.....

 

Someone told me on the intarweb that it was

 

As VP of the MadModders I reject this application!!

 

alright i see where your comming from now ; )
i have many plans for engine mods and exterior mods to come !!

 

damn. i guess ill have to wait then. whats wrong besides the plate?

I dont even know if i want to post here after i get a couple more mods, if you guys are going to be *******s.
i looked back and saw guys posting all of their stickers. id have 10 more mods that way.
i have very nice mods considering how much money i have to spend on them.
if i was rich id have fn 40 mods in 1 year too. but im not. so i do what i can. the end.,

 

My updated list...

It's been a while since I've updated and there have been many changes.


Mods:

Interior:
Tinted Windows - Huper Optik 35%
Spiffy Caps
Whalen Shift Machine - Matches custom roof graphic
MyMini Driver Knee Pad
Glove Box Organizer
Momo RSGT2 seats black cloth/grey suede
Sparco Steering Wheel - 320mm - black suede
Relocated Cruise Control
Pro-Clip Treo 680 Mount
Rear Seat Delete Kit - Modded with the addition of sound deadening
OEM Arm Rest
All interior bulbs replaced with 6000k Bulbs to match Xenon Headlamps
Garmin Nuvi 350
G2X Dash Unit/Gauges
Custom A Pillar Gauge Pod
Craven Speed FlexPod
Craven Speed 60mm Gauge Cups
Gauges Include:
Air/Fuel Ratio
Volt Meter
Oil Pressure
Oil Temperature
Water Temperature
Boost
Intercooler Temperture
Euro Parcel Shelf w/Pad
Valentine V-1 Hardwired w/remote display
Safety Devices Roll Bar w/Harness Bar and Diagonal
TeamTech 6 Point Harnesses
Helix Short Shift



Exterior:
Stubby Antenna - Black Anodized Al
OEM Aero Kit Front Bumper Cover - Modified to fit JCW style functional Brake Ducts
OEM Cooper Rear Bumper Cover - Modified for Dual Exhaust
OEM Aero Kit Side Skirts
Fender Arches Painted Body Color
M7 Carbon Fiber Front Splitter (Aero Kit)
M7 Ultimate Grille Upper & Middle (Black)
M7 Ultimate Grille (Black)
Craft Square Carbon Fiber Side Mirrors
Vented Front Fenders
Belt Line Trim Blacked out
Smoked Side Marker Lens - In Arches
Smoked Side Marker Lens - In Upper Side Marker
Smoked Tail Light Lens
Custom Painted Xenon Headlight Inserts
Custom Vented Bonnet - With scoop and louvers molded in.
Tow Hook - Blue - Front
MM.Org sticker
Custom Roof Graphics
Custom Boot Graphics
Custom Bonnet Graphics
TSW Jack Points
Custom Eyes
Solaris Invsiibulbs - Turn Signal - Side Marker
Orciari Twin Air Intake Scoops
Rear Glass Replaced with GP Glass and wiper deleted

Under the Bonnet:
TSW Engine Damper
GP Intercooler
M7 AeroEx pad
Custom Powder Coated Engine Mounts
Custom Powder Coated Supercharger Clamps
Custom Powder Coated Supercharger Horns
Craven Speed Cold Air Intake w/Heat Shield Wrap
Alta Silicone Intake Tube - Blue
Revolution Mini Works "Jesus" Head
RMW Header
RMW "Cat Back" Custom built with split tips exiting at the Cooper location mirrored on the other side too
Thermal Exhaust Tips
Silicone Water Hoses - Blue
RMW 440cc Injectors
Craven Speed Mini Dipper - Dipstick
16% Pulley
ALTAnator Pulley
M7 Oil Catch Can
All Clamps replaced with ABA Stainless Steel Rolled Edge Clamps
Forge Motorsports Coolant Overflow Bottle
Forge Motorsports Power Steering Reservoir
Forge Motorsports Covers:
Washer Bottle Cap
Headlamp Washer Bottle Cap
Oil Cap
Brake Fluid Cap
Power Steering Fluid Cap
NGK Spark Plugs - 2 Ranges Colder
8000 RPM Rev Limit
RMW Tune
M7 Air Plate Diverter
180 Degree Thermostat
Detroit Tuned Bypass Valve
Quaife LSD
Spec 3 Clutch
UUC Lightened Flywheel
Detroit Tuned Tensioner Stop

