What did you do with your MINI today?

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  1. 00Mini

    00Mini Well-Known Member

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    Possibly……but one that is offering a solution to your imposed dilemma. :)
     
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    Today was part 3 of Clubman maintenance..

    I replaced the rear swaybar bushings and end links.
    It was a bunch of work because the bushings bolts are hard to get to and hard to line up afterwards.
    The end links werent too bad, but I needed a super skinny wrench (which I fortunately had) to keep the part from spinning as I was loosening and tightening the nuts

    Hopefully that is the end of the maintenance till winter when I need to replace the aged-out snow tires.

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    ? Injectors
     
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    I was freaking out
     
  5. 00Mini

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    It’s always rewarding when a game plan come together and is completed successfully.
     
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    I have found that theirs's never an end to a game plan. It just keeps going on and on.
     
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    So true!!!
     
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    Will you need bigger fuel injectors for the bigger turbo? I don’t remember what size injectors the R57 has.
     
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    ? I didn’t go with the Borg I went with another and the boost will be 30% more than stock and I’m chipped and tuned already for this plug and play…
     

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    Today was a Chicago MINI Motoring Club drive up Sheridan Road, which is a nice twisty (for Chicagoland) road along Lake Michigan and past some of the most expensive houses in the area.

    We had about 22 cars participating.. a large pothole damaged one participants tire on the way to the event and bent a rim of another participant (but it still held air pressure)
    Because we started at one of the local dealerships, they were able to get him a new tire and he was able to meet us at our final lunch stop.

    Here is a link to more pictures
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    That must have been one nasty pothole. Looked like a nice group gathering and drive … and as always great photos of the event.
     
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    I was checking on the wife's car for when the next maintenance is due. It shows that the last maintenance was done some 600 days ago her little more than that I guess. Anyway so I pulled the records and find out the last maintenance was done April 22, 2022. During that time till now we put 350 miles on the car. I know that Mercedes has scheduled maintenance on time and not necessarily miles but with only 350 miles on the last service I don't think I would have it done yet.
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    That is a beautiful car!!!
     
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    Very sharp ride.
     
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    I had the windshield replaced, painted the mismatched rim and put the black out belt liner back on. Also today I ordered some Dr color Match and a new JCW grill badge. It should be up for sale soon.
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    Someone will be getting a fun ride.
     
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    Road trip to Iowa to help my son and his fiance move to a new home

    No matter how long the trip, we always seem to fill the car up..
    Luggage for 3 people for the weekend plus extra packing boxes, chairs and a load of styrofoam to go to the recycle center on the way.

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    Sunset over the I-80 worlds largest truck stop

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    So been doing rear brakes all weekend because waiting on new parts had a frozen piston on rear passenger side for I don’t know how long lol! Should be done Monday because tomorrow is a rest! Lol
     

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    Replaced front pads with same G-loc
    GS-1 ones yesterday. The rear ones
    still have quite a bit of life left.
    Didn’t replace the rotors this time
    as they measured 21.6 mm.
    The Zimmerman (not slotted, not
    drilled) rotors and the GS-1 pads
    make for pretty low rotor wear,
    and the surfaces had minimal
    grooving. The stock rotors with
    the stock pads eat up the rotors
    much faster and don’t last for 2
    sets of pads.
     
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    Ahhh today’s venture led to a bent rim due to Damm Pot Hole! Then a purchase of a single rim for $390… it’s only money says the mini owner
     

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