Made some changes....

[Jolly]

Hi Guys,

Well I've had my car for a while now and I've steadily been making some changes so just thought I'd make a post about them..

I made my first mod by changing the indicator lenses to clear ones from newministuff.com, great simple mod and anyone thinking of doing it should, believe me if I can do it anyone can!



The next mod I made was an Alta aerial which I bought from Lohen, for some reason I don't have a close up pic of it on this computer. Its the 4" one, I thought that maybe 2" would be a little too short, its great and really improves the look of the car, the reception has hardly been affected either.

I received some free Lohen stickers in the package with the aerial so I decided to stick them on my car, I got a largish one with the logo on but I bodged it up so had to remove it. Talking of stickers I went of the Guinness World Record attempt run which was organised by Derek Woodman MINI of Blackpool (new world record set! Was such a great night and has given me the bug to attend some more MINI events) and I got some free newministuff.com stickers so I have also added them to my car, along with the sticker we got from the event. Few pics..



These little mods (if you can call them mods) really changed the look of the car, and made it stand out from the hundreds of MINI's owned by non 'enthusiasts' for want of a better word. Heres a pic of it a few days ago.



Finally, now I'm back from Uni for three weeks and able to work more hours to earn some extra cash I decided to have some spots fitted, to be honest it was the Guinness World Record night that prompted me to have them added, after seeing a fair few MINI's with them. I had some problems getting them fitted, but all is sorted now (see profile + car blog for more info) Now they are all working I'm really happy with them, main beam is great now .

Spots:

Edited by Jolly on Thursday 12th April 23:02

[gonzales]

Nice looking car. I really wanted some front spots but cant justify the cost of getting them fitted. Looking to upgrade my side lights though to halogen or LED so they look the same colour as my xenon headlights.

[detchibe]

Looking good. I fitted some spots to mine a couple of weeks back, as well as the facelift chrome grilles.



Edit, better pic:

Edited by detchibe on Friday 13th April 21:36

[jolly]

Thanks guys!

detchibe, cars looking good! Really like the spots, was worried before fitted that they may spoil the lines a little but they've done no such thing!

Here a piccy of it in the sun today, loving this pic. I'm really chuffed with it! (took on my camera phone)

[haggle]

looking nice mate, mines off to lohen soon for some major work as soon as i can afford

[Loui]

Looks good jolly just needs some different mirror caps to finish it of, some gloss black ones would look fine

[Miss Swiss Tone]

Hi Jolly,

Love that car!!

You must be well chuffed, I would be

[jolly]

loui: I agree mate, I really want carbon fibre jobbies but I cant afford the JCW's at the moment (spent the money on the spots) and I dont want crappy E-Bay stick on eforts either. I think gloss black could work well though, white caps also entered my thoughts aswell. What do you think?

miss swiss tone: Many thanks for the kind words! Being 19 I feel really lucky to have my car! I clean it every week and I'm determined to take good care of it. The MINI community is great and hopefully during the summer months I'll make a few meets. I could do so much to it given the money, but both cost and insurance are an issue, especially the latter due to my age, thanks to the chav community who give young drivers a bad name and high premiums.

James.