Dave89's R53

Finally got round to getting a project thread for my car, here's the starting spec:



Stock Sept 2003 Cooper S 37,800 miles.

- Black II with white roof, mirror caps, bonnet stripes and white S-Spokes.
- Runflats :thumbdown:
- Front Spots
- Body coloured front grille slats + Boot handle
- Factory fitted wheel-gap :tongue_smilie:

Interior:

- Half Leather
- Climate
- Xenons
- HK Stereo
- MFSW
- Cruise Control

Here's a picture of said 'stockness' prior to cleaning.



First two modifications I chose to add were the upper OMP brace and removal of bonnet stripes, after managing to actually tighten the brace enough to close the bloody bonnet I was able to take this picture today.


Future plans for the car:

- (Done) Alloys + Tyres v. soon - OZ Ultraleggera's with Sessanta Ultra tyres
- (Done) Meister Rs Coilovers -
- (Done)Removal of 'yolk' side light bulbs
- (Done) De-Chromed rear lights
- (Done) LED Side lights
- Black mirror caps
- (Done)Black Beltline
- (Done)Removal of front spots
- (Done) Upper OMP Brace
- (Done)Lower OMP brace
- (Done) Full Titanium Cat-Back

Then later next year with 1320:

- Health Check (Done)
- GP intercooler (Done)
- Reduced pulley 17% (Done)
- Dave, F (Done)
- Polybushed engine mounts
- wishbone bushes (Done)
- (Done) Drilled/Grooved Disks + Yellow Stuff Pads + ATE SuperBlue



I'm hoping to eventually see 230ish bhp, this list is pretty conservative on what I would do if I had the money :tongue_smilie: I think this is a good point to aim for though.

I welcome your criticism, compliments and piss-taking regarding wheelgap and runflats haha

Cheers,

Dave