You are currently viewing our forum as a guest, which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our community, at no cost, you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is free, fast and simple, so please join our community today!
i was browsing around mwerks.com when i came across this work of art....i frikkin love it...some might think its a bit extravegant.....and technically, they're entitled to their own blasphemous (kidding) opinion...but i personally think its gorgeous...i think she's the 1st example of a modded R56 ^_^
I like it. What most grabs my attention is the two tone paint job and the JCW GP style rear-wing. Wheels and painted calibers are sharp. Cow-catcher front air dam is a bit over the top, but hey this is a showcar.
__________________
BLUBELLE - 9/02 production 2003 MCS IB /W 1,2,3 pkgs, Lapis blue interior, Chrome Trim, Magnecors, NGK Iridium IX, Alta 15% Pulley and CAI, Unichip, Scorpion cat-back,Skid Plate, Rear Fogs, H&R RSS Coilovers, Mini-Madness rear suspension poly bushings, RDR Control Arms and Swaybar, PowerGrids end links. Motoring since 10/18/02. I V-1, do you?
I just can't get over the NASTY side gills on the R56's, and thery've only made these look worse. The wheels look like they belong on a big sedan, not a mini. The paint is ncie, the bumper looks like a rice burner bodykit, not something that belongs on a mini. I'll agree that it looks "baller", but I don't think "baller" is a good look for a mini
Compared to the R53, the R56 hood still makes me a bit nauseated.
That's the one thing that most turns me off about the R56 model Cooper. The swooping lines of the R53 Cooper bonnet are one of the most appealing features of the exterior of the car !
Ugh... I'm hoping they switch back before I'm ready to buy another if five or six years.
And yes, that bumper is sick. And I don't mean that in the 21st century way either. It's awful.
I agree...it's a show car so there ya go. I like it about as much as I do any show car: I like this, don't like this...but I'd probably never want it on the street. R50...R53...R56...it's all the same.
Interesting with the side repeater grill, though...I could see specialty molded grills showing up since that piece apparently has been freed up from even trying to look like a grill anymore. Why not some subtle Union Jack (or other national flag), checkerboard, or 50th anniversary graphic action up there?
Flat paint look hideous. It looks like a big plastic Mini or like they spilled something on the Mini that ruined the finish or like they waxed on but forgot to wax off
__________________
Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic...
very cool paint job....I'm not too fond of the body kit though.
__________________
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world.
The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the
world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on
the unreasonable man."
--- George Bernard Shaw
I like the yellow/black combo but that's about it.
__________________
www.usminiclub.com Obie: my '05 MINI Cooper - Jet Black, Premium and Sport packages, chrome side vents with white/clear repeaters, M7 STPs, K&N 57i intake, Megan Racing MINI Cooper cat-back exhaust, TSW engine damper, Alta 19mm anti-sway bar, Ian Cull anti-nanny circuit.
color (though the finish might look good with a different paint scheme)
wheels
body kit is actually not bad at all, but that front bumper needs to draw back at least an inch - the overall shape is pretty good but it just sticks out too far and they need to ease the angle on the top of it a bit
Looks allright from the back but that's coming from a diehard Gen 1 guy. Kind of like lipstick on a pig though.
05/S PS
Thank you COOPERation!
(though the finish might look good with a different paint scheme)
Zippy = '02 IB/IB MC.....modified :wink:
