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#31 minimaff

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Posted 09 August 2010 - 08:05 PM

Love to project, can you finish mine for me lol.

Wish i could do work on mine like you lol

#32 CobraV8

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Posted 10 August 2010 - 08:45 AM

Wow - impressive amount of work that has gone into your project, great skills and dedication.

I like the wide look (wider than mine) and can see why you needed to widen the arches, my car is tubbed and lowered, and with the group 6s and 13x7s had to mount the guards higher to avoid them touching with the family of four in the car and hitting bumps at the outer shape of the arch (as they taper down).

#33 olds_kool_lews

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Posted 10 August 2010 - 09:04 AM

just read through all of your project, brilliant work mate, the mini looks mint! you done a great job on it!

#34 Pitcrew6464

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Posted 10 August 2010 - 09:10 AM

fantastic project love the arches and exhaust modifications, not forgeting the custom paint job :) very nice look forward to seeing it in the flesh

#35 toni6669

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Posted 10 August 2010 - 09:46 AM

Really nice car, I love the exhaust :)

#36 jay30

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Posted 10 August 2010 - 09:58 AM

Deffo one for a feature in Mini Mag or Mini World. Nice work

#37 ap0llo_*

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Posted 10 August 2010 - 01:35 PM

absoluetly fab looking mini! What size wheels are they? They look HUGE!

#38 Mini-Mad-Craig

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Posted 10 August 2010 - 02:14 PM

Quite litterally amazing work. I just fell in love with your car and posted it on facebook... simply gorgeous.

#39 miniallsort

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Posted 10 August 2010 - 04:25 PM

great mini love the wheels and the arches wide and low

#40 ajperry

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Posted 10 August 2010 - 04:45 PM

this looks amazing! love the extended arches and the exhauts detailing. top paint job too!

#41 digler

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Posted 10 August 2010 - 10:09 PM

thankyou all very much.
i'm hoping to get it in a mag with my brothers.
i'm not sure what to do now, sell it of put a bigger motor in it.

the wheels are 8x13 with 195/45 13

#42 lewis

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Posted 10 August 2010 - 10:24 PM

now thats impressive!

really tasteful one off mods, do you fabricate or panel beat for a living?

totally individual and in a nice way too, top stuff!

#43 munkey26

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Posted 17 August 2010 - 09:14 PM

so much to do, no time to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!

got my windows back in, but had to have a play first. i broke my last windscreen, so i lost my DUNLOP sun strip, so what i've done is paint the inside of the window the same colour as the car, so now i've got a BRG sunstrip :)

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also i've added a little black stripe to the bottom of the silver one on the side.

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after some late nights i got it done in time ( just )

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the mini next to mine is my brothers, that i restored this last winter.
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so thats it, thats how it is at the moment, well almost, i,ve made a rear diffuser for it and some side skirts, but i dont have any pictures of them yet. but i will be at MITP this weekend.


Hi mate,

Love the car as I told you at Mini Showdown.

Nice pic of mine in the background under the BMC Teepee tent as well!

#44 mighty mini jack

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Posted 17 August 2010 - 09:30 PM

Had a look round at MITP while you was there, didn't talk though. Proper tidy car!

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Posted 17 August 2010 - 09:37 PM

love it! not usually a fan of large wheels but your mini looks ace! top work.

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