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    Posted: December/01/13 at 3:31pm
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Mitch came over to help me pull the power steering pump (Mitch - I found and printed a pictorial "how to"...) and I saw the new BBS wheels.  They look really cool, and the tires are HUGE.  The wheels are 3-piece wheels, and while cool, are a BEACH to clean!  Still - light and really strong.  Good stuff.
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Few more shots of the wheels:
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How about a CLOSE UP so folk can count all the tiny little brake dust collectors?
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Yeeeeoowwwww!  Those are very cool wheels Thumbs Up    Love the 'faces' on both of the MINIs too!
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The wheels do look very good, but I would hate to clean them.

How do you tie the bow of the kayak?  To what?


I wish there was a local MINI Dealership, like our Honda, Subaru, Mazada and VW.
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Sweet! How long have you had the "s" hood on the car Mitch? Did I just miss that for eternity?!?!
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Thanks. Stephen, I had to go way under to find an attachment point. Martin, if you remember Eddie with the tricked out green "s" that left the country a few years back, he had an extra "s" hood laying around and gave it to me so I had it painted and threw it on.
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Thanks Mitch!

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Looks great Mitch.
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I can't believe I missed noticing the S bonnet!  Looks great! Was it a perfect fit (swap) for the Cooper one?
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It fit with no problems. You do have to move both headlights and align them.
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I don't recall seeing that kayak in the accessories section of the MINI brochure.

Even worse, I've not yet spotted the MINI underneath either.
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The MINI under it is driven mainly by my wife so you should see it puttering around Covington.  Of course I haven't bumped into you in either MINI in quite awhile.  Where you been keeping yourself?
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I have the same commute that you know.  When I head for groceries and such, MINI usually morphs into an old pickup that needs some exercise.
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