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  1. Doing a little more spring cleaning. I have a set of sport suspension coilovers and rear sway bar. If you have a Cooper or Cooper S with the base suspension with will be a nice bump up in handling. Coilover only have 20k miles on them so plenty of life on them. 
     

    All for $125 or$100 if you just want the coilovers. 45463D8C-4024-4564-9222-9CF3C396DBC5.jpeg

  2. Doing some spring cleaning. I have a set of 17” challenge cross wheels. One wheel has been refinished still in the box (had to replace the vent one) the other three have some crib rash on the lips (like that when I bought them) could be easily refinished or used as is. Those there also have TPMS installed. 
     

    I was going to have them powder coated black for my summers, but have decided to go with a lighter option. 
     

    these will fit any gen 1 or 2 minis. Sorry not countryman or paceman. 
     

    $400 for the set and TPMS sensors. 9A942F5C-1135-4075-A1DB-A16694A6BC62.jpeg7BEA938A-7576-4D2F-8364-9D1FA4F37916.jpeg89DBD66E-7781-4E82-B4AD-FCE399932D28.jpeg591ADA48-F166-48FF-B220-3B35078BF7FE.jpeg

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  3. Event Title: [CANCELLED]The Home Alone Run

    Event Date: 04/30/2022 10:00 AM to 04/30/2022 01:00 PM

    Event Address: 15315 Washington St, Haymarket, VA, 20169

    April is often a quite month for DCMM as many of our run leaders are doing final prep and heading down to the Tail of the Dragon. Well @DavidJCW has decided to embrace his inner Kevin McCallister and see what mischief he can come up with. He has put together a great scenic drive that travels some of the best twisties in NW Virginia. The Run will start in Haymarket and cruise out the Luray to grab lunch. This will be an out and find your own way back run. From Luray there are great routes to come back to home for you. Those heading more north will be at the start of skyline drive just to give one example. 

     

    Schedule:

    1015 - Drives Meeting

    1030 - Wheel up

    1200 - arrive in Luray.

     

    Come out and give your MINI a good shack down as you prepare for MINIs Take The States.

    RSVP on the event here: 

  4. On 4/8/2022 at 12:47 PM, SneakyBaron said:

    Two trips but 30 security cameras, their accessories, and the server.

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    Someone played some Tetris in there life. I see your coupe load, and raise you a quickjack setup. Lol I found out my packet made 6th gear not an option 6FA4545D-510A-4E0B-A715-FFEC9DCE3DCA.jpeg

  5. On 3/6/2022 at 9:38 PM, Bean said:

    The sport stripe on my Mini has seen better days. It has what looks like dark tree sap in several noticeable places. I gave it a good wash today and it had no effect on the appearance. Still splotchy. I am looking to invest in new stripes. (It also bothers me that I have gray stripes on the hood and black stripes on the roof. eh.)

    Trying to decide between the full-length sport stripe again or bonnet stripes. Not sure regular bonnet stripes would look good with all the roof and rear-end real estate my car has (F55). I'd also like to keep the subdued blackjack theme going on. Any recommendations for design ideas and places to get stripes is greatly appreciated. Husband used to own a vehicle wrap business in NC, so we could design it ourselves if someone has a creative idea, but we no longer have the vinyl or large format printer, of course. (You can't see it in this photo.)

     

    I think you could go either way the sun roof breaks up the roof so you would not be left with a blank white canvas. You may want to do something with the boot as it does create a pretty large blank surface, you could do just boot and bonnet stripes. I also like the look of an asymmetrical graphic on the boot coming from one side to the middle, it avoid the tramp stamp feel or a center graphic, in my opinion. 

     

    I always appreciate when someone has graphic that are unique. I am sure you would all love to hear you thoughts and thing you are thinking of incorporating.  

     

    If you are thinking of printed graphics, especially because you husband can install, reach out to local sign shops you can get a better price on just the print job then the car wrapping places. If you are looking for just cut stripes/graphics there are a few folks we can point you to with larger format cutters.

