Obviously new to the group. Just wanted to pop in and finally make an account. Tired of creeping lol!
I just recently bought a 2012 R56 on 2/4/17. Hopefully I can learn a bunch of things from you guys since this is my first Mini.

 

Welcome to NAM ,she is a Beauty take care of her. ask question there are very knowledgeable MINI owners here again welcome and Motor On

 

Welcome to NAM! Beautiful car as well.

 

Nice Mini... looks really well cared for. Great find. Welcome to the best Mini forum! More pictures!

 

Thanks guys! I'm not fully done detailing this thing. After i get my plates I'll post some more pictures

 

Welcome, already looks pretty clean

 

Hi and welcome to the nam family. Nice car... when will the mods start?
OK!
Everybody mods soon after getting their Mini! They may say they will not, but then they soon realize their car needs to have a little of them in the car!
Let us know! What you want to do to it!

 

I'm looking to get rid of the micro/surface scratches. There's a couple of tiny dents that really bother me but I won't tackle those until later down the road. I am going through my MCS with clay/compound/polish and a layer of black wax sometime today. Hoping I don't get too lazy.

LOL! As far as mods, I've already chopped the resonator and 2nd cat off of the car. K and N panel filter has already been stuffed into the air box. The mini has been debadged as well. Dealer name and Cooper s has been removed. A euro plate has been installed as of yesterday. Sadly the past owner had to have a license plate drilled into the front. I figured a Europlate would be a lot cheaper than getting those holes filled/painted. Next major mod is a set of coilovers to get rid of the wheel gap. Definitely tackling cosmetics before performance.

I'm gathering parts for maintenance as of right now. Oil + filter, coolant and plugs. Brake fluid and flushing the tranny out as well. I know the car is fairly new (60k), but I'd like to change everything myself so I have piece of mind. Car dealerships always say they do multi point inspections but we all know that's a selling point.

I've already messed up and accidentally bought N14 spark plugs instead of N18 plugs. Appearantly NGK doesn't make any equivalents to Beru's for the N18. I've seen a thread with someone just running them but that makes me really nervous. If anyone needs a set they are on the marketplace with my contact info.

 

Hi asysavanh, I know when we look up close to our own car, we can see many things that others can not see. Don't make yourself crazy trying to fix all the little imperfections, but focus on the super fun this car really is. Few folks out there that have never driven one, have no idea what these cars offer the owner!
Yours is super nice and we are glad you joined the family!

 

For sure! I'm enjoying it big time. It's been about 6 years since I've owned a s2000. This is pretty damn close to it besides it being FWD. it's impossible to fix everything but I'd love to get everything perfect since I'm going to be keeping this car for life.

 

here are some pics of short stuff 😎

 

Clean car. Nice job. Dents drive me crazy... I feel your pain... but they can be fixed.

 

Looks nice, I see you have a very rare MTTS 2016 Grille badge. Was it there when you bought it?

 

I actually bought the car from Oklahoma City. It was on the car when I bought it. I was planning on removing it and hanging it up since I wasn't actually there. How rare is this badge?

 

rare enough to keep it on!

 

love it looks great, enjoy it but you will enjoy it better with the mods.lol

 

Pretty rare, they sold them at the event and online through a portal for a short time. MINI never gave it an official MINI part number and they only had a limited run on the 2016 MTTS, I was there. You can get some older MTTS stuff. It was a fun trip and worth it every 2 years they do it.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ill-badge.html

 

Very nice ... great color choice.
Congratulations ~&~ welcome!