QLD MINI Owners [The Usual Suspects]

[Putsy]

Quote: Originally Posted by felixy (original)

but after u guys bought the parts, where did u guys go to do the fitting?

Menace Motorsport, well scolburn79 and minipnut did.

[Minipnut]

well if its simple.. myself. Othewise Putsy is fantastic !

[Minipnut]

Quote: Originally Posted by 07BPB (original)

Ohhh i see now, yeah I thought the STB was some sort of throttle body. Woops.

Id get a Strut Brace but cant cause of my battery box, and I can't be bothered moving it to the boot.

Lol nah from what ive read the Enlarged throttlebodies are more trouble than they are worth, the same with tuned bypass valves. But the STB on the other hand is great, i think it added some response on turn in and it gives me a piece of mind with the strut towers mushrooming.

[felixy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Putsy (original)

Menace Motorsport, well scolburn79 and minipnut did.

Menace Motorsport? where is it?
how much is it to do the fitting like wheels?

[07BPB]

For my wheels and tyres I go to Tyrezone, although I did originally get my wheels from Ozzy Tyres. It is something like $50 for an alignment and $80 for the balance (which includes alignment). And when I did my springs I just went in for a check and they said everything was nearly perfect and charged me less, something like $30.

In regards to fitting all my parts. I have personally done everything (and pride myself on it ), except the painted trim around the car and front grill.

Felixy, what type of mods are you thinking of doing?

[scolburn79]

...That's funny. Have a look under Putsy's user name, you'll find "Menace Motorsport" there!! He doesn't fit tyres to rimms, but he can put rims on the car. But anyone can do it, just don't forget to tighten the nuts up like I did!!! Putsy is awesome and he know his way around these cars very well . I wouldn't take my car anywhere else!!!

I had an enlarged throttle body on mine and I got told to take it off by Jan at RMW. They aren't worth the money.

[felixy]

Quote: Originally Posted by 07BPB (original)

For my wheels and tyres I go to Tyrezone, although I did originally get my wheels from Ozzy Tyres. It is something like $50 for an alignment and $80 for the balance (which includes alignment). And when I did my springs I just went in for a check and they said everything was nearly perfect and charged me less, something like $30.

In regards to fitting all my parts. I have personally done everything (and pride myself on it ), except the painted trim around the car and front grill.

Felixy, what type of mods are you thinking of doing?

actually, I wanna order the R113 Black 18" from genuinemini, then find someone to put rims on the car... btw, u guys using run-flat tyres or jus normal tyres?

[felixy]

Quote: Originally Posted by scolburn79 (original)

...That's funny. Have a look under Putsy's user name, you'll find "Menace Motorsport" there!! He doesn't fit tyres to rimms, but he can put rims on the car. But anyone can do it, just don't forget to tighten the nuts up like I did!!! Putsy is awesome and he know his way around these cars very well . I wouldn't take my car anywhere else!!!

I had an enlarged throttle body on mine and I got told to take it off by Jan at RMW. They aren't worth the money.

sorry mate...my eng is pretty bad... what do u mean by tighten te nuts up sorry ag...

[n5290066]

Quote: Originally Posted by 07BPB (original)

Ohhh i see now, yeah I thought the STB was some sort of throttle body. Woops.

Id get a Strut Brace but cant cause of my battery box, and I can't be bothered moving it to the boot.

Better for corner balancing in the boot though

[scolburn79]

Quote: Originally Posted by felixy (original)

sorry mate...my eng is pretty bad... what do u mean by tighten te nuts up sorry ag...

Dude, that's cool. Anyone can put rims on it is one of the easiest things to do. When I said tighten the nuts I'm talking about the 4 nuts that hold the wheel on. As my car was lower than normal it was hard for me to get my jack under the car, I did it but it wasn't too safe so I jacked up the front just enough to get the wheel off. But in the mad rush I forgot to tighten up the wheel nuts. Luckily enough my wheel didn't fall off and I found it just in time.
All you do is Loosen the wheel nuts, jack the car up, completely undo the wheel nuts and change wheel for wheel unless you get directional tyres. You normally get directional once you go past 16". They have an arrow on the side of them and that is the way you put them on driving forwards.

