Hey Aaron, how did you manage to mount those lights? I looked around on your site and didn't see anything specific like that but I could have missed it.

 

Aaron,
I love the Aux lights!! What set up is that? I checked your website and I'm guessing it's two sets of the Hella 500 driving lights Kits? One of the first mods I was thinking of doing was a 4 light set up ie: Alta or Palo Uber, but with the IC being at the bottom grill, I wasn't sure, but I really like that set up. Let me know what parts I would need from you.
Thanks!

 

Dealing with Tom Bush MINI was fantastic! Of course, we live just down the road from them. I can't imagine people dealing with a dealership miles away from home. Who is your MA? Ours was Nick Froehlich and he was very helpful. Oh and if you don't already know about it, check out http://www.sunshineminis.org/. This is where we Florida folks post up, chit chat, and find out about all the florida events. The end of September is Mickey & MINI 3 in Orlando so you should join us! You are going to LOVE your MINI......good luck!

 

Nick is my MA too. He has been great to work with. Good to hear that Tom Bush is great. I have been looking at the event in Orlando. I am thinking about going. It is getting hard to sleep. I am ready to motor.

 

I remember the wait......it was annoying but mostly because MINIUSA didn't update online OR the phone number too well. Anytime I had questions though I just shot an email to Nick and he was quite helpful. From build date to delivery was exactly 6 weeks. Not bad IMO! Nick also joins us locals at our monthly meets when work permits. We all have a good time!

 

My eny mini.

 

Can we make this thread a stickey please?

 

those are prototyple brackets that I am refining and hope to have into production soon...they are individual brackets so you can run 2 or 4...I have them with Hella Black Magic's which look great...

 

I'm running 215/45's in a Toyo Proxes with Out Motoring coilovers with NO rubbing, but just to make the tire look a bit slimmer I may go to a 215 40 or something like that next time I need to replace tires..

 

Here is mine, new wheels are coming so I'll post and update in a few days...
More pic's in my gallery!

 

Here is my ride, Felix- cooper s only extravagence is the JCW 18s and checkered mirrors. whadya think

 

nice wheels. i been wanting to get a set of those.

 

Here you go - a black set with tires FS:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d.php?t=105021

 

is showing of here:

 

How is Mr Mr Man?

 

 

great photos gos - love your cooper

 

Thanks! There are not a lot of yellow coopers with white roofs, so I was really hoping that the combo would have some real "pop", and it does. I am very happy with the look.

 

Yes, it isn't a combination I would imagine to look good, but yours does look quite good.

 

here is mine i picked it up today (friday 8.3)





Forgot to take a picture when it only had 1 mile on it, by the time i remembered they already drove off to put gas in it.




at the alabama welcome center

 

gos - how did you shoot your car. Your photos look less like snap shots and more like magazine photos. Are you at a distance using telephoto? What camara, zoom setting, spill your guts!

 

I use a Canon Digital Rebel 8 mega pixel camera with a 28-135mm lens, but any good digital camera will do. The trick is in how you take your photos, the lighting, and the background.

Here are the instructions on how to get some fantastic photos of your cooper:
1.Wash the car so it looks its best. This is important if as you will be getting quite close to the car and bug splats and dirt will detract from the photo. You want your car to really pop.

2.Wait until you have very good indirect light – cloudy overcast days, early morning, or evenings are good times. Indirect light is especially important as cameras do not have the dynamic range (ability to see extremes of light and dark) that our eyes do. If you take photos in the sun, you either have parts of the photo that are “burned out” and overexposed while the rest of the image is exposed correctly, or if you try to avoid over overexposure in the highlights, then the shadow areas will be too dark. In softer indirect light, you can capture detail in both the highlights and shadows at the same time, and this will yield the best photos.

3.If you have a camera that can use a polarizer, you will want to employ it. It will help you to control and manipulate reflections so more of the color of the paint comes through as well as it will allow you to see through the glass to the interior more easily. If you don’t have a polarizer, don’t worry, you will still be able to take some great shots.

4.If your camera can take images in RAW format, do so as it will let you post process your image to help correct exposure problems. If you camera does not support RAW, use the highest quality JPG setting it has.

5.Do not use flash, the reflections will ruin the photos.

6.Find a good background that will accentuate and complement the color and texture and mood of your cooper. You don’t want backgrounds that compete with your car, you want backgrounds that provide a setting that lets you focus your attention on your subject.

7.Place your car in the setting, and walk around the car to find points where the background will both focus attention on the car and yet not distract. Move the car around a few times until you find a good setting.

8.To get shots like this:



Set camera to cloudy (for indirect light) to the slowest ISO Getting (50 or 100 will give you the best image quality), and zoom out to its widest angle setting. Get down low just a little above the level of the bumper and off the front corner, get quite close and fill the image completely with the car. Look to the edges of the image and try to make sure you are not accidentally cutting off part of the car, and look at the background to make sure it does not have any unintentional distractions that will detract from the image. Take a bunch of photos, trying slightly different angles and playing with the polarizer (if the camera has one).





9.To get shots like this, get far away from the car and very low to the ground (in this case, I actually crouched down in a ditch). Use your camera’s zoom to fill the image with the car. The road is not interesting, so getting as low as possible will make it disappear and give you a great perspective on the car. Again, check your edges, look for distractions, take lots of images, use different angles, and play with the polarizer.





10.To get shots like this, set the camera to wide angle zoom, and again get just above the level of the bumper. Use a vertical shot, and the background to “lead” the eye and focus on the car.



11.To get shots like this, set the camera to wide angle, macro, and get real close to the components. Watch the reflections because you may be in them (which can be intentional [FONT=Wingdings]J[/FONT])

12.When you are done with your shoot, download the images and go through them and keep only the best ones (keep only about 10-20% of your shots, keep only the best). If you have them in RAW, adjust any shot settings to find the optimal exposure settings for the images you want to keep.

13.Upload your photos to NAM!!!

 

Wow, the yellow with white looks real nice. I'm very pleasantly surprised, great choice of colors.

 

Thanks so much for the photo tips. I am picking up my car this week and will put your advise to work.

Thanks gos1

 

God I don't know which MC to get, the problem is I think some minis look 2x better than others..and I'm not sure why yet! Anyone know?