New girl, be gentle :)

[Hmfc1874]

Hey folks, I'm new. Be nice 😉
Been trying to get a mini for a while but life seemed to get in the way. Finally just bought my first mini, went for a Mini Cooper 1.6 07 plate. Never thought a car could make me so happy haha! Really does make the commute to work fun :) I live in fife, scotland and would love to get in touch with anyone willing to guide me in the right direction when it comes to my mods and where I'm going wrong etc. Thanks in advance, Hannah

[Craig]

:welcome: Hannah. Ask away, we are all friendly and happy to help. Not good for your bank balance mind :)

[Hmfc1874]

Thanks Craig :)

[DigitalLemming]

Welcome to NMS Hannah

As Craig says we're largely a friendly bunch and won't bite! We'll reduce your bank balance but thats about it - keep an eye out for William, he's responsible for most of my spending :lol:

Post some photos of your car when you've got a sec as well :thumbs up:

[MINI William]

Welcome to NMS Hannah. Get some pictures up of your car and get along to a meet. As to help with mods that's not a problem we can always help with that, I've helped many people spend money on mods

[Hmfc1874]

Iv posted pics but don't know if they need to be vetted first :) was the first thing I did. Would love to come to a few meets if there are any coming up. Only bought the car on Friday night so still very basic :)

[EcosseGP]

Hannah welcome along and we'll help you as best as we can.
I love spending other peoples money lol.
Hang about and check out the website, ask any questions that you want and we'll do our best to help.
If you get the chance to pop along to any of the meets you'll be made more than welcome ... :)

[gauldrymini]

...modding can seriously damage your wealth :welcome:

[EcosseGP]

Without a shadow of a doubt ... But we all love it !
Don't be worried about having a "standard" car Hannah the club isn't just about the car it's about the owners too. :)

[Hmfc1874]

So I see....it's payday in 3hours and I'm busy searching the net for my first mini modifications ready to buy on the stroke of midnight �� :) I'm also looking for a wheel refurb guy. My wheels look like they've been refurbed alreadyand pretty shoddily,theres not a kerb mark in sight but it's like they've left the wheel nuts covers off and waters got in under the lacquer and bubbling "/ not good

[badwolf340]

:welcome: Enjoy your new car Hannah ,lots of knowledge on here ,Davie is 100% spot on ,it's not all about the cars ,that's one of the reasons that during the winter months more emphasis is placed on social meets,lots of them coming up ,you are welcome anytime just check out the social/meets section :yes nod:

[Hmfc1874]

I'd love to come to a few meets, gutted I think I missed one today that was near me. I think I was put off coming onto a mini forum the other night incase it was going to be folk commenting that I had a very basic-ish looking R56 :) iv spent all my cash buying her and really just want to do little bits here and there.

[Eddie_JCW]

The great thing about our cars is they're all different, very easy to mod and can be modded on any budget, in fact most of the time it's the inexpensive changes that make the biggest difference ;) on here you'll see lots of things on other cars that you like and you'll get lots of great ideas. Enjoy :)

[Hmfc1874]

Thank you :) iv seen a few little bits that I know I'm going to do, there's a few bigger changes that I want to make but I'm too scared haha!

[Eddie_JCW]

Well you're in the right place for advice, there's not much you won't find on here and if we don't know then we'll no doubt know someone who does.

[EcosseGP]

Don't be scared Hannah ... What I will say is don't be afraid to ask. Like Eddie says there's a wealth of knowledge on here and I bet at some point someone has done or considered doing what you want to do. Sometimes it can save you money if it's something that someone else has done and doesn't work or maybe suggests something better or similar. We've all started where you are just now so don't be afraid to ask away.
You should've just popped along today we'd have had your pay spent well before now lol :):)

[MINI William]

Hannah don't worry about having a standard car we don't discriminate on what car people have or what has or hasn't been done to it. It's your pride and joy and that's what matters.

Your us photos don't need to be vetted and should show if they arent let me know and I'll have a look. Have you uploaded them to something like photo bucket? If so just copy the IMG code into a post

[Eddie]

Hi 😄


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[stoney]

Welcome to NMS

[Hmfc1874]

It doesn't show my profile pic even though it's telling me iv updated it and added about 10 pics in two different albums :( don't know if it's me being a tool or what haha! X

[Hmfc1874]

Ok,I think iv got my profile pic up now. I'm using the app instead of the website through my safari....all seems ok now I hope :)

[EcosseGP]

I can see your profile pic ..

[MINI William]

I can see you have loaded photos to your album in your profile. Always best to start a thread in the gallery section as more members will see your car and be able to see how you have progressed with your mods.