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  6. Today was a few interior projects, first was tucking all the wires for the Midland radio. Not a lot of work just planning the best routing behind panels I could easily remove and remembering where the hidden screws and clips are. Many of the panels overlap so you may have to remove 4 to remove the one you want. no boot full of wires anymore. 

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    Second project was the door cards and dash accents. The door cards were the piano black, and I had dash accents that I had wrapped with the street map of London (one of may first vinyl projects) and I was ready to change it up. here was the before:

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    I found a set of the faux carbon fiber dash insert and door cards on one of my junkyard scavanger hunts. I figure they are worth a try with the carbon fiber accents already on the car. I can pretty much pull an interior blind folded at this point or parked in front of a cabin in the woods with some help from @SneakyBaron (everyone should really go to the dragon at least once). Well after 30 minutes this is the result. I am pretty happy with it.

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  7. Most people do not regret moving from stock as long as they don’t by Amazon specially and understand the expectation of a performance suspension (I.e normal driving will be a much stiffer ride). 
     

    as for Gen3 specifically you are kind of a the front of the curve for modification. I know @twakefield have done some sespension mods to his Gen3 hopefully he can weigh in. 
     

    I recently to Koni yellows and I am very happy, but I was looking for a performance strut with adjustable dampening while not interested in ride height adjustment. I already had the OEM up graded JCW suspension so I retained the stiffer OEM springs. I additional changed to fixed -1.5 camber top plates in the front. 
     

    @MELO-R56 has used raceland or bc and is currently on Running KW I believe hopefully he can weigh in on the pro and cons of those  

     

    OEM JCW upgrade are bilstein b12 on the gen2 I believe, I ran those for serval year and really enjoyed those.

     

    KW is the band used by the JCW racing team, in The TCA series. The big thing with there product is know what you are going to use often folks buy the KW3 with all the bells and whistles when they could have saved a lot of money with the 1 or 2 variant. 
     

    lastly have you upgraded the rear sway bar yet? Likely your biggest suspension performance complaint at the moment is understeer (“tight for those using NASCAR terms). This is best addressed with a larger rear sway bar. Quality one are around $500 and will have a big change on handling. 
     

    most people say this is the biggest change behind maybe quality non-run flats. 
     

    all just my opinion, hope this helps

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  8. 2 hours ago, Egadd said:

    GTPeace is telling me the discount is only 10% on labor, not parts. I just need the engine mounts replaced with stock parts, so I'd expect it to fall under "nonperformance parts". Has anyone else used the GT Peace discount recently?

    Its been a bit, I will reach out from the club to clarify. It has been a while (pre-covid) that we last clarified.

  9. 21 hours ago, DavidJCW said:

    Helps to have a 2 way radio also.

    good point David, they are very helpful to give you situational awareness during the drive. Do not feel like you need to run out and buy one though, we always have extras you can borrow on your first few runs while you are figuring out that this is an awesome time.

     

    Also with a radio you will get to hear the calm direction calls from @Brandy_Brown

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  10. Event Title: External event: NCC BMWCAA Novice School

    Event Date: 04/09/2022 08:00 AM to 04/09/2022 04:00 PM

    Event Address:

    Registration has opened for NCC's one and only 2022 Novice School session. This is a great opportunity for new participants to learn more about the motorsport. I hope to see other MINIs out there. Please reach out if you have any questions! More details below:

     

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    Want to know what autocross is all about? Always wanted to come to an event, but didn't want to jump right in? Been to an event or 2 and want to learn the basics? Come out to the NCC Autocross 2022 Novice School!

     

    This is the One and Only NCC Autocross School for the 2022 Season.

     

    Autocross is a safe, low-speed motorsport where competitors drive against the clock to turn in the best times as they navigate a driving course defined by orange parking cones in a large, open lot. Our NCC Autocross school is the best way for new and budding autocross participants to learn more about autocross and improve their driving performance through in-car instruction by some of the best instructors in the Washington DC area.

