MotoringFile Garage Night

Is there supposed to be any info here or just some snapshots?

Wow…! Home grown MINI enthusiasm…! I like! haha… I undertook a project recently to install an aftermarket xenon kit on my ’02 MC… all was sweet until AFTER i had drilled a spot to secure the ballasts that i discovered that the bulbs that came with the xenon kit were too long and consequently did not fit… I was wondering if anyone had successfully installed an aftermarket xenon kit, and if so, how they got around the problem of the bulbs being too long…? Cheers…!

Or maybe you are installing a new bypass valve?

My girlfriend (JerseyGirl/BagLady) has an extra deep two car garage and we have little “service gatherings” a few times a year.

I recently installed a Moss MINI SSK (extension type) and rear lower control arms on a friend’s JCW. My first time installing LCA’s, but the 3rd time installing a SSK (other two were Helix’s).

Side note: the Helix extension is longer than the Moss and makes a more dramatic difference in the shifter throw.

A few other friends have expressed interest in getting the Helix SSK, so I may do them all at once. A “SSK Party” if you will.

Is this article advocating the consumption of alchoholic beverages with mechanical alterations to a motor vehicle. How very irresponsible. Ahem.

In fact, Greg/onasled is hacking apart my car next week and putting in the H-Sport comp rear sway bar and H-Sport springs.

“No, I believe sitting on the engine would be the always popular Three Flloyds.”

Fantastic! Good beer and car fixin’ always are a good time!

Guinness for STRENGTH!

Hey remember a few important things about Guinness: 1. Puts hair on your chest ( a good thing) 2. Has less calories than most light beers…(126 in a serving) 3. Has more vitamins and minerals than most other beers 4. A Guiness a day keeps the doctor away!!

Cheers all and have a pint

Jono

There is a sandwich and asprin in every beer.

The only “mod” I’ve done so far is putting on headlight protection film. Given how curvy the headlights are on the MINI, I guess that’s not such a small task. I did the headlights, fog lights and front indicator lamps.

Squeegee one area … Watch other area raise back up … Squeegee the other area … Watch in horror as yet another area raises up … finally get film to lay flat and realise it’s not quite aligned with the contour around the washer jets … Get out spray bottle and start over.

Jono,

There’s no foam on my intercooler. That’s not me or my car that you are looking at. (I’m the one laying on the ground) That’s Tony with his Alta Air diverter. He’s actually standing there thinking about what else he can make blue in his engine compartment, after he installed the catch can. (he already has blue wires, blue tubing, blue Alta filter, and numerous other blue bits).

http://www.altaminiperformance.com/products/icdiverter/ICDIVERT.html

As far as the dynamat goes, I did it mainly to add some padding around the door panel so it wouldn’t vibrate. Basically it’s the HK speaker buzz fix but with Dynamat. Not much dynamat on the door frame really. Just a couple of odd squares that I had once I was done going around the edge of the speaker and the edge of the door. I notice a bit of a difference, but not a whole lot. I think my main vibration problem is somewhere in the rear panel and maybe in the B pillar. I have to do some more investigating.

– Jay

Is this article advocating the consumption of alchoholic beverages with mechanical alterations to a motor vehicle. How very irresponsible. Ahem.

“ADVOCATING”? NEVER! Not everyone was wrenching, some were off cooking the burgers. And doing a good job, Steve.

OFF TOPIC: As far as the dynamat goes, I did it mainly to add some padding around the door panel so it wouldn’t vibrate. Basically it’s the HK speaker buzz fix but with Dynamat.

“The HK speaker buzz” ?!? What’s that? Am I about to spend $550 in my ’05 MC to hear “speaker buzz”? Can someone fill me in on how common a problem this is? Thanks.

Wish I could have made the garage night.. maybe next time.