I’ve done oil change how-to posts before, and there are plenty out there, so I’ll just keep this brief. My oil of choice is Redline 5w30. I’ve done a lot of research as far as oil goes, and I believe this oil perfectly meets all the requirements the Mini needs – particularly the molybdenum. Everything…
After a small debacle of not getting my JCW strut tower brace on time, I finally received and installed my JCW STB today! As luck would have it, it started drizzling as I was installing this piece, so I was a little crabby about everything getting wet. Regardless, it was a straightforward install, especially since MINI USA…
Some under the car pics. Struggling to put miles on the car – I think I’m right around 360 miles, so haven’t changed the oil or filled the tank yet even. Doing a moderate break-in, been WOT a few times, and went to 5k rpms recently. Will continue that until 1000mi, then do somewhat of…
After having the new MINI for about a week now, I can definitely comment that everything feels “tighter” in the suspension (not in the understeering sense). Most likely this is due to brand new bushings all around the suspension compared to my ’08 with nearly 100,000 miles on it. I wouldn’t be surprised if it…
One common complaint about the Craven Dipstick is that it is too hot to touch after the car’s been running. Simple solution: plastidip the handle.
This will probably be one of my most invisible mods lol. I had this done for my evo, and LOVED it. Looks like it’ll look just as clear on black as it did on white. I went to a local clear bra specialty shop here, and the film they used was XPEL Ultimate. This film…
First mod! Cravenspeed Dipstick! I, like many others apparently, have had a difficult time reading the oil dipstick – however, my number one reason for purchasing this dipstick was because I heard the OEM dipstick can actually break – a bit of a nightmare apparently. So, decided to go ahead with this new Cravenspeed dipstick,…
Bought a brand new 2013 MINI Cooper built to order to replace my 2008 MINI Cooper for the 2014 autocross season! The main reason for doing this was to have the car spec’ed exactly the way I wanted it, and particularly so that it could have a chance at being competitive at SOLO. The old…
9/27/2013 signed the papers 9/30/2013 on order Mini Lounge 10/1/2013 Scheduled for Production 10/7 – vehicle is in body shop 10/8 – vehicle is in paint shop, estimated completion today 10/9 – vehicle released to carrier, awaiting transportation to port of exit (awaiting transport) 10/10 – vehicle is being transported to the port of exit…
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