Did my first ever youtube video to get some sounds of the home-made cowl intake I did. Forgive my bad editing skills. You can stop watching after about a 1:20. Thought I chopped enough off Normal driving leaving first stop sign, I got on it a little after the second. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPKl4OpX1HY"]Home made cowl intake for R56 MINI Cooper S - YouTube[/ame]
Well the gremlin made it back to her home garage. Bill ONKY came to $657 however..... They busted my grill from slamming the hood down. Thanks! I mean I had planned on buying a new blacked out grill anyway but.... Did you think I wouldn't notice? #kcco.
Done with Geico for bit. They treated the repair estimate fair, the 16 CM goes in for surgery on the 20th. Of course, they want to dodge and weave over the lost value issue, I will push it, I have nothing but time. The local Sales MINI GSM said to count on 1500-2000 lost value on a trade if I want to go for a new MINI in the next year, one if they detect a repair was done or this little ding shows up on carfax. Estimate is at $3400, with an open supplement, total repaint of the bonnet, new bumper and new clearbra and extras. Love tap.... Don
Dropped the "lifetime" transmission fluid, and replaced with Redline. Actually, original fluid didn't look too bad, but after 114000 miles it needed changed.
I put some Armour All on the rubber (?) weather strip/rain gutter piece that runs round the roof. Not sure what the best dressing is for these rubber and vinyl bits. Any suggestions?
Spent the day washing the MINI in preparation for an application of Gyeon Quartz... It went on easy.... First the wash... Then followed with Gyeon Iron (removes any iron particles embedded in the paint surface). Next up was Gyeon Prep (preps the surface, gets rid of any remaining oils on the surface). Next up was Gyeon Prime Q2 Lastly a coat of Gyeon Cure (sacrificial coating) Did a little sweating as it was in the mid 80's but thankfully the humidity was only 20% today... I've asked mother nature to help with the IR curing process... She is kindly assisting in this effort... Mom's are great aren't they? Did you catch it?
Definitely NOT ArmourAll. I use 303 Protectant...lasts a long time and easy to apply. I use a foam paint brush to apply it.
This is what I use on my Justa's rubber weather strips. https://www.amazon.com/303-30324-Rubber-Seal-Protectant/dp/B00T44D1R2
Looks good today but just wait a few days until it fully cures. After a few days when you wash your car you will be amazed. :ihih:
My car transported my son and myself to do a little car shopping. Now that he is done with school and working so he car afford a nicer car. Originally it was just an exploratory day seeing what he liked. He's not a car guy and wanted another wagon, not an SUV, so he can haul his amps and guitars. The last car we looked at was a 2011 Acura TSX wagon, fully loaded tech package and all, with only 35k mi. The car had been taken care of very well and had a full service history documented. We went back Sunday and talk numbers and got it for $20800 and they gave us $1000 for the just-about-dead Subaru. All that studying pays off and electrical engineering pays well. He is a happy guy. Now I got to teach him how to really take care of it.
Bavsound The guys over at bavsound.com are giving away their stage one speaker kit! Here is the link to get one! https://maitreapp.co/l/770-ac03a6d5