ZIPPEEGEAR

AMVIV UPDATE

zippeegear — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:28:39 +0000

Hello everyone,

Wow!! 93 paid registrations in just three short weeks! I am humbled by your enthusiasm. We’re working hard to make sure your MINI Vacation coming up in just 10 short weeks is a fun one. A few of the things we’re planning require a head count upfront, so the earlier you sign up the better. Remember, pre-registration rates go up to $30 per car after April 1. If you’re planning on making the trip, make sure you register soon.

This just in – we’ve reached our minimum for the Chartered Dam Tour. Actually, 52 folks are already signed up. It’s going to be a blast. Remember, if you want to go on this tour, you MUST pre-register. We CANNOT accept reservations when you arrive in Vegas for AMVIV.

Also, for those of you that haven’t heard, that sweet scream of a deal Station Casinos was offering… it’s done! They sold out on that gift card special in less than 24 hours. Evidently, a lot of folks jumped on that right away. So fast, I didn’t even get one. Hopefully, someone will hook me up.

One more reminder. May 1 the discounted rates at Palace Station expire. In case you missed it, here’s are the room rates for AMVIV8:

Courtyard Rooms – $39.00 per night Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday, $59.00 per night Friday & Saturday

Tower Rooms – $59.00 per night Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday, $89.00 per night Friday & Saturday

All room rates are also subject to room tax and the special-for-our-event $4.95 hotel service fee.

Use the Special Web Booking Link or call 1-800-634-3101 and use reservation ID PCIAMV8 and identify yourself as an AMVIV or Sin City MINI Club attendee.

If you don’t use the Special Web Booking Link or the telephone number and code listed above, you won’t get the rate. So, please – when booking your hotel rooms for AMVIV8 use the link we’ve provided or call the number and use the code. Your choice. Any problems or issues booking your room, please let us know.

I know there’s more I should be telling you, but my mind’s gone blank. It will have to wait until next time.

Looking forward to seeing all of you in May!

Jules – SCMC President

AMVIV Organizing Team

http://www.sincityminiclub.com and on Facebook

Here’s a link to our annual MINI/Mini extravaganza, happening May 19-22, 2011 http://www.amviv.com and on Facebook

Happy Motoring!

MINIs on the Dragon Email Update

zippeegear — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:23:01 +0000

MOTD - Email Update # 13
Follow us here at: The MOTD Website HERE * MOTD Facebook HERE * Motoring Alliance Forums HERE * North American Motoring HERE

Registration is now OPEN

Just click HERE to start the process

All registration items will be picked up at the event at one of the registration time listed HERE
If you paid for the “Dragon Draggin” event your pine car will be shipped to you. Otherwise, please disregard any ship notice you may get from PayPal. I mark each registration “shipped” to help me keep track of which ones I have processed.

Here is the lastest since our last email

Todd’s Modds / Motoringbages will be returning as a vendor again this year.
Hendrick MINIs will also be returning as a vendor again for 2011

Availability Updates

Still need a room? As of yesterday, THESE places still had availability.

Want to join some of great activities at this years MOTD? The following events are still open:

Welcome Dinner
Bingo
Brewswap with Detroit Tuned
Draggin Dragons (just opened up 5 more slots)
Farewell Dinner

(the above 5 items are available via registration but can be added to a existing registion by contact me HERE )

Wine Tasting on Wednesday Night (unlimited)
Scenic Drive on Parsons Branch on Thursday (Space for 9 people)
Pigeon Forge on Thursday (Space for 8 people)
Jetboats on Thursday (Space for 25 people)
Helix Foosball Party on Thursday (Space for 29 people)
Way’s Margarita Party on Thursday (unlimited)
Dragon Parade on Friday (unlimited)
Cades Cove on Friday (Space for 1 person)
Cherohala Lunch Drive on Friday (Space for 1 MINI)
Brewery Drive on Friday (2 spaces open)
Car Show (unlimited)
Way and MA Wii Bowling Night (unlimited)
Karaoke on Friday Night (unlimited)
Sunrise Drive on Saturday (Space for 2 people)
Panoramic Photo (unlimited, until we run out of field)
Ice Cream Run on Saturday (unlimited)
Brewery Drive on Saturday (Space for 3 people)
Helix Frisbee Golf (Space for 19 people)
Twisties N Twilight (unlimited)
Midnight Run (unlimited)

Don’t forget, MINIBee is holding the charity embroidered patch sale again to benefit the Graham County Food Bank. Place your order for the MOTD 9 patch and there are Veteran patches and others from previous years available too. You can get them HERE

Free Welcome Package: If you haven’t done so already. Graham County offers a great FREE Welcome Package full of Maps and information on the local area. Just fill out the easy form on this page HERE

Help Needed: Several of the Day Drives are already fulled up. We could really use a few good people to offer to lead a drive. Just let me know and I can walk you thru the process.

