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R53 Mini Cooper S



  BMW 330ci
So I have bought one of these to use during the winter and have myself a little project. Got it last Saturday from Oxford was really cheap but it does need a few things doing to it to tidy it up a little bit, which I'm hoping to do.

Plans are to tidy it up but keep costs down:

- Wheel Refurb as I think previous own painted them with a brush !! Thinking of going back to silver.

- Bonnet scoop needs re painting as it was covered in carbon fibre wrap badly ! When I removed it all the paint came off so I think they've had a go at painting it themselves then got fed up and covered it in this.

- Interior dash and door cards need painting as they've attempted it and again looks like it's been done with a brush and looks terrible, thinking of going for piano black.

- Install a cheap radio with an aux point just to use with my phone through winter.

- New rear wiper as the current one is falling off.

- New Cooper S badge as there isn't one on atm.

- New rear passenger light as this one is cracked.

That's it just want to tidy them few bits up, gave it a good clean and added some wax to it to protect it during winter. The spec is really limited ! But for the price I got it I'm happy with it, has MOT till next year, tyres are brand new.

Oh and that whineeeeeeeeee is addictive !

Pics

With my other car BMW 330ci which is terrible in the snow !

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Daz.

ClioSport Club Member
  Clio 200 RS EDC
People need to stop buying these! I keep looking at then on Autotrader....

Silver wheels will look much better, exhaust tips aren't to my taste but all good bar that!
 
  BMW 330ci
People need to stop buying these! I keep looking at then on Autotrader....

Silver wheels will look much better, exhaust tips aren't to my taste but all good bar that!

They are a good buy ! You need to drive one!!

Yeah defo need to go back silver. Yeah I don't like the exhaust tips trying to find some cheap original ones.
 

Dan.AS

ClioSport Club Member
  RB 182 & Mk2 GTE 16v
I was never really a massive fan of these, but they've grown on me quite a lot recently. Agreed with doing the wheels silver. I think it'll make it look nice and bright, and really freshen it up.
 
  BMW 330ci
Nice purchase. Good job it isn't another grey one. Lol

Lol I was originally looking at a grey one but I was sold so went to look at this. The red has come up great and always fancied owning a red car.

Love these! Had one a few years back and the supercharger whine puts such a smile on your face! :smile:

Yeah the whine is definitely addictive.

I was never really a massive fan of these, but they've grown on me quite a lot recently. Agreed with doing the wheels silver. I think it'll make it look nice and bright, and really freshen it up.

Yeah definitely thinking of going back to silver think it will look much better and original.
 

Sam

North East
ClioSport Area Rep
Welcome to the Mini world. There great little cars and your plans sound like they will take it back to how it's meant to look. Silver wheels will make it look a lot fresher.

Piano black on the inside to is a great mod. :)
 
  BMW 330ci
So I was going to do the interior piano black and get it done professionally but when I went to show the painter I know he said it was too much work in the prep to make it cheap enough due to how much the previous owner had sanded it down and the marks were deep and visible ! So I found on eBay an interior,got all the dashboard trims, 2 door cards and gear and handbrake gaiter for £90 !

I'm really pleased with the interior being back to original.

Here's it all fitted:

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The old stuff not sure if you will see the sanding marks, the door cards also had overspray all over them where they had just sprayed whilst still on the car.


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  BMW 330ci
Had the bonnet scoop re painted in red as previous owner had tried to Refurb it but obviously it never come out very good so they covered it in carbon fibre which I didn't like at all.

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  BMW 330ci
Wheels have gone in for a Refurb today. And also ordered new wheel badges, new 8 ball gear knob and new passenger side wing mirror glass.
 

Daz.

ClioSport Club Member
  Clio 200 RS EDC
It's too nice to drive through winter now!
I'll be honest that bonnet scoop would get on my nerves as to me it's not the same colour as the bonnet but I'm very fussy.
 
  BMW 330ci
Looks good!
These are bloody tempting as a winter/track whore.

Thanks I think it will be good for the winter. You should get yourself one they are fun.

It's too nice to drive through winter now!
I'll be honest that bonnet scoop would get on my nerves as to me it's not the same colour as the bonnet but I'm very fussy.

Lmao thing is I can't drive something round that looks rubbish so I always have to do little bits to improve it. Yeah that is annoying me a little bit but I paid £30.
 

leedsboy

ClioSport Club Member
  Bean 182 + E70 X5
Can't believe how much better the silver wheels make it look!

Sorry if I've missed it but you driving this through winter rather than your beemer?
 
  BMW 330ci
Can't believe how much better the silver wheels make it look!

Sorry if I've missed it but you driving this through winter rather than your beemer?


Neither can I !! When I pulled up to the garage and seen them in silver looked a completely different car. So glad I went for silver.

Yeah that's the plan. Going to take the bm off the road and use this throughout the summer hoping this will be better than a rear wheel drive 3 litre bm.
 
  BMW 330ci
So as the wheels were done the wheel badges turned up.

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The gear knob looked rubbish so replaced it with a cheap 8 ball look knob. Does look better than before tho.

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Nice looking little motor there! It looks miles better now!

I don't see the need for a winter hack though, it's not like we get weather that bad here ;)
 

Stefan.

ClioSport Club Member
Yeah i really dont get the whole buy another car because of winter

Just buy winter tyres....

Nice work, not a fan of red though, makes them look abit girly
 

Sam

North East
ClioSport Area Rep
The silver wheels look 10x better than the previous. Good looking car now.

That bonnet scoop could do with being a better match. You tried polishing the bonnet seeing if you can get it a bit more shiny. Might match it out more.
 
  BMW 330ci
Yeah silver wheels are a massive improvement on the look !

I do agree with the bonnet scoop, may look to give the bonnet a proper polish see if that improves it.
 
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  BMW 330ci
Few more little pieces came today:

Stubby aerial:

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Rear wiper was rusted and broken and was all over the place so I got a new one..much better:

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Cooper S badge was missing so I decided to fit one not keen on the de badged look:

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Comments as always.
 
  BMW 330ci
So added the final bits and I think I'm about done now will just enjoy driving it and have a bit of fun in it.

New rear light old one was cracked bargain at £5

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Fitted aero wipers

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  Suzuki Jimny
Landsail are well known for being grippy winter tyres...

Big improvement on the car overall though!
 


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