Taking this home today
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I fortunately live in Columbus, Ohio where there are no inspections at all, you just simply register your vehicle and you're good to go. That said, I purchased the car from West Virginia where they do have inspections and it passed as recent as November.
Headlamps may be cheaper than fines.
Depending on the style of headlight you currently have, they may have a sloping cut-off - the middle and right of the beam are cut off horizontally to reduce glare and the left side cut-off angles upward it increase roadside illumination. But on the wrong side for North America. even on low beam, you'll be blinding on-coming drivers.
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I fortunately live in Columbus, Ohio where there are no inspections at all, you just simply register your vehicle and you're good to go. That said, I purchased the car from West Virginia where they do have inspections and it passed as recent as November.
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Dangerous and illegal to not change them
Mine actually had "left hand traffic " embossed in them
"Everybody should own a MINI at some point, or you are incomplete as a human being" - James May
"WET COOPER", Partsguy1 (Terry Snell of Penticton BC ) - Could you send the money for the unpaid parts and court fees.
Ordered so by a Judge
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While this is Cibie specific it provides and excellent overview of lighting options...
Its not exactly new but still relevant and very applicable to Minis....
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Dangerous and illegal to not change them
Mine actually had "left hand traffic " embossed in them
~ 30 minutes in a Mini is more therapeutic than 3 sessions @ the shrink. ~
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Dangerous and illegal to not change them
Mine actually had "left hand traffic " embossed in them
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Dangerous and illegal to not change them
Mine actually had "left hand traffic " embossed in them
"Everybody should own a MINI at some point, or you are incomplete as a human being" - James May
"WET COOPER", Partsguy1 (Terry Snell of Penticton BC ) - Could you send the money for the unpaid parts and court fees.
Ordered so by a Judge
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I don't know if you had this problem or not, but worth mentioning. My AC works great and blows cold, but the belt squealed pretty bad. A new belt and tightening adjustment fixed the issue. Might be worth swapping the AC and radiator fan belts if they don't look new. Replacing the very right spark plug required moving the alternator for me, so the AC belt was already loose anyway.
The only other thing I can think of that could be handy is to make sure you have proper headlights for US roads. Since Japan drives on the left side of the road, their headlights are designed to shine brighter to the left and dimmer to the right to avoid blinding oncoming traffic. In the US we are opposite, headlights shine dimmer on the left. With RHD headlights in the car, you will be blinding everyone and probably making them pretty mad. It would be worth it to check your headlights to see if they have already been swapped or not, and if not buy a set of LHD housings.
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I don't know if you had this problem or not, but worth mentioning. My AC works great and blows cold, but the belt squealed pretty bad. A new belt and tightening adjustment fixed the issue. Might be worth swapping the AC and radiator fan belts if they don't look new. Replacing the very right spark plug required moving the alternator for me, so the AC belt was already loose anyway.
The only other thing I can think of that could be handy is to make sure you have proper headlights for US roads. Since Japan drives on the left side of the road, their headlights are designed to shine brighter to the left and dimmer to the right to avoid blinding oncoming traffic. In the US we are opposite, headlights shine dimmer on the left. With RHD headlights in the car, you will be blinding everyone and probably making them pretty mad. It would be worth it to check your headlights to see if they have already been swapped or not, and if not buy a set of LHD housings.
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Nothing that rob/tony/specialist wrote is correct. If I were to make generalizations about Japanese market minis it would be that they are lightly used, rarely show signs of regular preventative maintenance, but can be mostly rust free. Your car might very well be a nice car as it is, the maintenance could be up to date and competently done.
Good luck with your new purchase.
If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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Looks good.
Mine is an 89 Jap MINI..... unfortunately mine was automatic,....got that all fixed now
Your carbs wouldn't have been factory, hopefully someone has tuned them properly and they run well..... twins do look great also.
The front rubber springs on mine were completely squashed when I got mine some 11 yrs ago......yours looks a little low in the front so I would expect the same.....or perhaps it has adjustable suspension fitted.
How well does the AC work?
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Nothing that rob/tony/specialist wrote is correct. If I were to make generalizations about Japanese market minis it would be that they are lightly used, rarely show signs of regular preventative maintenance, but can be mostly rust free. Your car might very well be a nice car as it is, the maintenance could be up to date and competently done.
Good luck with your new purchase.
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