What did you do with your MINI today?

I parked it today for the first time in a month. Finally got my truck back from my son... Learned though that the MINI needs some work.

 

Dang those Gnatnappers!

 

Is this the longest it has spent in a garage?!

Dave

 

Nah. I had a garage when I lived in TX.

 

Nasty storm coming this way today....

It dropped tennis ball size hail yesterday in the midwest....

I'll be pulling my MINI into the shop if the storm continues to be stupid....:mad5:

 

Come get mine too!!!!!

 

Just stand next to your MINI and smack the hail with a tennis racket.....

But you gotta be fast....

 

Oh well if the hail decides to bash my MINI into golf ball patina so be it. The sky s falling, the sky is falling. Yikes!

 

Now that's a picture!!

 

That's both incredible and freightening. I hope everyone is ok.

 

That picture was from Colorado a few years ago. Not mine, snatched off the web. Yep that picture is a holy shirt moment for sure.

 

I would have been backing up, getting the car in the garage and heading for the basement.

 

I'll give it a shot.

 

Went to see the Jon Favreau movie Chef. (Highly recommend.) Now I have to work on how to make Cubanos. :drool

 

No hail so far , but Mother Nature tried to drown Nathan & I.

 

That's calendar worthy!

 

Yes it is, but it isn't mine. Bad enough I posted it here.

 

Is the guy on the phone with God telling him those are not the twisties I was praying for.

Please make it stop.

 

^^^ That's a laugh out loud one! :lol::lol::lol:

If that was me I'd be finding out what the top speed was! :yesnod:

 

Oh and today I finished sanding my front JCW aero bumper with 2000 and sprayed on the last coat of Chili Red. Whoo Hoo!

Next is more color sanding with 2000 before it gets some clear.

So far the process has been:
Sand with 80
Fill a few deep rock chips and the fix crack in bumper.
Sand with 180
Sand with 320
Spray with filler primer
Let it dry in the sun
Block sand with 320
Wet sand with 400
Spray another coat of filler primer
Sand again with 180 & 320 and wet sand with 400 and 500
Spray Chili Red whoo hoo
Let it dry in the sun for a day and night
Wet sand again with 2000 (3 or 4 times)
Today I sprayed the last 2 coats of Chili Red.
Now it's outside sitting in the Sun baking to a nice even finish then I will bring it inside for the night.
Tomorrow....
You guessed it, more wet sanding with 2000 to get rid of any new orange peel from the last coat of Chili Red.
Then it will be ready for clear!
After that is done, I will install the OEM grills and tape off the bottom and sides to spray the textured black section.

Then I can put it back on the car again and drive!