My Mini Cooper!

[archie]

Have any of you guys with minis ever lowered yours ever?
I need to drop the rear of mine some.

[archie]

^Yikes!! Yes, it has usual rust but actually NOT that bad. Wow!! :eeek:

[lostininglewood]

What's the floor and regular problem areas look like? I'm sure everything should be ok considering it's a 91.

Hopefully the floor looks better than my project mini:

[archie]

holy crap thats clean man!

that's not my car but wish it was.

[Holland]

This has potential. Now it needs about 180bhp, and I have seen Honda engines in these things...

[Dozyproductions]

holy crap thats clean man!

[archie]

Scratch the Big Foot gas pedal, I'm going with the pool ball shifter #6.

[archie]

lost, hey thanks cuz I am definitely dropping the rear to balance out the car.
Very helpful information here.

A

[lostininglewood]

Once you get the mini bug there is no shaking it!!

I crossed the bridge in Detroit and the customs guys said it was the lightest car he had ever seen.

Makes me want to get out to the garage to work on mine.

Don't remember correct but you can skim the rear suspension trumpets and it translate into something like every mm shaved results in a 2.5cm drop or something like that. You can also pick up a full set of full adjustable shortened Koni's or Spax for about $125each and hi-lo kit for about $299ish which will give you full adjustable height and stiffness.

Enjoy and keep us updated!!

[LJ851]

Well the new one is 1000 pounds heavier than the old one, all that weight has to go somewhere!

[nickflic3]

Jeez! haha looks like a toy or a powerwheels thing lol

[archie]

Fogs look clean in white! Yellow still looks good though; do black bumpers and original stripes :)

Just now realizing that's a copy of the newer noe but eh, it looks good!

yeah the original stripes would look cool,still not totally sure.

Cool pictue I found. Look at the size difference.lol! Old and new.

[nickflic3]

Fogs look clean in white! Yellow still looks good though; do black bumpers and original stripes :)

Just now realizing that's a copy of the newer noe but eh, it looks good!

[Harry's E30]

now go watch:

Borne Identity
The Man Who Knew Too Little
The Italian Job (original)

to get yourself pumped!!

Nice buy. I think there are more re-vin'd minis in Cali alone than the rest of North America put together!

damn makes me want to watch those movies again and archie ur one lucky guy i envy you.

[archie]

Some Ideas I'm thinking about doing to my mini.:D
To get an idea, the newer mini has some of the mods on it.

1.Le Mans hood and trunk stripes in white
2.Black wheels
3.red front brake calipers
4.Black grille (possibly bumpers black or maybe green)
5.Black British Flag on roof
6.Drop the rear
7.Lamin-x the two front floods yellow.