[cuddles]

Welcome to NMS

[marky]

Welcome along. Fellow fifer. Just up the motorway from you.

[CiderFex]

Hi Hannah, welcome to NMS.
:)
After 2.5 years of owning a MINI I have found that 90% of being a MINI owner is about the people you meet and only 10% is about the actual car.

.....that 10% can be VERY expensive though.
:p

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[Hmfc1874]

Iv never owned a mini before so I'm a bit clueless when it comes to what to change and what to keep, but il get there. Will be good to get to a few meets too :) x

[JOHN MILNE]

:welcome::thumbs up:

[CiderFex]

Hannah, as some of the others will confirm after 2.5 years I still don't know what I'm doing !!
:eek:

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[Big Gordy]

:welcome:

[EcosseGP]

Hannah, as some of the others will confirm after 2.5 years I still don't know what I'm doing !!
:eek:

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I'm even longer than that Pete and I'm clueless :):)

[CiderFex]

You are being too modest Davy.
If I had your abilities God only knows what 1499 would look like.
:eek:

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[macdevil]

Hi Hannah,
I'm a relative newbie to NMS too, and went to the meet yesterday which was my first one, and it was a blast (quite literally as it was blowing a gale!) but it was great to meet up with everyone and will be going along to more!

[badwolf340]

Hi Hannah,
I'm a relative newbie to NMS too, and went to the meet yesterday which was my first one, and it was a blast (quite literally as it was blowing a gale!) but it was great to meet up with everyone and will be going along to more!

Good to hear you enjoyed yourself yesterday ,it can be a bit daunting going to your first meet ,and thanks for posting that you enjoyed it ,as it's better coming from you and showing other people who may be a bit on the shy side and may now take the first steps to joining in :thumbs up: as it's easy for us to say,come along you'll be fine :yes nod:.but we will all try our best to make sure that all feel welcome and want to take an active role within NMS .

[macdevil]

I should add, that I was a bit apprehensive too but I was made to feel very welcome and completely at ease within 30 seconds! I can't remember all the peoples names I was introduced to, so I'll have to work on that :-)
Its great to be in the company of MINI-mad people, and it was brilliant to see 16 of them all lined up in the car park!



I still want a white sticker tho ;-)

[badwolf340]

I should add, that I was a bit apprehensive too but I was made to feel very welcome and completely at ease within 30 seconds! I can't remember all the peoples names I was introduced to, so I'll have to work on that :-)
Its great to be in the company of MINI-mad people, and it was brilliant to see 16 of them all lined up in the car park!



I still want a white sticker tho ;-)

don't worry about the names ,that will come ,what you will do is remember who own's which cars and then the names will drop into place,white stickers will be ordered this week ,work permitting, give William (MINI William) a PM to remind him :thumbs up:

[jonnie]

Welcome to NMS.

[Hmfc1874]

Well I stayed up late to watch my pay go into my account.....all to watch it pretty much leave just as instantly :) I may have gone a wee bit OTT with my first mods. But hey ho, you only live once. I'm doing cosmetic mods first, I'm comfortable with that stuff. Had my first "problem" today though, huge warning light came on as I was driving down the a92, pulled over and it told me I had a puncture so popped into the petrol station to find that one of my runflats was sitting at 20 and the rest at 48. The other three at 48 seem offy high, is that right? I worked out how to reset the indicator and alls well again but it did remind me that I need to go back over the book and make sure I know my mini inside and out. X

[Gismo]

:welcome:
48psi is way too high and will affect the handling, look inside the driver door, you will see the pressure settings, make sure all are correct, safe :motoring:

[badwolf340]

Well I stayed up late to watch my pay go into my account.....all to watch it pretty much leave just as instantly :) I may have gone a wee bit OTT with my first mods. But hey ho, you only live once. I'm doing cosmetic mods first, I'm comfortable with that stuff. Had my first "problem" today though, huge warning light came on as I was driving down the a92, pulled over and it told me I had a puncture so popped into the petrol station to find that one of my runflats was sitting at 20 and the rest at 48. The other three at 48 seem offy high, is that right? I worked out how to reset the indicator and alls well again but it did remind me that I need to go back over the book and make sure I know my mini inside and out. X

checking the handbook is something lots of people don't do, 5 or so minutes can save a bit of a shock at the side of the road,have a look at the drivers door pillar and all the tyre info will be there :thumbs up:

[EcosseGP]

Yeah like Brian says you'll get the hang of it Hannah and don't be shy we've all been in your position ..
John I'm glad you enjoyed it yesterday and great to meet you. Had a look for the bits we were discussing yesterday and might have come up with a solution. I'll let you know how things go.
Spud was in the same boat and he had a ball too.
Only down side is once you come away from the meets after meeting folk and seeing the cars you get more ideas as to what you'd like to do / change !
Yeah those tyres are far to high for run flats I run mine at 38psi which is the recommended pressure for the car but just check the manual as yours maybe be set slightly lower.

