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dan187

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Some fool decided they didn't want to wait at the red lights and that going through me would be better :(

Luckily they were in a landy so their bumper was high enough to miss the shell and just run into the boot lid

I plan to use the car mainly as a hill climber once I have some money next year, so I am looking at replacing the broken boot lid with a carbon fibre one (cost is near similar between steel and carbon if buying new). Anyone recommend a good fitting brand and build?

Edited by dan187 on 28th Mar, 2011.

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ouch!

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ai!!!!!! that fuc*** twat whas jalous on your verry nice mini!!!

hope you can mend it......

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At least the car took the impact.

You'll be needing a half rear panel.

I should have a spare TDK single skin c/f boot lid soon *wink*

On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it

*hehe!*


minimole23

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Thats a pain. Luckily by the look of it you got away quite lightly.

My arc angels fibreglass one fitted better then the original boot lid!

Edited by minimole23 on 28th Mar, 2011.

On 7th Oct, 2010 5haneJ said:
yeah I gave it all a good prodding


wng691s clubby

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morons should look were there going happend to me last summer front and bk end tho not as bad as yours looks

Done now needs redoing lol


dan187

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On 28th Mar, 2011 apbellamy said:
At least the car took the impact.

You'll be needing a half rear panel.

I should have a spare TDK single skin c/f boot lid soon *wink*


Yeah, only a little whiplash.

Took it to a bodyshop that do a lot of minis by me and he thinks it'll beat out ok. I will need the rear resprayed tho.

How well does the TDK fit? With it being single skin, does it use the original lock and mounting points, as well as the wire drop down straps?




On 28th Mar, 2011 minimole23 said:
Thats a pain. Luckily by the look of it you got away quite lightly.

My arc angels fibreglass one fitted better then the original boot lid!


I was livid at the time but calmed down now. Yeah hopefully not too bad. The chap was very nice about it and apologetic. He seems like he won't be any trouble with regards getting it fixed.

Is that a double skin fibreglass? 'cause i'm thinking double skin c/f

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apbellamy

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On 28th Mar, 2011 dan187 said:

On 28th Mar, 2011 apbellamy said:
At least the car took the impact.

You'll be needing a half rear panel.

I should have a spare TDK single skin c/f boot lid soon *wink*


Yeah, only a little whiplash.

Took it to a bodyshop that do a lot of minis by me and he thinks it'll beat out ok. I will need the rear resprayed tho.

How well does the TDK fit? With it being single skin, does it use the original lock and mounting points, as well as the wire drop down straps?

Don't have it yet, so can't say. It's reserved for somebody else at the moment. I'll let you know if that changes. With it being single sking though, it will probably need pins etc.

On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it

*hehe!*


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This seems to be a more and more common incident with Minis. There are not really that many Minis on the road now, but there are a great number of Minis rear ended every year.

I have been concerned about this, and tried to understand why these incidents happen. I came to the conclusing that because they are one of the only cars on the road without a high level brake light, that it might have some bearing on the matter, since the human brain is lazy. With nearly every car having a high level brake light, its easy for the brain to focus and see that there is a car infront, stopping or stopped, and it is just as easy for the brain to make the mistake when that light is not there or on, and think the car infront is moving untill its too late.

This is one reason I also keep my foot on the brake, hand brake on or not, when sat at a junction/ trafic lights.

I'm not saying its the final answer, but it perhaps goes some way to reduce the chances of this happening.

I'm glad for you that its not such a severe impact, and a little bit of persuasion with a hammer will see it right.

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Not nice, glad your ok, hopefully it won't take much to sort out.

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I have a mk3 boot lid in my garage, its still in black primer from when i got it as far as i know its heritage or genuine i cant remember if it was the bonnet or boot that was genuine, has a few little dints in it if your interested??

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Dan, i think you was lucky with that mate

Sprock, it doesnt help either that the mini brake light in general is not very bright compared to a modern brake light,
they blind the tits of you haha

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minimole23

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The arc angles one I have is a single skin one, I've got the weight saving bug!

On 7th Oct, 2010 5haneJ said:
yeah I gave it all a good prodding


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It doesn't help that there are alot of morons on the road who need to put their license back in the cereal packet!

For a road car I'd go for a double skinned boot lid as fitment would be the same as a normal one.


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That sucks mate, *frown*

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On 28th Mar, 2011 sturgeo said:
It doesn't help that there are alot of morons on the road who need to put their license back in the cereal packet!

For a road car I'd go for a double skinned boot lid as fitment would be the same as a normal one.


Agreed on the moron front, I got so fed up with avoiding idiots i've now got a defender - Bring it on as far as I'm concerned.

Regarding the double vs single skin, With a little messing about with the boot lock to elongate it to compensate for some flexing my single skin ones looks totally standard from the outside. I Have not tried it in the rain, however the seal seems to fit snugly.

Just don't keep any valuable items in the boot as its quite easy to bend out the way, then again its probably possible to rip a standard one out the way too though.

On 7th Oct, 2010 5haneJ said:
yeah I gave it all a good prodding


Brett

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if they want to get in they will the hinges snap with one good whack anyways

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Gutted mate, I had a women just down the road cut me up on a round about. I think people don't see you in a mini.

On 7th Nov, 2011 apbellamy said:
Shaft seems nice and snug


On 24th Mar, 2012 apbellamy said:
no no no no, you need more boost! you can never ever come on here and say I have enough boost, that's just silly.


On 29th Mar, 2010 Star Mag said:
these give no problems with good head


almichie

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Double post!!

Edited by almichie on 28th Mar, 2011.

On 7th Nov, 2011 apbellamy said:
Shaft seems nice and snug


On 24th Mar, 2012 apbellamy said:
no no no no, you need more boost! you can never ever come on here and say I have enough boost, that's just silly.


On 29th Mar, 2010 Star Mag said:
these give no problems with good head


wng691s clubby

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and no body has made a comment about the title not evan apbellamy lol

Done now needs redoing lol


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gutted for you, does look like you got away lucky with no damage to the boot floor.

with regards to the locking mech on single skin bootlids, the arc angels make a bit that attaches to the handle to allow normal setup.


apbellamy

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On 28th Mar, 2011 wng691s clubby said:
and no body has made a comment about the title not evan apbellamy lol

Me? *surprised*

On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it

*hehe!*


longy

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Ah man thats sucks, i had the same thing happen to me 2 weeks after getting mine on the road. hope you get some ok

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gutted mate


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Least your ok, sorry to see a damaged min.

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