New Owner! Needs Ideas for first MINI!

[Afrocleland]

Hello there!

I'm just after buying my first Mini! It's a 58 plate Cooper D!
It's Red with a white roof, bonnet stripes and mirrors... And has 16" blaster alloys! All in all... Standard!

I'm looking to Mod it a little to make it a wee bit different! Any Ideas?!? Preferably not too expensive! I was thinking of painting the alloys white to start!

Cheers, the site is awesome!

[SuperCooperS]

Hi there glad to hear you are enjoying your mini, where are you from?, well ive had my cooper s for about 6 months. ive painted my drums to freshen them up, upgraded the panel air filter to an ITG performance one, installed an armrest, replaced the standard side light bulbs to nice bright LED ones, all at minimal cost.. what had you thought about doing other than painting your wheels.. youll have to get some pics up to

[N16SHP]

Hey, and welcome to NMS! I have a red Cooper S with white alloys. They look great when they are clean, but be prepared to be washing your wheels, and your car while your at it, at least once a week depending on mileage. A lot of people make tweeks to the look of their car with vinyl, as it's pretty cheap and easy to work with once you get the hang of it.

Get some pics up of your car though so we can all have a look!!

[stoney]

hi and :welcome: glad you like the site a lot of banter going around the now ;)

as for mod's well you can go for a roof graphic there are loads to chose from or go custom

there are lot of diffident things you can do depends on what you like have a look in the gallery at the diffident minis to get some ideas :thumbs up:

[RobSco]

Hi

Welcome to New Mini Scotland... :thumbs up:

:welcome:

[Craig]

:welcome:

Give us an idea of what you mean re mods... Cosmetic, power, wheels, suspension etc and then we can give you a better idea ;)

[MINIme:)]

:welcome:

[silver spirit]

Welcome to N. M. S. :)

[Afrocleland]

Thanks everyone! I live near motherwell! I was thinking cosmetic stuff only! I like the idea of changing lights and stuff! I was looking at gettin a cooper s kit but I'm not sure of the effort involved! I'll get a photo up tonight! How hard is it to uupgrade headlight bulbs?

[Afrocleland]

Have you got a photo of how that turned out? Cheers for the help!

[lorraine]

:welcome:

[Afrocleland]

That's pretty cool! Seems a lot of work... I'm thinking I'm defo gettin the lights sorted first! Here's a photo of it when it was on Arnold Clark site! I seen it a week ago and I've been in London all week so bought it over the phone! Fly back Friday, pick it up Saturday! I quite fancy viper stripes but I think I'll leave the bonnet as is for now!

http://i52.tinypic.com/2cy65fp.png

P.s That big red square is an advert of some sort... Not a graphic gone wrong!

[mark1984]

i just stuck a set of piaa spots on my red cooper d looks difrent.
i also have bonet stripes etc.
i think tinted back windows and a stripe down at the bottom of the doors would be cool.
there are a lot of white alloys and black.
you defo need to remap your motor
k&n filter.
set of nice recaro buckets.
roll cage.
raceing harness.
a nice wing on the back some thing to fit the size or the mini.
upgrade the breakes mabe brembo with red calipers.
u can get lots of nice bits to chrome or carbon fibre up your interiour.
eh cant think of any thing ealse rite now but if i do i will get back to you.

[mark1984]

led lights and bulbs are a nice adition

[bullet]

welcome to nms from fellow newby

[edd44]

led side lights and number plate lights are a quick easy mod..makes a big difference.. did mine yesterday.. and when i had my r56 cooper i changed the top grill to a cooper s version.. not expensive either, red cooper with white wheels look great to.. side scuttles lots of different designs to choice from.. bmw or after market... and welcome to nms..

[Duncan Stewart]

:welcome:

[markjbb]

:welcome:

[SuperCooperS]

another quick, cheap and easy mod is changing the interior lights and puddle lights under the edges of the front doors to LED to give it a sharp crisp look..

[SuperCooperS]

Edd, what bulbs did you use for your number plate?

[edd44]

Edd, what bulbs did you use for your number plate?
http://www.newministuff.com/new/shop.php?action=productshow&id=824

[SuperCooperS]

cool thanks.. purchased.. :smilewinkgrin: is there much difference in brightness between the standard LED, the twin board 24LED and the twin board 48LED for the interior centre light.. and is it necessary just to look nice and better than the standard bulb

[edd44]

cool thanks.. purchased.. :smilewinkgrin: is there much difference in brightness between the standard LED, the twin board 24LED and the twin board 48LED for the interior centre light.. and is it necessary just to look nice and better than the standard bulb i just used a single blue led bulb i had in my st focus and fiesta. still to do footwells.

[Afrocleland]

I like the idea of doing lights... I fancy red footwell lights! But I dono if it'd maybe be nicer with normal bright ones!
Tiny new owner update... Totally loving the car!!

[Colin]

:welcome:

[Afrocleland]

That's added some new side scuttles and had the wheels refurbed and painted... Thinking of back windows gettin tinted next! Let me know what you think!

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Sorry for crap quality, both taken in crappy light with an iPhone!

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[Craig]

Oh White wheels :thud: hope you like cleaning ! :thumbs up: looks good tho :yes nod: I always have the rears tinted, I think it looks good ;)

[Neil - TXJ]

Looking good. I am thinking of getting sun blinds for the rear rather than tinting.

[Afrocleland]

Think red callipers would work?


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[peterb]

They always look good on a red car:thumbs up:

Think red callipers would work?


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[Gismo]

They always look good on a red car:thumbs up:

Agreed :thumbs up:

[euan]

Yup, get the calipers painted and tints. Full tints on the back on the car will look miles better than the blinds as it increases the look that the roof is floating (that's the idea anyway..)

You could also think about getting either a check effect or the mini bars done at the foot of the doors in white?