R50/53 Off-Road Mini
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6th Gear
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Off-Road Mini
In need of a little help. Looking for that Thread that had a couple different off-roadin' 4x4 Minis in it. There's was a little debate on whether one of them was real or photshopped. Anyone recal? I did a search, but not coming up with anything. Thanx for any help.
Cheers,
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Turbius Maximus
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I found this on Mini duce...MLE (my GF) before she ever picked up her mini was always saying...I WANNA LIFT IT!!...LOL...well here you go...it's not 4 wheels drive but it looks it...
My custom Dune Buggy MINI. here it is.
i posted here a LONG time ago saying i was going to get this done, and here i am almost a year later and the project is (almost) complete. its different, but what do you think?
to do it i used custom leda coilovers that were made 2.5" longer than stock, hypercoil springs that were stock length (so basically i just raised the springs 2.5" higher than normal). then i used madness pro camber plates for the front, and i had to replace both sets of rear control arms (H-sport). the tires are bf goodrich AT 28" (215/75/15). im still waiting on some 20mm spacers to fix some minor rubbing in the wheel well, but i already had to do TONS of wheel well work, grinding down a bunch of the plastic and metal both in the front and back.
the last step besides the spacers is to add a rear tire rack (swivel style attached to the body near the brake light).
the ground clearance is about 10" and i cant do too major of off-roading yet bc of the rubbing, but it handles pretty nice from what ive tested.
i posted here a LONG time ago saying i was going to get this done, and here i am almost a year later and the project is (almost) complete. its different, but what do you think?
to do it i used custom leda coilovers that were made 2.5" longer than stock, hypercoil springs that were stock length (so basically i just raised the springs 2.5" higher than normal). then i used madness pro camber plates for the front, and i had to replace both sets of rear control arms (H-sport). the tires are bf goodrich AT 28" (215/75/15). im still waiting on some 20mm spacers to fix some minor rubbing in the wheel well, but i already had to do TONS of wheel well work, grinding down a bunch of the plastic and metal both in the front and back.
the last step besides the spacers is to add a rear tire rack (swivel style attached to the body near the brake light).
the ground clearance is about 10" and i cant do too major of off-roading yet bc of the rubbing, but it handles pretty nice from what ive tested.
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Pretty cool. Sorry, but not the one I'm looking for. But thanx for the reply.
The one I'm thinking about is an older Mini, I think BRG color, parked in a wilderness area. Jacked up and everything. Also in that thread there was a racing/rally 4x4 Mini.
Cheers,
The one I'm thinking about is an older Mini, I think BRG color, parked in a wilderness area. Jacked up and everything. Also in that thread there was a racing/rally 4x4 Mini.
Cheers,
Oh well. Still looks pretty schnazzy. Thanx for the help. 
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