Some important Numbers

53 Days till the MOTD Begins
26 Days to Order Shirts with your registration
43 Days to Base Registration Closes (including Dinners, Brewswap and Bingo)

And the Registrations keep rolling in. We just hit 591 registrations with 397 MINIs.

Need to add or change your existing registration, just let me know . Contact

For all you first time Dragon Slayers, make sure to watch this awesome “How to Drive the Dragon Video” made by the very talented MINIBee.

Vendors and Sponsors

Below is where I’ll keep a running track of our 2011 MOTD Vendors and Sponsors.
Vendors are folks that will be at the MOTD providing services and goods for us.
Sponsors are folks that can’t attend the MOTD but have donated to help out.

Vendors: Way Motor Works AutoXCooper.com TwistyBitz Outmotoring Group4Autosports Helix Motorsports Detroit Tuned Mini-Fini Craven Speed Aesthtic Creations Dent Tricks Detail Productions Todd’s Moods / Motoring Badges Hendrick MINIs

Sponsors: MINIs in the Ozark Cooper Flags Go-Badges

DIY Tent Update:
We have the following information/demonstrations commitments so far:

Electrical Session by Tim aka Fatherdeth
(2)Tire Pluggin Demonstrations and TyreGuardian Demonstration by Dustin with AutoXCooper.com
(2)M45 Supercharger rebuild talk by Dustin at AutoXCooper.com
Mike from Aesthetic Creations will be hosting a DIY session installing some strips and second one for a roof graphic
Outmotoring and Griots Garage will be hosting, not one, but THREE detaling clinics

Of course if anyone want to host a session, please let me know.

In case you missed the previous Emails - Below is a recap

CNBC will be sending a 4 man crew to film our event to part of a BMW / MINI documentary

Shey and Terri have added another Brewery Drive on Saturday

Go Badges is now a vendor

We have a new Vendor added. Detail Productions will be selling a DVD of last years MOTD experience. Stay tuned for more details to come

The Welcome and Farewell Dinners are filling up so get in now if you want to attend.

We now have 10 sessions listed for DIY Tent, not too shaby for our first year!!

Thank you “camminich” for adding a Cherohala Drive with a Picnic Lunch on Friday. Thank you “Agranger” and “jljjweis” for adding a second Sunrise Drive on Saturday morining.

Helix MotorSports has added a Foosball Party to the Schedule Thanks to Aaron from Outmotoring, we will be adding 3 Detaling Clinics by Griots Garage to the DIY tent.

Mike from Aesthetic Creations will be doing a DIY instal with some vinyl.

Dent Tricks from Macon GA will be our NEW Paintless Dent Removal Vendor

We have added several more sessions to the DIY tent. Mike from Aesthetic Creations will install some stipes and thanks to Aaron at OutMotoring, we will have three detailing clinics by Griots Garage
Mike from Aesthetic Creations will returning as a vendor this year.

We have a new Karaoke DJ for this year. Little Dreamer Productions from Charlotte NC will be leading the craziness this year.

We just added a list of some of the awesome Bingo Prizes that we’ll have to offer this year.

Helix 13 and Philly MINI will be hosting another round of Frisbee Golf on Saturday

MOTD Flyer: In case anyone else is as over the top for the MOTD as I am. Here is a pdf FLYER that I print out each year on cardstock paper and tag any MINI I can find.

We’ve added new judging categories for this years MINI Car Show…Check em out HERE

Woody and Barbie have added another Day Drive, this one will be a scenic Drive on Parsons Branch Road

Craven Speed is making the Trip from Portland Oregon to be a Vendor this year!

Check out Tuesday’s new podcast on White Roof Radio.(#364) Todd, DB and Chad we’re kind enough to have me on and let me talk about our beloved Dragon. (Hope I don’t sound as nervous as I felt). I do believe I heard one of guys mention some possilbe live WRR broadcasting from MOTD!!

Our DIY Tent now has a link on the MOTD site. I hope to be adding more sessions each week. Don’t forget, it you want to host a session, just let me know.

IndieCooper (Celia) just added a Day Drive to Pigeon Forge

Way Motor Works and Motoring Alliance just added a Bowling Night

Way Motor Works just Margarita Party will now have a “Snuggie” theme

Detroit Tuned will be returning as a Vendor again.

