1990 Mini Cooper Resto & Lows!

[Minuki]

Don't have to change the brakes to run 10's, get some 6x10 or 5x10 wellers and use a inch spacer and they'll fit over the 8.4" set-up, thats how I done mine till I could afford the smaller set-up ha.

Nice work on the subframe man, jealous of your welding skills.

Yeah, I know, but I reeeeeally don't want to run spacers.

Thanks man. I get my dad to do the welding

[RayBoogs]

Don't have to change the brakes to run 10's, get some 6x10 or 5x10 wellers and use a inch spacer and they'll fit over the 8.4" set-up, thats how I done mine till I could afford the smaller set-up ha.

Nice work on the subframe man, jealous of your welding skills.

[Minuki]

Well, I got another good weekend on the Mini, thankfully. I really want this finished for April!

As a part of my college course I've to document the progress of my Mini. So I whipped the cover off and noticed that the right hand inner wing is...well, fucked. I thought it was repairable, but I'd much rather replace the whole thing rather than have a bunch of patches everywhere. Anyone want to guess how much a new inner wing is?....£120! Whilst I'm ordering parts, I'm going to order a new Scuttle panel(Bit that goes below the windscreen) which is another £100. I'll order these at the end of the month when I get paid.

So I stripped some of the paint off my subframe so my dad could weld it and add some strength to it.







And a weld shot..


It's all welded up now and I just have to grind, strip the paint and then put it back together. Shouldn't be too difficult!

And another weld shot...

[Minuki]

F*ck that for a laugh!

Good work, I certainly wouldn't be brave enough to keep going after seeing all the holes! Good luck with it, doesn't look easy

Thanks man. Any Mini is worth saving these days! No matter how bad.

Ha yeah too true. I know its a long way off but what wheels you going to be running? Still thinking the mambas?

Again, depending on if I can afford it, yes. I'd love to run 10's, but I would need to change the brake set up and I can't afford that yet!

nice work man

Thanks dude!

Love it!

Here's mine with my old 2002.

(pics)

Thanks dude. Nice Mini, saw one very similar today.

Not much to update, but I'm going to blast through some stuff tomorrow. Going to make up a few panels and tack them all on, then I'll get my Dad to weld them all up properly.

[Sutton]

Love it!

Here's mine with my old 2002.



I saved mine from being scraped a few years back... Here is pictures form when I got it from the yard.

[CounterKultur]

nice work man

[RayBoogs]

I'd probably run about -1 or 2 degrees. I don't want to go through tyres!



I know man. Just doing body work just now. It'll be done for April

Ha yeah too true. I know its a long way off but what wheels you going to be running? Still thinking the mambas?

[BenKoflach]

F*ck that for a laugh!

Good work, I certainly wouldn't be brave enough to keep going after seeing all the holes! Good luck with it, doesn't look easy

[Minuki]

Nice fair enough, Yeah I'm looking at the -2.0 ones not sure if it will be too much!

I'd probably run about -1 or 2 degrees. I don't want to go through tyres!

This needs moar pics/progress man!!! This time next year?

I know man. Just doing body work just now. It'll be done for April

[Mini 360]

This needs moar pics/progress man!!! This time next year?

[RayBoogs]

Nice fair enough, Yeah I'm looking at the -2.0 ones not sure if it will be too much!

[Minuki]

Got to love minis full of nice/nasty little surprises!

What camber are those bottom arms going to give you?

Will be following this one.

They're standard arms dude. Probably get adjustable ones if I can afford the insurance!

[RayBoogs]

Got to love minis full of nice/nasty little surprises!

What camber are those bottom arms going to give you?

Will be following this one.

[ZUBZ]

send updated pics once panel is sorted, would love to see how he repairs a warped panel....

[Minuki]

I agree, hence my questions about tig or mig. If you weld using the incorrect heat etc you can easily warp the panels. The other factor is a lot of these replacement body parts are not very good quality and warps easier....

Hope you get it sorted mate...

Yeah. It probably wasn't even the welding tbh. I had to grind some of the welds down, so it could have been the heat from the grinder. Either way the panel is a bit warped. My mates been doing body work for years, so i've no doubt that he'll get it sorted!