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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 12:58 PM
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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.


 
Old Jul 23, 2008 | 01:00 PM
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Nice bro, i like what i see! Yet, i demand more pics of the Mini, and the G! Haha

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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 01:01 PM
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those wheels are tight!
 
Old Jul 23, 2008 | 01:06 PM
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Sweet wheels!!


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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 01:25 PM
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nice cooper-s. rims look nice.
 
Old Jul 23, 2008 | 01:54 PM
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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

 
Old Jul 25, 2008 | 07:31 PM
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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...
 
Old Jul 25, 2008 | 07:34 PM
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Now take those 5-spoke wheels that you just took off and put them onto the Fit. :)
 
Old Jul 25, 2008 | 07:40 PM
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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.
 
Old Jul 25, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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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



 
Old Jul 25, 2008 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by chrisng
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...
were you looking at these? this was how my car looked originally.



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

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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by TOOL
Wow Ken you mini is clean!
Can you get a BOV for the mini S?

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you can for the new 07+ cooper-s's because it's turbo but mine is
supercharged so it's a bypass valve. :)
 
Old Jul 25, 2008 | 10:32 PM
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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!

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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 02:23 PM
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do you have pics of the 5 spokes on your mini? what brand are they?
 
Old Jul 26, 2008 | 03:16 PM
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wheels are so sick man.
 
Old Jul 26, 2008 | 06:19 PM
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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..
 
Old Jul 28, 2008 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by methodbasic
do you have pics of the 5 spokes on your mini? what brand are they?
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.


 
Old Jul 28, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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wheels are so sick man.
thanks! :D
 
Old Jul 28, 2008 | 01:00 PM
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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..

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...
 



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