Suspension
Ireland Engineering Street/Sport Adjustable Camber Plates
H&R Rear Sway Bar - 19mm
ProMini Adjustable Trailing Arms
TSW AST Coilovers -Swift Springs
TSW Adjsutable Endlinks
M7 Upper Stress Bar
M7 Under Strut System
Alta Positive Steering Response System

Wheels - Tires
TSW M14-M12 Studs
Project KICS R26 Composite Lug Nuts
HRE C20 18 x 7.5 w 225/35-18 Yokohama Parada Spec 2
Team Dynamics ProRace 1.2 17 x 7 with Toyo R888 225/40-17
Enkie NT+M 17 x 7 w 225/40-17 Nitto NT-01

Brakes
Wilwood 12.2 Race Kit - Front
Wilwood 11.75" rear rotor enlargement kit
Stainless Steel Brake Lines
Caliper Bushings - Rear

 

No reason to get your shorts all wrinkly over it... It's called the "Mad Modder's Club" for a reason...

I list my stickers and a lot of cosmetic stuff that some of the hardcore guys sniff at... but still have enough that "count" to clear the lower hurdle... But I'm not even trying to be like gnat... yet...

 

Yeah, hell, I'm the originator of the club and *I* listed warning label stickers and cabrio headrest stickers, among others.

This thread wasn't meant to exclude anyone. It was meant for fun. So list your layer of pollen from not washing as a mod if you want. Just be prepared for some good ol' fashioned ribbing, if you do.

 

I realize I'm new to the board, but this has been a work in progress since Jan 05. This is more of a list of what I've bought, but I think it's close enough. And I know some might be questionable, but I didn't edit all the cheese out.
What do the board members think?

ENGINE

JCW Kit (Not much left)
RMW Head
Pulley 17%
440cc Injectors
RMW Cam
Lightweight Flywheel
FX300 Clutch
Factory Limited Slip
RMW Tune
RMW Complete Exhaust
Water Injection Cooling Mist Advanced controller
Water Injection Cooling Mist Vari-cool (lower fender pump mount)
Detroit Tuned Bypass Valve
Race Ready Exhaust Cutout
TSW Engine Damper
Lower Poly Engine Mount
KN Air Filter
Alta Catch can (Gone)
OBX Header (Gone)
Fumoto Valve
Airbox flapectomy and lower plug removal

BRAKES/SUSPENSION

AP Racing BBK
Factory Limited Slip (added during clutch install)
OZ Superleggera
Goodyear GS D3 F1
TSW Springs
Ireland Camber Plates
TSW Adjustable end links F&R
H&R 19mm Rear Swaybar
H-Sport Control Arms
M7 Strut Brace
M7 USS
H&R Wheel Spacers
TSW Wheel Studs
Rear Caliper Bushing Kit
Rear Braided Lines
Lugnuts

INTERIOR

DashDyno
JCW Alacantra Steering Wheel
Whalen Custom Shift ****
Euro Parcel Shelf
XM Satellite Radio (Antenna installed in roof antenna)
MCAW Deluxe
OEM Wind Blocker
AUX Input (iPhone cradle in cup holder)

EXTERIOR

Driving Lights (Madness)
No holes license plate mount
Craven short antenna
Rear fog/brake light
Front Mud Flaps
Euro side fender arches (no lights)

I think that's it. Could be more.

 

You're definitely in. A few more and you might give a run at one of the Club Officer positions.

 

Thanks, much appreciated. That's the list I keep for money's spent. I can't remember most of the little custom items. Glad to be in.

With respect to a few more, I'm jones'n for some euro R56 JCW seats. I have a friend in the biz over there that might be able to help me out, but I've been too busy to seriously pursue it.

 

Thank You. I will post back when I get some bigger better Mods

 

OK, so when do we get to;

"From this point on, your Delta Tau Kai name is.........."

I probably misspelled it, but you get the jist

 

2004 MCS DS/W

Interior:
MOMO shift ****
Nitrous bottle mounted in rear
Tint

Exterior
Custom fiberglass front splitter
Side stripes
Debadged
Blacked out
Air horns

Performance
Alta CAI custom painted
Alta 15% SC pulley
Alta Top Mount v1 Intercooler custom painted
Venom Nitrous System
Custom purge system with intercooler sprayers
m7/Powertone exhaust with black painted tips
OBX Header
Plugs, Coil, Wires
RMW Tune

Suspension
H&R Lowering springs

probably forgot something

 

 

Not the longest list on here, but some very impressive mods !