Mini-Fini will also be returning as a Vendor again.

Fred aka FranticFreddy will be hosting another Cherohala Drive this year.

Group4Autosports is returning as a Vendor again.

Jeff aka welshmenwillnotyield is hosting another Cigar Salon right after the Welcome Dinner

Autocross was cancelled due to not enough interest

David Craver will be back to entertain us on the Wildwood Grill on Friday from 11:00am to 3:00pm

Dustin from AutoXCooper.com will be bringing back his “Devils Triangle” Drive

Aaron from Outmotoring will be returning as a vendor once again

Robert from Twistybitz will be a joining us as vendor

Cooper Flags is once again a event sponsor

Kellen and Craven Speed are once again event sponsors for 2011

Bingo will be coming back once again thanks to the great folks at PittStop MINIs

The Ice Cream Run will be back again.

Woody and Barbie Marshall will host a Cades Cove Drive.

Mr. and Mrs. Green Iguana will host another Brewery Drive.

AutoXCooper.com will be hosting the Wine Tasting again after the Welcome Dinner

Everyone’s favorite Canadian, Xiek, will lead us on another Dragon Parade

Chad and Detroit tuned will be bringing back the Brewswap.

Karaoke night will follow the Brewswap once again.

The Wine Tasting Night will be back after the Welcome Dinner.

Day Drives: If you want to host a day drive, let me know. For any first timers, I’ll be more than happy to help you set up your drive and get you going.

We will have a dedicated 20′ x 20′ tent where folks can reserve a time slot and host a “do-it-yourself” demonstration. Some ideas might be: Oil Change Clinic, Tire Plugging Clinic, Basic Electrical Clinic, a Lighting Clinic, etc. Now we just need some volunteers with some knowledge to make this happen. Let me know if you would like to host a DIY session.

Jack Rowland aka MINIBee will host two “Newbie Orientations”, a “Zipline” drive and a “Twisties at Twilight” run on Saturday night.

The Mrs. and I will be hosting another day drive to “Deep Creek” and then lunch at the “Rivers End”

More details to come !!!!

Feel Free to send me any comments or questions at barry@minisonthedragon.com
(here’s to a rockslide free Dragon!!)

Mini Cooper Sunroof Motor Repair by ZippeeShade

zippeegear — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:50:07 +0000

THE PROBLEM
During the design process of our “ZippeeShade” which have designed exclusively for the Mini Cooper, I encountered a slight problem on my test vehicle, a 2003 Mini Cooper S. The problem I was facing was what seemed to be some kind of short circuit. The sunroof was working fine until one day without warning it opened half way and when I tried to close it, nothing happened, it would not close. When I depressed the switch to close the sunroof, all you can hear was a clicking noise from the relay. I located the fuse to see if it was blown, and to my surprise it wasn’t. Now I was confused and even worse I was concerned that I would have to drive around with the sunroof stuck half way open. Luckily I went on Google to do some research and found tips on closing the sunroof manually. At the rear of your car there should be a Mini Cooper Tool Bag, which will contain an Allen wrench hand crank used to connect directly to the sunroof motor to manually close your sunroof. You can access your sunroof motor by removing the clock from the headliner and you will see the Allen wrench screw used to manually open and close the sunroof.

THE SOLUTION

After many hours of troubleshooting I found the cause of my sunroof failure. It was due to a short circuit in the diode, located inside the motor housing. This diode was causing the motor to short out, rendering the motor inoperable. The fix was very simple, all I did was open the motor and use a pair of wire cutters to snip the diode wire disconnecting it and instantly the motor worked again. This was actually a really easy fix. Here are my step by step instructions along with photographs of what I had documented.

TOOLS NEEDED

- Digital Volt Ohm Meter
- #25 Torx Star Driver
- Flathead & Phillips Screwdrivers
- Pair of Pliers
- Wire Cutters
- Teflon White Lithium Grease or Some kind of Lubricant like WD40

STEP 1: Remove the following plastic trim rings on both front and back sunroof, by pulling on the trim ring inward towards the center of the sunroof. This trim ring is held in place by pressure clips. Be sure to disconnect any wires attached to the trim ring located on the front sunroof, after you have removed it from the headliner.

STEP 2: Remove both sun visors from the headliner. Start by removing the clip for the sun visor by using a thin small flathead screwdriver to pry open the plastic cover in order to access the Phillips head screw. Use a flathead screwdriver to do the same for the round plugs located on the sun visor hinge. Once you have unscrewed the sun visor, unclip the wiring harness.

