It's technically a Bmw... My daily build.

[MR 325]

Cute car! :p

[JCarp90]

JCW exhaust sounds pretty awesome and it's not too loud. A buddy has one on his Mini he drives daily as well as AutoXs.

[Roysneon]

Cute car! :p

Says Mr.Xb

[FunfGan]

Cute car! :p

JCW exhaust sounds pretty awesome and it's not too loud. A buddy has one on his Mini he drives daily as well as AutoXs.

Cool, I'll check those out! I'm actually looking at getting a JCW wing, I really like the look. Just difficult to find.

Says Mr.Xb

Shots fired

[FunfGan]

So I raised the car 1 1/2" just for inspection, will be going back down afterwords.




Decided to tackled the ugly strut towers and make them look a bit better for the time being. In the coming months, I will be cutting the rest of the cut-up bits out, and welding in a 3"x1" piece of tubing to recreate a new center circle. But this atleast makes them look semi- decent for now.








Trimmed and evened out slightly








Taped up








Done(for now)









Before/ after

[Bglad]

I highly suggest that you invest in some Strut top plates as to not tear these ones out.

I also have a Front strut bar that is off my wifes R52 S that is sitting around if your interested.

[lambo]

heh this is a silly build you got goin here sonny

[FunfGan]

I highly suggest that you invest in some Strut top plates as to not tear these ones out.

I also have a Front strut bar that is off my wifes R52 S that is sitting around if your interested.

Luckily (and quite surprisingly) there strut towers haven't mushroomed. However, there is a VERY small stress fracture on one side, so I will be welding that up.

And I very well might be, I will let you know, thanks!

heh this is a silly build you got goin here sonny

Got a new radiator to FINALLY fix the "no my car isn't on fire" issue I had at stoplights with steam billowing out the front of my car.






Started taking the front apart, figured out there was only about 2 of 6 or so bolts holding the bumper on. Which seems like something I'd do, but it's not my fault this time. Also discovered the bumper has been repainted at some point. Oh well, got the bumper and everything else off.








Remove all this









And you get






Packaging was awesome for the Mishimoto






And a lame picture after I got it in and bled, thanks to Spencer for the help.







Oh and I finally got my Circuit Soul stickers ^_^ They sent me the wrong colorway for the club stickers, but I don't really care.

[FunfGan]

Car is up and running perfectly now, no real updates, other than that it's now for sale :/

[jalopi]

Lol why? Regardless, smart move. Buy a honda or something for a daily... whatever's easiest/cheapest to maintain (read: not a MINI :p)

[lambo]

Worst build thread lol

[Bglad]

+1 vote for worst build thread ever.

[asuj158]

i have an 09 clubman as my daily. looking forward to this build

[Bglad]

i have an 09 clubman as my daily. looking forward to this build

You will surely be disappointed.

[DER E30]

+1 vote for worst build thread ever.

Agreed! At least delete the muffler and give us a driveby!