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99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:41 pm
by Darran
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:51 pm
by Billy
Welcome to my world Darran. That looks scary, and expensive. What harm but that Mini looks spotless in your Collection thread.
Billy
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:06 pm
by Darran
Billy wrote:Welcome to my world Darran. That looks scary, and expensive. What harm but that Mini looks spotless in your Collection thread.
Billy
Cheers Billy, i feel your pain! To be honest the body isnt too bad,red has always been a great colour to hide those annoying marks, but bodywork man reckons it easier to respray than touch up all the little bits that had to be done.
The worst was under the sills, where you would never see, but it had to be done at some stage, i hadnt expected it to be that bad though. The guy that is doing the job has a great knowledge of minis and is already getting the metal fabricated for the floor repairs, hes confident of repairing it back perfect.
It probably looks worse now than it was as he has been cutting away the rust before i took the pictures.
Darran.
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:37 pm
by The Marcos Graveyard
that's some nasty rust for just an 11 year old car
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:33 pm
by dermosmini
Looks like a fair bit of work involved Darran,but will be worth it when its back in shape.Have mine stripped to the shell almost now its a 91 but there seems to be less rust so I'm hoping it wont work out to expensive to repair.Notice your based in Laois,where abouts are you getting it done and would you have a contact number for the chap who's doing it or would he even be interested in taking another one on?
Cheers Dermot
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:24 pm
by kerryminigringo
Good to see it getting a bit of TLC Darran.I have to say I am shocked by the amount of rust on it as it looks so clean the last time I saw it,just goes to show what is hiding beneath.Plenty of Waxoyl when its finished and it will be good for another 11 years.
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:50 pm
by Darran
dermosmini wrote:Looks like a fair bit of work involved Darran,but will be worth it when its back in shape.Have mine stripped to the shell almost now its a 91 but there seems to be less rust so I'm hoping it wont work out to expensive to repair.Notice your based in Laois,where abouts are you getting it done and would you have a contact number for the chap who's doing it or would he even be interested in taking another one on?
Cheers Dermot
Hi dermosmini, just read your own project, looks like a good one alright, best of luck with it. Im based in Abbeyleix and my bodywork man is based around there too. I'll pm you his number if you want to chat to him, im sure he is hungry for work!
Darran.
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:34 pm
by Darran
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:13 am
by StanO'Toole
Theres a fine bit of work going into that Mini! Keep the pictures coming, its a really cool project! I still find it amzing how scary it looks now and how mint they end up at the end of the resto!
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:11 pm
by Iwill
And i thought my brother 2000 Ford transit was bad but
good luck mate i will be watching it might get me to ask about the rotten mini up the road from me
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:42 pm
by Darran
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:55 pm
by Laurna77
Looking good Darran
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:33 am
by Darran
Thanks Laurna, its getting there now.
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:38 pm
by keith
Darren, thats looking fine.... I'd be very keen to have a chat with that place.. can you PM' the details? hopefully my yoke wont need too much!
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:03 pm
by Darran
keith wrote:Darren, thats looking fine.... I'd be very keen to have a chat with that place.. can you PM' the details? hopefully my yoke wont need too much!
No bother Keith, you have pm.
Darran.
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:13 pm
by Darran
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:05 pm
by keith
Darran, it looks really, really well.. fair play to you and Eugene. did you prepare it in any way yourself by removing carpets/seats/glass etc? and will it be waxoiled/chip coated etc as part of the job?
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:51 pm
by Darran
keith wrote:Darran, it looks really, really well.. fair play to you and Eugene. did you prepare it in any way yourself by removing carpets/seats/glass etc? and will it be waxoiled/chip coated etc as part of the job?
Hi Keith, Eugene did it all himself, to be honest we both thought it would only be in for a few days to get a few rust bubbles sorted and a pair of sills fitted but you can see what it turned into.
He has chipcoated the whole underside of the mini and sealed it up alright but he wont be waxoiling it. I am going to try the waxoiling myself when i get it back, i have chatted to a few people about how to do it and it seems fairly straight forward, maybe just a little messy.
Darran.
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:25 pm
by Darran
Well i called out to Eugene's this evening and its all starting to come together at last.
He was putting the bonnet strips on when i called, all that is left is the bonnet chrome strip to be fitted and cooper laurels at the end of the strips. It also needs a good cleaning inside but im looking forward to getting stuck into this myself!
Heres a few pictures as it stands this evening, i'll post more up maybe at the weekend when i have it back and shined up in all its glory!
Darran.
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:59 pm
by Tony Cooney
Looking good Darran
Tony
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:34 am
by Laurna77
Looking very good Darran
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:54 am
by antodeco
Thats some turnaround! Can you PM me on the details/general cost it was for you. Thanks
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:06 am
by Darran
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 1:25 pm
by dermosmini
Its looking stunning Darren,he's done a great job.Could you pm me please aswell with an idea of costs and where ya got your panels and stuff,just haven't got a clue of what I need to get yet for my one.Cheers
Re: 99 Mini Cooper Refurb
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 12:32 am
by Paulspill
Hi Darren would you have a contact and a general area for the person who did this for you if you don't mind.
Thanks.
Paul