Interior/Exterior Interior and exterior modifications for Cooper (R50), Cabrio (R52), and Cooper S (R53) MINIs.

Interior/Exterior What would you do to this MINI?

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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 09:39 AM
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You "black out" boys kill me!!! You-ify all you want but remember, at the end of the day, it's still a MINI!!!
 
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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by gokartride
You "black out" boys kill me!!! You-ify all you want but remember, at the end of the day, it's still a MINI!!!
I just don't like chrome...never have, looks disgusting to me. I can handle a little bit...but not too much.
 
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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 09:51 AM
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I would reccomend having your buddy that has a Mini help you out.

Take off the bug guard.. You will get a crap load of bugs in the car anyway. That guard looks more suited for small birds.

Blackout the belt line (chrome part that goes around the car)..

Maybe get an Aero Grill. Very cheap and easy to install if you know how.. (I know how)

Stripes are cool. The two stripes or even the Viper stripes look good. Either have them installed or get some friends together. Should be easy with an extra hand. Silver/black stripes would look good because your roof is black also.

Do the "One Ball" mod to your exhaust.

Springs and a rear control arm wouldn't be that much and it would give you a nice 1 inch drop and still keep the alignment ok.


The "Home Depot Mod" Is SUPER easy and looks really cool. You wouldn't even know whats what it was when you see mine. Adds a little racy look but only real Mini people will notice it because its so small.

We can blackout your headlight rings or even get them color matched to the car. We could easily do the rings in one afternoon. Easy to take off and easy to paint. Or pay to have them vinyl covered.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPhilGandini
Well, I'd remove the bug mesh from the upper grille...
Ok, removed that... Along with the bottom grill cover and the one that was inside the the intake scoop. Grill covers suck... They obstruct airflow. Especially dont want one in the intake scoop!

The only issue is that the grill cover actually scratched up the body-color horizontal grill plates. I am thinking I should replace them with the aero grill.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPhilGandini
Those wheels are cool--prolly weight a tonne, but who cares?
Found them on Konig's website... They are 17" Konig TUNER2 Black rims. They weigh in at 21.5lbs. Does that qualify as a tonne?
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 07:22 PM
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My vote is to lose the grills.

Your R53 looks very clean. DS is the BEST.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Neufusion
Found them on Konig's website... They are 17" Konig TUNER2 Black rims. They weigh in at 21.5lbs. Does that qualify as a tonne?
Well, not exactly a tonne, but my 17s weigh 16lbs each, so that's 22lbs of rotatin' mass difference... 21+ is what 18s weigh generally, but as I said--they look cool, so WGAF?
 
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Old Jul 18, 2008 | 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Malcon
congrats!!!
here is what i did to mine! hope it inspires!



why would you put a bmw M/// logo on your mini?
 
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Old Jul 19, 2008 | 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Malcon
congrats!!!
here is what i did to mine! hope it inspires!



holy sweetness man I love the neon im definetly gonna have to steel that idea
 
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Old Jul 20, 2008 | 03:07 AM
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I agree lose the ///M logo.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2008 | 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Malcon

How did you wire the neon is it set to a switch?
 
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