Nathans R53 Mini

[J77]

I'm jealous of the clean kit. I'll fit an S kit back to mine one day.

[nathanrw]

Stoopidclean MINI..

Dig it. I want an R53 really badly. I also have some RS' to put on it if I ever get one. Looking real good.

Thanks! Yeah I like the R53 body a lot more than the 07+ R56's. Plus you can fit wider sizes and lower offsets on R53's.

[Dane]

Dig it. I want an R53 really badly. I also have some RS' to put on it if I ever get one. Looking real good.

[Hayden]

Stoopidclean MINI..

[nathanrw]

damn, super clean mini man! havent seen one with bbs rs wheels yet

Love this!

so sick man, clean and simple.

Very clean

Talked to you on Instagram, love this mini.

Thanks everyone!

Those wheels look smaller to me, but either way looks clean

They're 16's. But I think they may look a little smaller because of the dark color of the centers. Or it could be because I'm not low enough to get the wheels tucked in there right just yet.

[Burke]

Talked to you on Instagram, love this mini.

[robertw]

Very clean

[Tylerhasaphone.]

so sick man, clean and simple.

[Yogi_Bear]

Those wheels look smaller to me, but either way looks clean

[themandillon]

Love this!

[scweet14]

damn, super clean mini man! havent seen one with bbs rs wheels yet

[nathanrw]

I am really bored so thought I would finally make a thread that's not in the intro section about my car. My name is Nathan and I am from the Middle Tennessee area and I drive a 2004 Mini Cooper S. I have Vmaxx coil overs (hopefully not for long), alta end links all around, hotchkis LCA, and 16" BBS RS. I also have some Ireland Engineering camber plates and powerflex bushings that I have yet to put on. I was running 16x7.5 ET19 and 16x9 ET13 in the pictures of the BBS' on my car but right now I am rebuilding and refinishing the RS' to fit better and look cleaner. My sidewalls bubbled really bad after 5 months of driving. BUT, when it's all said and done with they'll be 16x8 ET24 and 16x9 ET24. Which should fit perfectly. Now for some pictures.







Right after I finished the wheels the first time.


Sidewall bubble.


I used to have 5.5" barrels up front and 6" barrels in the rear but I bought some 6.5" barrels for the rear and put the 6" ones up front and sold the 5.5".
Rear barrels test fit


Front barrels test fit. Hopefully I don't have inner clearance issues when I drop it down more...


Traded my aftermarket 2.5" lips plus cash for these 2" BBS Slants (Right).
This is the setup size wise. 16x8 +24 and 16x9 +24


Rear lips 2"


Front Lips 1.5"


That's all i've got for now. I will post more as I go along.
Edit: Also bought two Falken 512's to go on the 8's up front so it will fit right this time.