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Thanks mate, yes, deffo prefer the chrome and its a well known fact that Dave loves chrome on his cars lol. Just think the black on the wheels hides the style of them whereas the silver really makes the shape and style of the spokes stand out.

Idealy id like the shape to fill the triangle aswell but will see how it goes with limited tools and patience will have a lid and maybe a front dont know yet , it will be plumbed into the stock coldair feeds and possibly use the grill gap thats blanked off above aircon condensor

Well got the 12v socket back in and a docking port for my phone and to run android auto , put a couple small leds in aswell Pretty chuffed as it really finishes off big daves double din project nicely

Weathers pants and wifes working so cant disappear into my shed for hours , so nipped out for 20 mins and got a wee trial template made up , still to be tweaked here and there but you get th gist ........ yes another job started without finishing the others

Just some more recent pics of Poppy, although she's pretty much going to be locked up in the garage until the salt is gone from the roads. Will come out for the occasional wee blast on sunny winter days as I don't have to panic that she'll dissolve into a pile of rust at the first sight of salt like Mindy my old mx5 lol And a wee photoshop of how she'll look after her first wee round of mods are done Plans are: Get a photo of the new Pioneer head unit I fitted! Refurb the wheels back to silver Fit the brand new red MINI centre caps I bought Fit a chrome grill (not a fan of the red colour coded grill they come with) Fit genuine MINI stainless spotlights with covers New full exhaust (probs stainless Powerflow, same as DD's) Before all that though, Stripping out the airbox, ecu etc to get to the gearbox linkage. Bought a new pin to replace the one thats there and causing the stiff gearchanges. Also while all that is out, going to fit a new thermostat and housing. Her engine is not staying at operating temp, dropping down to the first quarter on the temp guage so thermostat is gubbed. Have already bled the coolant system which helped slightly, but might as well get that done over winter while she's tucked up. Also replacing the coolant expansion tank as its going that yucky brown/yellow colour, and they are well know for failing. So want that done so she's match fit coolant wise. Need to replace the o2 sensor too (only £15 so no biggy!). Other work planed is to bleed the slave cylinder for the clutch as its a bit heavy, so want to see if bleeding it solves it. If not, easy enough to replace the slave cylinder on these so that will probably also get done anyways. Then full service and general check over ready for spring time. MOT is due in end of March so want her bob on by then. Got some big runs planned and weekends away in her next year so really looking forward to it. Really enjoy driving this wee car, love it sooo much! Did love wee Mindy, and glad we had one, but have to say this wee Poppy is a worthy replacement in every single way.