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After years of loving Minis, I eventually wandered into a show room and found a Mini sitting there. Originally I would of opted for the supercharged 'S' model, but insurance was almost double so I decided to stick with the base model. She was the last first generation available before the new ones came in and a week later I was driving out of there with her.
This is where her story begins.
I have always been a strong believer that if you really like modifying cars you should do it yourself. Anyone can pay someone to do modify a car for them but where is the fun in that. So hence all mods, literally, have been done by me in my garage.
How she sits today.
Here is a taste of what I have done.
Hand polished callipers:
Joey modded headlights:
Audio system:
Thanks for looking.
Exterior:
Blue LED lights behind grill
Chrome Mirrors
Cooper S gas cap
Custom lower grill
De-badged rear
'Euro' wipers
Halo FMH lights
Joey Mod
Orciari Vents
Painted trim
Painted side vents
Painted grill
Painted emblems
Personalized number plate
Rear taillight tint
Shaved rear wiper
Silver 3rd brake light
Stubby Antenna
18% tint + 18% strip on windshield
Interior/Audio:
Custom Audio build incl. removal of rear seats
- Sound deadening in boot/ rear seats and doors
- 2 x 10" Polk Audio mm1040 subwoofers
- Polk Audio 1100W, 5 channel amp
- JVC CS-WDS1 wood cone splits
- Pioneer DEH-P88RS headunit
Blue LED interior lights. (located in foot wells, under seats, boot, downlights, amp and crossovers)
Engine:
Injen CAI
Blue silicon vacuum tubes
Magnaflow cat-back exhaust
Mini 'eyes'
Suspension + Brakes:
KW V1 coilovers
Helix rear control arms
Polished brake callipers
Hawk ceramic pads front and rear
Wheels:
Work Meister S1 2p
Fronts: 17x8 et30 Toyo T1R - 205/40
Rears: 17x9 et30 Toyo T1R - 215/40
This is where her story begins.
I have always been a strong believer that if you really like modifying cars you should do it yourself. Anyone can pay someone to do modify a car for them but where is the fun in that. So hence all mods, literally, have been done by me in my garage.
How she sits today.
Here is a taste of what I have done.
Hand polished callipers:
Joey modded headlights:
Audio system:
Thanks for looking.
Exterior:
Blue LED lights behind grill
Chrome Mirrors
Cooper S gas cap
Custom lower grill
De-badged rear
'Euro' wipers
Halo FMH lights
Joey Mod
Orciari Vents
Painted trim
Painted side vents
Painted grill
Painted emblems
Personalized number plate
Rear taillight tint
Shaved rear wiper
Silver 3rd brake light
Stubby Antenna
18% tint + 18% strip on windshield
Interior/Audio:
Custom Audio build incl. removal of rear seats
- Sound deadening in boot/ rear seats and doors
- 2 x 10" Polk Audio mm1040 subwoofers
- Polk Audio 1100W, 5 channel amp
- JVC CS-WDS1 wood cone splits
- Pioneer DEH-P88RS headunit
Blue LED interior lights. (located in foot wells, under seats, boot, downlights, amp and crossovers)
Engine:
Injen CAI
Blue silicon vacuum tubes
Magnaflow cat-back exhaust
Mini 'eyes'
Suspension + Brakes:
KW V1 coilovers
Helix rear control arms
Polished brake callipers
Hawk ceramic pads front and rear
Wheels:
Work Meister S1 2p
Fronts: 17x8 et30 Toyo T1R - 205/40
Rears: 17x9 et30 Toyo T1R - 215/40
Its still not too heavy and I still manage to have fun with it in the twisty mountains near me. The audio system was designed to simply sound fantastic and be able to be covered completely to store wakeboarding gear and what not.
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