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Hey Guys,
I've been a member on the forum for a couple of years and have finally gotten round to buying an R53 with dealer fit JCW kit in British Racing Green. The colour is not everyone's cup of tea but I like it (although it is a bit too dark).
I went to look at 8 or 9 over the last year or so and got fed up of looking, but the other day I was just browsing Autotrader and saw this one, which basically fitted the bill.
She's on about 92k with loads of service history. Had a new gearbox, clutch and flywheel about 12k with all paperwork to prove. The car is fitted with a 4-1 200 cell cat non res Scorpion exhaust which i hate. It was fine on the test drive but after a 180 mile drive home it drove me mad. The drone was unbearable.
This will either be getting modified with a resonator of some kind or sold.
It has been de-chromed but I want to get it closer to stock. The Xenons have also been painted black with a red upper light, but I would prefer stock (let me know if you want to swap your Xenons for mine).
Some of the interior trim has been poorly painted and i spent a good while cleaning some of it up. I will hopefully be replacing this with some new trim or repainting the current stuff in Audi Monsoon Grey.
I also intend to repaint the faded dash panels in BRG.
Ive cleaned the seats and steering wheel as these had gone shiny, they now look almost new. If i keep the car i can see a set of black Recaros on the cards.
Engine wise it's typical JCW but with a daft open air filter strategically placed for as much heat soak as possible.
The recently refurbed black wheels will be getting repainted in a silver similar to the original Mini mini lites )i think)..Im not a fan of black wheels.
She could go with a service, a s/c service, new pads and some new tyres..tyres are legal but mickey mouse.
Im gonna do some tidying over the next few weeks and try to resist spending big money, but this will include: rectifiying the small bubbles appearing beneath O/S tail light,
attending to some early rust appearing beneath both door rubbers,
respraying the scuttle as there is a fairly deep zig zag scratch that can't be buffed out.
I'll also be detailing the car myself.
The exhaust MUST be sorted in the next few weeks..It ruins the enjoyment for me. I don't mind loud pipes but i don't the dull bassy tone.
I have a history of mad cars and bikes and although the Mini will never be a monster (i don't want a stripped out track slag with a 2JZ running nitrous), if I do keep it in the long term, I want something that is pretty quick with go kart handling, so if i could get to 300hp-ish (if that's possible on these engines) I would be a happy camper.
the car is pretty grotty in the pics as it hasn't been cleaned after the long drive in a constant downpour!
I've been a member on the forum for a couple of years and have finally gotten round to buying an R53 with dealer fit JCW kit in British Racing Green. The colour is not everyone's cup of tea but I like it (although it is a bit too dark).
I went to look at 8 or 9 over the last year or so and got fed up of looking, but the other day I was just browsing Autotrader and saw this one, which basically fitted the bill.
She's on about 92k with loads of service history. Had a new gearbox, clutch and flywheel about 12k with all paperwork to prove. The car is fitted with a 4-1 200 cell cat non res Scorpion exhaust which i hate. It was fine on the test drive but after a 180 mile drive home it drove me mad. The drone was unbearable.
This will either be getting modified with a resonator of some kind or sold.
It has been de-chromed but I want to get it closer to stock. The Xenons have also been painted black with a red upper light, but I would prefer stock (let me know if you want to swap your Xenons for mine).
Some of the interior trim has been poorly painted and i spent a good while cleaning some of it up. I will hopefully be replacing this with some new trim or repainting the current stuff in Audi Monsoon Grey.
I also intend to repaint the faded dash panels in BRG.
Ive cleaned the seats and steering wheel as these had gone shiny, they now look almost new. If i keep the car i can see a set of black Recaros on the cards.
Engine wise it's typical JCW but with a daft open air filter strategically placed for as much heat soak as possible.
The recently refurbed black wheels will be getting repainted in a silver similar to the original Mini mini lites )i think)..Im not a fan of black wheels.
She could go with a service, a s/c service, new pads and some new tyres..tyres are legal but mickey mouse.
Im gonna do some tidying over the next few weeks and try to resist spending big money, but this will include: rectifiying the small bubbles appearing beneath O/S tail light,
attending to some early rust appearing beneath both door rubbers,
respraying the scuttle as there is a fairly deep zig zag scratch that can't be buffed out.
I'll also be detailing the car myself.
The exhaust MUST be sorted in the next few weeks..It ruins the enjoyment for me. I don't mind loud pipes but i don't the dull bassy tone.
I have a history of mad cars and bikes and although the Mini will never be a monster (i don't want a stripped out track slag with a 2JZ running nitrous), if I do keep it in the long term, I want something that is pretty quick with go kart handling, so if i could get to 300hp-ish (if that's possible on these engines) I would be a happy camper.
the car is pretty grotty in the pics as it hasn't been cleaned after the long drive in a constant downpour!
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