As I've had my car for 3 months now I thought I'd do a bit of an update as I've made a few small changes.
BEFORE
Standard 17" bullet alloys with runflat tyres.
Standard chrome grilles and orange indicator bulbs
Standard stereo and crap plastic dash
AFTER
I've never been a huge chrome fan so the first thing I did was to lose the front grilles and replace them with the John Cooper Works versions. While I was on I fitted some black spotlights too and some silverstar bulbs.
I've never been in a car that had anything resembling a decent stereo as standard and the Mini is no exception so I ditched the standard stereo and replaced it with a nice Alpine X305S. I also got rid of the cheap and nasty plastic dash and replaced it with the JCW leather one which is much better looking. Finally I fitted a centre armrest (I'm driving to Luxembourg at the end of the month so it should come in handy for resting my weary left arm)
Next I ditched the horrible runflat tyres and heavy standard wheels and replaced them with a much lighter set of Team Dynamics 1.2s (7.9kg each) with Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta tyres. Wow!, what a difference, the crashiness and tramlining has gone and so has most of the tyre noise. I also feel like I've got super light power steering.
My OMP lower brace should arrive later this week shortly followed by my Dave.F airbox. Pulley change and coilovers have to wait till my warranty has ran out but I think I'll maybe try and replace the speakers with something a bit better soon.
That's all, let the gay hairdresser jokes commence
BEFORE
Standard 17" bullet alloys with runflat tyres.
Standard chrome grilles and orange indicator bulbs
Standard stereo and crap plastic dash
AFTER
I've never been a huge chrome fan so the first thing I did was to lose the front grilles and replace them with the John Cooper Works versions. While I was on I fitted some black spotlights too and some silverstar bulbs.
I've never been in a car that had anything resembling a decent stereo as standard and the Mini is no exception so I ditched the standard stereo and replaced it with a nice Alpine X305S. I also got rid of the cheap and nasty plastic dash and replaced it with the JCW leather one which is much better looking. Finally I fitted a centre armrest (I'm driving to Luxembourg at the end of the month so it should come in handy for resting my weary left arm)
Next I ditched the horrible runflat tyres and heavy standard wheels and replaced them with a much lighter set of Team Dynamics 1.2s (7.9kg each) with Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta tyres. Wow!, what a difference, the crashiness and tramlining has gone and so has most of the tyre noise. I also feel like I've got super light power steering.
My OMP lower brace should arrive later this week shortly followed by my Dave.F airbox. Pulley change and coilovers have to wait till my warranty has ran out but I think I'll maybe try and replace the speakers with something a bit better soon.
That's all, let the gay hairdresser jokes commence
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