My "other red head" :: 2005 MINI Cooper

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  1. Gearhed

    Gearhed New Member

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    My "other red head" :: 2005 MINI Cooper (2014-07-14 11:06:40)
     
  2. MCS02

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    Nice! And a good color too.
     
  3. Different Computers

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    1st solid red R50 can recall seeing. Very nice!
     
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    Very clean looking Cooper
     
  5. Gearhed

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    Thanks for the comments all. She has a few character marks that are small, but in great shape for 10 years old.
     
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    Nice MINI! :Thumbsup:
     
  7. Different Computers

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    How much of a pain was doing the headliner? Mine is boring light grey and I'm looking at replacing it with some custom fabric.

    And I'm curious if anyone has used a non-knit, non-stretch fabric for a headliner. Intuition tells me anything besides speciality headliner material or a stretch material will be difficult to get down flat over all the curves.
     
  8. Gearhed

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    Headliner was pretty easy, I used this to help www.zippeeshade.com/archives/540

    It's a sunroof repair how to but it goes through all details of headliner removal.

    I looked all over for a patterned headliner material to be "unique" but other than camo, there isn't anything really out on the interweb that's easy to find. I have tried other fabrics in the past and never had any luck with them. I also suggest that you have two people when you go to lay the new headliner down on the shaped cardboard. I used exactly one can of 3M headliner spray to coat the cardboard and a light coat on the material. Cleaning the foam off the cardboard is the only PIA of the project. I used a nylon wire brush from the welding section at Home Depot and my shop vac as I went. That crap is sticky and gets everywhere.
     
  9. Gearhed

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    Bought a scan gauge II mileage unit. Got it mostly as a gadget but am interested in being able to keep tabs on my red head. Anyone have a good mounting location idea?
     

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