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Old Feb 21, 2014 | 05:28 PM
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New JCW owner

Picking up in a few days, first mini. Pretty loaded up.
My new DD and occasional track car. Primary track car is a s/c E46 M3.
Looking fwd to all the advice I can gather here. Likely to get another set of wheels and lower it.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2014 | 05:53 PM
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Old Feb 21, 2014 | 05:56 PM
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Nice! Congrats.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2014 | 12:49 PM
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At home safe and sound. Ordered H&R springs and a stubby antenna (for obvious reasons)
 
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Old Mar 1, 2014 | 08:51 PM
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Old Mar 2, 2014 | 11:31 AM
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Welcome. Great colour choice! Looks sharp.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2014 | 04:07 PM
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Like the British racing green, lighter wheels, alignment and a corner balance, good to go..
 
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Old Mar 6, 2014 | 05:50 AM
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Spend the money on a good coilover set up. I lowered my car with the H&R Cup kit suspension (lowered about 2" but not a coilover). When summer comes around I'm throwing coilovers on. While the cup kit has worked well the MINI's talent is wasted since I don't have near the adjustability of a coilover set up. The best coilover set up you can get for both dd and occasional track use, in my opinion, are Ohlins. They run about $2-3k depending on the vendor you go with, but after driving a friend's MINI with them installed it's a small price to pay for a great setup between road and track.
 
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