Hello everyone.. I just recently purchased an R56..and well, you'll see the colors in the pics below.. I bought new wheels, springs, swaybar, and rear endlinks.. Last night was fun.

Sorry I only have one phone picture as of right now, I haven't been home yet to grab my digicam to show the true colors and better quality, but it's also raining here (p.s. this is before I put the centercaps on)

 

Looks really cool! I like the color. Nice tint. Post some more pictures when you get them.

 

The car matches the rain gutter!

 

lol..that gave me a good laugh..didn't notice that..the camera i used was from my cingular 8525, so the Laserblue doesn't look so laserish...lol

 

The wheels look very cool with the lowered stance...

What springs did you install?

 

What kind of rims are those? Are they available in black?

-Gene

 

Thank you.. They are H&R Springs. I purchased them from Alta wednesday night, they got here by Friday.
It was also a very fun install.. what should have taken a couple hours ened up taking 7 lol..but it was all good in the end. *Make sure those endlinks are TIGHT!*

The rims are Enkei RPM2. The color is called Hyper Black and I purchased the 17" rims so I could reuse my stock runflats for now.

Visit Enkei's website to check them out: http://enkei.com/RacingSeriesSpecs/RPM2.html - take out the spaces.
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I purchased the rims from " http://www.edgeracing.com " They're local to me, so ground was only 1 day shipping. Thursday morning ordered, got here Friday.

Like I said, I'll hopefully get some high res pics tomorrow if the weather is nice out. The rims look a LOT better in person than on the internet or when I photoshopped them...

 

Thanks!

I see what you mean. They look even better on the site.... Post up more photos.

-Gene

 

Did the H&R springs lower the car much?

 

Wow I did not even think that was laser blue your camera makes it look so different, although laser blue comes out different in every photo. I LOVE the black top and dark tint, very hot. I was debating over black or white roof but I had to go with the white for the heat factor! I do still love some lab/bl

ps i like the rims better without the cover

 

junior1459:

Is your Antena, the Alta 2 inch or the 4 inch?

Nice rims by the way, how much do they weigh?

 

I forgot to measure it from the ground up, but yes, it is a significant difference.. The photo I have on here so far, is pretty much what the drop looks like.. I'm not sure how much more or if it will settle any more, but a stock R56 is like a 4 1/2 finger gap I believe while this one is about 2 snug fingers... check out some stock ones at the dealership or cardomain.com or on here, i'm sure there's plenty of ones (I don't have a pic off hand of what the stock height is) I'll post those tomorrow as well..


mystfynyou - As far as the wheel center cap cover, it'll all I really have, because of the way it mounts to the rim (not a snap on like the stock ones), I don't have a choice but on or off - when they're off, you see a bolt/nut in the middle of the wheel from the rotor behind it -- doesn't look good at all, so that's what I have for now..doesn't bother me..and the center cap is pretty sweet up close - at least, quality wise lol)

The antenna is actually a Minspeed one... only because it was local to me at the time and I needed an antenna because of what happened to mine: https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d.php?t=113664
It is a 4" however.. I think the 2" in my opinion was a little too small...

The rims in 17" form like mine weigh 18 lbs..
I kept that size because of the stock tires I reused.. If I did it again, I'd go 18's, but probably a different lighter-weight brand.. I just really liked this design.. I'm happy - and that's what counts! lol

Thanks for the comments so far.. Can't wait to take more pics tomorrow after a fresh wash!

 

Very Nice! Doesn't it just feel better after having it lowered? I Love mine! Love the wheels too, great job!

 

Sorry no rear shots yet, didn't have time to edit out the license plate.. but here's a few to hold you guys over.. enjoy.
Thanks for the comments so far!
p.s. all photo's were resized by photobucket 1024x768...

 

how dark is your tint?

 

5%

 

extremely nice rims

 

Thanks!

 

5%!? I wonder if i can get away with that

 

Nice pictures

 

Resurrecting an almost 2 month old thread

junior1459, thanks so much for posting the numerous pics. I'm deciding on whether I should get these wheels or not (also from Edge Racing) and this thread is a great help. How are they holding up thus far and what tires did you get with them? I'm considering the Falken Ziex 912's.

Here's to hoping if I do purchase these wheels they'll look as good on my PW/B as they do on your MINI.