1st Gen R53 Cooper S Redrum

Found this pic today. Dec 2005 we bought our 2002 MCS. It had AC Schnitzer rims on it when we found it at a Volvo dealer with 12k miles on it. It's gone through a few changes since then.

 

Not finished, but these are progress pics:


Multiple small dents are all gone, antenna and spoiler holes have been filled. That's silver and then black sprayed over the lace. Next is going to be a red candy.

 

Aquamist group buy went through so this MINI is going to have a meth habit.

 

Just out of the booth. It's going to sit and then it will get cut, buff, and trim on Friday

 

Brought in new gutters to get installed and got to see the roof in person today and it looks almost black until you get right up on it. They are also making some covers for me made from stainless to cover the back compartments since Voltage isn't doing them anymore and also covers for the holes in the front where the turn signal wires are.

 

Finally got the car back from the paint shop. Hard to capture the paint effect with a camera, but you can see how it can look black and then have the lace detail pop out in the sunlight:






This is without any wax or finish. It needs to cure for a couple of weeks and then we'll get a final cut and buff done. We had a bunch of little roof dents smoothed out and the antenna and old spoiler holes were filled. We also had these covers fabricated out of stainless steel for the rear cowls and the holes in the front corners of the bay:


Got my box from Howerton today too, so tomorrow I will do the meth kit install.

 

Got the Aquamist installed, took it out and really pushed it for the first time. It was hitting 15 lbs at 6800 rpm and going 90 in 3rd gear. Looking forward to getting on the dyno, getting a new tune and seeing what it can really do.