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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 06:59 PM
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Visual mods for Mini Cooper s r53

I have a 2002 Mini Cooper s and have it painted indi blue and I’ve added some white stripes, fog lights, and painted the roof mirrors and door handles white. What would be some cool ways to improve the exterior of my mini? From small things to big things. Like a splitter or a body kit or what?? Any suggestions would be great! Thanks!!!
 
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 09:12 PM
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I'd just start looking at photos of other R53's to see what you like, pinterest and google is a good place to start looking. It's really a personal choice. Aftermarket wheels make a big impact on visual looks
 
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 09:39 PM
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Agreed -

YOUR car, YOUR money.
Why ask others what YOU should do to YOUR car ?
Use the imagination that you were born with.
Think of something, then go search the WWW for it. Is it available ? Do I need to come up with it myself ?

Mike
 
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Old Oct 23, 2018 | 04:08 AM
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Yeah that’s true! I have been looking for quite some time I just wanted to see what other people liked. Of course I’ll use my own style, I was just seeing if maybe there was a thing or two you guys liked that I might like as well. I really wanna do white walls with the smoothie caps but I have alloy mini rims and those won’t fit to them. I wish there’s a way I could make them fit.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2018 | 07:29 AM
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White wheels look good

 
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Old Oct 23, 2018 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Russter500
Yeah that’s true! I have been looking for quite some time I just wanted to see what other people liked. Of course I’ll use my own style, I was just seeing if maybe there was a thing or two you guys liked that I might like as well. I really wanna do white walls with the smoothie caps but I have alloy mini rims and those won’t fit to them. I wish there’s a way I could make them fit.
You can get steel wheels and Moon's if you want a vintage look. Here's a link (the pic doesn't want to upload) to a GP at Bonneville, except with farings over the back wheels. If you like the look, there's a GP replica wing for sale on the forum.

https://www.motoringalliance.com/attachments/7420-jpg.15491/

Just found another pic with the stock wheels uncovered in the back.




 

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Old Oct 26, 2018 | 03:50 AM
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White wheels look good

I agree! I plasti dipped mine for a while but yeah, they weren’t white very long..
 
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Old Oct 26, 2018 | 03:52 AM
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Originally Posted by RB-MINI
You can get steel wheels and Moon's if you want a vintage look. Here's a link (the pic doesn't want to upload) to a GP at Bonneville, except with farings over the back wheels. If you like the look, there's a GP replica wing for sale on the forum.

https://www.motoringalliance.com/attachments/7420-jpg.15491/

Just found another pic with the stock wheels uncovered in the back.

that’s awesome! But I have the 5 spoke mini wheels, would it fit on those too? They’re the 15s
 
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