So I recently bought my car and I want to make it as perfect as possible. Any opinions

Current problems I've noticed:

Needs new tires and/or Rims since there is a slight vibration coming from the rear and when I put the rim on the front the car pulled to the right. Also there is a drone that may be related to the siped tires that are on it or possibly a bearing.. Hard to tell until I replace the tires.

Noise when the wheel is almost at lock and accelerating from a stop. Needs new tranny fluid I believe since the noise is the LSD from what I've read on here.

Belt makes noise when idling I believe. New serpentine belt needed.

Occasional click when reversing or accelerating from stop.. Unsure if it is the front struts currently.

With that all being said I want to upgrade what I can without dropping a ton of money on the car. I'm going to drop the car off at a great mechanic who does everything from jeeps, to muscle cars, to ferraris/lambos and have him go through it all.

What does everyone recommend as the must-dos on this car?

 

60k service

 

Take it to a MINI specialist or MINI dealer to have a once over.

 

Thanks for the input guys... took awhile for the mod to approve this I guess... Didnt look after the first day or so.

Anyone know any good specialists in the NY area? that are the go to guys? Google hasn't been my best friend in this

 

Seriously, there is a long list of things that get checked, updated, fixed, and tuned around the 60K mark. Some of those things are really best handled by a MINI dealer, regardless of how well another "specialist" might know your car.
I'd suggest taking it to your dealer and have the 60K service done first, get a list from him/her about what the car's computer spit out, and then after that search for a specialist to do the tires, etc. The dealer's equipment is likely to read the computer better than anyone and it will be good for you to know exactly what the status of all your car's stuff is, even if you have it worked on someplace else.

 

OK So I got back from the dealer and a lot of my suspicions were true. Now I need to decide where to take this. Any help is GREATLY appreciated, thans.

1) Re-Hose... They recommended all new hoses, I didn't get a cost, but is this a normal thing on these cars?

2) Oil Pan gasket leaking - Needs replacing

3) High pressure power steering line is leaking - needs replacing

4)Accessory belt and tensioner

5) Crank sensor O Ring

6) Front Struts


What order should I repair all of this and what should I mix in as I do it? Since I need a belt and a tensioner would this be a good time to replace the supercharger pulley and crankshaft pulley?

If I'm going to replace the struts with coilovers, should I get all of the engine mounts and bushings replaced too?

I plan on heavily modding the car and would like to get as much done together as possible.

Thanks.

 

Check on the WMW pulley kit, comes with a belt & plugs, then just get a tensioner from him too, and my crank pulley/dampner didn't go till 160k or so, and it's a fairly easy & non-intrusive (just pull the wheel & inner fenderwell) so you could wait on that till it needs it if you like.

Wouldn't hurt to upgrade the Control Arm Bushings, all the rest could really be "as needed".