Hello all. I am a cooper R50 owner from Hong Kong.
I make this post for take record of modding to my justa R50 and for sharing the experience and fun

Own the car since winter 2010. It was a total stock form of R50.


Stock form MINI Cooper R50 silk green



The current status



In the following I would like to introduce some experience of modding the R50

 

Priordesign Body Kit from Germany, with custom modifications

 

You really transformed your R50. Thanks for sharing your approach.... In its form off the factory, R50s don't need much tweaking to be photogenic, IMO! Here are a few worthy angles:

 

haha, different style of transformed R50!

 

I have tried different way to improve the air intake system of R50.

current setup: DDMworks kit with Alta R53/R56 JCW replacement cone filter


IMO, the quality of Alta cone filter is not very good....

 

Alta & quality don't seem to go together. But most of their products are functional.

 

agree, but Alta do not have many products for R50.

Even the crank pulley for R50 is no longer available at their online store since 2013.

 

it is an impressive r50, i love that body kit

 

Very nice

 

Looks brilliant. Good job dude...
How much did you pay for the body kit?

 

Hi, Ashley John. you can ask Priordesign usa/Germany for a quote.
I ordered it through an local agent and ship the kit from Germany to Asia Hong Kong, in lump sum of service charge, shipping, painting, installation, etc... so i cannot tell you clearly about the net price of the kit.

As I think the net price is around 120% of a new jcw kit.

 

This is the set up of my R50 last year
17 inch chrome rims
jcw roof spoiler
and with Duell AG side stickers, but all are removed in 2014

 

Rare sight in hk. I'm coming back to HK soon but have to leave my R53 in SK because it's LHD. I'll miss it in the meantime.

 

hi Ado, there are many MINIs in hong kong!! lets get a new one when you come back!

 

It's rare in any place compared to Oxford. haha We are a BMW or MINI city.

I'd love one back in HK but traffic and costs puts me off, might opt for a R6 instead though.

 

OZ ultraleggera 17 inch + M7 wing
However, i am still using the stock brake kit :p

 

Screaming Demon Iginition kit + NGK iridium plugs + Ultra Racing Strub Brace

 

 

That has to be one of the nicest Minis I have ever seen. Beautiful!!!!

 

Very Nice! Theres a MINI that has went through a change! Nice job.

 

Looks nice man, where did you get the diffuser?

 

Looks great ! So the whole cars was repainted again silk green, it looks so clean.