Hey guys after much time has passed I have received my first car ever, just turning 16 and all and I am quite happy to say it is a mini. I have always heard about the close knit community mini owners have, so I wanted to be a part of that. My first car is a Mini cooper countryman 2012 brand new 0 miles absolute black with black roof black housing lights (xenon lights and white turn signals come with this) 17" black rims, and satellite radio. It is a non S . but still a mini right? Anyways I really want to add driving lights and put some custom paint job i really am liking the green like this. Well anyways this is my first post thanks guys. Let's motor!

 

Congrats and Welcome aboard. We need pics of your MINI if we are to beleive you own one. LOL. Good luck.

 

Haha yeah I figured so. I am going to actuslly get a photo shoot I do have a pic of it when I just washed it. My mother thinks i am crazy because I clean it twice a week.
Also here is my first and only picture of the car. Ill upload more sometime in the future

 

That is a pretty nice first car, glad to hear you are taking good care of it. Welcome aboard

 

Very nice. Tell your mom you are not crazy, you are a MINIac.

 

Haha thank you all! I remember I always wanted a mini when Italian jib the movie came out. Never thought it would happen though. The sad part is that here in texas everyone specializes in pickup trucks so finding a mini place is hard. If there are any south texans out there that know of a place. Please pm me or reply to this thread.

 

you would have been about 6 when that came out. Why did you go for the Country man then? Why not the hatchback? Just curious

 

Well my dad has a camaro and i am always squished in the back and they saw that. So they went with a four door. After that it came down to the countryman or clubman, and I am not really fond of the clubman (sorry if you have one), so the counrryman was next in line. Also yes I was about that age. The only thing I do not like very much is the chrome exterior parts.

 

Also initially I was looking at the bayswater mini cooper but the seat had to be all the way back for me to drive it, and with recent events it has shown that I will need a backseat. Especially giving teammates a ride. Also if you have seen the mini beachcomber that was the one that I really thought was cool, but it is still a concept

 

Congrats and it's a beautiful car! Glad it's serving you well so far.

As for the chrome bits, do some searches on NAM for plastidip and Joey mod and I think you'll be surprised how easy it is to change those pieces. I know MINI also sells OEM black headlight/taillight rings for the cooper hardtop, so I would figure that would apply to the countryman as well.

Best of luck and enjoy!

 

Thanks for the advice on the chrome, but I think the countrymans backlights are different because of the way they curve. But I might be wrong. I am just going off pictures.

 

Sorry for the double picture I am using the app and it crashed so I reuploaded it