Yea, I know and they the set up is great. Especially for pot holes and junk on the road that like like to damage wheels. Those were a euro part that we were able to get. Not many of those wheels around here.

 

Add on this month.
Added LED on door trim
Painted black x white rims
Tinted rear light
and H&R lower springs

 

Looks great!! The wheels look cool...did you powder coat them?

 

Yea! It was Matt black

 

Nice!

 

Nice wheels looks great..............cheers.....

 

DEF. a bud drinker...........bud light and bud lime!!! hahahha

 

wow

 

Could someday post up a link for plasti dip , before I buy the wrong stuff here in Scotland

 

The site I have used before was www.dipyourcar.com if the color I wanted was not available in town.

edit - I just looked and they do not ship internationally though. It could help ensure you get the right stuff from ebay or other sources though.

 

What's fun about owning a Mini is the "personal" touch.....really like the wheels!

 

I had a custom exhaust made for my R60 JCW.

Before:



After:





On a side note, I was originally planning on having the second cat and resonator cut out like everyone else does. Strangely enough though, my Countryman does not have a second cat... just a resonator. Fun fact. Must be something to do with emission requirements not being as stringent as in the USA. My stock rear muffler also seems to be a different shape.

 

Replaced all the light bulbs in my rear taillights with Philips P21 Red Rogue LEDs. Too bright to take a decent picture.

 

I installed the official MINI Garmin GPS mount. The part number is 65902218328. I bought the mount from outmotoring.com for $170. I really have been going back and forth about buying and installing the mount. It is obviously more expensive than the craven mount, but it fits with the dash perfectly. It included the mount, usb cable for the gps, wire connectors. I didn't need to buy anything else to install.

The install was way easier than I imagined. I stopped in at MINI of Louisville to get a price to install and was quoted 6.5 hours of labor. I wasn't paying that for sure. That's almost the cost of the built in factory GPS. It took me less than 2 hours to install and that included searching the internet for instructions and help and removing a panel or two that I didn't need too. I could easily do it again in 30 minutes.

The mount attaches to the back of the tach with included bracket and screws. The cable is routed behind the dash beside the steering wheel and down towards the OBDII port. This is under the dash on the left side. It connects to two wires coming from the OBDII port for power.

Here is the result. I am using my current Garmin which is 4.3". The design calls for the 3.5" Garmin. So part of the left top is cut off by the steering wheel. It's not bad at all.

 

I installed one of those as well a while back. Parts cost me about the same but I paid extra for the ad free traffic update receiver. The install is pretty easy. I too was going back and forth before I pulled the trigger but now am happy that I did. I have a 5 year old 3.5'' and part of the screen is still cut off, just not as much.

 

Very nice! How does the exhaust sound? I was surprised to see only one exhaust pipe from the engine to a splitter!

 

Painted the mouse flat black. Didn't really like that they made the new black ones look like two pieces, and also didn't like that the all black ones are $50 more than the chrome line. Also installed new bigger cup holders...what a difference! The biggest surprise in this is that cups sit down farther and provide better access to the window switches.

 

Installed Union Jack mirror covers inside & out and my winter wheels (Michelin X-Ice on BMW rims) with Union Jack wheel caps. Also installed the larger front cup holders along with front & rear aftermarket armrests which are more usable that the stock ones. Now all i have to do is wash it....

 

I sooo wanna get these im gonna ask santa for them hahahhaha but seriously where did you get your did you order them from SEWELL? or did u get them locally please LMK thanx!

 

Thanks.

Thats how they all come. A single pipe to the rear muffler.

The exhaust is pretty good for the most part, however there is an unpleasant drone around the 2250 rpm mark. Going to have it tweaked / redesigned so stay tuned.

 

added front and rear mud flaps and a nm high air flow filter, wow what a difference in throttle response. and later this afternoon new 16 in rims and snow tires on my cms fwd I have no idea how these tires will handle ( winter claw exteme grip ) they had good reviews in canada but none of them where on a mini.

 

Want to come over and (help) install mine? I picked some up earlier this week and need to get them on tonight / tomorrow before the crazy weather hits the east cost this week.

 

did you get the mud flaps on I did it with out removing a single wheel

 

Not yet...I'm pretty hesitant to pick up the drill and put any holes in the car...afraid to screw something up.

Any tricks with the rear wheels? Looks very tight back there. I don't want to take off the rear wheels because I don't have any tools to get them off or back on.

 

If you'd like some help I'd be happy to acomidate with some help the hardest part is the bottom under side half to break the pin. I didn't drill the extra holes for the rear. I did drill one hole for each side of the front.