STEP 3: Remove the clock from the headliner. Just wiggle from front to back and you should be able to pull it down from the headliner. Unplug it from the wire harness.

STEP 4: Remove the rear view mirror from the headliner. In order to do this you have to rotate the base of this mirror 90deg in either direction and it will unclip from the solid steel base located underneath the headliner. Unplug it from the wire harness.

STEP 5: With the rear view mirror off, it is very important that you remove the small black plastic rivet from the headliner using a small thin flathead screwdriver, located directly underneath where the mirror was located. Note: if you forget to remove this you cannot remove the headliner.

STEP 6: Remove the dome light housing from the headliner. In order to do this you have to pry the clear lens from the housing. Underneath you will find the Phillips screw to remove the housing. Unplug it from the wire harness.

STEP 7: Remove the “@h Sh!t Handles” from the headliner. In order to do this you have to pry the plastic covers from the sides of the handles. Underneath you will find the Phillips screw to remove it.

STEP 8: Remove the rear vent cover from the headliner. You will find this cover located at the rear of your car. To remove this just pry it from the headliner.

STEP 9: After you removed the cover, you will find a white trim ring in which it was connected to. To remove this you will notice that there are two clips on each side, that will need to be separated. Use a flathead screwdriver and some light pressure and separate both top and bottom halves.

STEP 10: Remove the weather stripping from both rear hatch and from the drivers/passengers door jamb.

STEP 11: Remove the seatbelt cover located on both center pillars. With the weather stripping removed, you can separate the plastic panel directly underneath the seatbelt cover. Just apply medium pressure by pulling this panel away from the door jamb. Behind this plastic panel you will find a Phillips Screw, remove it and the cover should slide down.

STEP 12: Located at the back of the car you will see the plastic covers holding up the headliner. To remove, all you have to do is pry them from the top separating them from the pressure clips. It won’t be necessary to remove them completely, just pull them down enough to get the headliner to drop down.

STEP 13: Located at the front of the car you will see the plastic covers holding up the headliner near the windshield. It won’t be necessary to remove these covers. Just slide the headliner back towards the rear of the car and the headliner should drop down.

STEP 14: Slide the headliner out of the car by bending it slightly and pulling it out of either door, as shown in the photos.Note: you will need to remove the headrest from both seats.

STEP 15: **Very Important** Before attempting to remove the motor from the sunroof, you must close the sunroof completely using an allen wrench and manually turning the center screw, located in the center of the motor housing.**IMPORTANT DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP**

STEP 16: Remove the motor by using your #25 Torx Screwdriver to loosen the 3 screws on the motor housing. Disconnect from the wiring harness.

STEP 17: With the motor removed from the car, you can pry off the plastic housing by separating the pressure clips as seen in the photos.

STEP 18: If you look at the end cap of the motor housing, you will see (4) metal corners bent at an angle to hold the end cap on. All you have to do is take your pliers and bend them in the opposite direction so that you can remove the end cap. Then use a flathead screwdriver to pry the end cap off.

STEP 19: Pull the center shaft out from the motor case.

STEP 20: With the end cap removed and separated from the shaft, use your Digital Ohm Meter to test both outside terminals to see if there is any resistance. If you find that there is Zero resistance at the terminals, then that would indicate that your circuit is closed when it should be open, this means your capacitor has a short in it. Locate the capacitor on the end cap. Use a pair of wire cutters to separate the connection, as shown in the photos. Be sure to position it so that it doesn’t reconnect on accident. Use your Ohm Meter to retest both outside terminals again, and you should see that the circuit is now open, and indicates full resistance. This will confirm that you have corrected the problem with the motor.

STEP 21: Now in order to put the shaft back into the motor case, you will need to reconnect the shaft back into the end cap.In order to do so, you will need to use your thin flat screwdriver to move the (2) two spring loaded brushes out of the way, so that the end cap can fit back over the shaft.

STEP 22: Now with both pieces connected, carefully hold them together while you slowly insert the shaft back into the motor case. **Tip: You should place something on the opposite side of the motor case to prevent the gear drive, from the shaft, from sliding through the motor case too quickly. The shaft and motor case are both highly magnetized and will have the tendency to pull the shaft quickly through the motor case. If you allow the shaft to slide too quickly through the motor case, your end cap will become separated from the shaft, and you will have to repeat this step over again.** Don’t forget to seal the end cap properly, before putting the rest of the motor housing back together.

