Here is my BRG/w original stripes and modified stripes. I bought the stripes from Mighty Stripes. My first stripe job. I wanted to do parallel stripes running back from the edge of the grill. The contours of the hood were too much for my meager talents and I ended up ruining one stripe. Soooo, the fall back position was one stripe down the center of the hood. The continuation was a left over piece that I put on in too much of a hurry and it is not aligned correctly.

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Here is Jade, picked her up on 10-21-07.
See sig for specs.

 

Several people have PM'ed me asking about the wheel and tire specs on our car. They current wheels are gunmetal (with polished lip) Rota RB, 17x7.5". The tires are 235/40R17. They do not rub, although it's very, very close.



--Dan
Mach V
FastMINI.net

 

My R56, well its my wifes actually.

 

Paddington, picked up on 10/6/07

 

Newbie, so I thought I would share the ride as my first post.

Some nice rides here! Keep motoring...

 

VERY nice! Like many here on NAM, I'm on the seemingly neverending quest for the perfect set of black wheels with polished lip - those come QUITE close, although I may go for 18". I had no idea gunmetal is so dark, always thought it to be more of a dark grey; NICE. I don't know if it'd be possible to get a pic but I'd be quite interested to see what exactly 'very, very close' looks like. I'm a sucker for wide tires and I believe your MINI is the first I've seen with anything wider than 225.

 

Originally I was never a big fan of the flame spokes, but on your MINI they look awesome! MY/B is an awesome combo.

 

This photo is from about 10 days ago. Since then, I've added tint, a black belt, black grill trim and a JCW tuning kit.

Man, this car is major fun!

 

Looking good!

 

Sweet.

I have been admiring NOOT for some time now... the combination of black wheels/tires with the Pure Silver and Black top - perfection!

Are you running 17 x 7 Ultraleggeras? Is NOOT lowered?

Oh yeah - what's a black belt?

 

The beltline is the chrome piece aroung the bottom of the windows which can be blacked out with 5/8 inch tape. You can buy kits but all they are is just the tape which you can buy bulk at http://www.tcpglobal.com/3m/3m850.aspx

It's easy to install but requires some practice and the extra tape comes in handy for the diy.

Hope this helps!

 

Yeah, OZ ULs, 17x7, ET37, in black. Not lowered, but maybe come springtime. From what I've learned, with the OZs, it would have to be a mild lowering, not a slam.

 

Is the picture of your car lowered with the Mach V springs?

 

Nice Flame spokes! I am seriously considering speccing these!

 

I seriously considered the OZs in black for a while. I - like yourself - thought it would look cool to black out the chrome trim and other shiny bits in a play against the pale silver body color. NOOT clearly confirms my suspicions - that color scheme looks really good.

Then, Rota released the RBs in 17 x 7.5 et45 and they looked awesome in silver, so I have decided to go more "retro" and emphasize the chrome and shiny bits. Now, if my wheels would hurry up and get here...

Cheers.

 

oz.

 

Picked it up 1 week ago today. Super fun car, well worth the wait!

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Yes, Mach V Technic springs, factory Sport shocks, H&R 19mm rear sway bar. (Not that those latter bits affect the ride height...)

--Dan
Mach V
FastMINI.net

 

Love the single stripe - looks like a classic sports car.

 

ooooooo shinies, nice wheels

 

Clicking on this^^^^^ picture realy screwed up my computer thanks!

 

 

JMCK--What does the OZ wheel have to do specifically with how much you lower your car? Is it the offset?

 

Here is "Mr. Blue". I love this car. I just can't wait to get out of the "break-in period" and see what he can really do.






I just had to have those JCW mats!