It's all good I've regretted not getting a PW/PW ever since I brought this one home.

I guess in the end it's good though, otherwise I'd probably never have considered this project.

 

Well I love both red and white Mini's. I think either way it's going to look great.

 

Actually, with car wrap material, it would be easy to change a car's color. The material is easy to work (with practice) and is permeable to allow the bubbles to be worked out. take a look at this:
http://www.themotorreport.com.au/651...lack-or-white/

 

Exactly

 

WOW that E90 Looked so perfect.......but i would want to see that in person!

 

I guess I can finally post on this thread now... just picked her up last night... 09 PW/B MCSa.

here's a crappy iphone pic during delivery

 

Nice 'Cooper!! -hey what does the "a" stand for in your description of the car?

 

^automatic

 

Hey neighbor! Nice color combo. Congrats!

 

Driving home from Oregon to California great place to rule the turns..

 

Thanks. Hope to see you around. I'll watch out for you in the SCV.

 

dwf137, got any pics of your car updated on here? I have a LB/B as well, and i was wondering how goldish wheels look on it? thanks

 

p.s. the 240 in the back isn't in need of a suspension drop...... i just lowered it off the jacks it needs to settle lol

 

here is my 08 mini cooper

 

^what springs are you running? i like that drop.

 

the springs i have are the H&R lowering kit. it came with the springs and shock assembly. it was a direct replacement for the factory assembly. it helped fill out the gap between the tire and fender well. i want it lower though so i'm looking at getting some adjustable coilovers to replace those. hopefully i can tuck those 18" wheels like my civic tucks 16" wheels. i really like the look of it how it is now, but i think a little lower would be better.

 

That is a sweet drop. I like the thule rack too, I was looking into it but it seem that it costed more than mini's oem rack.

Btw, did you need a camber kit or any adjustments needed with the H&R coilover kit?

 

temp look, for a week or so... I think it'll look incredible once I get it dropped. just making my final decisions on springs, hopefully getting them installed next week.

I'm also considering polishing the lip.

oh and the car is incredibly dirty, and it was raining when I took the pics, gotta love seattle.

 

well i had the roof rack on my honda civic hatchback but when i got the mini i just bought the 40$ brackets to switch it out between cars. i don't like the OEM racks that just have 2 bars, i like mine with the 4 bars and the wind diffuser. i didn't need a camber kit, the car is perfectly dialed in with alignments. i couldn't ask for a better fit. but i still want it to be lower.

 

painted the wheels and calipers this past weekend, feels so rewarding after you do something so "extreme", to put it one way, that all i want to do is look at my car,
i ended up lending it to friends alot more so i can see how sweet it looks.

the plasti dip on the door handles is kinda peeling off so il have to touch up on it.

 

that is the weirdest roof rack i've ever seen.

i have a thule rack for the mini, just two bars and a fairing... i've never seen that crazy 4 bar rack before.

 

I added the bars that go all the way down the roofline. it looks bare to me with just the 2 bars. the civic and the mini have really big roof lines and i like the filled out look. now if i wanna carry something really big i can just slide the back bar all the way down to the rear. i wanna get one of these and put a full size spare up top http://www.clavey.com/images/MOAB690.jpg

 

i've just never seen that system before...

and you can still mount a regular roof rack all the way to the back of the mini if you wanted. It doesn't just have to be in the door opening. I had mine pretty far back so i could fit the bindings of my snowboards between the racks.

so, you goin for a rat-rod style look with the spare on the roof?

 

I have a pic from MTTS of one with a rack like that (one of the dealer cars had one with a spare on that same type of rack, but I can't find a pic of it)

 

the bracket that is towards the back of the door opening is attached to the bar that goes all the way down the roofline which in turn holds the rear roof bar down. the rear roof bar just sits on the roof through the tension on that bar that goes down the roofline. so i can slide that rear bar all the way down the length of the 2 bars that go down the roofline. i dunno about ratrod but i see alot of offroad trucks with the spare on the roof. i wanna get a setup on my roof rack like this VW's hahaha