ive been on here for a lil while now..and have gotten some great help and direction on here..but never officially introduced myself...im Bobby...i live in south philly... i have a '03 MCS in Snow White/Black....just did my first mod upgrades...Alta header/cat, Alta Cat back in black powder coat with a 6' oval, Alta 2.0 CAI.....next im trying to decide on what SC pulley to go with...any input would be greatly appreciated. im thinking about 15% for now and a mild tune...but id like to go a lil more extreme....but i don't wanna sacrifice daily drivability...any other Philly/JRZ mini guys or girls wanna hang out sometime..talk shop..or share interests? LoL

 

Welcome to NAM. Feel free to stop by our shop in Manayunk to discuss, look at the various performance upgrades available for your car. We're here all the time .

 

ty Helix...i stopped by ur shop when u moved VERY nice shop..and some killer cars.......been meaning to pick your brain about tuning...and such...im looking to do ignition upgrade and SC pulley...then get into some suspension upgrades....

 

Snow white/black? Did you have it painted? MINI's white is Pepper White. But a pure white, like snow or alpine would be killer on a MINI.

The stock ignition coil and wires are plenty good. Lots of people make loads of power on the stock ignitions system. A different range plug could help though once you get your sc pulley installed.

Glad that you decided to become more active.

 

yes its been painted....since it was ina minor accident...i actually just uploaded some pics......of the change...hehe ya im definitely trying to be more active in the mini community.

 

Yes, that is pretty sharp. I always thought that would look good.
Are you planning on any stripes or other graphics?

 

ty....i dont think so...i kinda like the way it looks now. if i get a CF hood. i might do the center of the hood going from the scoop back in the CF and paint the rest white. only thing im gonna add...is rims painted black (unless i find an aftermarket set i love). once i get some new tires...trying to decide on what tire....weather to do run flats or not. you cant see in the pics..but ALL tail lights, marker lights and front turn signals are blacked out and the mini symbols are smoked out ....and changed to 80w hyper yellow fog light bulbs...its a nice compliment to the HIDs...considering convering the head light lenses with hyper yellow Lumar...but idk....

 

here is the boot...

 

Hi b0bbY,
Welcome from RI.
South Philly....Tony Luke's!!

 

LOL dint think it would take long for a cheesesteak reference....then again..their roast pork and roast beef are much better...cheesesteaks are sub par....lol i live 5 blks from tony lukes...pass it every day on my way to work...lol

 

Thanks for the info. I'll try something different next time. Is there a place that's better or are they pretty much generic?
BTW Nice MINI! Must be tough to find right now with all the snow!

 

jim's on the corner of 4th and south st is a popular one...also ishkibbles on south between 3rd and 4th has THE best chicken cheesesteaks in the city...but pat's and geno's are prolly one of the favs...the are 9th and federal st......across from one another. oh..and Lorenzo's pizza.. THE best in philly on 3rd and south...also prolly the biggest slices you'll ever see....LOL

 

Wow, I figured Geno's and Pat's were more like tourist traps but I'll gladly try them all! I know one of the things I'm doing this summer!! Thanks for the local recommendations.

 

if your coming down this way...hit me up...and ill meet up wit ya. would be fun to cruise with another mini....and grab a bite..

 

Will do!

 

Hello Bobby, sounds like you are well on the way to some useful mods to your MINI, good luck withn the work and ENJOY!

 

ty ben....I'll be able to enjoy it more if we would stop getting all these blizzards...2 in 1 week...I still can't drive down a lot of the streets in philly....nor can I park on my street...and more snow mon and tues....seems like it will never end.

 

Amazing job they did with the paint. MINI definitely should have offered Alpine White. It looks spectacular.

 

ty ty...my bro in law is VERY good at what he does...he is the shop mgr at a shop in south nj....he and i have been friends for years...he has done 2 cars for me...he does awesome work...very attentive to details....