Mackers Laser blue R56 Mini Cooper S

[Mackers]

I picked this up this morning.



















2007 cooper s, 53k miles, full black leather, factory xenons, etc

Spent the day giving it some much needed TLC, Wash, detar, wash iron cleanse, clay bar, wash. Polished and black trim treated, washed and dried.
Seats removed and all hoovered, leather cleaned and threated.

The interior is in great condition, the exterior I good, just has the odd stone chip. One wheel slightly curbed but all other good.

Only issues with it are the electric mirrors don't work and the dash was rattling, I have this fixed now though.

Plans.

I have a set of JCW r95 wheels sourced from Ger.

I have ordered and Alta cold air intake, this frees up 10whp and also frees up some noise. Whoosh

Ordered a resonator delete to get some more ganging and popping, also frees up 10whp.

Getting a remap 175 - 210hp
Torque 240 - 320

Lowering springs eibach or H&R. just want to reduce the wheel gap, not going for coilovers, its stiff enough already.

Gona get myself a centre arm rest and chrome dials just to finish off the interior.

That's it for now.

[MiniMpi]

Great thread and photos !!

Really liking the sound of the mods.
Looking forward to hearing how this 'S' progresses
Thanks for posting.

[Derfinn]

Very nice looking S, there man.


The R95s will look sweet on this.

[Mackers]

Thanks guys, really loving the car at the moment and already getting stuck in.

Led reg plate lights and puddle lights installed.
DRLs enabled.
3 flash 1 touch indicate enabled.
German font reg plates ordered
And to continue on from trials I was doing on my old 5 series, auto open boot trials started.
Its Working so far but spring lengths are yet to be perfected to get the boot to open but not put any strain on the struts.

http://youtu.be/fKZLyF56cQY

This is a very cheap and easy mod on the mini but Once I have this fool proof ill post up what is needed to do this as I am sure people would like it

[MiniMpi]

Now that is a good mod !!!!

Interested to see how it works etc.
Thanks for sharing.

[Mackers]

It's basically just done by adding springs to the struts but getting the strength and length is the important bit, when done o might do up kits for people to buy if wanted.

[Mackers]

Did a bit of playing with a mates new wheels earlier hmmm

[Mackers]

Got the original build spec form putting the last 7 digits of my vin number in here.

http://www.bmwarchiv.de/vin/bmw-vin-decoder.html


Code Standard equipment Standard Equipment
S214A
Automatic stability control (ASC + T) Automatic stability control (ASC + T)
S481A
Sport Seat Sports seat
S4AUA
Extended decor contents
S5AAA
Rear fog light
S853A
Language English English language version


Code Special Features Optional Equipment
S255A
Sports leather steering wheel airbag Sports leather steering wheel
S2RPA
MINI LA ​​wheel, Crown spoke with emergency
S302A
Alarm Alert system
S383A
Outside mirror / roof in black
S423A
Floor mats Velours Floor mats, velours
S450A
Passenger seat height adjustment Height adjustment, passenger seat
S4A7A
Colour Line Dark Grey
S4UFA
Sport Button
S520A
Fog Fog lights
S522A
Xenon light Xenon Light
S530A
Air Conditioning Air conditioning
S548A
Kilometers speedometer Kilometer-calibrated speedometer
S550A
Board computer On-board computer
S563A
Light package Light package
S5DAA
Front passenger airbag deactivation Passenger airbag deactivation
S5DDA
Jack
S694A
For BMW 6 CD changer Provisions for BMW 6 CD changer
S6FCA
Radio MINI Boost CD
S736A
2nd Key for remote control
S785A
White indicators White direction indicator lights
L812A
National version England / Ireland NATIONAL VERSION GREAT BRITAIN
S863A
Dealer Directory Europe Retailer Directory Europe
S872A
Equipment "chili"
S877A
Elimination crossover operation Delete cross-pattern operational
S880A
Board english literature On-board vehicle English literature
S896A
Daytime Running Light Daytime driving light switch
S8SMA
VIN visible from the outside Car ident number visible from outside
S8SPA
Control COP Control unit COP

[MiniMpi]

That's fantastic !! Just got my own there now, Thanks. Even gives you 2 images of how it looks as it left the factory. Very cool. And even better, it gives the exact date of 'birth'

[Mackers]

Ye its very handy, I knew there was one for BMW but had to do some digging to find the Mini one.

[Mackers]

So more updates

As said earlier I have an Alta cold air intake ordered so I decided to remove the scoop blank to allow more air into the intake,








I also made up a template so I can fabricate a shield for under the bonnet to direct air to the intake, it might also help prevent the engine bay getting too dirty.

While digging through the shed I found an old but hardly event used K&N cone filter, I decide to fit it for the craic, it works grand, no errors and the engine seems to be running fine, serious induction noise under acceleration and whoosh from the OEM dump valve, ill leave it on until the Alta intake arrives.

Next I tackled the factory wiring issue with the stereo speakers being wired wrong, I removed the pins which was a bit of a pain as 2 were vert stubborn but got there eventually. Working correctly now with base going to the rear speakers instead of the front, makes a big difference to the sound quality.



Also installed the dash cam and ran the wires, still to be connected.

[MiniMpi]

Great work so far.

[Mackers]

Great work so far.

Thanks, I'm addicted I can't stop . And I havnt even gotten the upgrades yet

[Mackers]

More updates.

My german font plates arrived today, I removed the plate surrounds as i think its cleaner looking.




Also fabricated a shield for under the bonnet to direct air directly to the intake from the scoop. and also try prevent the engine bay from getting distroyed in dirt from just having the scoop open.





View through the scoop





I think ill remove it and spray t the same colour as the car but for now it will do.

[Mackers]

Just sorted the electric wing mirror problem, Neither of the wing mirrors were working, It turned out to be a fuse but not the fuse for the mirrors, There are 3 fuses controlling the circuit, F20, F32 & F42 and It turned out to be the fuse for the heated seats that i dont have.

Anyway all sorted and everything works now