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Rich H
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9th Jan 11 at 11:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've made a few little mods made since I last posted any proper photos of my Cooper S. It's currently testing the durability of Zaino Z2 which I applied 1 coat of last weekend, I've done about 180 miles since then, and I roped a mate in with his SLR to take some decent photos of it yesterday

It's now got the aero grilles on the front (lower grille requires a fair bit of modification to fit as the standard Cooper S bumper is nowhere near as deep) - for £50 it's made a fair difference to the front end imo!

Next up I've fitted a 'Dave-F' Airbox which consists of an extra air intake using the vent in front of the windscreen on the passenger side and a K&N cone filter - this has certainly made it breath better - seems a little more torquey, and has a nice mechanical 'dump' sound when I back off the loud pedal

Most recently I've also fitted the upper and lower front OMP strut braces which has given it much more feel through the corners, and because it's that much stiffer, it's stopped the dashboard creaking

Somewhere in the mix the runflats got ditched for normal tyres (Avon ZZ3's) which has improved ride quality and ironed out it's tendancy to tramline - downside is that the tyre fitters made a right mess of my already scruffy wheels, so they are in desperate need of a refurb! And a Honda Civic aerial was fitted

On with the pic whoring:









Oh and finally got round to scanning my RR graph in from the other week:



There's one more definite mod happening in the next fortnight or so, then we'll see after that

[Edited on 09-01-2011 by Rich H]

[Edited on 09-01-2011 by Rich H]
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Did I hear refurb.

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Rich H
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Yes you did
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Looks really nice! What happens if you get a flat now though?
Rich H
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Got a 12V compresssor and a can of tyre weld in the boot now which is what the others who ditch runflats do. Failing that I've got AA membership
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He calls the aa or has a can of spunk to put in the tyre. Only car I have had a spare wheel with was my hilux. Never had runflats

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you've turned it round, i recall you've had to spend a lot of cash on it.

my next plans are a remap that should see me over 200bhp easily
Rich H
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quote:
Originally posted by Edd
you've turned it round, i recall you've had to spend a lot of cash on it.

my next plans are a remap that should see me over 200bhp easily


Yeh touch wood it's finally there. I've spent ~£2.5k fixing it Only thing it needs now is the boot handle seal replacing as it leaks a fair bit - seems you had to replace the whole handle though so that's another £100+

A remap will be on the cards for mine should I go for the next stage of mods of injectors, manifold and cam, which would see me to 250bhp which is the maximum a standard head can take. I'm just not sure I can be bothered with it though!
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9th Jan 11 at 12:51   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looking rate good there

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Like.
Rich H
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Ta muchly.

Yeh that's the one
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Been told the best thing you can do to these is get a fmic as the tmic is pretty restrictive. Looked into these last year as the Cooper-S looks really nice
Rich H
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A decent FMIC will result in me losing the air con / climate control though - fook that!

I've got a GRS motorsport top mount on the way which are very highly rated - should see me up to 210bhp if not a little more too
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Ahh i didnt know this, just at the time was asking what thing to do to increase the power etc and just suggested it. Take it space is a little tight in the front bumper?
Rich H
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Yeh the whole engine bay is pretty tight really. Not the best pic, but there's all of 5 cm between the bumper and the rads:
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looks a nice car what colour would you do the wheels?

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deano87
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9th Jan 11 at 16:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Nice.
Rich H
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Cheers all

Wheels will be staying silver, but metallic / hi power, something alone those lines anyway.

They're just a straight silver atm with no metallic flake to them.
Jambo
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9th Jan 11 at 16:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Lovely!

Can't wait to see it in 3d
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9th Jan 11 at 16:43   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Nice - White wheels then?

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Looks smart mate, great photos too! Need a meet soon!
Rich H
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Jambo - Yeh it's got to happen soon dude - I'll be in touch on BBM

Phil - no, despite my job I really cba with the upkeep of white wheels Silver all the way!

Neil - Cheers mate, yeh Stu got arty farty with his camera lol. We said yesterday we need to get a meet soon - PM or text me when you're free in the next few weeks and we'll get something sorted - want to see your Civic!
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Original Silver was my second choice

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am4nf
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9th Jan 11 at 20:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Av always liked mini's but never liked those wheels
Rich H
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Wheels will be staying as I've always loved them on Mini's!

Everybody on the Mini forum is telling me to ditch them too.

I've even been told that lightweight wheels will improve handling and allow it to accelerate better! WTF?!

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