Exterior 1st Gen Most liked posts in thread: My R53 needs a new look

Just as long as you don't do this to your MINI......

I will come and find you....

 

Modding any Mini is never cheap. Do what you want on your own time since its your dime.

Any heavily modded Mini is never built overnight. Mine took a few years to get it the way I wanted it.

 

I vote full Aero kit and painted arches... but its easy to spend someone else money

 

I know again, that it's not an R53, but I had custom stripes made for my R56.
Obviously you may not want the pink, but you could do red, green or whatever color with the checkers.

 

You have a blank canvas to work with there. Pick your colors and do some kind of stripe and or graphic.. if your willing to add alittle flare to your wheels you can add your colors on your center caps of the wheels.. Just to get some color in there.. If you like blue get some blue tint. or what ever color might be legel in your state if any... I have orange on mine.
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I think the JCW front bumper looks fantastic if you can find one.... Here's the Professor....

 

I think the Professor has a GP front bumper, rare as hens teeth me thinks. I believe Aaron at Outmotoring has the factory aero kits & grills. Not a cheap option, but nice looking.

Speaking of nice looking your MINI looks very nice to my old eyes. Tint would look nice. I think a pair of BRG stripes would look great. Also getting a lighter set of wheels would do a lot for the looks. Can't go wrong with a nice set of driving lights. Man this is fun spending your money.

 

I have a pepper white however, I kind of like the look without bonnet stripes and what not. I bought mine with driving lights which I love, not just for their functionality but for the aggressive look. Also, I added a voltage scoop for the same reason; functionality and aggressiveness. But I like what minimark did with his car if you can find his garage. The stripes are wide and go all the way down the front and back of the car. Looks really good. But if you can find it or afford it, the jcw aero kit is really nice, looks and is OEM which in my book is key. When you try to ricerize your car it just looks cheap and fragile. :cornut:

 

Your pepper white Mini would look good with two red strips running end to end like a old Camaro SS or Shelby.

For my taste less is more including no stripes and I like every piece of chrome blacked out.

Oh I am also in PA and our tint laws are a joke. You can get away with very dark windows. Its the front two windows (drivers/passenger) some officers care about but most don't bother with window tint any longer. Just so you know the law only applies to the front windows and you can tint the back 3 windows and sunroof like 5% , 10%, 15% and not even tint the front two and it will be nice and dark.

*See may Garage.:ihih:

You could also get lots of great ideas from browsing all the M/A garages since we have many great looking cars on M/A.

In the end have fun and do whatever YOU want it's you car after all.

 

Just my two cents but an R53 is just not complete without a set of eyes under the bonnet.

Ok, yeah, that was cheesy self promotion.

 

You could go all white also like this......

 

No! Really! The shock factor when you lift up the bonnet is great. I had to add coolant in a parking lot one time and a couple people walked by and thought it was really funny/neat.
The car has so much personality that it is fun to play with b/c you personify it the way you want. Makes people jealous when they drive around in their plain old hondas etc.

 

Youifacation FTW! That is what makes MINIs great, make them like you want them.