We all ditch the run flats, they are crap. Make to much noise and are really heavy.

I have the m7 STB, I can't really say too much cause I didn't put it on alone, I also put in a H&R 27mm front sway bar with adjustable end links and in the rear I put in a 25mm Competition sway bar with upper and lower control arms with adjustable end links. When My car goes over a bump my chassis is so stiff that if I go over it on an angle the opposite wheel lift off the floor. I have NO BODY roll at all!!!

[07BPB]

Quote: Originally Posted by scolburn79 (original)

When My car goes over a bump my chassis is so stiff that if I go over it on an angle the opposite wheel lift off the floor. I have NO BODY roll at all!!!

That is great!

You have front camber plates too I presume, if so what make? And second question, what make are your control arms? I have been looking at Alta arms but have heard reviews that some of them make creaking sounds. Leaning more towards H-sport now.

Quote: Originally Posted by n5290066 (original)

Better for corner balancing in the boot though

Hmm. Any ideas on how I can get it back there?

[felixy]

Quote: Originally Posted by scolburn79 (original)

Dude, that's cool. Anyone can put rims on it is one of the easiest things to do. When I said tighten the nuts I'm talking about the 4 nuts that hold the wheel on. As my car was lower than normal it was hard for me to get my jack under the car, I did it but it wasn't too safe so I jacked up the front just enough to get the wheel off. But in the mad rush I forgot to tighten up the wheel nuts. Luckily enough my wheel didn't fall off and I found it just in time.
All you do is Loosen the wheel nuts, jack the car up, completely undo the wheel nuts and change wheel for wheel unless you get directional tyres. You normally get directional once you go past 16". They have an arrow on the side of them and that is the way you put them on driving forwards.

We all ditch the run flats, they are crap. Make to much noise and are really heavy.

I have the m7 STB, I can't really say too much cause I didn't put it on alone, I also put in a H&R 27mm front sway bar with adjustable end links and in the rear I put in a 25mm Competition sway bar with upper and lower control arms with adjustable end links. When My car goes over a bump my chassis is so stiff that if I go over it on an angle the opposite wheel lift off the floor. I have NO BODY roll at all!!!

ic...learnt something here... I'm so afraid that if im driving on the road/highway, and the tyre is flatted or punctured...I have no idea what to do....god...so I use run-flat tyre, at least can still move...

[Minipnut]

A can of tyre goo in the boot, a punture repair kit and an air compressor which all cost about $30 together will get you moving. i ditched the runflats ALONG time ago and im glad i have, the grip level of those tyres were quite dangerous imho and were SOOOOO bad in the wet.

[scolburn79]

Quote: Originally Posted by 07BPB (original)

That is great!

You have front camber plates too I presume, if so what make? And second question, what make are your control arms? I have been looking at Alta arms but have heard reviews that some of them make creaking sounds. Leaning more towards H-sport now.



Hmm. Any ideas on how I can get it back there?

I have front camber plates that came with my coilovers which are BC Coilovers. My rear control arms are Ireland Engineering. I would have liked the H-Sport ones but I got these at an awesome price. I just needed to change the bushings and they were like new.

[felixy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Minipnut (original)

A can of tyre goo in the boot, a punture repair kit and an air compressor which all cost about $30 together will get you moving. i ditched the runflats ALONG time ago and im glad i have, the grip level of those tyres were quite dangerous imho and were SOOOOO bad in the wet.

is there 3 things total? A can of tyre goo, punture repair kit and an air compressor? where can I get it tho? supercheap? sounds pretty easy to fix it... then I could ditch the runflats too...