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Jan 23, 2016 | 11:57 AM

Jimmyjamesphan

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Jimmyjames budget mini build

Hi everyone new to the board just thought I'd share some mods and progress on my very own mini.

Photos of when I first got it

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Jan 23, 2016 | 12:03 PM

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Got me some new grilles and foggies

Stayed up till 4 in the morning installing these bad boys. Nown I gotta save up for some projector hid headlights

Jan 23, 2016 | 02:10 PM

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Nice ride.

Did you use existing driving light brackets/wiring for the PIAA's? If so, how did you connect the wires?

Jan 23, 2016 | 02:20 PM

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I got the mini cooper bracket for the fog lights and I just used the wiring and switch that came with the piaa

Jan 23, 2016 | 02:25 PM

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Thanks. I've been thinking of replacing my factory fitted driving lights with PIAA 510's, but I don't want to splice the wires just in case I want to refit the originals.

Jan 23, 2016 | 03:03 PM

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New shift **** and arm rest from the r56.

Jan 24, 2016 | 03:46 PM

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Anyone in socal wanna help me install this?

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Jan 24, 2016 | 07:15 PM

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Welcome, check our site out as we could have saved you on your pulley since your on a budget build. MINI looks pretty clean otherwise.

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Jan 24, 2016 | 08:25 PM

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Pulley only cost me 50 bucks shipped

Jan 25, 2016 | 09:55 AM

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PIAA, nice! We sell those.

Looking good so far! Always been partial to that color. Maybe because that's the color of the first MINI I drove way back when.

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Jan 25, 2016 | 02:00 PM

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PIAA, nice! We sell those.

Looking good so far! Always been partial to that color. Maybe because that's the color of the first MINI I drove way back when.

That makes two of us. I had a lease back in 04. Notice the cars are cheap now so I got this one as my DD

Jan 25, 2016 | 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimmyjamesphan

New shift **** and arm rest from the r56.

Nice mods. Your arm and hand got and upgrade.

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Jan 25, 2016 | 04:36 PM

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Nice mods. Your arm and hand got and upgrade.

And my cups hahaha

Jan 26, 2016 | 05:27 AM

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And my cups hahaha

That too

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Jan 29, 2016 | 07:26 PM

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Guess what ill be doing this weekend

Jan 30, 2016 | 09:45 AM

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^ What company makes those studs?

Jan 30, 2016 | 12:20 PM

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^ What company makes those studs?

I got it from a local shop called eurospeedz. They specialize in high end European cars

Feb 1, 2016 | 08:59 AM

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We have the H&R versions here , what size spacers are you going to ? looks like 10 or 15mm

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Feb 1, 2016 | 09:03 AM

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^ What company makes those studs?

Check out Otis Inc HERE to see if they have something. They make quality stuff. We used them at the euro shop I worked at.

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Feb 7, 2016 | 12:57 PM

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Before

After. The chrome is so ugly time for some new wheels

Feb 8, 2016 | 08:43 AM

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The chrome S lite wheels were a thing in the 2002-2006 days, lots of chrome options back in the day. Where those factory chrome ? 36116778962

https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/Mini_Chrome_R85/

If so someone will want those, i would put them up in the marketplace.

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Feb 8, 2016 | 09:13 AM

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Before

After. The chrome is so ugly time for some new wheels

Ever think of doing plasti dip or powdercoating them?

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Feb 8, 2016 | 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ECSTuning

The chrome S lite wheels were a thing in the 2002-2006 days, lots of chrome options back in the day. Where those factory chrome ? 36116778962 https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/Mini_Chrome_R85/ If so someone will want those, i would put them up in the marketplace.

What he said, those aren't a common wheel.

Feb 8, 2016 | 09:28 AM

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What he said, those aren't a common wheel.

+ 1 Exactly, the chrome factory slites where very rare. Someone will want them that has them or want a throw back style. I would sell them and get another style if you want.

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