[MINI William]

As above look over the handbook as it can save a nasty shock. Have a look in the drivers door and it will give you the recommended pressures.

Glad John and spud had a great time always great to see new faces

[Hmfc1874]

I nearly had a stroke when I checked the other tyres, even contemplated doing the girly thing and phoning my dad to make sure my eyes went deceiving me! I said 48 was too high, but I got this mini straight from a garage so didn't even think to check the tyre pressures on the drive home. Think il be back down to the petrol station to rectify the pressures in the morning before work then :) bloody Nora, il get there eventually haha x

[Colin]

:welcome:

[Hmfc1874]

Sorted the pressures before work today, much better :) I'm now busy drawing something up for my roof graphics, gone against the usual chequered stuff I first looked at :) x

[Hmfc1874]

:welcome:

Hi Colin :)

[EcosseGP]

Good on you Hannah .. make it individual :)

[Hmfc1874]

This has been harder than drawing my back tattoo! I keep lightly sketching something then throwing it in the bin! This may take me longer than I thought. Does anyone know A kinda ballpark price for getting roof graphics these days? X

[Crombers]

Welcome to NMSland :saltireflag:

[EcosseGP]

It just depends on what you want done, the size and how many colours etc are involved.

[CiderFex]

Davy have you still got MINI outline pics you sent me when I was designing my U.J. graphics ?
That may help Hannah with her design.

...to Infinity and beyond !!!

[EcosseGP]

Oh I wonder what I did with them .. I'll go hunting and see what I can do.

[Hmfc1874]

One design I have is just to have MINI or COOPER on the roof in black on the white roof, the other design I have is basically black doodles of things that I love :) I'm going to see if I can download some apps on the iPad and make it look a bit better than a bairns pic so I can upload them to here x x

[EcosseGP]

http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc428/GPEcosse/4060250503897a2d87316cd4abcfbcc8.jpg
Maybe this will allow you to do a better roof design ...

[EcosseGP]

This any use Hannah ..
http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc428/GPEcosse/823398fc85fc094edcb0d57436042fb0.jpg
http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc428/GPEcosse/647fae47eac26ff6ef0e2f8f75f8c346.jpg

[EcosseGP]

http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc428/GPEcosse/d82dbd22416c8a9a055e8cb61d20afad.jpg
http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc428/GPEcosse/7f4735b2ea7289eb4a24ab3f0c91636f.jpg

[EcosseGP]

Al a GP ...
http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc428/GPEcosse/2eb8a71b9d55d6500135dcdc9b431a75.jpg

[EcosseGP]

http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc428/GPEcosse/b30ea5035b7dd70af326062f10241f06.jpg

[EcosseGP]

Right last one ...
http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc428/GPEcosse/8132a9103f2674fdead8e2e252d50530.jpg
But as you can see there's loads of possibilities ...

[Hmfc1874]

These are fab! Thank you :) as much as I would love a hearts related one I would also love for my car to be there in one piece after a Saturday away game hahaha! I'm going to either go with the mini print or my wee doodles, il need to take a trip up to the graphics folk and see if they can tell me if my doodle is even possible :) x

[Hmfc1874]

Does anyone know if u can incorporate glow/uv into vinyls? Haha, iv had a belter of an idea :) x

[EcosseGP]

Yeah you can get glow in the dark graphics but mind they'll be a lot more expensive .. worth it IMO if used correctly :):)

[Hmfc1874]

I only need a tiny bit on this design but it would look mint if it was done right. I'm going to email that graphics company in Stirling and see what they can price up for me :) x

[Hmfc1874]

Email sent :) they're going to think I'm nuts. But iv never seen anyone else with this and it's personal to me so fingers crossed they can give me a decent price too :) x

[Hmfc1874]

Itl look smart without the glow but just thought that would make it a bit more fun. Most ppl won't know what the hell the graphic even means but I will :) x

[CiderFex]

http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc428/GPEcosse/4060250503897a2d87316cd4abcfbcc8.jpg
Maybe this will allow you to do a better roof design ...

Thanks Davy.
:)

...to Infinity and beyond !!!

[Hmfc1874]

Got a response from the graphics guys in Stirling. Iv sent them my designs to waiting to hear back about how much they are and if they can do the glow stuff :) excited! X

[EcosseGP]

They'll be able to help no problem and are good at what they do. Fingers crossed :):)

[EcosseGP]

No problem Pete happy to help if I can :):)