STEP 23: Take some White Lithium Grease and/or WD40 to lube the gear drive on the motor, as well as the rails of the sunroof track, once you get the sunroof working again.

It’s that easy!!! Now just follow all your steps in reverse to reassemble your Mini Cooper and enjoy. I hope this step by step DIY tip helps you to save a small fortune.

God Bless

AMVIV 6 – “A MINI Vacation In Vegas 2009″

zippeegear — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:40:51 +0000

AMVIV 6 – “A MINI Vacation In Vegas 2009″

I thought AMVIV 6 was a tremendous success. Being a native to Las Vegas and participating in many car show events in years past, this was one event that we had no idea even existed until George Marsh from SCMM.org had casually mentioned it to us, which in retrospect I was glad he did. We had never seen such an awesome gathering of “Die Hard” Mini Cooper enthusiasts. Once arriving at the parking garage of the Palace Station Casino in Las Vegas we drove up to the 4th floor, immediately you can feel the atmosphere change, and in an instant all you can see was row after row of Mini’s, Mini’s and More Mini’s; in every color, every upgrade and every size you can imagine. I was completely blown away. Everyone there was extremely nice and quick to describe their love affair with their Mini. This event was more than a car show; it was truly a gathering of a unique sub-culture catering to everything MINI. We were fortunate enough to have been a vendor here, amongst all the other specialty vendors attending this event. We seen everything from MINI Cooper Ankle Socks, Greeting Cards, Vintage Memorabilia, to ZippeeShade Sunroof Shades exclusively for MINI’s (sorry a shameless plug) and even a vendor selling engine upgrades and installing them on the spot. Yes, I must admit, we got caught up in all of the hype and had Way Motor Sport install a Supercharger Pulley on my 2003 MCS, while my wife purchased MINI Cooper ankle socks and matching pin from CoolMiniStuff.com. We had a blast.

We can’t wait to do it all over again. By Saturday we were a little sad that it all was coming to an end. We are very thankful to everyone who visited the ZippeeGear.com booth and supported our vision, the feedback we received was incredible. As for AMVIV 7 we will definitely be there. I want to congratulate Larry Simpson and the rest of the crew at Sin City MINI Club for doing such an awesome job organizing this event and activities. We look forward to AMVIV 7 and we will definitely be a participating vendor in future events for many years to come.

Here are some photos from this event:

Zippeeshade In The Media

zippeegear — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:34:24 +0000

We would like to give special thanks to Pastor Benny and Wendy Perez at “The Church at South Las Vegas” for all their loving support.
ZippeeGear.com

SCMM News

(Southern California MINI Maniacs)
February 2009 Vol 7 Issue 2

IN THIS ISSUE

Santa Anita Day coverage
Valentine’s Day at The DR. — Our next DIY Day set for Feb. 14th
President’s Farewell Message
Documentary film to look at 50 years of MINI
ZIPPEE SHADE reviewed
SCMM members featured in MC2 magazine
Upcoming events and more!

Please visit SCMM Website and be a part of the most active and vibrant MINI communities in Southern California
http://www.scmm.org/

AMVIV6 will be March 26-29, 2009.

A MINI Vacation In Vegas (or AMVIV) is the biggest annual MINI event in North America. Come to fabulous Las Vegas and spend a long weekend hanging out with a thousand of your closest MINI friends. Go on group drives through spectacular scenery, get your MINI or your wardrobe upgraded with the latest MINI goodies and help fill The Strip with wall-to-wall MINIs. Win prizes on the runs, at the banquet dinner or simply for registering and attending. Or just come for the party. After all, it’s VEGAS baby!
Get all the details at www.AMVIV.com

Welcome to the Dynamic MiNi Collective. We are a geographically diverse social car club. We currently have three chapters in the state of Arizona, with one chapter in the Phoenix area, one chapter in Tucson and one chapter in Sierra Vista. All DMC events are open to all DMC members, regardless of chapter association.
DMC was formed in 2004 to bring together Mini owners and their families in the common pursuit of all things Mini. Our club is open to all Mini owners, regardless of body style.
Feel free to look around, read our newsletter, and visit our forum. If you would like to join, our membership application can be downloaded from the Join page.

DMC is a non-profit Arizona corporation.
If you are interested in finding out more about us, feel free to contact us.
Dynamic MiNi Collective

P.O. Box 16664

Phoenix, AZ 85011-6664

clubinfo at dynamicminicollective.org

MC2 Magazine
Each bi-monthly issue of MC2 Magazine features news and information on current and classic Minis, their owners, coverage of major Mini events, Mini history and heritage, technical articles, and how-to information, product tests, and profiles of Mini-related businesses.

