Irish Mini Owners Club

what is it, where is it and when is it, id love to go to this, thus far i havent joined a mini club but this would wet my whistle

good stuff marcos, my birthday is coming up fairly soon, i think ill harass my girlfriend for the kit :D

ccheers marcos, one more thing, when buying the moulton kit, does the one kit fit all mini models?

mine is a 99 sport, but jap import, all the shocks etc would be the same id gather,

hmmmm, ive only just found about them over on miniresource, i wouldnt be getting them right away, but if they add comfort, then they`d seem well worth it

how hard to fit would you reckon, ive got mechanical experience, but only on big trucks, and that was 4 years ago now

anybody have one, or been in a mini with one?

i was thinking of getting the kit, just to add a little [b]comfort [/b] to the mini driving experience

worth the money, or complete crap?

lovely looking mini beekay, sweet coulour, definetly [b]TRICK[/b] looking

cheers lads

alright lads,

i need a bit of spray painting done on the wee fella (not my flute) and someone recommended minifix, i cant see an add in the yellow pages, does anybody have a number for them, or an address if possible?

thanks alot lads

[quote="The Marcos Graveyard"]Don't fill it to the brim, it will only pi** out when you drive, fill it to the start of the neck of the tank.[/quote]

oops :roll:

blackseven, where was it you got quoted that?

im in need of a spray painter myself soon enough to do a few wheel arches for me

jono, i only got mine a few months ago and trust me, the guagues are crap for starters best way to judge it is just fill the puppy up, that will cost about €30, give or take, make sure you take the nozzle out and fill it to the brim, to make sure its full, because our tanks are so small, the pumps c...

alright lads, could anybody recommend a good panel beater/spray painter for a mini my bonnet got scratched by a stone from a truck, and just to add more misery, a van picnhed a MASSIVE rock into my wheel arch yesterday smashing the s**t out of it, so i have to get new ones, but need them sprayed, an...

how do you know if theres a cat on your car or not?

i have my nct on monday, kinda worrying now, my mini is a jap import

i dont think you`re dreaming, it was my dream to have one for a over year, and i finally bit the bullet about 6 weeks ago and bought myself one in fairness i bought a 1999 one, so not muich could be wrong with it, but it absolutly great, you get loads of compliments when driving them, people let you...

alright lads, and a few lassies also i have a 1999 cooper S, it has some alleycat lookalike alloys on it at the moment, they say Cosmos on them if that rings a bell, anyway, whats the biggest minilites i get for it without killing the ride, granted, its already stiff as it is now oh, and i wouldnt w...

ah, good idea, i had taken the little pipe of it and put compressed air to it to try and flush it, but that didnt work, into my mams sewing kit it is so :D

im sure it`ll be fine, the only thing i can think of, off the top of my head is the window washer not working, comes out the passenger side, just not mine :x as for the breaks, i find them fine, you have to press them a little harder than a new car, but they do the same job, sure ill just do a few c...

just wondering, how strict are the nct guys on exhausts, i only bought my mini recently and it has a fairly wide bore exhaust, its not mega loud, but loader than a normal one, will i have to change it?

and generally, how strict are they on mini`s, i mean, our brakes arent like new cars :lol:

ok lads if soomeone had a bad experience with a mini mechanic, then i know 1 would like to know about it fair enough, the accused cant defend himself here, but this is a mini forum, not a mini mechanic forum so, if someone had a bad experience, could they pm me, my mini is gonna need some work on it...

i think ill have to crack out the old mans angle grinder, and purchase a buffing pad, i use enough elbow grease is work me thinks :wink:

but what wax is the best?

well, im 24, and just got insured 2 weeks ago for my first time on a 1999 cooper

it was €2400, cheapest i could find, that was Quinn Direct, if you do a driving test with Hibernian it could be cheaper

just got a service kit for my newly purhased mini, i went to order a fuel filter but the fella in the motor factors reckoned i didnt need one, seeing as its not spluttering, but he did give me a fule additive, a bottle i should just put into the petrol and it will clean out the carbon etc.... from t...

so would a normal motor factors stock plugs, air filter, oil filter etc... for it would you reckon?

do any car parts shop stock them, or is there just on eparticular that supplies them?

just bought a mini and wanna give the wee fella an oul service