im actually thinking about going with bags...im talking with Rally about it. it might not be that much more money, being that i have alot of the components already for my explorer, i could use those, and whenever i finish the truck ill just get new parts then, becuase thats gonna be a long time lol.

 

it will be unless you do the labor yourself.

 

Dopamine is the coolest freakin car I've ever seen! Are those black w/red stripe 18's?

 

This is by far one of my all time favorite minis

 

Everyone at the last RMW tune said that no one has seen a mini lower than mine. I didn't mean to but H&R springs and konis on a pre 03/02 make minis really low.

Its a bad angle to represent a lowered car. My sig pic looks lower...

Here is Shoolers car it is perty.

 

Mine too, I like the MCS in the back too with what look like Volks

 

yeah. Im pretty sure thats alpha motoring over on MU.




P.S. UKSUV- did you ever finish the turbo set-up?

 

Yeah I'm pretty sure it is as well...

Turbo set-up finished? He's not a part of Team Half-Assed for nothing haha.. J I didn't know you were doing a turbo set-up

 

Thanks Chase for the props. Well...the mini doesnt look like this at the moment. On the trip to LA (both to and from) I snapped bpth my sideskirts off and shroomed a strut tower cause Im so low. The Mini looks BEAT DOWN. Also, when I got back I Jiffy Popped my transmission. I currently have all the parts needed to do a 6-speed swap into my Cooper. I will be doing this next weekend. As far as the turbo project...it is on hold cause Im trying to catch up from not having a job for 7 months. But since the BMW and Mini are paid off...I will be talking to Jan and doing his crate motor with turbo setup. Im sourceing interior wiring harnesses for an S swap since I just acquired an ECU..

 

Ouch, sorry to hear about the damage. Pimpin' ain't easy though!

 

jeeez man. That sucks. Well i hope things go well with the rest of the build. Cant wait to see it all fixed and done

 

I don't know, I hae an 02/02 build date with H&R's and Koni's and I feel like it needs to be a little lower. I run 17's and still have a little gap.

 

Really....on springs?

I had H&R's on Konis on my early 02......and I can say for a fact that it's no where near low and that was with 15's. With 18's it'd be even taller.

 

Ive been trying to get ahold of Bilstein to have them make me different springs so I can go even lower.... I want my rear down lower by 1/2" and the front down by an 1" or so...and we all know how low my crap is...

 

Hahah I'm the same way. I'm already running custom shortened rears, but I'm trading them out for even shorter struts. Up front I'm having upper mounts custom machined which should give me about 2" lower....

You'll want some shorter rear struts if you're gonna get shorter rear springs. It should be pretty easy to source from bilstein since our rears aren't anything special in terms of mounting. They're simple stud mounts up top and eye mounts on the bottom. I wouldn't be surprised if bilstein already had them available for another car in a shorter length than the ones they offer for our cars.

 

Hers my MINI on H&R rss

 

Guys: I am thinking of getting a set of HRE's but not sure how to go about it. Any idea how I can figure out which models work on the JCW 09? My guess is that because of the big brakes I might be limited to only a few options. (or perhaps only one)
Thanks ahead of time for your help.
*I guess I am only looking for 18" and not too wide since I don't want to hurt performance and very much dislike wheels sticking outside of the body.

 

Your best bet is to hit up setuning.com and see what they think about the brake clearance capabilities of the wheels. They fit HRE's all the time. My guess is that most HRE wheels (especially in 18) will clear your brakes. They're common on applications such as BMW's and Porsches which have much bigger brakes than us. And besides.....HRE's are custom so you can tell them what offset you need.

 

Rota subzero under the arch with -30mm eibach springs



Ok its parked on a hill, I wish it sat like this all the time.




This is how mini sits on the flat. It has dropped a bit more since this photo was in August.

 

more pics, lets keep it alive!

 

 

Eibach Pro-Springs on 18x7.5

 

 

May i ask what driving lights those are? they look like they have HIDs in them

very nice btw

 

They are the oem driving lights from mini

I am just running some PIAA 8k bulbs in them, I think they're called super plasma blue or spark blue or something i forgot