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Untitled by joa kwin, on Flickr

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trans cooler mount by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

Untitled by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

 

Untitled by joa kwin, on Flickr

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mini wheel 13x6 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

mini rim 13x6 gloss black by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

 

new rims,

 

and I painted them gloss black to remove the purple line on the loop

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mini wheels 2 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

mini wheels 3 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

mini wheels by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

new 13x6's with 165/60/13 tires mounted and balanced this morning

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tow hook by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

 

37196142_10156464975111684_3232872882140872704_n by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

1 inch thick alloy for the tow hook

 

37272276_10156467741096684_5819130539424088064_n by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

the mock up subframe to build some new taller lower coilover mounts

my mock up subframe has hi-lo's and miniastic fast road coil springs

and upgraded arms

 

37152852_10156465411706684_776981256251375616_n by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

165/60/13 tyres mounted on some 13x6 rims, I lifted the suspension up to the point it started to lift the car off my jack stands

the gap between the tyre and the fender is 1.5 inches

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coilover mount front by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

left front suspension 

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outside in the sun by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

mini outside 

 

radiator mount 2 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

radiator mounted 

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video-1536969967 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

 

side exit exhaust in front of the right rear wheel 

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Jet Milling Machine by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

new to me toy I picked up 

 

dash 3 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

I started to build the new dash for the mini

 

switch pod 1 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

switch pod 2 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

del sol switch pod im building to hold the stock switches

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harley davidson mirrors i fitted to the door

 

mirror by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

mini mirror right side by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

I welded 1/4 inch nuts to the door skin, the base plate I made out of aluminum, (not pictured) but im using allen head bolts 

 

mini on new wheels by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

 

mini outside with all the same size wheels and tires on it, those are the 165/60/13's

the side wall looks huge on them vs the old 175/50/13's

 

led spot lights by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

led spot lights I picked up a pair to use, plan to mount them behind the clubby grill, them suckers put out some huge light

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headlights by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

mini has lights now,

 

 

spent Saturday wiring up all the lights on the car, front and back

 

 

I have to order a rear fog light and a new set up for my plate lights, but the wiring is in place for those whenever I get them

 

and I ordered a new clear turn signal cover

Edited by joakwin, 14 October 2018 - 07:56 PM.

[joakwin]

boot hinges by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

boot hinges 2 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

I started to build some internal boot hinges

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mk1 mmetro floor mat by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

 

mini is going to get a vehicle inspection for the motor swap at the local AZ MVD,

 

so I put the carpet on the floor in and my mk1 metro floor mats 

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crank pulley by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

crank pulley gave up the ghost, so I had to call up the crank pulley from my itb d16 motor

 

 

mini rear by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

 

temp tag on the car,

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exhaust painted by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

new exhaust again, the old one was way to loud, so this time I rebuilt it but used smaller dia pipe in hopes to quiet it down