Today's progress pics... (You got them an hour or so ago if you're on my FB)
Smoked eyebrows on the headlights...
Also dis the side markers at the same time, but forgot to take pictures. [emoji17]
Yellow/gold candy pearl on the fog lights...
The beauty of coloring lights with a candy pearl rather than a transparent color coat, is that the light output stays roughly the same brightness and color. [emoji6]
Illuminated pic:
And I shot the brake ducts with a Jet Black base, with a dab of black toner in the clear. (Toning the clear on black makes it look deeper and blacker than just your standard base+clear.) those weren't dry yet for the majority of the reassembly, so they are not shown.
Overall, the look is coming around to where I want it... Then its time for the expensive stuff... Coilovers, wheels, tires, other suspension goodies.
I'll get some daylight pic's tomorrow. [emoji12]
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I knew that when I posted that I would take a raft from all the old farts here.
Eric, I would worry about that 'friend'.
Dick, we do need to get you an the GF together, a 1000 miles is much to far away.
"And I will never say Nice Dick", but I would like to hear it again someday.
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We are talking almost a fluorescent orange with a candy orange/gold pearl...
It will stand out!
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I got bored, noticed it was warmer down at the other house, so I jumped in the porker and headed south. Now its already time to head back.
Oh well got a couple pic's up on skyline drive.
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Yes Skyline drive is the road pictured in the header over on NAM... Some day, MINI5280 needs to recreate that pic.
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Well the roof rack came in... Can we say the quality directly reflects the price on this one!
The aluminum is maybe 1/32 thick! So its not going to hold much. The floor slats sag with just 10 pounds of weight, so I will reenforce that and add some tie downs for a cargo net.
Still it doesn't look bad sitting up there, and its cheapness means its light weight.
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Dont mind my dirt... Thats coming off after I post this. And an oil change (5000 mile) is happening tomorrow.
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See you'er thinking somewhat along the right lines, but our air has more mass because it is filled with some sort of "smoke"...
This makes the thin air (which makes less power) more dense (more resistance placed on the moving object)...
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Long time since the last update... So:
My windshield is screwed... Waiting for one of these rock chips to turn road map any day now.
Had the oil changed at MOL when the reminder came on at 7800 miles.
Also getting a passenger seat weight sensor replaced under warranty... The seatbelt buzzer just goes off randomly with a totally empty seat!
Other than that, no issues to speak of, still averaging 24 MPG, and still love having a daily that can get out of its own way plus haul my crap around. All modification plans are currently on hold, I only need one modified MINI at a time.
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