I may be late to the party, but over here on the West Coast it's still pretty mild... I just mounted my winter set. Unfortunately I lost the spanner wrench to adjust the coilovers, so the higher profile (205/55/16 vs. 205/50/16) winter tire is pretty snug in there... it doesn't rub too much, just over big dips in the road if I don't slow down first.

Anyway, I think it looks pretty sharp

 

hey it looks like your in victoria bc.i live in victoria and just bought my first mini.wondering if there is any where to get any aftermarket parts here or did u buy your stuff online. think i will need to get a set of winter rims and tires as well .....cheers

 

Hey, yep I am in Victoria. Nice choice on the Bayswater! I test drove the blue one at MINI Victoria recently, great car.

I got most of my stuff from online vendors (OutMotoring, Alta, EuroSportDesign, VAC Motorsports, TheSuspensionSource) but there is a home based business in town that I got a few parts from... lower control arms, spacers, lug bolts, etc. The guys name is Bryan and the business is called Vancouver Island Auto Parts. He's a good guy, prices are fair and communication is great... here's the Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vanco...058628?fref=ts

For tires, you can't beat TireRack for customer service. Alex @ Tire Rack dot Com is great. I've been getting my tires and brakes from there, and I get that stuff mounted/installed at Big O on Quadra, they're good guys down there.
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I am! Just put it in storage after the first time it snowed :P

 

i got my winter tires on, i got to drive my cms all4 in snow and on icy roads ... it was great, between the awd, winters and the computer the cms all4 does very well in winter conditions


ok ... been there, done that ... i want my summer tires back on, i am ready for spring now!

scott

 

Ya i test drove that blue one as well and that was it i had to get one.But i ended up at yale town mini to get a demo model from them and they were great.Thanx for all the great info Danny.Only thing i have done was get my windows tinted from shc.I'm not sure what do start with as far as mods..... been reading every bit of info on nam and slightly overwhelmed .hahaha looking forward to ripping my mini on some back roads here in victoria !!!!

 

Ahh yeah, I wasn't too impressed with the color, but the test drive was great. I took it all the way out to East Sooke and really gave it hell.

The Service dept at MINI Victoria is great. Jody always takes good care of me there, so I'm sure you won't have any trouble with warranty service, etc.

Funny you should say that, I got mine tinted at SHC as well, and my stereo setup was all done at Elevated Audio, next door. For the tint I went with 35 front, 20 rear 3, and 5 on the sunroof. Looks great, they did a good job on it.


As far as first mods, if it were my car, I'd get new tires first. I didn't find the runflats grippy enough for my taste. Other than that, I'd just drive it for awhile and see if you find anything lacking and take it from there.

Drop me a PM if you ever want to hit some twisties when the weather improves. I like to get up early and head out to Sooke and Metchosin, lots of good roads out there. You'll have to lead since your car is a lot quicker in the straights!

 

I ended up with 35 all the way around just to keep it clean and hope not to get hassled.i never thought about doing the sun roofs that is a great idea.i'll shoot u a pm i can't wait for the weather to get better i'm down with going for a good rip in these rockets hahah.i will def be getting different tires not a big fan so far with the run flats..