Hello all! My girlfriend just picked up an '05 MCS a couple weeks ago and since I'm the one who's going to be modding it and maintaining it for her, I figured I'd introduce myself here. I'm no stranger to euro cars as I've had quite a few, never a Mini though! Here's how the car looked when she picked it up:







She let me get my hands on it this past thursday night, since then I spent a few nights in the garage and here are the results, the only work I didn't do myself was the tint which is 35% all around and 70% on the windshield:







She was coming from a 4 door civic so this was a nice little upgrade. The cosmetics are done for the most part, probably going to add some new wheels but these work for now and will make a good track setup (Already signed her up for an event at VIR). Also plan on doing a pulley upgrade, intake, custom exhaust, and a set of coilovers. Let me know what you guys think!

 

Way cool R53. Looks really nice w/ the blacked out trim. Also to change the subject.........don't forget to wave to your fellow Mini drivers......and Join the League of Exterodinay Miniacs........waving is part of the 'Mini Culture'. Oh and wave back at Mini owners who wave at you.

 

Thanks! She's loving it so far. Oh don't worry, she knows all about the wave! We've already run into some really nice mini drivers in our area.

And to explain the euro plate, she works in orthopedic surgery mainly doing knee and hip replacements, not a Randy Savage fan haha

 

Nice car, North Carolina! Welcome to NAM. Keep us updated with your mods and car performance.

 

Nice!!! Welcome and thanks for sharing the pics!

 

Yeah. What he said.

 

Nice Car! Where abouts in NC? I live near the coast. I could probably share some hard lessons learned.

 

Looks Great! Happy motoring and don't forget to wave.

 

Thanks guys! We're in Raleigh now, just moved a few months ago from NYC so we're still getting used to it here

 

Nice make-over!

 

If you haven't discovered the Tar Heel MINIs yet, be sure to head over to the site. www.tarheelminis.org

 

I love the R53's in either that light blue color or red with white top/black top. Good choice! I look forward to seeing what you can do with the car. What other Euro cars have you had? I'm from Europe myself.

 

Hello Dave and welcome to the NAMily!

Love what you've done with your MINI and thanks for posting pics, cause we all love pics... yes we do!

Btw, why not post some pics when you do the track event at VIR... we'd love to see your MINI's baptism of fire!

So here's your chance to be extraordinary... You are eligible to take the oath and join the League of Extraordinary MINIacs and save the wave!

https://www.northamericanmotoring.com/forums/general-mini-talk/256292-want-to-join-the-league-of-extraordinary-miniacs.html

OR you can join up on Facebook at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1404...group_activity

C'mon raise that right hand and take the oath!

Enjoy your MINI and Motor On!

 

Thanks for the heads up, I'll check that out for sure

She debated between red and blue but settled on the red. I've had a bit of everything... Just in the last 2 years I've had a BMW X5 in estoril blue with a manual trans, Mercedes E350 coupe, E63 M6, E60 M5, E46 330ci ZHP, 2 E90 335's, 2 E46 M3's, Audi B7 S4, Audi B6 Ultrasport, BMW E30 325is Mtech1 with an S50 swap, Lotus Elise, a couple E36 M3's one of which was a GTS3 car, and a bunch of different B6 Audi S4's. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few but you get the idea, none of them were even close to stock, some say I have a car problem haha.

Thanks! I'll be sure to post more as the car continues to be modded.

Oh don't worry, its going to be my GF's first track event ever so I'll have my Contour and GoPro on the car so there will be plenty of pics and videos

I'll check that out, I'm not the one driving the car so I may have to have her join it. Thanks for the info!

 

Those are lots of cars, but it's not a problem. It's an addiction:-).

 

Welcome, it looks like your well on your way.