Irish Mini Owners Club

Very good Billy, Ya I understand where they are coming from. They are losing out alright. The guy I went to here is on the Dublin road on the city side of Limerick. He has a few Morris' himself and is a classic car enthusiast so knew what he was doing.....where to jack etc.....always good to have so...

They the Ziex's or Sinceras Billy ? Got mine fitted and balanced and the tracking done for €50....€5 a tyre and €30 for tracking.

Not much of a difference in price there Billy.....and they are delivered straight to your door.

A small place in Cratloe out towards Shannon. They are shutting down the end of the month and liquidating stock. A friend of mine works there and spotted them in stock and got a good price for me. Dont know if they have any in stock but could possibly order them ?

Ok.....the falken Ziex's work out at €55 each and €30 for fitting balancing etc....no valves. So thats €250 all up. put the GT radials on for €200 all up and am not happy with the grip. Happy enough with the price. Any better deals out there guys ?

Local tyre place Billy.

Any better deals out there ?

Cheers guys. About 30 to fit and balance Bert I guess......

While you are at it and have it apart you might as well do all 8.....in my opinion. Have to do mine soon and those are the seals I got from Somerford so In hope they are right.

Hi Guys, Having problems sourcing good 145/70/12's for the Mini as the GT radials I have on it are nearing their death. There seems to be a deal on Falken Ziex tyres 165/60/12 all around at the minute at €50 a pop. Will they fit the 12x5 cooper alloys ? If not does anyone have a line on good 145's ?...

maxi wrote:Just off Camden street earlier.




hope he didnt get clamped, the clampers up that way are like ninjas

Like the lettering. Nice little dent on the left of the bootlamp

joeyfinneran wrote:seen two minis today coming home from mtm
both not i mtm
one at molls gay 01 tathi blue coopersport
other one didn't get reg seen in limerick city

Was it Red or Grey/Black by any chance ? The one in Limerick I mean.

StanO'Toole wrote:He was on one or two runs.... Nice Mini, and them Sidewalk interiors are few to none

I have two of those interiors hahaha

All cars should really be serviced regularly anyway but most Mini owners I know like to service the car more regularly just for peace of mind and to keep their pride and joy up to top standard. :D The parts for Minis arent that expensive really and a regular oil/oil filter/Air filter/Fanbelt/ Spark ...

The Minitec's do have the stretched front nose alright. Have ye seen the AWD kit they do ??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swUBxUFDJVg

minis24se7en wrote:.

Just out of interest what colour is the roof?
White hides a lot and any remaining little blemishes won't really be noticed, where as black and darker colours show up every thing .

Its charcoal grey.....almost black

Anyone have any experience with roof repairs. I came out of Dunnes last night to find my roof and bonnet flattened......was only in the store 20 minutes. Security have the incident on very clear cctv and pictures of the damage done and suspect. I managed to push the roof out some bit and will take o...

Would handing over the keys not constitute permission ?

When I crashed my Austin 1000 I was gonna put a flip front on it. Was gonna buy both a clubbie front and a roundnose as the inner wings wouldnt have made a massive difference to the flip fronts. If you got a project shell with the entire front end removed....the world is your oyster.

My Spi , filled to the brim to the point where it started to chug did 38.73 mpg last year. 230 miles on 27 litres. Worked out at 17.5 cent a mile @ roughly 1.49 a litre. *edit......that was motorway driving to Dublin and then about 6 hours of city traffic, before heading back down the motorway towar...

the front is the worst part: i think clubman's can look quite well if they emulate the look of the classic dodge charger, with recessed grill and all round scoop. agree with CLUBMANGT, there's a lot of work there. http://image.automotive.com/f/featuredvehicles/10743376+pheader/hrdp_0301_03_z+1969_c...

I had a similar problem alright, running rich, idling very fast all the time.......I would accelerate.....no power and the car would stall. Wouldnt start then, as if it was flooded. Worked itself out though in the end.

Sorry for the slight thread hijack..............but could an air lock like that cause loss of power too ?

I've my 96 with AXA. Fully comp, windscreen and breakdown cover, step back no claims protection ( would be full protection but I had a tip on my policy last year ) and 5 years no claims discount. I am 25 since January but have the policy since november. €560

@ Kona Ya it could have been worse. Some nasty dents and paint damage but nothing broken. @ Joe A .22 rifle + scope + silencer ........LOL. Am well aware of the lack of law/justice here.......but what can be done :( @ dlampkin Ya....the sidewalk is me alright :) . Same happened my mirror in town. Gl...

dlampkin wrote:
They must have something against '94 Green Coopers Came out at ~6pm last night to find my mirror hanging off. It was bright out when this happened...

You in LIT by any chance ??