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Goedenavond, Hi all after meeting Davy(Daveke) over the weekend I thought I would post up some details on my car. Apologies for this being in English, but from what Davy said, a lot of you guys speak English. Very embarrassing that so many people can speak English, yet I dont know a word of Dutch.

As project orange was completed, I have decided to start a new thread around my car showing where it started, what it looks like now and what my future plans are. This is less of a project and more of an ongoing thing.

Its a 2004 facelift MINI Cooper S. I was bitten by the modding bug after a year of ownership and I haven't stopped since.

The car has gone from this just over 12 months ago:


0781_3 by tweedbean, on Flickr


0eaf_3 by tweedbean, on Flickr

To this:


P1010475 by tweedbean, on Flickr






P1000999 by tweedbean, on Flickr


Great for track, dont fancy using them everyday so I have left the seatbelts in by tweedbean, on Flickr

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JCW Carbon Fibre Handbrake grip by tweedbean, on Flickr


DSC_9372 by MichaelandJenna, on Flickr


Current Spec:

- 2004 Facelift R53 MINI Cooper S

Engine:

- MINI GP Intercooler
- M7 CAI
- Milltek Catback Exhaust
- Janspeed Manifold with decat pipe
- KMT 17% Pulley
- Newman Cam
- 450cc Injectors
- GTT Oil Catch Can
- P-Torque Custom Remap

Performance:

- 240 bhp/201.5 whp
- 215 lb/ft Torque
- ¼ mile at Santa Pod: 60 ft @ 2.24 secs - 14.37 secs @ 97.5mph before carbon clutch and LSD

Gearbox:

- Six speed manual
- KMT Carbon Clutch
- Retro fitted MINI LSD

Suspension:

- OMP upper strut brace in orange
- OMP lower strut brace in orange
- Cabrio braces in orange
- Meister R Coilovers

Brakes:

- Front Custom R56 4 pot Brembos in orange
- Front Drilled and grooved front discs
- R56 Cooper S Brake lines
- Rear Cooper S brakes in orange

Wheels and tyres:

- Road Use: Custom 17” Black BBS RZ's 17x7 et37
- Road Tyres: Toyo Proxes T1 R's 205 45 17
- Track Wheels: Custom Orange Multi-spoke Fox 3 wheels
- Track tyres R888's 205 45 17

Interior:

- Orranje Performance GP Style Seat Delete Panels in orange
- Sparco Milano's Full Leather Seat
- Orange Driftworks Harnesses for track use
- Orange Interior LED's
- Orange, silver and black dashboard stripe
- Black Alcantara Roof liner with stain black fixture and fittings
- RKDE Black Alcantara downtubes with silver and orange stitch
- RKDE Black Alcantara gear stick gaiter with silver and orange stitch
- RKDE Black Alcantara handbrake gaiter with silver and orange stitch
- De-chromed interior with black gauge/cupholder rings
- JCW Carbon fibre gearknob
- JCW Carbon fibre handbrake grip
- Front Speakers - Focal 165V 6.5" Components + tweeters.
- Rear Speakers - Focal 690CA 6x9's
- 10" Kenwood subwoofer
- Auto Acoustics Stealth Box
- Kenwood amp for subwoofer
- Pioneer AVH-P5000DVD motorised DVD screen with Bluetooth and iPod integration
- 30gb ipod video + 30gb iphone 3GS connected to the DVD player
- Scanguage 2

Exterior:

- Orranje Performance Rear Bumper GP Style Inserts -Black
- Orranje Performance GP Style Spoiler
- Orranje Performance Brake Ducts
- Orranje Performance GP Style Rear bumper trim
- Front Aero Bumper
- Aero Sideskirts
- Black bonnet scoop
- Joey modded headlights - black with orange projector rings
- Colour Coded Aero Grills
- Colour Coded Headlight Rings
- Orange Wing Mirror Caps
- Black door handles
- De-locked drivers door handle
- Black Petrol Cap
- Black side vents with orange side repeaters and custom orange S logos
- Road Legal Pressed Metal Number Plates from Dubmeister
- Black Shelby Stripes with orange and silver highlights
- Silver GP scoop vinyl
- De-badged rear end
- Rear Wiper Deletes
- Entire exterior de-chromed including gloss black belt line and rear lights

