Kansas City MINI Enthusiasts

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Hopefully the 5-lug carries over to the entire MINI line eventually...

Assuming I don't forget (like last month) I should be there...

So lets say you are lazy (ie: me) and a bit forgetful at times (ie: me). And lets say the form is printed and signed in my car, but I haven't mailed it yet. I can still register I just won't get lunch/shirt right?

Son of a....

Totally forgot about this!

They are 3-piece forged wheels. Custom offset, custom lip depth, etc. Thats about average. $2200 for a full set to the exact spec you want for your car. Compare those to forged BBS, Volk, Work, DPE, etc. and you'll find they are pretty well priced.

Out of my price range for sure, but still.

Found this over on MotoringUnderground. Quite possibly the nicest MINI I've seen when it comes to the right, tasteful mods. http://kristopher.derentz.com/gallery/d/9371-1/IMG_1035.jpg 09 JCW, coilovers, CCW Classics, euro fender trim, Challenge lip, body-colored trim, etc. Simple & clean. Not to...

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Yes, let me know. I'd like to get my hood taken care of, it has a total of about 3 dings that need taken care of and a handful of deep rock chips.

And the verdict is...not faded at all!

Sadly the small dent in my hood was being hidden pretty well by the visual effect of the line, so now it annoys me. Need to get that taken care of...

Minidave wrote:It's OK, you'd just have "ghost stripes"

That's what I want to avoid.

So on my pure silver 06, what are the odds I could remove the bonnet stripes without having the paint faded enough for it to be noticeable? Thoughts?

There is a way to do it but it requires modifying the PHP files themselves which means its hard to upgrade the software. Its also quite a bit of code change last time I checked (for another site).

That being said, right click --> open in a new window might be your best friend.

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...and increased ground clearance.

Does not want. Less wheel gap please, not more.

Found this on another local car site:

Wow they are plastic?! OK....powder coating is out then.

You should be fine with the paint for the most part, sounds like you did it right.

Hmm, I didn't think I was going to like the color-match...but I do. Looks great.

Now then, it will be interesting to see how well it holds up. If it chips badly I would re-strip them and have 'em powdercoated yellow instead. Just a thought.

OK I'll bite here. How are they any more, or less, annoying in clear conditions vs. having your headlights on all the time? (or even DRL?). Now the rear fog light I have..THAT is annoying. I never knew until I was behind my far (wife driving). Its crazy bright and far as I can tell 100% useless. I d...

And why exactly are you looking in the ditches and whatnot? You're supposed to be looking ahead, on the road, and scanning the ditches and sides there - where your fogs don't reach....... What is it with folks and their fog lights? This is the most amazing phenomenon............ Deer Curbs when par...

I second/third/fifth? the Xenon choice. My 06 has them and I love them. I also have fogs, which I also love. Our Xterra has normal headlights and no fogs, I feel like I am driving in the dark when I'm in it. As said, the fogs are useless for frontal visibility but help a lot with the area just in fr...

OK, if you refresh that test board link you should see some updates. Thanks to ddmini for pictures! If you refresh the page it should cycle between 5 different top banner images for now. Ideally we can swap in some new ones from time to time and retire old shots to keep things feeling fresh on the s...

2 days ago saw a GP on 435e around Nall/Roe. Didn't even know we had one in the area.

Yea, I hadn't gotten around to incorporating the site name into it at all yet.

Kind of, most of them were too low-res to be of much use. I started fooling around with a theme but its kind of fallen through the cracks at the moment. :oops: Using a sandbox forum setup on my wifes hosting account here: http://www.feystudios.com/test/ Just to get an idea of what I worked up thus f...