Took delivery the week before Christmas and am finally just getting some pictures posted. I wanted a little of the Old School hot rod flavor, so I did a few little things differently such as pinstripes and a two-tone beltline. Additional pictures are in my gallery.


Replaced the emblem with the requisite Flying Eyeball.

Some pinstripes on the A-Panel.

Rear pinstripes and painted handles.

Some Beige highlights on the mirrors and the Beige and Orange beltline. The Beige matches the Polar Beige piping and colorline in the interior.

Needed some color between the seats so added the HC handles and boots for the shifter and e-brake, and re-upholstered the arm rest cover in Polar Beige leather.


It also has NM springs, JCW intake and strut bar, and I'm waiting for the 2011 tune from Jan @ RMW. Once that's done, hopefully I'll be done(!).

 

I was wondering if anyone had gone that route. Nice jog greg

 

Around Christmas 2010 i saw a photograph of this clubbie and thought to myself how stunning that looks

And so the transformation began in early January with the removal of my white indicators to be replaced for some LED ones


Then the removal of the Blackjack rear view mirror,mirror caps and side scuttles to be replaced with white mirror caps and JCW chrome scuttles

A few weeks had passed and it was time to change the alloys which i thought would look perfect with the pepper white theme i was going to have,paid a fair price for them but they look great

The next day they were fitted


It was then time for the decals to go
First the side decals then the roof a bit of a pain to remove but ended up good,the silver roof didn't go down to well with the wife


Then the bonnet and rear door stripes were the last things to go

I received the clubbie back yesterday with the roof,headlight rings and grille surrounds all painted Pepper white.

Two more jobs to be done i have some lowering springs to be fitted,and the full JCW aero kit will be arriving at the end of the month.
Here is a picture or 2 of what it should look like when it's finished



Will keep you informed when Dave is finished

 

those are some beautiful clubbies, lancs and Greg Davis!

 

after eibach pro kit drop:







Pic of my car the day I got it to show you how different it looks now:

 

lancs, that was painful to see. I so loved your Clubbie.

Good luck with the rest of your transformation!

 

Lancs you should paint the WHOLE car Pepper. Arches too. It would look very clean. Lose the silver on the back... The JCW kit is gonna look sweet on there

 

Thanks for the kind words.

 

Thanks - I appreciate the compliment!

 

Maybe one day i might,btw thanks


You think that was painful just before Christmas this happened

 

i think remember seeing those photos . . . now all the painful thoughts just came rushing back! Glad to see you've gotten the Clubbie back together!

 

Here is my new to me 2009 JCW Clubman!!

I picked it up in West Chester, PA at Otto's MINI on Saturday 3/19.



Here it is after I got it home to Katy, TX. 1,578 miles which was a fun drive.

 

DomesticMuscle - very nice .

 

My new plates

 

Here are some pictures of mine, got it second hand from a BMW dealer and it is the best car I have ever driven. There are a couple of things that I need to get done, the left back light is full of dust and the passenger door needs adjusting... I hope, where as the driver side door makes a nice deep thud when you close it, the passenger side sounds more like the door on a ford fiesta Mk1. I hope this is not normal because of the club door? I have a Europlus 1 year extension warranty but I'm probably not covered for these thing, have to see what they say.

 

The passenger door on the cars I test drove had a solid closing sound. I remember because it's one of those things I think about when considering the quality of a build.

The driver's door of my wife's Mazda CX-9 sounds hollow and metallic, but the other three doors sound completely solid. I'm 100% convinced the car had a driver's door accident, and when they fixed the door, they neglected to install all the sound proofing and foam back into the door.

Bought used, don't really have any options except to try to fix it myself.

 

Congrats on the new MINI. My Clubbie doors all have that same heavy thud. Good luck to you with yours.

 

DomesticMuscle: that is a nice looking Clubbie! Congrats and happy motoring.

 

Oh, trust me, I remember that. I think I had tears in my eyes when I first saw those pics. So glad he's fixed.

 

I also have a difference in the sound the doors make when being closed. Mine was brand new when purchased. Drivers door closes solid. But, the passenger door makes like a window rattle noise when being closed. I asked the dealer about this shortly after acceptiing delivery and was told that the noise is "normal" and caused by the Club door. I was in disbelief and asked to look at other brand new cars on their lot and they were happy to assist. And to my amazement; all the brand new cars on the lot made the same window rattle noise when closing the passenger door. I must have checked at least 4 other cars on their lot.

 

I have finally had some time to post some pictures of my new driving lights on my 2011 R55 S... They are Hella 500 Black Magic's and are like flamethrowers, haha

Let me know what you think!

 

Very nice! What lamp bracket did you use?

Dave

 

Finally got my 2011 Ice Blue, Clubman S. Exterior details: Rear spoiler, Black Sport Stripe, Black Jack mirror caps, Black Jack side scuttles, "MINI" roof graphics in white, MINI/BBS R90 wheels in anthracite, Bridgestone RE760 Sport tires (non-runflat)

 

I used the Outmotoring Mid-Brackets: http://www.outmotoring.com/mini-coop..._brackets.html

They were fairly easy to put on, I talked with the owner of Outmotoring prior to ordering them since they didn't list them as working on a 2011 Clubman. He said the only reason they didn't list the 2011 is because they didn't know if they would work with the updated front fairing (brake ducts). I can confirm that they do in fact work .

-Chris

 

The new toy...