 

Thanks! I'll post some pics when I get back home

 

mad modders represent!

 

Sorry, I haven't gone back through the whole thread, but wasn't Gnat or someone making some badges up for this club? Could you point me in that direction?

EDIT: Let me explain this. All of the stickers I get from the MINI vendors, and I've probably bought from everyone, go on my 2 year old sons race car bed. It's starting to look pretty good. Thought I might get some custom Mad-Modder stickers for the kid.

 

I have a general rule for mods;

It needs to pass the "Does it make me go faster", or "functionality" test. Faster = head, Functionality = XM Radio. You may say, what about your driving lights, well there is one exception. My wife has bought me a lot of parts for my car and those are exempted from the rule. For the driving lights, I said I liked the look, she bought them for me before the car was even delivered So to give my wife props(plus I know she reads the forum ) here is a list of the mods my wife gave as gifts, most are good, a couple are exceptions to the rule;

Wheels and Tires
Driving lights
Alta Catch Can
JCW Steering Wheel
Wind Blocker
Whalen Shift ****
Methanol Injection System

Probably some more.

So here's what I do. I leave a "Wish List" in excel on the desktop of the computer. I list everything I want, from engine parts, to suspension, to stuff from detailers paradise and tools from Sears. I list price, priority, vendor, contact info, etc. I then convince my wife who will convince everyone else that anytime somebody want to get me a gift(Xmas, Birthday, Fathers Day, Anything) they look on the list, based upon priority and cost that I have on the list and pick something.
It's a good deal to have if you can swing it. No more goofy shirts or worthless gifts, well for the most part

P.S. And no, if your wife gives you a sticker for you car it's still not a mod.

 

Nice test, but I don't buy into that methodology. There are absolutely aesthetic mods that have no performance benefit nor functional benefit. Frankly, this includes many things people count as "performance" mods (like spark plug wires, and coils, and intercoolers, and lowering gear, and... )

Nobody's gonna convince me that Emily and Tori's paintjobs don't count as mods.

 

I completely agree with you, a custom paint job in my eyes is a mod. I admit my euro arches are questionable. We can debate the performance merits of plug wires and intercoolers, I didn't need them to make power, but they may fall in as mods.

The bottom line is that's why there are officer positions and an el presidente of the club, it's at their discretion to call BS on what may or may not be mods.
I can look at a car such as yours or Imagox(sp?) and see countless hours of time and hard work that have gone into them, certainly more than mine. I guess it's about customization more than quantity. I always thought of it this way, and the officers can correct me if I'm wrong: to be in the club one should have once touched each major area of the car in a significant way.

Exterior
Interior
Powertrain
Suspension
Brakes

OK, I'll shut up now.

 

I think we're mostly in violent agreement. I'll agree that, in general, a "sticker" isn't a mod... though a well designed custom graphic theme that uses some decals, etc. to achieve the result probably is... IMHO.

 

Yeah, what Blimey said...

For example I'll use my own car.

Cars name is GNAT, has a Whalen **** with a graphic that matches the roof graphic and vanity tag that says GNAT. There are often gnat graphics also placed someplace on the too. In that context it's a mod.

Now I'd not count the track map stickers I have.

Makes it clear as mud...ehh

 

I think I may not have been clear, as usual..... By sticker I mean, me putting an RMW sticker in my window, not a mod. Graphics themes, custom decal work, roof graphics, etc., most definitely is. Hell, most of the work you've done to your car(Blimey) is more involved than what I've done to mine. I'd put most of your mods as more involved than me putting a head on, I just plunk down my money and it's done. I wouldn't be able to hold Gnats jock in the mod department.
The only "involved" things I've done to my car is the Methanol install(custom pump location) and of all things, putting the XM antenna in the roof antenna. Everything else is just pay your money and bolt it on. Except for the engine overhaul, I've done it all myself, but nothings been hard or custom.
Gnat's hood is the ultimate mod. You won't see another like it. Another example, changing the light bulb color in your trunk, no mod, installing a whole lighting theme, lights in the door pocket etc. definitely is. It requires disassembly, wiring, etc.

I guess my original post was meant to quantify how I look at mods to my car. When you see it, it looks basically stock. I like it that way, I don't want to attract too much attention. I LOVE the JCW carbon dash, but just can't bring myself to spend the money on it as it doesn't go by my mod-money-spending rule. Call me crazy.

BUT still, if your wife gives you a sticker It's not a mod