What did you do to your MINI today?

Qisl said:
Is that a roo (as in kanga) bar on the front of your MINI? If so, what model?
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I live in a jungle call New York and I build those bull bars myself to protect a car from people who park a car without any consideration of who is behind .I believe is nothing on a market for SE usually they only for bigger cars .
 
Rexsio said:
I live in a jungle call New York and I build those bull bars myself to protect a car from people who park a car without any consideration of who is behind .I believe is nothing on a market for SE usually they only for bigger cars .
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That looks great. (I just read through your post from July where you describe putting it together. )
 
Did a tire rotation, fun fact, Mini's are so light you only need to jack them up and then they float in place!

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Also FYI, the rear "fogs" just pop out, makes them easy to tint. Just a big plastic tab on each side. Went just a few shades just to help blend them into the facade.

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Also started getting some carbon onto the doors, but ran out of time for today...

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Just reach into the spaces at the corners, right? No need to un-bolt the “plate”? I think I can do it, but not without the car being a foot or more in the air.
 
SameGuy said:
Just reach into the spaces at the corners, right? No need to un-bolt the “plate”? I think I can do it, but not without the car being a foot or more in the air.
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You should be able to just reach in from the fender/wheel well area, there's a small gap. Easier with the wheels off, but could be done on ground too. Light is literally right there.

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SameGuy said:
And I have to ask: how’d you jack the car?? :D
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Like everyone else of course, summon the holy car spirits, and have them lift it up! :)

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I noticed that a few weeks ago when I started trying to figure out how to get smart home control over it (using a 40A Zwave relay). Has anybody who hard-wired their Grizzl-E been able to find lug terminals that size (8 AWG x M4)?
 
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SameGuy said:
I noticed that a few weeks ago when I started trying to figure out how to get smart home control over it (using a 40A Zwave relay). Has anybody who hard-wired their Grizzl-E been able to find lug terminals that size (8 AWG x M4)?
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I got some 6awg x #10 crimps from McMaster for my 48A EVSE. It was for work, honest! An electrical supply place may be worth a try. Wave cash and they are usually helpful...
 
Thanks, yeah, I’ll try. I think a #10 (M5) might not fit in the Grizzl-E (see the photo above), that’s why their instructions cite M4 (#8). I’ll have a look next week — need my car every day, and charged, so I won’t be opening it up for the next few days.
 
I mentioned mine as 6awg #10 is also a hard to find size, they may have your 8awg #8. Both ends 1 size smaller...

It sure would be nice if EVSE suppliers included the odd crimps needed to install. I just got some 2awg crimp lugs in. $3.56 each. They aren't expensive. Just hard to find in some sizes.
 
SameGuy said:
I noticed that a few weeks ago when I started trying to figure out how to get smart home control over it (using a 40A Zwave relay). Has anybody who hard-wired their Grizzl-E been able to find lug terminals that size (8 AWG x M4)?
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If you want to stop charging and you can get inside the EVSE, add a tiny relay to break the control pilot wire. If that wire is broken, the car won't take any current.
 
pictsidhe said:
If you want to stop charging and you can get inside the EVSE, add a tiny relay to break the control pilot wire. If that wire is broken, the car won't take any current.
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You guys try to develop a WHEEL don’t mess up with a crab and you don’t have any issues use a charger to factory specifications and use a car the same way or spend more money for charger with Wi-Fi and you don’t depend on relay which I believe you don’t have a clue how to install . Charged and Drive a car .
 
Rexsio said:
You guys try to develop a WHEEL don’t mess up with a crab and you don’t have any issues use a charger to factory specifications and use a car the same way or spend more money for charger with Wi-Fi and you don’t depend on relay which I believe you don’t have a clue how to install . Charged and Drive a car .
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I get paid good money to creatively rewire million dollar machines so they do things that they 'can't'. I prefer relays as anyone coming in after me should be able to see what I did, or just throw fresh relays at it, unlike with PLCs... My favourite machine has a 454 page book of wiring diagrams. One of my additions to that one consists of 6 signal relays and a switch. It effectively made the machine 6" bigger. That meant we didn't need a slightly bigger megabuck machine. Hmmm, new $1,000,000 machine or a $50 hack?


An AC EVSE I can hack in my sleep, the signalling is not complex. It is also done in a failsafe manner. There are many ways to stop a car pulling charge from an EVSE. Some, I definitely wouldn't recommend, which I'm not going to mention, because somebody.will...

If the CP wire is broken, the car will not charge. It has no possible hazards. Put a signal relay in the EVSE to break the CP wire. Run your external signal to the relay. Simple, cheap and safe.

I'm sure that you have talents that utterly elude me.

Re the lugs. I just had look in McMaster, no 88s. Could.you make one from a butt splice?
 
pictsidhe said:
I get paid good money to creatively rewire million dollar machines so they do things that they 'can't'. I prefer relays as anyone coming in after me should be able to see what I did, or just throw fresh relays at it, unlike with PLCs... My favourite machine has a 454 page book of wiring diagrams. One of my additions to that one consists of 6 signal relays and a switch. It effectively made the machine 6" bigger. That meant we didn't need a slightly bigger megabuck machine. Hmmm, new $1,000,000 machine or a $50 hack?


An AC EVSE I can hack in my sleep, the signalling is not complex. It is also done in a failsafe manner. There are many ways to stop a car pulling charge from an EVSE. Some, I definitely wouldn't recommend, which I'm not going to mention, because somebody.will...

If the CP wire is broken, the car will not charge. It has no possible hazards. Put a signal relay in the EVSE to break the CP wire. Run your external signal to the relay. Simple, cheap and safe.

I'm sure that you have talents that utterly elude me.

Re the lugs. I just had look in McMaster, no 88s. Could.you make one from a butt splice?
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With your knowledge is not a place on this forum to introduce all your professional advantages from Harvard we need hear simple explanation about crappy car as a basic transportation
 
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