fresh paint and powder coated goodness. I’m not sure if I’m more excited for the exterior paint, or to see the engine components finally match.
Stopped in at Detroit Tuned today to see what progress they were making on Chakik 2.0.
Its getting torn down, and there are piles of parts, sorted out for which will be painted, and what is getting powder coated.
Thankfully Chad knows what he’s doing, and reminded me that the interior would not match unless it gets repainted as well, so those pieces are added to the paint pile.
Doing the A-pillars and front roof in a matte black finish as well, either paint or possibly vinyl.
So many little decisions that I didn’t even consider.
Detroit Tuned has started tearing bits off to prep the car! The bumper has been created, and is somewhere between Germany and here.
We will rebuild him, making better, stronger, faster.
Sometimes things turn out better than expected, I believe this is one of those times. Since the MINI is going to be at Detroit Tuned for a while as we wait for the Hamann bumper to be built, I decided now is the time to do the rest of the tweaks I’ve wanted to do.
This series will track the progress of the car as the boys at Detroit Tuned work diligently to put it back together.
E5! This will be the new blue color for the MINI. Cannot wait to see it on the actual car.