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[tomb1992]

Cars book in to be Resprayed Monday morning !    so going to be with out a car for a week or two. have gone with the same guy that did my boot repair as his spraying looked great on the rear of the car. 

 

In over news i de-furred my Vent covers as i thought it was to much but i'm keeping the blue furry parcel shelf and top dash rail some reason couldn't fined any place selling new ones n just re did my old ones . will hopefully remove  the horrid elephant gray plastic once back from painting  .

 

 

 

thanks for looking will update with finished respray pic's when finished  

[JimminyBob]

Unfortunately that rust under the headlights will keep coming back through until you replace the wings, they tend to rust from the inside out.

[tomb1992]

Unfortunately that rust under the headlights will keep coming back through until you replace the wings, they tend to rust from the inside out.

 

yeah i heard off this problem before, the guy who's doing the spraying is also fixing some body work such as my bonnet  for me. So his going to let me know whats going to need doing and replacing     

[JimminyBob]

Yeah, see what he says. It'd be a shame if your new paint job was ruined by a little bit of rust so soon.

[matt2209]

I love your carpet! Where did you get it from?! Thanks!

[tomb1992]

I love your carpet! Where did you get it from?! Thanks!

Thanks its just a 9 piece carpet set in blue was £40 from min-its

 

But i'm sure a few other places sell them too very easy to fit just need to glue strips under the door on and the rest just can sit or use the hooks and tabs, came "mostly Pre cut"   Had to cut a hole in it for the gear stick and hand brake. but can't complain for £40.00 for a full mini carpet set 

[tomb1992]

Got my car back Saturday    very happy with it just need to learn how to clean it properly with polish/ wax 

 

Next up is Shocks,cones and Honda seats  . thanks for looking 

[tomb1992]

been tinkering tday nothing major just a bit of brake painting. painted them blue for the Extra Bhp Fact  also put some black beading running along the doors think it looks smarter   . been shopping again brought some new cones and tried to buy some non adjustable Gaz shocks but carat find any were with them in stock!!  . 

 

 

    

 

 

Going on a Europe trip in July so going to need to save for it 

going curborough again in June and need to pay off my insurance  . but will hopefully be running on new shocks and cones before then   S2000 seats will also be fitted soon!. thanks for looking 

[tomb1992]

got some KYB Shocks from Mini Sports. not really in to having adj Suspension so Just went for something Basic for know. very pleased only took 4 days from order to arrive. will be attempting to fit my shocks and Cones next Friday so any tips and info in fitting them would be great? i know shocks are pretty straight forward but not sure what to expect when swapping cones  ?  

 

 

 

Thanks for looking. 

[Minidarren83]

Where has the front panel wing seam gone? Or is that how he fixed it? Just fillered it hope you didn't pay much for the respspray you will be doing it again in a few months

Looks good though like the seats

[tomb1992]

Where has the front panel wing seam gone? Or is that how he fixed it? Just fillered it hope you didn't pay much for the respspray you will be doing it again in a few months

Looks good though like the seats

I used filler when i first got the car Stupidly. but sanded most of it away and showed the guy who was doing the work. he then took it back and seam sealer-ed it i believe  . thanks much appreciated   

[tomb1992]

Been having a think on my wheels this week, also been a bit quite so decided to mess with my old steels.  think i might get them reversed and get them sprayed up a bit was thinking blue and white or blue and Anthracite  and then get some slick race tires for them. need to be test fitted first though  also need a good scrub and sand before i can get them reversed. hopfully get most off the much and rough patches off this week along with the knackered tires    

 

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  Thanks for looking. Tom 

[tomb1992]

back form Egypt and with some progress Finally!

 

Though today did seem to take the P**S  tied to swap my shocks and cones today as they have been sitting around for a while. but only managed to get the rear passenger side done today! as had many issues involving rounded bolts and cones not wanted to move into place! fuel tank put up a fight also  hope the drivers side is a more easy going experience and will take less time. will give it ago tomorrow afternoon if all goes well  also be calling up body shops tomorrow about getting my Honda seats fitted as i have finally got the time and funds to get them fitted properly so will update soon    !

 

 

Thanks for looking . Tom.  

[tomb1992]

Took the mini to a body shop to day to talk about getting my Honda seats fitted taking it down on Wednesday for them to play around with mountings and methods off securely fitting them  might be taking the back loops of the mini seat frames and fitting them to the Honda seats to make fitting easier and use the existing front seat frame holes. in other news i will be doing my drivers side rear suspension tomorrow and hopefully the front shock absorbers if all goes well  . just wish i could make  it to MITP  but always next year! as i say every year haha 

 

Thanks for looking. 

[tomb1992]

New shocks,cones fitted  and painted the rear subframe  !  car know sits a good inch higher so get a bit more wheel clearance and can go full lock with put it rubbing for know.

any one have a rough idea how much the suspension will go down once it settles? 

 

In other news just placed my seats in the passenger side off my car just to get a feel for how it will look when fitted. very surprised as i think their quite well proportioned and not to big  can't wait till there fitted      

 

  

 

    

 

 

Thanks for looking.