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[Darth Loo-knee]

What I have planned at the minute for "Sidious" my Black Mini Facelift MV6..

Head gaskets & bolts
Port heads whilst off
New valve stem seals plus reseat all the valves
3.2 exhaust manifolds plus removing all SAI parts
Relocating EGR
Cam cover gaskets & o rings
New reservoir bottle (love the nice new ones )
Wishbones
Irmscher Springs or Steinmetz not decided fully yet, both are brilliant had them before, though Irmscher are a little too hard for my liking so will have too see with this one...
Bilstein B4 shocks
Try to get an Irmscher Body Kit
New Toyo Tyres
Stainless Steel Exhaust
New Discs & Pads
A few tiny rust bubbles need sorting.

I have thought about having the rear windows tinted but not sure with it being a Black car??

After messing with another Forum Members car which looks very very similar indeed I have started Itching to get it started 

[Kevin Wood]

Hmm. Is the Beastie being cloned?

[MaxV6]

my old black elite (S***FUM , the one that went to James, then Tunnie, before, the V755PDA one i gave Lee) had tinted rear three quarter...   loved the privacy, loved the fact that it helped the car stay cooler in the sun...   and loved the look, what's not to like???



I can definitely say it helped keep it cooler....  having had 2 otherwise identical cars.....

the Silver on my MV6 is cooler in sunshine than untinted Black elite was, but i fancy getting it tinted up to add a little more privacy and keep it cooler still...    the air volume in an estate takes a helluva while to get really cool with A/C  working , and mine needs regassing at the very least....


what i'm not sure about is what tint to get put on.....   it's an easy choice on a black car witha black interior...   but this MV6 aint,  it's silver with a charcoal grey leather interior...

[tunnie]

Good luck finding Irmscher Springs! Little angry man had to buy a car with them already on!

TheChav has tinted windows all around, the fronts are illegal and will have to go. Sadly the tints have the nasty purple effect to them. I'm not sure if I will remove them as it will make a mess of the rear window 

Sounds like a good project 

[Darth Loo-knee]

Good luck finding Irmscher Springs! Little angry man had to buy a car with them already on!

TheChav has tinted windows all around, the fronts are illegal and will have to go. Sadly the tints have the nasty purple effect to them. I'm not sure if I will remove them as it will make a mess of the rear window 

Sounds like a good project 

Unless you know where to look 

I can't wait to have some spare time to do it  maybe a winter project after all

[MaxV6]

daft question, forgive me....   while summoning up the idiocy to buy original springs for my MV6,  i've been being tempted by the 40mm lowered kits on on ebay and such like.... 

are they no good in the event of a lack of irmschers???

(i've gone mad and i'm forking out a smidge over £200 for my pair of rear, original , shortened MV6 springs , new .....  )

[Darth Loo-knee]

daft question, forgive me....   while summoning up the idiocy to buy original springs for my MV6,  i've been being tempted by the 40mm lowered kits on on ebay and such like.... 

are they no good in the event of a lack of irmschers???

(i've gone mad and i'm forking out a smidge over £200 for my pair of rear, original , shortened MV6 springs , new .....  )

Irmscher & Steinmetz drop the car 30mm if I remember correctly.. my personal opinion is that 40mm is a little low..
Pretty sure you can get a full set of Steinmetz Springs for less than £250

[tunnie]

Yeah Irmscher drops by 30mm, expect a trip to WIM again afterwards. I've driven a 3.2 with full Irmscher springs & running gear, its very impressive, corners on rails without compromising on ride, it was not worse than standard MV6 i thought ...

[Darth Loo-knee]

Max, I fitted Steinmetz Springs on my Mrs' old estate which handled perfectly, the only draw back was it scraped the exhaust over every speed hump, so would imagine 40mm would be worse still...

Hope that helps

 

[Darth Loo-knee]

Yeah Irmscher drops by 30mm, expect a trip to WIM again afterwards. I've driven a 3.2 with full Irmscher springs & running gear, its very impressive, corners on rails without compromising on ride, it was not worse than standard MV6 i thought ...

Agree with everything you put there Tunnie, other than what I have highlighted.
Irmscher springs are impressive and corner lovely, but in my opinion are very hard...
I had two Mini Facelift MV6's before this one now. Vader had Irmscher, Maul had Steinmetz. Out of the two I would pick Steinmetz. Why? They hold the road very well same as Irmscher in my opinion, but seem to be more forgiving to your teeth 
As for MV6 Standard Shocks and Springs, again in y opinion they are totally different 

Sticking my neck out again 

[Marks DTM Calib]

Can I do the heads?

I also have an exhaust manifold gasket you can have (a 3.2 one but sadly one one!)

[Darth Loo-knee]

Can I do the heads?

I also have an exhaust manifold gasket you can have (a 3.2 one but sadly one one!)

Sounds like a plan Master to try some of your lovely Tea & Biscuits

Sounds like we can have a couple of hours fun

[MaxV6]

when you say they drop the car 30 mm,  are you saying that it drops it ANOTHER 30mm on the MV6 which is already 30mm lower anyway??

making the car end up 60mm lower overall???

[tigers_gonads]

Saloon or estate Daz ?

Oh and a big yes to the windows 

[tunnie]

Yeah Irmscher drops by 30mm, expect a trip to WIM again afterwards. I've driven a 3.2 with full Irmscher springs & running gear, its very impressive, corners on rails without compromising on ride, it was not worse than standard MV6 i thought ...

Agree with everything you put there Tunnie, other than what I have highlighted.
Irmscher springs are impressive and corner lovely, but in my opinion are very hard...
I had two Mini Facelift MV6's before this one now. Vader had Irmscher, Maul had Steinmetz. Out of the two I would pick Steinmetz. Why? They hold the road very well same as Irmscher in my opinion, but seem to be more forgiving to your teeth 
As for MV6 Standard Shocks and Springs, again in y opinion they are totally different 

Sticking my neck out again 

Interesting, they are stiff, no doubt about that. I took it on a very hard drive through very twisty lanes then looped back on the A43, so good mixture. I'm used to standard non SL suspension, which is very soft in comparison.

I found it soaked up bumps well, the twisty section is very rough full of pot hols. The wheels were 18"s too... 

To be fair I've not taken it on a motorway blast, that might highlight how hard it is