My Mini Cooper- nothing fancy

[Mr.M]

Welkom, you make some really nice photo's

[Rally]

Love your car and your photos are great. I'm looking forward to the build

[MartijnGizmo]

Ehr, I got lost in translation, I obviously meant toe, not caster...

[MartijnGizmo]

Thanks guys!

Had the Mini aligned last Friday, mechanic gave me a thumbs up for the correct installation of the coilovers. Great shop, "Kuil Banden" near Groningen.

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Everything was just fine in the back, front had the caster adjusted from 0°27'/0°30' to 0°09. Camber is at -2.15 front and -2.3 rear right now...

[Riskant]

Nice car, love the pics...!


Welkom hier

[slimadi]

Looks clean and simple sounds good what you have planed for it!

[faizanshakyboy]

wow, nice car mate !

[Mikeymikes]

I love MINIs.

[MartijnGizmo]

At the age of 29 I thought it was time to get my first set of wheels. I'd been a student for way to long, and thus did most travel by bicycle or public transportation. I've been a hobby photographer for 5 years or so, mainly shooting cars, so I've been in (and driven) my fair share of nice cars. Last year I started doing more and more freelance work, mainly video (using Canon HDSLR's) for some fitness companies. This year I also started making videos for Autoblog (the Dutch version), so now I'm able to make a living of it...

I was looking for a car that was still quite reasonable in terms of running costs, but was still fun to drive and had potential to be modified. Thus I ended up with my 2002 Mini Cooper:



No 'S', as that was a lot more expensive (both to buy and run), and I figured I'd get more fun from good handling than more power.

Of course I started modding straight away, nothing special, a black grill, Honda S2000-antenna, aFe CAI and as of last week a set of KW V1 coilovers, Dr Krumm camber plates and 15mm-spacers all around. I read my g/f scary stories about upset bears attacking cars with to much wheelgap, so she convinced me to lower it.

This is how it sits as of now:





It's rubbing a little, but there were some 215/40-17 Kumho's installed when I bought it. Having them changed for 205/40-17 Falken's next week. This is the lowest I can go while still being able to scrape out of my parking structure. The front jack point on the right hits the floor on the way in though. Already lost the front left one on a speedbump last week...

Here's some shots I took last monday (all clickable for 1600px):















Future mods are gonna include some new lights and some JCW interior goodies. I'm not sure what direction I wanna head wheels wise. Next spring I want to install some S-bumpers, no Aero-kit, that's a bit too 'loud' IMHO.

The S-spokes are going, and I'm thinking either Porsche wheels (Teledials or Gullydeckel) or BBS RS. I'm thinking about running 15" BMW Euroweaves for winterwheels (cold/wet season coming up in 2 months or so over here), so I can have some thought about how I like smaller wheels/mesh wheels on the Mini...