Hello guys, my name is Brock, picked up this 2015 back in January. I live in Kentucky. Always had a thing for Mini's, and I finally went and bought one. Pretty big difference from my last car, but I just wanted something new and comfortable.

My previous car:

1996 Volkswagen Harlequin, it had pretty low miles for it's age, sold it with 84k miles. Loved the car to death and miss it very much, actually lol.




And here is the Mini! :









The 9 ET38 on the rear lol:


I don't plan on doing much with it. I removed the stripes it came with, I just wasn't a fan, but it wasn't a deal breaker. Base model, 6spd, moonroof... So far all I have done is change the antenna to the OEM stubby, added the OEM luggage compartment tray in the boot, as well as the OEM luggage compartment mat! The only plans I have for the car are to get the windows tinted, I keep telling myself a catback but probably will do a turbo-back exhaust and intake, and coils and wheels. The wheels I have for it are Work VS-XX 18x8/9 ET38 all around. Rear's I will be narrowing to make them fit. That's about it!

 

Dont think you need to narrow the rear. I'm running 17x8 et30 in the rear.

 

From just mocking them up, they obviously poke. But they say lowering a vehicle will naturally give it a little camber...I'm going to play with it once I get it lowered, but I can get smaller lips no problem. I'm new to the mini stuff so it'll all trial and error. I'll have to look at your posts and see how yours sits.

 

Don't have any good fitment pics yet as the weather has been crap but i'm gonna wash it tomorrow hopefully and put up a few more pics

 

Did it clear the rear trailing arm when you test fitted it? I eventually gave up on fitting a 9" wheel in the rear because I couldn't get it to clear the trailing arm without massive poke.

I'm definitely looking forward to your progress

 

The Harlequin! There's a whole sub-culture of Harlequin lovers, and a sub-sub-culture of Harlequin lovers that own MINIs. You're not alone. Lowering your MINI will naturally give it negative camber in the rear, not the front, which, incidentally, doesn't do any favor for the car's handling. Welcome.

 

Like the Moonwalk Grey. Congrats on the new ride.