Looks great Ryan! You waste no time whatsoever to customize! So I'm sure it handles much better now eh? Which rear sway bar did you use?

 

Not much to offer; a few thoughts I'll cover below. Very nice job w/the composition & execution. ...It occurs to me seeing these that having a white roof & stripes has a real advantage... you always have a source to do a manual white-balance off of during post!

A thought or two....
- regarding the 4th interior shot... not sure what the subject is.
- I'm not loving the artificial vignette on the color shots. I think it's a technique that works better w/B&W or Sepia treatments. This is highly subjective however; don't let that stop you if you like it yourself.

 

I hope MINI/BMWUSA doesn't sue me

 

I only have about 50 miles on the KW V1's so far, but they appear to handle similar to stock [no extra understeer so far]. I kept the stock standard-suspension rear sway bar, as the R56 is to remain my "luxo-barge" daily driver. Mega cornering duties will remain the R53's forte'.

 

Looks familiar. I also have 35% tint... though not metalized.

 

Ryephile: Looks great, love the color combination!

 

Some updated pics with mods done so far, hope you enjoy....

First up are a few shots where you can see the painted arches and trim taken at Summer Splash in CT yesterday:







Next up are some pics of my CF mods;

Side Markers:





Door Handles:



Gas Cap:



And finally a pic of my brake light mod which utilises both rear fogs when you hit the brake pedal:

 

 

Vinyl wrap on the door handles, gas cap and side repeaters. I painted the headlight, taillight trim and grill surrounds.

 

GeorgeB's MCS with JCW skirts, sport stripes H&R springs and night spokes.

 

Very Nice!

 

Thank you

 

Whoa... You ain't mess'n around! Look'n good!

All I did to mine as long as I've owned it was get it dirty! ...and almost bend the rims on a couple'a big holes in the road!

 

me going for a pub lunch

 

Sweet!

 

How hard were the door handles? I thought I read that they were pretty tough to do on the R56.

Also, is this your first MINI? You're definitely off to a quick start will all the modding. Looks great though.

 

The door handles are just CF covers so no bother at all. Yep this is my first MINI but decided to just jump in with both feet. Thanks for the compliments!

 

Nice! Where did you get them?

 

diablito, do you have any more shots of this?

those wheels are awesome!

 

I like me some Mellow Yellow! Can't get enough of that.

 

From Aesthetic Creations. I think they've stopped selling CF stuff for a while due to problems with their previous fabricator getting the work done fast enough but I think they'll be offering them again in future.

 

The sidewalk wheels look amazing on the Chili red!

 

Nice job on the Checkers and stripes just that those are the worst factory rims available to each their own. have you thought about checkering the flat spot of the wheels?

 

checkering the flat spot on the wheels???

 

More mods done today, blacked out headlight rings & washers, blacked out taillight rings and custom black/red MINI emblems front and rear. Beltline blackout tomorrow. In the meantime here's some pics...









Next mod scheduled is a full seat revamp involving lots of leather, suede, red stitching and custom embroidered JCW logos. Should be done in the next couple of weeks.