my other car's new wheels. :p
 

got new wheels for my Cooper-S yesterday. :D

these are BBS CV's with DunlopSportMaxx. will get more picts later on.


http://www.northamericanmotoring.com...22_08_bbs1.jpg

Nice bro, i like what i see! Yet, i demand more pics of the Mini, and the G! Haha

Tyler

those wheels are tight!

Sweet wheels!!


tonyd:)

nice cooper-s. rims look nice.

thanks guys! :wavey:

next cloudy morning i get, im going to take more shots of the cooper-s.
I was out there this am but the sun was too strong and i suck behind
the camera so couldn't get the right exposure. :rotfl:


here's wat the paint looks like though close up. light source is your
morning sun. nice and clean? :p

http://www.northamericanmotoring.com..._ken_72308.jpg

hey ken, dodoe those rims look so sweet on the MINI, i had the flower power ones and i orignally wanted to get the stock ones that looked like that. i forgot what they were called, but those look so sweet.

I miss my MINI so much..

acutally its wierd, the Fit feels more like a MINI than my SI does...

Now take those 5-spoke wheels that you just took off and put them onto the Fit. :)

I love Mini's.... I liked the other wheels a little better.
I can get use to anything though. Just give me about 10min of looking at the pic.

the 5 spokes are cool. they are by far the most OE looking yet it's
not and aggressive.

the BBS is also OE looking but more elite/sophisticated which is yet
another look I like. I use to have the factory 2pc BBS originally on
this car called the R90's. They looked fanastic but weighted a ton.


more picts :p
http://www.northamericanmotoring.com...25_08_side.jpg
http://www.northamericanmotoring.com...25_08_rear.jpg
http://www.northamericanmotoring.com...5_08_front.jpg
http://www.northamericanmotoring.com...08_closeup.jpg

were you looking at these? this was how my car looked originally.

http://www.northamericanmotoring.com...0/R90_2003.jpg

then i went with 5spoke 16's, then SSR Comps in 16's, then the
5spoke in 17's, and then finally the BBS CV's in 17's. :)

Wow Ken you mini is clean!
Can you get a BOV for the mini S?

Tyler

you can for the new 07+ cooper-s's because it's turbo but mine is
supercharged so it's a bypass valve. :)

Really, i thought they were all Turbo if they were CooperS? So the turbo started in 2007, i seeee.
I would love a white CooperS, dropped on flat black 17s, exhaust, BOV! Mmmmmm! Dream Mini!

Tyler

do you have pics of the 5 spokes on your mini? what brand are they?

wheels are so sick man.

ken how are those things holding up with all the brakedust that MINI's like to leave behind, i love the SI and Fit b/c they don't do this..

these are tirerack brand called SportEditions. they look like E46 5spokes
so i got them. :p looks good too, ya? it's a matter of taste if you
like 5 spokes or mesh. I got the mesh cause i just wanted another
flavor but i still like the 5 spokes too.

http://www.northamericanmotoring.com...ow_4_18_08.jpg
http://www.northamericanmotoring.com..._4_19_08sm.jpg

thanks! :D

you know wat, im use to brake dust so no big deal for me. my G35C's
brembo's dust just as bad. i clean them after every 2-3 drives depending
on how dirty the front wheels get. ive run mesh wheels on several of
my cars in the past and i just take it as part of ownership. :rotfl:

i helps greatly when you have wax on them though... i use a spray
wax called PrimaHydro. it's a polymer based sealant and works very
well to keep dust from sticking to the finish.

i can get hawk/green stuff pads but i still prefer to have the full braking
power at lower temps while running street vs aftermarket pads...