Project Trig - After 18 Months Away, Is Back In Town! by Mini 360

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Finished work at 2 yesterday so nipped out to Grampian Fasteners for some more bolts to get the subframe done.  

Then got to work! Was a fiddly job trying to get some bolts to line up with the adjustable camber brackets but we got there. Brake lines took a while too as we have never done any before but ended up not too bad!









And its now ready to install tonight once I get home from doing a photoshoot




Also got these in the post the other day but forgot to put a pic up.



LED bolts for the number plate. Going to use them to mount the plate and also illuminate it. Cheap eBay purchase so who knows what they will be like.....

And today I got some door mouldings. Brilliant finish on them and should stop leaky door windows!

6-6-2012

Day off couple days ago. Had an epic lie in after the Thistle Run the day before. So in the afternoon and evening I got going. Waited for my dad to get the major part done so got on with a few odds and ends.

Firstly, polished up my exhaust again as it had lost its sheen sitting doing nothing.

Was like this....



Ended up with this! One stupidly clean PlayMini Twin exit Supersport. Stupidly inefficient but it looks cool and it sounds nice









And I started to polish my door locks up too. They were bare metal and a little bit corroded. Wet and dry and polish up. Probably won't last long but will probably buy chrome versions at some point down the line.



Then the major bit! Been wanting to fit my rear subframe for ages so dad and I got stuck in. Took us 3hrs to get in 8 bolts......because all the mounts are new they weren't bedded in and were super tough but with some playing around we got there. All high tensile bolts and loads of copper grease to prevent them locking in the future (not that I plan on taking these bolts out again!

Had it tipped up so we didn't have to jack the frame up too much. Bit tricky but worth the effort.





So thats the car rolling on two wheels! Next stage front frame and engine which is almost ready to go PROGRESS!!!

Also got the car into miniMagazine this month. Sent pics in months ago so totally forgot until I got a message from someone who recognised the car



Good feeling! Next stage is a proper feature

6-7-2012

Today = epic! Brilliant progress that to be honest I wasn't really expecting at all!  

So to begin!

Got the day to work on it with my dad and some great help from my mum too! The family Mini

First up was get the rear subframe attached to dampers and Hi-Los so I could set it down on the ground. The GAZ shocks look great against the red in my opinion! Currently on softest setting but that will be played with once its on the road.



Then after painting up some little bits and fitting them to the engine it was time to mate the engine with the front subframe! Didn't think I would get this done today but glad we did!

So we got the driveshafts placed in



covered up the front of the frame to prevent damaging it and also raised it up on a couple of old fence posts we had lying around. Handy things to have!



and then built a ramp to gradually slide the engine into the frame. We remembered to fit the engine mounts to the engine first and placed in the bolts so they could auto align as we placed it in.



So after some man handling and a bit of swearing we got it in!







Really happy with the way its looking now. Didn't want to get it into the car just yet as theres still a couple wee things in the bay to compete first. Hopefully get it in within the next week though!

So at the moment its sitting waiting install





(I may have even polished my brake lines...........)

Also got the other side of the rear frame assembled and then put the car properly onto the ground. Had to place the 13s next to the car just because.......




So Im off tomorrow as well so theres lots to be getting on with! Stainless LCB manifold can go on now which will really shine up the bay.