We are selling my wifes Cooper if anyone is interested! It’s a great 2005 (easily the best year) Jet Black with purple accents. Here are some details.
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Tag: black
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Sold: Beautiful Jet Black/Purple 2005 MINI Hardtop – Detroit Area
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Joey Mod MINI Headlight Blackout
Well I finally did it, been wanting to ‘Joey Mod’ the headlights for years, and now was the time. I just happened to have my brothers heat gun (thanks Greg!) so today was the day to tackle this last exterior chrome.
It took a while to heat the lenses up enough for the black ‘goo’ to give up its grip. Once I got an edge up it came up pretty easy tho. Finding the clips from inside the upper bulb housing was a bit tricky at first, but they popped right off (be careful to hold your lights over a towel or something as when the second clip disconnect they fly off with decent velocity).
I could not reach the torx head bolts that hold the mid-housing in place, so I ended up taping off the rest of the light (including the inner reflector, to maintain brightness). A bit of the chrome ended up flaking off where I had cut the painters tape, which I touched up with some chrome paint I had, but you can still see them. So not perfect, but they look really good.
Reassembly was a snap, a brief heat with the gun before squishing the lenses back on and BOOM. No more exterior chrome! -
Detroit Tuned is busy
Checked on the car this Saturday at Detroit Tuned. The wheels are much better looking in person, I was really worried that they were silverish. I was so used to the flat black.
Chad continues to make progress and continues to amaze me with his attention to detail. Each bolt gets wire brushed then cleaned, then a coat or two of paint, and then a day to dry before being put back on.
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DxR Wheels Powder Coated
The new DxR wheels have been powder coated black. I will get to see them in person tomorrow. The photos make them look a bit ‘not’ black, but in the comparison pic between them and the old Focal F-05s they do look black. Hoping they are!
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New Wheels DxR racing
After what seems like forever, 30+ wheels considered, pinterest board created just so I could see them all together, I decided on new rims.
They are DxR ST12s, which seems to be a non-brand, and made in China. Seeing as I am want to get new rims almost as often as my brother gets different cars, I’m not to worried about the quality. If they bend, they bend, they were inexpensive and I really like the way they look.
They are bronze now, but will be powder coated black. They weigh about 19lbs each which is on the lighter end of wheels that I was considering. -
Present for Chakik to prep for the Dragon
Yes, I bought my car a present. It’s really for me tho.
Continue with 5.
Cannot wait for the Dragon next week. Connie will have the time of her life (as hopefully I will too)
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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