Hello all NAM members! this is the build thread of my 2006 supercharged Mini Cooper in Space Blue Metallic. lets get into it!

this is what she looked like when i picked her up from the dealer.
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i decided to go with the gutter guard grille and went crazy with plastidip, heres what happened
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alta intake and oil catch can installed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5538213131/
painted my stock rims
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5538224321/
blacked out my tail lights
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5538802792/
carbon fiber wraped my side pannels, boot handle and switched my plastidip door handles to carbon fiber (didnt work out so good so eventually took them off)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5538223995/http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5538224541/http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5538814094/
bought the alta 15% pulley and 3% oversized crank pulley with NGK iridiums (havent installed them yet! gotta get on it)

got a set of OH ****! decals from lyles vinyl styles
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5538235525/
M7 STB and stubby antenna
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upgraded from the s****y gutter guard grilles to the aero grilles
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5538832506/http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5538832590/
painted some of the interior trim lime green
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5538840614/
recently just ordered an F1Spec type 3 seat(lets see how that fits lol) a Hella Black Magic 500 kit, black side scuttles without the s, TSW engine damper, and the M7 front splitter. stay tuned for more

 

fixed the picture problem!

 

Can't get the pics up even in new tabs, maybe provide a link to your Flickr album?

 

ok here it is, idk what happened.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/

 

Joey modded my headlights at 12:00 last night
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5540122544/
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TSW Engine Damper came in! installed it without a hitch! also the gearbox bushings by Powerflex thanks Waymotorworks!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5540568791/
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Those headlites are wicked! Great build so far

 

Thanks, i hope the green paint lasts, haha i want to paint my mirror covers green as well.

update on the parts, hella 500 black magic's and scuttles are coming in monday
racing seat should be here on wed cant wait!
havent heard from m7 with my splitter order....
whatever haha

test drove with the damper and the bushings... i can feel the difference and its amazing good work TSW

 

Hella Black Magic 500's and black scuttles came in! hellas gave me a ton of trouble in the install. only cause im a colossal idiot and blew one of the fuses on the positive wire coming from the battery to the relay. im stupid.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5550111029/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5550697150/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5550117429/

 

Looking pimp! Those scuttles really make a difference. I wanna swap mine, but havent found a style that I think will look decent enough.

 

thanks i love getting good feedback. i love my MINI!

 

the racing seat came in but i didnt get a bracket. when i get it ill let you know whoevers following this thread, if any

 

looks awesome, did you take off the rings to plasti dip them?

 

No, I just taped it off with painters tape. Make sure you take the tape off between coats. the plastidip will stick to the tape. Eventually I switched to black vinyl.

 

I like it, very tastefully done

 

also, was the roof painted or wrapped?

 

Thanks

 

It was plastidiped. I need to wrap it cause you can tell. It was a quick style fix.

 

Very nice build! did you get springs as well? Looks like the car is sitting lower than stock as well.

 

thanks! and nope, havent gotten to suspension yet. thats after the exhaust, which is next.

 

just finnished installing the seat! took a long time. i didnt want to go out and spend another 100$ on a bracket so i used the factory one. the only problems i had was 1. getting the t40 bolts off the slider, 6 out of the 8 were easy but the other 2 i had to get creative. 2. the seatbelt bracket, i had to cut it off the old seat......scary stuff but i ended up doing it and it works great the seat is solid as a rock and uses the factory slider. heres a crappy night garage shot


http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5560049974/
ill take better pictures in the sunlight to show you its really black haha it looks blue.

 

seat pictures


http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5562403944/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5561827513/
thsi shows the mounting to the oem rails
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5562404212/
the oem slider handle
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21816697@N08/5562404450/

 

Great build cant wait to see more

 

Thanks!

 

Nice seat!