I´m short before finishing my interior mods - I hate plastic like hell and so I tried to modify interior thats no nude plastic is viewable inside.

would love to see other custom minis.

 

I wish I had the cash to plunk down for something like this. Very nice.

 

some more:

 

outside, waiting for the hood with air outtakes and new front...

 

comes from? It's not exactly a compliment.

 

"Thanks MTV. You pimped my ride, yo!"

 

I was thinking the same thing. It's a cute turn of phrase, kind of like "I slaveholdered my ride!"

 

Wherever the term comes from, that's a sweet looking interior job...thumbs up to you for taking the initiative and doing something different.


Dave.

 

Pimped comes from the way pimps dress, flashy, extravagent. Purple velour w/ a feather in your hat, that kind of stuff. So Pimping your ride, you make it flashy, gaudy, and on the fringe of sanity.

 

thanks dude!!

exactly that was my motivation - i`m really sick and tired from all the aftermarket parts - mostly not even very creative and all guys have the same stuff. meaning from pimping HERE is customizing but honestly i don`t care so much over phrases and grammar. í`m more interested in unique solutions and to come closer to a perfect mini - technical and visual.

my interiour don`t even costs that much what other dudes pay for their mini rims. the mini is easy to work on and so its really a matter of ideas and not big money.

the pink mini below is not my cup of tea but i like it cuz its unique. it`s adhesive plastic - not a paintjob.

 

That's ALOT of suede!! Looks great. I like the way you worked the suede with the painted dash. All in all, it looks great. I am with you on the materials of the MINIs interior. I love the design but am not so crazy about all the plastic! GREAT JOB!!

 

Nice work, Schoko. I think it looks great.

 

I mean the one on the center gauge pod. I just did mine too! I am only going to post this photo as most people are probably tired of me posting photos of my car . I didn't use an "S" but an old logo, bonus points to anyone who can guess where it came from.

 

That is a seriously nice interior. How much do you figure you have into it If you don't mind me asking.

 

I am with you on the needed chenge...here's mine

I don't think you can see in the article but the a, b, c pillars and head liner are all suede too!!

Link to magazine

here's some I took

 

hi tuls


wow, in blue it looks even sharper! like it a lot but i think you can improve the result with a little work when you do the plastic frames of the sunroof with the blue material too. love the outside look from your blue one very much - the little things makes so much on a mini in my opinion.

reg. the "S" by the gauges - we cant buy this S keyholder here in germany like you us guys so its really rare here :-)

@jeru

reg. my interior costs i paid aproxm 1300 euro for the alcantara job, 1200 for the recaros like they are and 500 for the paintshop. i guess one euro is aproxm 1,30 us $. so its really not that big money comparing to the price of the car itself. if you want improvement for small money you get a really good result just with painting the plastic dashboardparts cuz the factory paintshop on them and the variety of colours sucks heavily in my opinion:

 

It's a head tube badge. From what bike I don't know.

 

Good guess, it has been used as a bicycle head tube badge, but this one is actually from a motorcycle. One more clue......Its BRITISH!

 

It is a head tube transfer from a Vincent, Black Lightning or Black Shadow. Holder of the Motorcycle world speed record in the 50's (150.313 Mph)

Here is the pic of Rollie Free setting the record.(Nice riding style huh?)

 

Could you post pics of how you finished the suede wrap of the glove box and such? I am interested in some leather work like that, but am wondering how you finish off the wraps of the plastic parts?

I really do like your ideas.....

And Tuls, that interior is a beauty! Same question for you. How did you wrap all that in the Carbon material and tuck it away without it looking shabby?

Both are awesome guys!

 

So those are Recaro seats... I really like them. They look very comfortable. Are they leather?

 

Does the interior of the engine bay count? :smile:

 

thanks!! I think if I was going to do the frames I would paint them to match the car...I like to keep a balance between the black, white and blue..that's why I left them black...ofcourse I could have them painted black...that would be nice...hmmmn....

 

I took every thing apart...yes even the door panels...it's not hard just time consuming and you need to right tools...

 

hello mini d,

i just disassembled the paint job parts - everything else been done from the company whjo wrapped the things in alcantara. reg. the glow box you cant dissamble with a screwdriver - you have to brake the frontpart of the glowbox from the backpart (the thing where you have the place for the sunglasses and the 2 rings for cups). the same thing with the plastics from the doors - no screws, just glue... the dashboard is the easiest part - 4 screws and you have it in your hand :-)

when you take closer looks, take your time the mini is really easy to dissasemble. i helped the guy who wrapped the parts some times and the only really hard problem is the plastic betwen the windshield and the dashboard - no chance to replace it. and the one piece dash from the facelift dont fit! so I need to wait until my windshield is broken that we can work from outside to cover the last plastic part :-)

btw. you can exchange the prefacelift clock with the illumination plate from the facelift. it fits 100% - you just need to modify the wires. this is one of my next steps.

@BriNYU

the 37`s on your seats are a very nice detail, small but very fine worked and absolutely eycatching and the quality of your leather seems to be superior, hmmm - the small things are the important ones, isn`t it? btw your rearmirror - is this a part of a valentine one? could use the thing here too man... too much radar traps.