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[Chris1992]

right, got a few updates coming over the next week or two, but first off, here are some very long overdue photos from my road trip to Le Mans

 

im only going to upload mini related stuff, but the whole album is here if you want to have a gander... http://s1269.photobu...4?sort=3&page=1

 

anyway..

 

 

saw a few other minis 

 

 

 

 

 

here are a few much nicer shots that my mate took with his SLR

 

 

 

 

so, thats Le Mans out the way..... in other news....

 

 

 

 

MY STEELIES ARE BEING BANDED!!!!

 

dropped them off with Banded Wheels Essex last weekend, should ave them back in about a week, cant wait!!! 

 

solenoid is also fixed, but it seems that the timing was what was causing all the misfiring, but anyway, the engine is running sweet as a nut now. i would highly recommend the Durite solenoids over the ones from minispares. the quality is sooooo much better.

 

as for the loud clonking noises, im pretty sure the passenger side ball joints are on their way out. ive got a new set on its way form minispares, but it has yet to arrive. 

 

you may also notice the addition of black and silver plates. i know its naughty, but they look so much better! .... i wont tell anyone if you wont 

Edited by Chris1992, 04 July 2014 - 08:49 AM.

[Ben_O]

what a great car.

 

what steelies are you having banded?

 

Ben

[Chris1992]

what a great car.

 

what steelies are you having banded?

 

Ben

 

thanks a lot mate! 

 

theyre early 13" sprite steelies, started out as 13x4.5 (i think). cost me £80 for the set which i think is pretty good considering theyre pretty hard to come by now... getting them banded to 13x7 with altered backspacing for perfect fitment  . im also getting them sand blasted and powder coated black.

 

heres what they looked like when i dropped them off....

 

Edited by Chris1992, 08 July 2014 - 12:39 PM.

[Ben_O]

can't wait t see those!

[Chris1992]

can't wait t see those!

 

neither can I !!!!! 

[tomb1992]

epic trip!   i'm planning on going to Le mans some time next year. how was it all the way in the mini tho? got a trip next week to Bournemouth and think that's going to be pushing it ha ha noisy 4 gear doing 70-80  . decided on what color your doing the  steels?  

[Chris1992]

epic trip!   i'm planning on going to Le mans some time next year. how was it all the way in the mini tho? got a trip next week to Bournemouth and think that's going to be pushing it ha ha noisy 4 gear doing 70-80  . decided on what color your doing the  steels?  

 

doooo iit!!! definately the highlight of my year  ... well the mini made it all the way there and back again (took about 10 hours driving each way) but it definitely took its toll lol. as soon as i got off the ferry in calais i noticed a few misfires when going up hills. this got worse and worse as the journey went on so spoilt thing a little bit. didnt break down though!!! after limping it back to england i found it was a combination of the solenoid being pretty much toast, and for some reason no gap in the points! got all that sorted and its running nicely now.

 

had more problems though haha, started knocking really badly from the left front. i think the ball joints are on the way out, and ill probably do the bearings as well.... aaaaand, all the weight of me, my dad, and all our crap in the back meant the suspension decided to suddenly lower itself on the way back, turns out one of my bump stops have split, which means i need to raise it up a bit at the front. bye bye epic stance   ... i have big plans for the car though, so it should be back down and lower than before soon 

 

oh yeah, and im having the steelies powder coated black by the guy whos doing the banding to save me a bit of hassle

Edited by Chris1992, 04 July 2014 - 06:30 PM.

[Yams]

Car is looking sweet Chris. Your banded steels sound really interesting. Think you'd be able to PM me the link of the guys who are doing them? (if they have a website)

 

Yams

[Ben_O]

Has anyone else fitted sprite wheels to a mini?

[Chris1992]

Car is looking sweet Chris. Your banded steels sound really interesting. Think you'd be able to PM me the link of the guys who are doing them? (if they have a website)

 

Yams

 

thanks mate, its a guy on facebook that does it called Banded Wheels Essex, he does top notch work.

 

heers the facebook page. hope this works

 

https://www.facebook...lsEssex?fref=ts

 

 

Has anyone else fitted sprite wheels to a mini?

 

not that im aware of! i think a couple of people have put banded 13" rostyle wheels from midgets on, but none like mine. thats one of the reasons i was so keen to do it 

[Chris1992]

picked this up off ebay for £20, really chuffed with it. 

 

genuine 60s/70s springalex works racing wheel. only problem is id doesnt have any tabs to slot into the thing that works the indicators, so i had to improvise a bit lol. ill put some pics up of it on the car later

 

[Ben_O]

Any news on the wheels?

[Chris1992]

Any news on the wheels?

 

yep, apparently they will be done by thursday. im going to pick them up on friday after work, then get the tyres swapped over from my ultralites on saturday. cant wait!!     

Edited by Chris1992, 08 July 2014 - 10:41 PM.

[Chris1992]

so to kill some wheel waiting time... heres a few cheeky pics from Heatwave show, and Matching Green show that i went to over the weekend with some mates

 

 

ignore the oil patch haha

 

 

 

also mixed up my stickers a bit. got rid of all the bloody cliches lol

 

[Ben_O]

What oil Patch??