Picked up an 03 S in good shape and having some fun driving it.

 

Here it is. Trying to figure out the wheel brand and model. Whatever they are I like them.

 

Congrats on the new r53. Are you keeping those wheels . First I have seen those on a MINI. Do you see any names on them ? , center caps ?

 

Nice MINI!

 

Looks good, congrats.

 

Im keeping the wheels. Anybody?

 

They are Platinum Saber wheels

 

This one came tuned up already. Has Milltek exhaust and the KN intake setup. Sounds good and has a little get up and go. Guy I bought it from was military, just grad flight school. He was shipping out to Alaska no way to take it with him. Said he bought it from his brother that did all the work on it. The PS pump was on its last leg coming and going. The base mechanic thought is was traction control DSC button stuck on, and I think a couple people passed on it because of the steering issue after test drive.

A little research online about the PS pump, and figuring out it was covered in the recall or I might have passed as well.

 

Oh yea that and the AC was not working. Pretty tough to sell a car in FL without AC in the summer. That ended up being compressor clutch coil replacement. Pretty easy job and a 35 dollar part. After topping off the R134 its like riding around in a deep freeze now. Well maybe not that cold but plenty cool enough now.

 

Brake parts are coming in. I decided to do the level 3 Gen 1 brake upgrade. Also getting strut mount plates with a little manual readjusting to knock out the mushroomed towers. That should tighten up the front end a little bit. Coilovers next with about .5 inch drop if I can find some that wont break the bank.

 

Your mini looks to be in excellent shape---they sure are fun to drive!!!

 

hey, fellow noobie to the forum FL person, like me! just grabbed my 2nd mini. Im in Ruskin

 

Tallahassee. 5 hours north. There wasn't a mini in town that I ever saw except one. As soon as I bought this one they are EVERYWHERE now. Closest dealer is 2 1/2 hour drive in JAX or 3 hours PNS. College town so every fall we get another 15K-20K new arrivals, and it looks like a bunch are driving Mini's.

I broke down and bought a coilover kit off ebay. I had a torn strut tower mount front passenger side that meant both front struts were gonna be pulled loose to fix anyway, so I priced out new struts all around vrs coilover kit. Probably a $200 difference in parts. Gonna do all the work myself with my mechanic neighbor. Looked at the youtube videos and not too bad from what I can tell. Might as well get control arms ball joints too depending how they look. Get some pics as I go along and post them.

 

sweet. does coilover imply some lowering?

go noles~

 

There a lot of good videos on you tube that really help. I did some surgery on the intake side including the air duct which required the removal of the front end. How many miles on your mini? I will be in TALLAHASSEE tomorrow.

 

137K miles. Hope the clutch has already been done. Previous owner said he did not know for sure. It was his brothers car, and he thought it was purchased new by him.

 

Welcome to NAM and a VERY nice find. Congrats!

Here's a handy maintenance guide to keep her purring and you grinning.

http://new.minimania.com/MINI_Routin..._I_and_II_2344

Recently picked up an R53 myself. Please ask if you have any questions!

Drive Hard. Drive Safe. Keep Grinning.

 

I know of several minis with well over 200,000 and one in particular was over 350.000 miles on the original clutch so 134,000 is not a lot.