UPDATE: YAAAS! Thing I forgot to share

"ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability" (italianjobr53) 12/20/2019 at 09:40 • Filed to: None

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Mini is now a French rally car :D

nFamousCJ mentioned that yellow lights will look ‘naughty’ on the Mini, so I bought some laminate film off of Amazon and stuck it on there. There are some air bubbles but the packaging said that they will go away in a couple of days, so i’ll check em again in a bit...

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Mini now has rally lights! (Hella 500 Black magic)

shop-teacher > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 11/23/2019 at 22:20

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Nice!

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 11/24/2019 at 00:31

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Those look awesome!

Also I stopped by the dealer that me e90 came from and he had a blue Cooper S JCW, about the same year as yours. Looked like he was using it as a personal car. Last time I talked to him what when he had a mini that needed to be towed into the shop. It was missing the tow hook so he called me to borrow mine. Lol He said then that he wanted to get a Mini for himself. I’ll have to let him know I might be interested in the blue in when he gets bored. 

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/24/2019 at 01:12

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Haha, these little guys are a whole lotta fun! Get a ride along in it if you can, that will be a good way to know if you want one or now; some people find then too unrefined, some (like me) like the raw-ness :)

Also, just make sure its a 1st gen and as always bug me if you have any questions about them, they are a bit quirky but quite simple to work on

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 11/24/2019 at 01:41

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One of my favorite cars I’ve owned was my 91 Civic hatch. The Mini can’t possibly be less refined than that. And should be a fair bit faster as well

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/24/2019 at 09:05

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It probably is more refined...

Textured Soy Protein > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 12/20/2019 at 09:45

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I fully endorse the yellow film. Now polish up your damn headlights! 

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 12/20/2019 at 09:48

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RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 12/20/2019 at 09:59

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Those look awesome! I have yellow bulbs in my Accent, but have thought about putting some yellow film on the factory fog lights to look something like this:

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Textured Soy Protein 12/20/2019 at 10:01

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Eeh, i’ll probably end up replacing the housing with projector style Halogens next year. They have alot of stone chips in em as well...

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 12/20/2019 at 10:01

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Oooooo that will look quite special!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 12/20/2019 at 10:22

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Not sure if I would have to remove them to fit the film though...you need to take the entire front bumper cover off to do so...

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 12/20/2019 at 10:43

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I think you’ll be able to do it without removing the bumper

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 12/20/2019 at 10:43

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I’ve never worked with film before...is it hard to press all the bubbles out?

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 12/20/2019 at 13:02

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I haven't either, like I said in my post, there are some bubbles in the film right now. Hopefully they will go away

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/02/2020 at 16:41

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So, I checked the film today and I couldn’t see any bubbles! I think the heat from the lamps tend to get rid of them.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 01/02/2020 at 20:50

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Oppo, definitely on my list to try in the Spring then! :D