hello there, basically i ordered 2 strips of leds from superbrightleds.com and since they only come in 24's, i cut it in half to make 12. then i took them and trimmed up the silicone material a bit to make them fit into the slot. then i drilled a small hole to run the power wire through the foglight casing and tapped them into the running lights. sorry i only have a couple pic of the finished product, no pics for install =/ enjoy!

 

Looks great! Do you also have some pics at daylight when the leds are turned off?

 

love it!

You should start fabbing these and selling them

 

yes ill get you a picture right now

i would haha, im gonna make a new setup pretty soon, ill show you guys when im done

 

here ya go

 

H&R spring

 

Have you considered ditching the standard fogs in favor of the LEDs? Are they that bright?

You could use the holes from the original foglights to fab up some brake ducts

 

well these led arent as bright as the audi ones, but they are ok(i guess its the picture that makes the light look bright). making some brake ducts would be a good idea

 

Looks great DDogg!

 

Thanks!!! I installed those springs yesterday morning.

UPS delivers my camber plates today. Gonna install those and get an alignment. Yeah, I know. I should've waited for the camber plates first before installing the springs. I couldn't resist. This car is soooo easy to work on, I was shocked. My previous cars have all been bimmers (e36 and e39), and i've done shocks and springs for them and it takes forever. With the Mini, there is so much room to work and everything is so light. I feel like i'm fiddling with a toy.

Anyway, i'm planning on setting my front camber -1.5 and rears -1.0. A bit conservative, but i'm planning on making it more aggressive to fit my needs.

 

What camber plates did you go with?

 

IE

 

Texas Speedwerks springs and a Whiteline 20mm rear sway bar.


Before


After, plus several months and a few hundred miles to settle things in.

Better ride, much better handling and only a bit of creaking that's totally gone now with no spraying of silicone or other interventions.

 

excellent combo. Would handle very well I'm guessing

Glad to see whiteline's going well over in the states. They make great stuff.

 

Sport Suspension, NM Springs, 225/35/18's.
No rubbing!

 

Thanks

 

Looks good with a little rubber on there! I think the 225 FTW over 215!

 

I have the H&R Springs, though I had an issue with tire rub, temporarily, after I put on the new rims.

 

Thanks Adam!
I did originally had 215's because I thought that was the biggest I could go. I didn't care for the slight stretch to them so when they wore out I went one size up. Besides fixing the stretch, they ended up improving the ride as well!

 

^^ Do you have more wheel gap in the front than the rear...or is it just the way the photo was taken? Either way it looks great I love roof racks!

 

Thanks for the compliment!
There is an ever so slight difference, although the photo makes it look worse than it really is. Nothing compared to the difference it had with TSW's.

 

whats size wheels and tires are you running? Just curious to know why your rubbing.

 

Before...

 

After...

Same day of install...



Few weeks later...

 

Hey everyone, the MINIs look great! It excites me to look at these because i just bought V-maxx coilovers. I know they are not the best coilover, but i did plenty of research and decided that they will work for me. So now to my question, what else should i buy improve the handling. Sorry if im jacking the thread for a minute. Thanks in advance for any imput!