R55 Show us your pictures of your R55 (Clubman) here
#5526
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#5527
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#5532
Awesome S model!
So far, absolutely loving it! Your car looks great, too. Black is my favorite color of car, and silver or metallic gray are a tie for my second favorite. Getting black AND silver? That's like the bees knees there!
#5534
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GuardianDesigns (02-02-2021)
#5536
Thanks I'm probably going to remove the red "Clubman' stickers on the sides. They don't really go with my theme. The little racer dude, he's not going anywhere
https://www.blipshift.com/products/l...erdude-sticker
I'm riding on Megan Racing Euro 2 coil overs. Ride height is roughly 12-3/4" front, and 12-5/8" rear. Winter tires are 215/45-17 Firestone Winterforce 2.
https://www.blipshift.com/products/l...erdude-sticker
I'm riding on Megan Racing Euro 2 coil overs. Ride height is roughly 12-3/4" front, and 12-5/8" rear. Winter tires are 215/45-17 Firestone Winterforce 2.
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#5537
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#5539
#5540
Tentative first steps
Let's see if this works
Outside the dealer showroom
getting it ready for it's new number plates
but a broken front spring takes priority !!
I seem to have lots of pictures of ISTA D screenshots, but precious little in the way of the car itself, probably a good thing at the moment as the repair jobs have taken priority over detailing !
For those wondering the Soho special edition was only available in White Silver, and were fitted with black star bullet 17" wheels.
Unlike both the Hampton and the Bond Street model, the interior trim was available in all levels, and not restricted to lounge leather, an upgrade I'm planning to do quite soon.
The current seats are half leather sport in black, I'd be quite happy to leave them as is, but my wife wants leather :0)
I'll update with more pictures as I slowly bring the little lad back to a condition I'll be happy with
Brian
Outside the dealer showroom
getting it ready for it's new number plates
but a broken front spring takes priority !!
I seem to have lots of pictures of ISTA D screenshots, but precious little in the way of the car itself, probably a good thing at the moment as the repair jobs have taken priority over detailing !
For those wondering the Soho special edition was only available in White Silver, and were fitted with black star bullet 17" wheels.
Unlike both the Hampton and the Bond Street model, the interior trim was available in all levels, and not restricted to lounge leather, an upgrade I'm planning to do quite soon.
The current seats are half leather sport in black, I'd be quite happy to leave them as is, but my wife wants leather :0)
I'll update with more pictures as I slowly bring the little lad back to a condition I'll be happy with
Brian
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Blainestang (02-03-2021)
#5542
Getting there slowly
After putting right many of the mechanical bodges and poor maintenance, I've started on the interior with a view to making the Soho a nicer place to be.
First of all I removed the seats, the centre console, and the cubby containing the combox.
Then it was vacuumed out, and some fairly strong detergent in a bucket to clean off some of the dubious substances lurking in hidden places.
I then decided to have a go at the seats themselves, I felt they were way beyond the stage where a wet vac would do any good, so I made the call to strip off the covers for a bit of TLC.
So before I started, the seats looked like this.........
So although I quite like the Sport seats, I definitely didn't much care for the condition they were in...
Hopefully once I've finished reassembling them, they will cheer the cabin up somewhat!!
I was experimenting with these, and given the poor state they were in, I thought the risk worthwhile ( I placed the covers in a domestic washing machine after removing them from the foam )
So I can confirm there are 25 hog rings in the rear seat cushion, and 21 in each front seat cushion, and the leather sections survived a 40 degree C wash !!
Brian
First of all I removed the seats, the centre console, and the cubby containing the combox.
Then it was vacuumed out, and some fairly strong detergent in a bucket to clean off some of the dubious substances lurking in hidden places.
I then decided to have a go at the seats themselves, I felt they were way beyond the stage where a wet vac would do any good, so I made the call to strip off the covers for a bit of TLC.
So before I started, the seats looked like this.........
So although I quite like the Sport seats, I definitely didn't much care for the condition they were in...
Hopefully once I've finished reassembling them, they will cheer the cabin up somewhat!!
I was experimenting with these, and given the poor state they were in, I thought the risk worthwhile ( I placed the covers in a domestic washing machine after removing them from the foam )
So I can confirm there are 25 hog rings in the rear seat cushion, and 21 in each front seat cushion, and the leather sections survived a 40 degree C wash !!
Brian
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#5545
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Blainestang (03-10-2021)
#5546
Thanks "njaremka",
When I saw this I knew this had to be super rare, I felt like you and never saw the Recaro package in a Justa Clubbie. It looks like it has the premium package, cold weather and the Recaro seat option on it, so it has the sunroof. It has really grown on me and glad I found it for my Dad. Now I'm curious, I wonder how many (Justa) Cooper Clubbies had the Recaros, has to be super low numbers? Anyone out there seen any others?
When I saw this I knew this had to be super rare, I felt like you and never saw the Recaro package in a Justa Clubbie. It looks like it has the premium package, cold weather and the Recaro seat option on it, so it has the sunroof. It has really grown on me and glad I found it for my Dad. Now I'm curious, I wonder how many (Justa) Cooper Clubbies had the Recaros, has to be super low numbers? Anyone out there seen any others?
#5547
I've not seen an R55 that is a four seat model, at least not in the UK.
All you need now is one of these
Brian
#5549
There can't be more than a handful of Coopers of any bodystyle with those seats. They were a $3k option on the Cooper, if I remember correctly, which would be a crazy choice to put on a ~$24k-ish Cooper.
I mean, it would be about the same cost to a Cooper S. I get it, as someone who has purposely bought Coopers instead of Cooper S for special colors, etc., but it had to be a really rare decision to buy a Cooper with $3k seats.
Super cool, congrats!