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46 Posts Member #: 3645 Member LEATHERHEAD SURREY |
25th Nov, 2008 at 06:13:04pm
just looking for some advice on changing my normal mini to a clubman flip front. ive cut the front end off and the inner wings back already just trying to find the best clean looking way!
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 2370 Posts Member #: 719 Post Whore Horndean - Near Portsmouth |
25th Nov, 2008 at 06:22:02pm
Clubman and round nose flipfronts are done in the same way, or are you looking for the best way to fit a flip front? |
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 6274 Posts Member #: 509 Post Whore Isle of Man |
25th Nov, 2008 at 06:24:25pm
if its a 2 piece flip front (opening bonnet) the remainder of the inner wings might look unsightly if the bonnet is open as the tops are wider on 'real' clubmans but besides this aesthetic issue, fitment is basically the same for both shells... "Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"
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46 Posts Member #: 3645 Member LEATHERHEAD SURREY |
25th Nov, 2008 at 08:50:53pm
i was just wondering if any1 knows any ways i can maybe modd the inner wing for the clubman front end 2pc so it wont look so shit
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 3692 Posts Member #: 1833 Formally mini_majic Auckland, New Zealand |
25th Nov, 2008 at 08:52:24pm
chop and reshape a new bit of top metal and weld it on. |
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444 Posts Member #: 2885 Senior Member |
26th Nov, 2008 at 12:10:40am
are there any pics? |
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 3329 Posts Member #: 184 Senior Member Melton Mowbray, Pie Country |
26th Nov, 2008 at 08:04:52am
How shit do you think it will look? It is only when you have the bonnet open after all and nobody have ever mentioned it to us.
http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
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 9327 Posts Member #: 59 First mini turbo to get in the 12's & site perv Herefordshire |
26th Nov, 2008 at 11:41:16am
Ben that looks shit |
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2370 Posts Member #: 719 Post Whore Horndean - Near Portsmouth |
26th Nov, 2008 at 11:55:08am
What difference would inner wings make to the looks of it, not much imo.
Edited by richminiturbo. on 26th Nov, 2008. |
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 460 Posts Member #: 843 Senior Member Stoke-on-Trent. Duck. |
26th Nov, 2008 at 01:00:35pm
The 'problem' I've got (or will have) with having no inner wings is road muck getting everywhere, especially with the air filter in the N/S wheelarch. Some appropriate shielding will do the trick.
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 (2)[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150672766@N03/]Rod Sugden[/url], on Fli) 5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
26th Nov, 2008 at 02:10:45pm
On 26th Nov, 2008 Pottsy said:
The 'problem' I've got (or will have) with having no inner wings is road muck getting everywhere, especially with the air filter in the N/S wheelarch. Some appropriate shielding will do the trick. Me too..... somewhere - I thought on TM but I can't find it - I've seen a photo of where someone has used modern plastic wheel arch liners to seperate the engine bay from the wheels. I wish I knew which car they were off so I could take a trip to the scrappy.... Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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 7265 Posts Member #: 1268 The Boom Boom speaker Police! Essex |
26th Nov, 2008 at 04:25:53pm
How would inner wings help with your airfilter? In the 13's at last!.. Just |
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3329 Posts Member #: 184 Senior Member Melton Mowbray, Pie Country |
26th Nov, 2008 at 04:44:53pm
On 26th Nov, 2008 Pottsy said:
The 'problem' I've got (or will have) with having no inner wings is road muck getting everywhere, especially with the air filter in the N/S wheelarch. Some appropriate shielding will do the trick. http://www.turbominis.co.uk/photo/1028/ Though to be fair I hope to be a fair weather driver, but you never can be sure eh? But as people are saying, the attachment of the front end is principly the same for round noses and Clubmans, just a case of figuring out how to attach the hinges (if it does "flip" rather than "be removeable") and also how to attach it to your A Panels. A panels are quite happy on their own without a wing to hold them on. However, you can get grp fronts with A panels included. I have to say that having fitted a flip front and a 2 piece front I much prefer the 2 piece. The flip I always found got in the way more than anything. It is only about 6 bolts to totally remove our front now and as it rarely gets taken off that is fine by me. http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
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444 Posts Member #: 2885 Senior Member |
27th Nov, 2008 at 12:27:36am
I think that looks baddass benny bizzle.
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460 Posts Member #: 843 Senior Member Stoke-on-Trent. Duck. |
27th Nov, 2008 at 01:00:19pm
On 26th Nov, 2008 theoneeyedlizard said:
How would inner wings help with your airfilter? No, you're absolutely right. Inner wings wouldn't help! So much has changed on it since it was last on the road I was lost in my own world of "jobs that need doing in the wing area". So yes, appropriate shielding is required, but you're dead right - the air filter needs extra protection regardless of having inner wings (or not) Pottsy. PS I'm sure there's a "Red Bull" joke to be used somewhere in there. |
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