MINI today? #2

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10-16-2017, 02:23 PM
danewilson77

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Originally Posted by slater

MFactory is a sponsor here, and they make a great product......well worth the investment... and in my opinion, it's worth doing before a lot of other mods.

+1

Sent from my S8+
10-17-2017, 03:38 AM
slater

saw 0.0ºC on the OBC screen at 6:45AM. scraped the windows on the X3. first frost of the year... barf. i need a warmer climate!
10-17-2017, 04:08 AM
704sw

I ordered a steering guibo, and yellow LED H7 bulbs for the DRLs. I love the yellow GT look, but I’m not 100% convinced I want to paint the reflector bowls just yet. We’ll see once they arrive off the literal slow-boat from China.

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Originally Posted by slater

saw 0.0ºC on the OBC screen at 6:45AM. scraped the windows on the X3. first frost of the year... barf. i need a warmer climate!

I read 5°C this morning. Last week we had highs a hair over 30°C. No wonder everyone’s sick!
10-17-2017, 04:49 AM
nextelbuddy

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Originally Posted by 704sw

I ordered a steering guibo, and yellow LED H7 bulbs for the DRLs. I love the yellow GT look, but I’m not 100% convinced I want to paint the reflector bowls just yet. We’ll see once they arrive off the literal slow-boat from China.

I read 5°C this morning. Last week we had highs a hair over 30°C. No wonder everyone’s sick!

i love the yellow look too!

I only put yellow LED bulbs for Fogs for now.

i just redid my Angel eyes last night. i wired them to only come on with the headlights and coded the stock DRL high beam bulbs on so during the day I get the DRL look i love with the center lights but at night I get my halo angel eyes on all 4 lights.

I may go ahead yellow h7 leds for the DRL as well if I see what yours look like.
10-17-2017, 04:52 AM
nextelbuddy

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Originally Posted by cornercarver

No offense taken.

FWIW I'm a former Mustang owner. Torsen was a popular LSD with the Mustang crowd, and they can be had for a LOT less than $1k (see below.) I don't understand what makes the BMW units so expensive. Torsen is widely regarded as a track-worthy product on cars putting 400+hp to the wheels, so it's not a cheap product.

For reference: http://www.maximummotorsports.com/To...ial-P1456.aspx

difference being there are a lot more mustangs and mustang owners out in the world than bmw owners looking for an LSD option so the price is drastically lower across the board for mustangs from R&D to production which lowers costs to you.
10-17-2017, 05:11 AM
az3579

I may be a bit biased 'bout them yellows... the city lights definitely light up the yellow bowls very nicely.

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2887/...830eee3d_z.jpg Untitled by botond.pal, on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4503/...72f3471a_k.jpg 2017-10-17_09-10-01 by botond.pal, on Flickr
10-17-2017, 05:23 AM
704sw

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Originally Posted by nextelbuddy

I may go ahead yellow h7 leds for the DRL as well if I see what yours look like.

Word, I’ll send pics once they get here.

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Originally Posted by nextelbuddy

difference being there are a lot more mustangs and mustang owners out in the world than bmw owners looking for an LSD option so the price is drastically lower across the board for mustangs from R&D to production which lowers costs to you.

Get out of here with your economics! Pfft acting like economies of scale is a real thing!

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Originally Posted by az3579

I may be a bit biased 'bout them yellows... the city lights definitely light up the yellow bowls very nicely.

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2887/...830eee3d_z.jpg Untitled by botond.pal, on Flickr

Definitely looks good. And I know they’ll look good against le blue, but I’ll go for the bulb-only dry run first. (Grumbling) you stupid sedan guys and your stupid easily opened housings...I hate baking headlights. Hot butyl is messy af.
10-17-2017, 05:38 AM
az3579

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Originally Posted by 704sw

Definitely looks good. And I know they’ll look good against le blue, but I’ll go for the bulb-only dry run first. (Grumbling) you stupid sedan guys and your stupid easily opened housings...I hate baking headlights. Hot butyl is messy af.

You missing-doors folks can't have all the fun with your superior options (LED tails, adaptive headlights, LCM 4.0+ on later cars)... us sedan guys gotta have an edge on something. :p
10-17-2017, 05:58 AM
slater

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Originally Posted by 704sw

I read 5°C this morning. Last week we had highs a hair over 30°C. No wonder everyone’s sick!

dang! that's january weather for you guys. weird.

it's supposed to be near 20ºC for the next 8-10 days... very excited.

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Originally Posted by az3579

You missing-doors folks can't have all the fun with your superior options (LED tails, adaptive headlights, LCM 4.0+ on later cars)... us sedan guys gotta have an edge on something. :p

hey, my X3 has the right number of doors (ahem.... 5 ;)), and adaptive headlights... love them! (and the newer LCM with triple-blink, yay!)
10-17-2017, 06:13 AM
az3579

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Originally Posted by slater

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hey, my X3 has the right number of doors (ahem.... 5 ;)), and adaptive headlights... love them! (and the newer LCM with triple-blink, yay!)

Apples and oranges, bro...