     

    Sessions will include a variety of topics to help novice participants better understand what goes on in a day of autocross, and what they will likely be seeing and hearing around them as they participate in the motorsport. Instruction will provide guidance on how to prepare both the car and driver for autocross, how to register, tech inspect, work a course, and safety topics will get you up to speed with the day-of operations for participating in autocross.

     

    The morning will consist of drills, exercises, and instruction.  The afternoon will be a model of a regular autocross event, including a full autocross course. There is no better way to get started in autocross than with the NCC Autocross school.

     

    Register now as space in our schools are limited to ensure small class groups and personalized instruction.

     

    Cost: $100

     

    Register here: https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/2022-ncc-autocross-novice-school-summit-point-raceway-washington-bmw-cca-630118

     

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    RSVP on the event here: 

  11. On 3/4/2022 at 11:36 AM, STXMINI said:

    From MOTD Yesterday:

     

    Per Fontana, they currently have
    8 Queen/Queen rooms
    6 cabins (2 and 3 bedrooms)
    Just need to call 800-849-2258 and say you’re with MINI’s.
     
    If you still need a room/cabin and want to stay at Fontana where all of the activities take place, I'd give them a call today to see if any are still available.

    This is the perfect time to get a room if you are thinking about it, before the pandemic created a break in the event it was a multi-year wait to get a room/cabin. This happen because people with a room have two weeks after the event ends to reserve their room for the next year, then what left goes to the wait list. So in the normal cycle only a small room if any come available.

     

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  12. 2 hours ago, maureenthecute said:

    Never done one of these before! How does it work? Excited to be a mini owner again!!! 

    Very easy just rsvp for the event, meet up at the start point. We will give a drivers meeting that covers the run rules. 
     

    really all you need to do is follow the MINI ahead and enjoy the drive. 
     

    please let me know if we can answer any specific concerns we can answer. 
     

  13. Event Title: Crack Pie Run

    Event Date: 05/21/2022 12:00 AM

    Event Address: 8350 Pinecliff Park Rd, Fredrick, MD

    For those of you that have done the Crack Pie run before, Brandy is Jones'n for some PIE so it is coming back!!! Great roads, a couple covered bridges, and PIE what more could you want.

     

    Start location: Pinecliff Park, 8350 Pinecliff Park Rd Fredrick, MD

    End location: Catoctin Mountain Orchard, 15036 North Franklinville Road Thurmont, MD 21788

     

    Schedule

    10:00am Driver's meeting

    10:30am Wheels up

    12:00pm Catoctin Orchard Market

    RSVP on the event here: 

  14. Susan, Sorry to here. At least the only got the mirror and not any body work. Any mechanics shop can replace the mirror since no body work is required. Not to sound like a broken record, but GTPeace is a good place to call. Sorry, I forgot exactly where you are their shop is in Chantilly. 

     

    They can order the replacement and install. I am pretty sure the will just need to pop the interior door panel and undo the bolt that holds the mirror housing on. I have not been in the inner workings of a Gen3 yet. All-in I would guess under $500 depends on the cost of the replacement part.

     

    Unfortunately Gen3's are not in the pick a parts yet, or we could pull you a replacement.

    DO you have heated mirror, I thing thats whats hanging, but wanted to confirm

  15. On 2/17/2022 at 12:30 PM, DavidJCW said:

    New bonnet stripes delivered from House of Grafix!  Any recommendations or tips for installing?  Any body want to lend a hand?

     

    I have a 2016 Cooper JCW.

     

    Super excited to get these on Sluggo!

    David, Talk to me about it at the run. I have been a little vinyl around the club and will gladly help out.  -Corey

  16. Here are the GXP files for the route this year.

    12 hours ago, scottt said:

    If it's as windy and cold tomorrow as it was today, is there an alternative lunch spot?

     

    Thx!

    There is not, unfortunately

    9 hours ago, MINIFIED said:

    Ugh - last time I looked the lunch spot was TBD .. just now realized it's BYOPL .. might have to find some place to stop before we get to the park .. 

    there are few stops just up the road, I can let you know at the drivers meeting

     

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