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Michael's F56-S

Postby Masterbiker » Sun Jan 13, 2019 3:19 pm

Hey all!

It's about time I made a post about Christine and my new Mini.

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Re: Michael's F56-S

Postby Masterbiker » Sun Jan 13, 2019 3:24 pm

Yesterday I drilled 8 holes into the roof of her, to install some oem roof bars, for the roof rack.

I've detailed the headliner removal here:
https://imgur.com/a/SkS7PF5

The end result:
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Re: Michael's F56-S

Postby irlmin » Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:54 pm

You are a brave man Michael :) :1icon_eek: bet that 1st hole was interesting . anyway thats the 1st of the mods done .
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Re: Michael's F56-S

Postby Masterbiker » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:35 pm

irlmin wrote:You are a brave man Michael :) :1icon_eek: bet that 1st hole was interesting . anyway thats the 1st of the mods done .


It was easier than the R53 roof rack installation. As you could see where the holes should be drilled with the F56, rather than relying on measurements and drilling blind with the R53 :)
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