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04-21-2004, 01:19 AM
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Location: Texas
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Great car... 
Mini's are awesome. Great fun. The orginal go-cart 
Learned to drive in one 
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04-22-2004, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by oscargarza88
and hows the clutch doing?no probs?
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It managed to get back from derby to my home in dorset (about 200 miles) No probs as of yet but i better not speak too soon i'm going back to uni on sunday!!
Anyway thanks for everyones nice comments
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04-22-2004, 07:41 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: The Netherlands
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Great car!
The original Mini was for both my mum and dad their first car and for years we had several as a second car for my mum. They're such fun!
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04-29-2004, 02:01 PM
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Location: TX
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Nice car! I bet the angel eyes will scare little kids at night...
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04-29-2004, 09:39 PM
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BMW angel eyes nice
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05-15-2004, 05:01 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Omg you do rally with this ?
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05-15-2004, 05:07 PM
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Location: New York City/Haverford, PA
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Love the angel eyes.
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05-15-2004, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul_e
Omg you do rally with this ?
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No i wouldn't want to hurt my baby!! i'm trying to get it in pretty much perfect condition, if i ever was going to do any sort of motorsport i would buy an old race/ rally car as they are worth significantly less to most people once they have been raced/ abused mine only has 35,000 miles on the clock and i want to keep it in good condition for the long motorway journeys between uni and home
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05-15-2004, 06:38 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Puebla
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nice car, it has a certain charisma that the new one lacks.
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05-15-2004, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by jorge
nice car, it has a certain charisma that the new one lacks.
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Spot on you clearly understand what Minis are really about Thanks 8)
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05-15-2004, 06:55 PM
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wheels dont fit too small? maybe 2in bigger? or not plastic?
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05-15-2004, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by ViperKiller
wheels dont fit too small? maybe 2in bigger? or not plastic?
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They fit trust me or it wouldn't drive or steer!!!  
Don't really understand what your asking the wheels are standard 12 inch size, if you fit 13 inch ones to my car you have to reprofile the arches and as for 14 inch they are even more difficult to fit. BTW the earlier minis had 10 inch wheels!!
Though alloys are next on my list i'm gonna keep them the same size for ease of fitment
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05-16-2004, 08:22 AM
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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hehe. I used to love Minis. I still like them, but I don't love them anymore. Yours is very clean indeed. Nice job with the tasteful mods!
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05-16-2004, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by AL123
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Originally Posted by ViperKiller
wheels dont fit too small? maybe 2in bigger? or not plastic?
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They fit trust me or it wouldn't drive or steer!!!
Don't really understand what your asking the wheels are standard 12 inch size, if you fit 13 inch ones to my car you have to reprofile the arches and as for 14 inch they are even more difficult to fit. BTW the earlier minis had 10 inch wheels!!
Though alloys are next on my list i'm gonna keep them the same size for ease of fitment |
U gotta whack some minnilights on there, they arnt to expensive either i dont think.
Cant you put the cooper arches on it and wit the bigger rims that way?
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05-16-2004, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by coombsie66
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Originally Posted by AL123
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Originally Posted by ViperKiller
wheels dont fit too small? maybe 2in bigger? or not plastic?
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They fit trust me or it wouldn't drive or steer!!!
Don't really understand what your asking the wheels are standard 12 inch size, if you fit 13 inch ones to my car you have to reprofile the arches and as for 14 inch they are even more difficult to fit. BTW the earlier minis had 10 inch wheels!!
Though alloys are next on my list i'm gonna keep them the same size for ease of fitment |
U gotta whack some minnilights on there, they arnt to expensive either i dont think.
Cant you put the cooper arches on it and wit the bigger rims that way? |
I'm gonna get some minilite alloys probably this summer they're about £300 including tyres so not to bad. The problem is with bigger wheel/ tyre combos are that they tend to rub on hard lock meaning you need to take material off or just remember not to turn to full lock Also 13+ inch wheels tend to screw up the handling if not set up properly and you should really uprate the suspension to cope with the extra weight. At this point its all getting a bit expensive and time consuming so i decided to stay with the same size wheels and maybe lower the car to improve the looks. Though i don't want to make the ride any harsher than it is currently!!
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