N77's gone Supercharged........

[matthewson]

It's had quite a few guises over the years... I'll try and dig out a few pics. Definitely go for colour coding and not black. It ruins the lines of the car imo. Keep some chrome as well, it's classy!

Suspension wise was running meister r's. Very good suspension for the money.

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[N77]

What drop was it on the pic? It looks just right on that height

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[N77]

So had my replacement LED bulbs come from MrJP who I normally get them from when replacing.

Went for all interior lights inc glovebox, map reading lights, centre light, footwells and boot.

Exterior I went for LED side lights and number plate lights, then the silver indicator bulbs to get rid of the egg effect and also white fog light bulbs as well.

So far I have fitted all except the number plate bulbs and fog lights, I have to say for just a small modification it makes a huge difference and makes it more up to date IMO.

So for some pics of before and after...

Side lights before:

Side lights after:

Overall shot when it was dark.

Indicators before with the fried egg effect:

After with the silver ones fitted:

Pic of it fitted in the holder, makes the best difference. I never got why manufacturers made the lenses clear then put a orange bulb in:

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[N77]

Interior bulbs now....

Boot before:

Boot after:

Centre light before Inc a pic of it inside:

After

With centre light only:

With all 3 lit:

Glovebox before:

After:

Footwell before:

After:

Fogs and number plate to come once I have changed them.

All bulbs came to £48 but makes such a difference

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[EP3 Pete]

Brilliant attention to detail as always pal, car looks very tidy!!

 

[N77]

Number plate lights have now been changed. Still need to do the fog lights but have to remove the arch liner to get to the them, so will wait a bit to mess with those.

Before

After:

And one in the dark:

Added a bit of engine bay humour, seems to give the car character lol and gave it a clean, few changes to be done under here

I had been looking into getting the smaller supercharger pulley this month, however unfortunately it was MOT time and thought everything was all okay as the only advisory on the last was a tyre low, which I have sorted but unfortunately the exhaust failed on emissions due to a badly coroded rear box.

So the excuse to get a new exhaust already was too good to miss out on

So ordered this today

Still got the plans for the smaller pulley but can't get it in until February.

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[xSythan]

Lovely cooper s big fan of this

 

[N77]

Its arrived :twisted:

Couldn't wait so had to get it out the box to have a look at it :lol: and I don't think I would get it in still in the box anyway haha

Close up of the tailpipes...

All ready to be fitted, which is being done on Thursday and MOT re-test too.

Then booked in at Lohen for these to be fitted in February :twisted::twisted::twisted:

Picture shows 15% reduced pulley, but actually going for the 17% with a view to getting a Airtec intercooler, modify the OEM air box and then remapped.

 

[xSythan]

Nice that looks sweet bet it sounds nice too what power are you looking to make from this car?
My gf drives a cooper sd its a great car

 

[Danger200]

I didn't think remaps were worth the cost on these due to a very small gain?

 

[N77]

I didn't think remaps were worth the cost on these due to a very small gain?

A few seem to be getting good results with them and a local place do them as well, at least I will know everything is running correctly too, especially changing the pulley.

Booked in for the smaller pulley on 5th Feb at Lohen.

Exhaust is all fitted and sounds great, some popping & banging too

Will get some pics tomorrow but it needs adjusting as its not quite in the centre, so going back for them to sort tomorrow

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[N77]

Been to the place that fitted my exhaust today as it didn't seem to be centred in the cut out, so they have managed to do it so it is, so thought I would get some snaps while it was clean, gave it a once over before I went to get it sorted

It sounds awesome and 10 times better than the standard exhaust, went for the non resonated too.

Not really put the stereo on yet haha

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[N77]

So getting the Milltek has kind of pushed me to do other stuff now while I have been on my days off, so got on the phone to the local Mini dealership and priced up the Aero grills, which were the same price as Mini Direct on eBay. Once they said they could get them the same day after 4:30 I ordered them, along with the JCW gear knob too
Didn't realise the lower part was as much of a faf as it is to fit it, the top section is already fitted as I never fitted back the original grill on properly, so just finished putting the fasteners back on and done.

Due to the Aero grill being part of the kit for the Aero bumper, it doesn't fit the standard S bumper without modifying it first, so had to trim off excess plastic with the dremmel to fit.

Also got the bits to do the airbox modification as well, swapping for a cone filter as apposed to a panel filter.

Dropped my wheels off as well to be powder coated so the centre caps are ready to go on as well

Gearknob done

Can't beat the feel of a good knob
Blacked out the chrome S grills on the side wings, did them a bit ago with Plasti Dip but came off, so tried some stuff from Halfords and it seems better, used it on the petrol cap as well and it seems to last.

Modified the original air box to go from a panel filter to a K&N cone filter, many have done it and it's easy enough to do.

Only way you can tell is where I have riveted the connector for the filter on.

Inside the box, also put some draft seal stuff in between the plate so should all be sealed.

There is another part to the mod where they put a larger hole in the box on the secondary feed of cold air coming from the cowl panel but may try that at a later date...

Got the grill fitted but not got any daylight pics so will get some soon, not a bad days work

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[N77]

So all fitted back ready for the work shift to start again tomorrow and although I cleaned it on Tuesday I gave it another and took the opportunity to take some pics

And front end as it stands with the new grill fitted. Think I am definitely going to remove the stripes but I will wait until weather gets better so I can polish it all up.

Got the TypeR out the garage and gave that a clean too, the downside of having 2 cars lol

Looking forward to getting the wheels back next week hopefully and my trip to Lohen on Friday

 

[EP3Smithy]

looks epic t bh

 

[N77]

Picked my refurbed wheels today but not had chance to fit them

Away in London for a couple of days now and I have my visit to Lohen on Friday morning, so will try Friday afternoon

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[N77]

So I have been busy with de-chroming and blacking some stuff out.

Started with the mirrors as they were peppered with stone chips, so I used Halfords equivalent to plastidip, as I have already used it on the S vents to the side and petrol cap.

However it did not work, and clips were already broken and what appeared to be plastic welded on so I ordered some replacements from ebay. They came primed already so sprayed them mat black.

I also ordered some replacement side repeaters as well, they were starting to go funny around the edging and was commented being white on my visit to Lohen, so ordered some smoked ones to go with the look.

I was going to spray the headlight surrounds but couldn't get them off so decided to get the covers and also got them for the handles. I ended up getting gloss black for these but as the wheels are anyway it will go with them.


Before & After pics:-

Overall side shot, still awaiting for the headlight surrounds.

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[NYA]

Looking great bud

 

[Danger200]

Looks smart. Just needs to sit a little lower.

 

[N77]

Looks smart. Just needs to sit a little lower.

Yeah it looks higher with the wheels on even though the same size wheels and tyres.

Coilovers and brakes are next haha

Final bit done, well sort of as I need to redo the belt line as its coming off

Before

After

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