If it concerns Minis, MC2 — the independent American Mini magazine for ALL Mini owners around the world — has it handled!

•Issue No. 18 was mailed to all U.S. subscribers this past January 12th – a lot later than usual due to weather-related problems in the Northwest. For complete details on this issue, click on the cover to the left.

If you are a U.S. subscriber and have not received your copy of issue #18 by February 7th, 2009, please click on the Lost/Damaged Copies button at the bottom left of the menu bar to notify the publisher’s office and we’ll send a replacement issue right away!

Canadian and foreign subscriptions will be mailed from our depots in Canada and the US on or about January 20th, 2009. –Happy Motoring!
http://www.mc2magazine.com/

Click below to download Miniology Podcasts:

miniology

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Genre: Automotive

MINIOLOGY PODCASTs

Miniology

Genre: Automotive

Miniology is the science and study of all things Mini.
More specifically, this refers to automobiles, mostly the small British car market consisting of “Mini” (classic era 1959-2000, as produced by a variety of makers, including Austin, Morris, BMC, Leyland, Riley, Woosley, Rover), “MINI” (new era, 2002 model year+ as produced by BMW)

We started this site near the end of the last year, as an outreach from our successful video podcast (”vodcast”) which you may find on YouTube and Google Video as “StarLord Mini Podcast” — there were a number of great commercial sites out there for news and information about the Mini/MINI, but we wanted a new site geared specifically towards clubs, their events, and the people; that is, created for and by enthusiasts.

Something interesting started to happen. Along with the regular Mini clubs in the Northern California area (where the majority of StarLord’s podcasts were recorded), we started cross-pollinating with other car enthusiast groups. Now, we find that classic Mini and new MINI events are shared with owners of other small classic cars, such as the smaller MGs and Triumphs, as well newer cars such as the Nissan 350Z, Mazda Miata, Smart ForTwo, etc. However, we are still primarily Mini/MINI-oriented, so the news and events you find on Miniology will be largely focused (I won’t say biased, because we aren’t, really) in that direction.

Miniology, a non-profit and charitable organization, consists of dedicated volunteers who collaborate together on the site, blogs, video and audio podcasts, as well a forthcoming public-access TV show.
http://miniology.com/

ZippeeShade Authorized Distributors

zippeegear — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:30:15 +0000

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How to install your Zippeeshade

zippeegear — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:26:43 +0000

HOW TO INSTALL YOUR ZIPPEESHADE™

Click here to download PDF file

In order for you Zippee Shade to fit properly

you must follow these instructions

Step 1:

Once you have removed your ZippeeShade™ from it’s carrying case, you may notice that the UV Resistant fabric is wrinkled.

Step 2:

We recommend that you take a standard steam iron, and set it to the lowest setting yet allowing the steam to work. First iron the ZippeeShade™ on the silver side, so that you will not damage the printed logo. Once you have smoothed out all the wrinkles, you can turn the ZippeeShade™ over, and begin ironing the black side.

Step 3:

Be sure to iron the loose fabric that surrounds the frame.

Step 4:

To install the ZippeeShade™, slide back the mesh screen covering you sunroof, and slide the (SOLID SIDE) of ZippeeShade between the glass and mesh screen. For the rear sunroof: the loose fabric should be facing towards the rear hatchback. For the front sunroof: the loose fabric should be facing towards the front windshield.

Step 5:

Take the suction cups and depress them against the glass above.

Step 6:

Take the loose fabric and tuck it into the edges of sunroof trim ring. It’s that easy.

How to close your ZippeeShade

zippeegear — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:25:23 +0000

HOW TO CLOSE YOUR ZIPPEESHADE™

The Original ZippeeShade for Mini Cooper | Clubman | Countryman

zippeegear — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:39:55 +0000

REVIEW OF THE ZIPPEESHADE™

Zippeeshade is hands down, one of the best inventions for the Mini Cooper, Clubman and Countryman. This simple product has saved many heads from getting scorched under the sun. It’s simple design easily unfolds from it’s protective bag and quickly attaches to your sunroof via suction cups. It has a steel wire frame designed to hold the UV fabric to the exact shape of the sunroof opening. The ZippeeShade even stays in place while driving with the sunroof wide open. What a fantastic product….. If you own a MINI and have the dual sunroof’s, you must buy your ZippeeShade today.

BUY IT NOW