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  1. old81

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    #301 old81, Apr 15, 2012
    Really going to need to clean and paint the end-links. :)

    Looking really nice, should be a new MINI for the drive down to MOTD!
     
  2. Nathan

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    #302 Nathan, Apr 15, 2012
    To prevent mushrooming you need an STD

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    Now that first sentence will cause some odd Search Engine results...

    There was a little mushrooming on the passenger side. That has now been beat in to submission. To help prevent a recurrence Craven Speed Strut Tower Defenders are now in place. Picked them up almost a year ago from a Mid-Ohio MINI owner.

    Some may ask, why not the ones where you can use a strut brace too. My car doesn't need the strut brace. There are other braces in play, TSW X-Brace, convertible braces and the ultimate in stiffening, a welded in roll bar. I've tried adding a strut brace before. It added nothing I could feel with all that other bracing in place already.
     
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    #303 Crashton, Apr 15, 2012
    My MINI has a strut brace. I bought it to keep fungus at bay & that it has done. As far as any stiffening benefit, for my money it is a placebo at best. Our cars are pretty stiff little buggers.
     
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    #304 Metalman, Apr 15, 2012
    Hmmmm.....
    What's with the hose "lipping" over the rubber seal? Some new way to bleed the calipers? Close the bonnet and you might affect the brake bias.....
     
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    #305 Nathan, Apr 15, 2012
    It's not a brake line. Just something Chad moved out of the way while the engine is still out of the car.
     
  6. ScottinBend

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    #306 ScottinBend, Apr 15, 2012
    I would have thought the camber plates would have done more to prevent the mushrooming....
     
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    #307 Nathan, Apr 15, 2012
    There are potholes here that could eat Smart Cars.

    It wasn't mushroomed till I moved to Columbus. Was slight and on the passenger side only.
     
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    #308 Crashton, Apr 15, 2012
    Scott I run IE fixed plates & they are beefy. Had I bought & installed them first I's have passed on the strut brace.

    In 100,005 miles of driving on Columbus' fine roads I have yet to shroom a strut tower. I do run tires with actual sidewalls though. :smilewinkgrin:
     
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    #309 ScottinBend, Apr 15, 2012
    I also have the IE adj plates and I agree they are BEEFY. And I have no evidence of mushrooming since installing them. And our roads are probably every bit as bad, as they see some severe winters and summers around here....
     
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    #310 Justa Jim, Apr 15, 2012
    Nope, I would ask, "if you had them, why didn't you put them on BEFORE it mushroomed"? :lol:

    Jim
     
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    #313 Crashton, Apr 15, 2012
    Cool the skull cap is about to be replaced. :Thumbsup:
     
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    #314 Metalman, Apr 15, 2012
    What's the peanut smears doing in there. There's gotta be a samich in there as well.....
     
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    #315 Jason Montague, Apr 16, 2012
    :cornut: I've seen similar looking stuff in a newborn's diaper:lol:This ought'a be a good story.:Thumbsup:

    Jason
     
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    #318 Nathan, Apr 16, 2012
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    Brake Fluid being flushed today. Have been using MOTOL 600 but I've not been doing the track days I once was so went with ATE 200.

    If and when I start up being a track rat again then I'll probably go with the MOTOL again.

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    #320 Dave.0, Apr 16, 2012
    Looking good Nathan. :Thumbsup:
     
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    #322 ScottinBend, Apr 16, 2012
    The valve cover should say something like....

    MINI +3

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    #324 Tüls, Apr 16, 2012
    :postcount
     
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    #325 M^Cubed, Apr 16, 2012
    variation of my name.
     
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    #326 Nathan, Apr 16, 2012
    Hello Chassis...

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    A free rebuild with every Detroit Tuned Valve Cover sticker! Get yours today *** ONLY ~$3500 ***

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    #329 Newbs49, Apr 16, 2012
    SOOOOOO.........

    Who, where, and when is it going to get tuned....................:confused:
     
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