Project : Blue Devil - JCW Strips

G'Day readers!  Last weekend I drove to Tasik Sarubing Recreational Park near my house at Subok and took some pictures on our newly installed JCW Strips!  I will just let the pictures do the talking.  Hope you all like the new strips on the car.

 The "Devil" strips! Now you know how I came up with the project name :)

Roof strips and Spoiler strips(not shown)

Rear strips

Project : Blue Devil - Leather Key Jacket

Hi again readers, I just bought this for my wife from eBay.  It's a leather jacket for her Countryman-S key.  I got it for roughly BND40.00, not cheap but it is the nicest looking from the range.  And of course the colors got to be BLUE!  I regret I didn't get one for myself.  o_O.

Project : Blue Devil - Union Jack Style Aluminum Door Emblems

This is actually the first accessory that I bought for Project : Blue Devil. I got this way before I received our car. LOL. Yes, I was too excited so went and bought some small stuff before receiving it. This set here set me around BND$60.00.  It is made of aluminum and it is to be fitted on to the door opener!  These are styled with Union Jack livery. It will match my Union Jack style side mirrors and Union Jack style reverse mirror cover!  I hope I didn't overload my car with too many Union Jacks livery. LOL!

Project : Blue Devil - Installation of JCW Strips

Good evening readers! Today is the day where I will drop by my MINI for the installation of the JCW Strips.  I pop by my friend new branch in Gadong early in the morning.  I didn't even realise that he opened another branch until I called him last weekend to arrange a time to bring in the MINI for installation of the JCW strips.

The shop is called WESTART Enterprise, this branch is located in Gadong right next to AyamKu Restaurant.  The main branch is located in Serusop. They are well-known locally as one of the best shop to provide customize stickers, license plate, signage and other advertising services.  Prices are reasonable and they provide quality services and workmanships.  Hey, even my shop signage is done by them!

I was here first even before the shop is opened! LOL

Squeezing out the air bubbles for the front strips

Rear strips positioned

Roof strips and Spoiler strips getting ready!

 

Finalising and positioning all strips before stripping off the protective tape

Here is the first sneek picture.  Will have proper photo shoots together with Porsche Boxster S new rims soon!

I bought this JCW strips without letting my wife know.  She is a big fan of JCW strips when I shown her a picture of a MINI Countryman with the same strips last month when we first gotten the car.  Today I surprised her with her new gift when she returned back from work.  She is a very happy wife upon seeing his newly pimped MINI. ^_^

Oh by the way,  the installation charges is BND$40.00 only and took less then 40mins to install.  Cheap compared to what QAF wanted to charge me when I asked about their installation fee.  Their price shall remain silenced by me forever. LOL!

Project : Blue Devil - JCW Strips

Here we go, AGAIN!  LOL,  I kept saying to myself that I am not going to touch this car.  Now look what I had done?  Just went and ordered these genuine John Cooper Works (JCW) Strips for my little Blue Devil.  It will be my very first mod for MINI Countryman S. It cost me around $300++ for a completed set of front, roof and rear strips.

 Who would know that simple thin strips like these would required big ass packaging? 

Opening ceremony for the roof strips

My Countryman roof is white in color so I have to get contrast black strips to match it!  This set contact several strips for car with or without sunroof. Customer can choose which specification is there car and install it accordingly.  I guess I will have extra strips on hand soon.

Strips for the front hood and rear boot

 

Front strips

Rear strips

The best part of purchasing genuine item is that it is made by 3M and it's already pre-spaced for easy convenient installation. This is why I love to use genuine items.

I am testing the strips on the front hood and I really want to install these myself!!!  In the end, I decided to just let my friend who is good at stickers for installation.  The installation will be next week so will post more pictures soon!

Introducing Project : Blue Devil

Today I would like to officially introduce another project from my fourth ride, MINI Cooper Countryman S.  The new project will be formally called PROJECT : BLUE DEVIL.  Why Blue Devil?  You will find the answer on the very first mod!  I already have some plans and modifications ready for this little Blue Devil. In fact some parts had already been ordered from online and locally :P.  The project will focus mainly in cosmetic of the car, so far no plan for the engine mods. This project will be a slow progress just like my other Projects.  Will update more soon!

My Fourth Ride, MINI Cooper Countryman S

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen!  Today I will kick start my post by officially introducing my fourth ride, the 2012 MINI Cooper Countryman S!  This car is officially imported by QAF MINI at their newly opened showroom located in Mabohai(Yeap, it's the same dealer where I bought my Porsche Boxster S).  The color that we picked is called True Blue with contrast White roof.  I was told our ride is the first True Blue to be imported into Brunei! Woohoo!

I will go through the spec sheets on the car in my future post.  For now I am glad that I bought this car instead of the BMW 1-Series.  First thing first is the cabin space, it is huge but yet small enough for my wife to get around to and from work. Oh I think I did mentioned that this is a gift for my lovely wife :) She has been using this car almost daily!  I only gets to drive it once or twice a week. LOL.

Secondly, I would say this car is sure a head turner.  I get lots of head turning and little kids pointing and saying hi to me.  It's always good to see people appreciating nice car on Brunei road.  Thirdly is how powerful this car is.  For a 1.6 turbocharged, this little banger is providing adequate power for our daily needs.  At this point of writing,  the car is still break-in or run-in stage,  I will have to wait till 2000km before I can full throttle the car. 

 White Roof

Matching White Side Mirror Cover

18" Anthracite "Turbo Fan" Wheels

Size comparison with our Dodge Journey R/T

Here you go readers,  we will have more updates on our fourth ride as time progress.  Who knows we might even have a little Project for it!

Project N.E.S II - 2-Piece Forged Aluminium Wheels Pt.5

Good evening!  Today I finally got the chance to bring my little Boxster-S to the tire shop to have the rims fitted!  For local readers, these rims were installed at WESTIN' in Gadong.  The tires chosen for the wheels are FEDERAL 595 Series.  Will talk more on that in my next post.  For now, here are some sneak pictures for my latest Boxster S new BC Wheels!

Ready for wheel balancing

 

Today is a bloody hot day as you can tell by this poor man here! LOL

 

Here are the preview pictures (Please do click on the pictures!)

Will have more pictures soon!