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For sure if you are going to go that way check out on youtube project mini he really explains just about every repair in mini's and he also has a Facebook group called mini diy where you can chat with other mini owners about all this. Just a little something to think about. Good luck

I truly do feel for you. I have a 09 R56 and I had to put a bunch of $ into her, $1700 to have the AC fixed that was a broken Actuator which requires the whole dash to be removed then I had a oil leak around the valve cover but did that one myself for a decent price also had a coolant leak which lead to replacing the radiator and hoses $1500 but other than that I do the oil changes myself I keep up with plugs coil packs and know she runs like a champ. I felt the same as you at first but mine only has 75,000 miles and I refused to give up on a car I absolutely love. So I do hope you hang in there, I would just take it to GT peace if I were you they are great there and you will not regret keeping your mini. And like me I knew purchasing a mini that I would have to put money into it and just accepted it, I hope you do the same. Good luck!!!!

Try looking on the out motoring site I have seen them there and from that point you can apply them yourself which with some patience and time shouldn't be to difficult. If you have a window tinting person you could also have them do the work. Just some ideas. But yeah I have seen the stripes and many different sites and really they are not that pricy.

Congrats on the new mini and she is a beauty I really love that color absolutely gorgeous. Truly hope you enjoy it and I look forward to seeing this beauty on a run. Rims are Epic

So maybe someone can tell me if they think I will have and issues with rims and tires I just got. So oem is 16x6.5 and offset of 48 and current tires are 195/55/16. New rims are 16x7 offset of 45. New tires are 205/50/16. I don't think there would be any rubbing issues but any comments will be greatly appreciated.

I am fairly certain that would be really great and someone would probably need one of those parts. But I would see what Mr Corey would say.

I wish it could be just that but I do have cold air just as long as the car is cold. I have a strong feeling it is a actuator in the dash not allowing the blender door to work properly

Wow looks like a huge job but there is a lot you can do while it's stripped down to this point and get her running like new.

Thank you very much for your input I have had a couple different people tell me it could be those exact same things so I am going to have the mechanic I work with throw his gauges on it and see what numbers we get. I am just hoping it's not something that's going to cost me thousands to fix. Again thank you for your response

So I was hoping someone might have a idea of the issue I am having. My air conditioning will only blow cold air when I first start the car but as soon as I start to drive or accelerate it goes straight to warm. Compressor is working and it is charged with refrigerant. I was thinking a vacuum leak but if anyone can help I would be so grateful