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Old Dec 24, 2018 | 02:54 PM
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new R53 owner
picked this up as a daily driver but will probably give in to a few upgrades...look forward to reading what's what.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2018 | 10:16 AM
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Welcome, check out the R53 section: https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...k-2002-2006-8/
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...fications-196/
 
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Welcome. The R53 is a great MINI you will enjoy.
 
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Originally Posted by ECSTuning
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Welcome. The R53 is a great MINI you will enjoy.
thank you...I’m more into handling so I’ll probably do coilovers and get the suspension squared away before anything else...wheels will probably come after that since the stock wheels have a few nicks that need more than minor attention.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2018 | 07:59 PM
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Hi and welcome to NAM!
Show us some pics!
There is a ton of info in the gen 1 section, that should help you a lot!
 
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F.Y.I. You can polish out those headlight lenses with rubbing/polishing compound and a buffer. They'll come up like new.
 
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Cleaned her up a bit... Got a task ahead of me




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