MINI today? #2

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04-25-2017, 08:35 AM
anandoc

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Originally Posted by djmcgarm3

Had the day off from work and had to choose between yard work and working on the ZHP. The car won. Just picked up the car a few months ago and have sorted the mechanicals. Now turning my attention to aesthetics. I received the parts I needed to refresh the center console so it seemed like a good time to pull the seats and clean the crud off of the carpet from the PO. The before pic does not show it all, but there were ample coffee stains and goo between the tunnel and seats. Came out pretty well with a mini carpet cleaner. As soon as my alcantara boots dry from their sonax bath I will put them in and post the refreshed console. It was killing me driving the car for the last 2 months without doing this. What a relief.

You did a fantastic job with the carpet cleaning! What kind of carpet cleaner did you use? I am planning to do this soon to clean my car off all winter salt and other crud.
04-25-2017, 08:54 AM
704sw

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Originally Posted by slater

nice! staggered?

Yessir! 18x8.5F, 18x9.5R. I'll transfer the PSS over from the 135s and do a proper road force balance hopefully next week.

I'm really excited, always loved CSL style, and they claim to be 19.6 lbs front, 19.8 lbs rear.
04-25-2017, 08:57 AM
slater

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Originally Posted by 704sw

Yessir! 18x8.5F, 18x9.5R. I'll transfer the PSS over from the 135s and do a proper road force balance hopefully next week.

I'm really excited, always loved CSL style, and they claim to be 19.6 lbs front, 19.8 lbs rear.

excellent!!
04-25-2017, 09:50 AM
bandwagn

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Originally Posted by ELCID86

I think I'll let it play out on eBay. Looks like they go for $60-80.

I'm watching - looks good and would replace my OEM dead pedal that's cracked - don't necessarily want to swipe it from a member though
04-25-2017, 10:00 AM
BMWCurves

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Originally Posted by bandwagn

I'm watching - looks good and would replace my OEM dead pedal that's cracked - don't necessarily want to swipe it from a member though

Thems fighting words
04-25-2017, 10:28 AM
bandwagn

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Originally Posted by BMWCurves

Thems fighting words

It's quite the conundrum - I have no qualms driving up the price for some random ebay scalper though
04-25-2017, 11:17 AM
BMWCurves

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Originally Posted by bandwagn

It's quite the conundrum - I have no qualms driving up the price for some random ebay scalper though

Haha, you shouldn't worry about me too much. It's low on my list of priorities currently for what I want done for my car.
04-25-2017, 11:35 AM
djmcgarm3

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Originally Posted by anandoc

You did a fantastic job with the carpet cleaning! What kind of carpet cleaner did you use? I am planning to do this soon to clean my car off all winter salt and other crud.

I started with a can of blue magic stain and spot cleaner I picked up at the auto parts store, then before that dried I used a mini Bissel machine 'Bissel Little Green' with some Bissel cleaning solution from Lowes. I have had the machine for 5-6 years and have used it on about 7 cars over the years. The only time I was unsuccessful with it was when my wife spilled some bright red drink on the tan carpet in her Ford Edge. It sat in the sun all day and by the time I got to it that night there was no getting it out.
04-25-2017, 11:40 AM
Sockethead

I have one of those little machines too... hmmm
04-26-2017, 04:14 PM
Rovert

Changed leaking seal, flushed, filled, bled my jack!

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