After my first mod, a minimania CAI, I couldnt stop, by early 2010, the car looked like this with its Red GP intercooler, minimania CAI, OMP strut braces, lots of chrome and new stripes:

DSC02507 by tweedbean, on Flickr

DSC03451 by tweedbean, on Flickr

Then in early Jan 2010, I needed three new runflats and it worked out cheaper to buy a used set of BBS RZ's of Ryank with T1R's and this is where it began. Two weeks later I bought my Sparco Milano seats.

And from then on Project Orange was born.

Project Orange 2010:

The plan was to introduce an accent colour and make the car more standout with some changes here and there. A year later ands its amazing how changing wing mirror caps to orange ended up how it has with all the interior and exterior changes, as well as the engine mods that definitely were part of the original plan.

First step was to remove the chrome with colour coding the headlight rings, fitting an aero bumper and cc'd aero grill:
in progress
P2073815 by tweedbean, on Flickr

Joey mod in progress
DSC04549 by tweedbean, on Flickr

Engine Mods:

450cc injectors
DSC04520 by tweedbean, on Flickr

Kavs 17% Pulley

DSC04526 by tweedbean, on Flickr

Me fitting my newman cam

DSC04543 by tweedbean, on Flickr

Custom Remap at P-Torque

DSC04622 by tweedbean, on Flickr

Flames
So Childish by tweedbean, on Flickr

More flames

Picture 8 by tweedbean, on Flickr

At this point the car looked like this:

DSC04981 by tweedbean, on Flickr

The next thing was to get the wheels powder coated to give it a more aggressive look

DSC05445 by tweedbean, on Flickr

Drag Racing 2010:

Now it had its aggressive look at power, it was time to test it, firstly at Shakespeare raceway, followed by 3 visit to RWYB days at Santa Pod in 2010

39939_453961230972_513835972_6760366_8383239_n by tweedbean, on Flickr


41217_453967795972_513835972_6760623_4954361_n by tweedbean, on Flickr

Later in 2010 I had more custom bits for the interior like the alcantara with black, silver and orange stitching, Rich also made me these awesome steering wheel inserts in alcantara:

DSC05839 by tweedbean, on Flickr


DSC05835 by tweedbean, on Flickr

Track Use 2011:

Then in 2011 I decided I needed to take this thing on the track so we arranged a track day at Curborough with yamMINI. Despite being the only MINI with out coilovers, my car held its own.


P1010270 by tweedbean, on Flickr


_DSC0009 by tweedbean, on Flickr


183657_10150118918838534_568173533_6449774_2065544_n by tweedbean, on Flickr

March 2011

Orranje brake ducts:


P1010451 by tweedbean, on Flickr


P1010370 by tweedbean, on Flickr

Mods to go in over the next month:

Black Alcantara headliner and wrapped pillars

MINI LSD

738095ac by tweedbean, on Flickr

Kavs Carbon Clutch

199472_10150111004173372_518313371_6696294_1678983_n by tweedbean, on Flickr

Having had a big shake up in my life over the last few weeks, I have been spending as much time as possible working on the car to keep my mind busy. Which has meant I could finally get my interior finished I wrapped the headliner and painted all the fixture and fittings in satin black.


P1010820 by tweedbean, on Flickr

Next thing was to replace the temporary red rear delete panels with Orranje custom orange ones which look ace:


P1010785 by tweedbean, on Flickr


P1010790 by tweedbean, on Flickr

I then gave the interior a clean ready for Himley next week. I also repainted and polished some of the gloss black cup holder rings as they were all chipped:


P1010932 by tweedbean, on Flickr

Next on the list was to fit the Orranje GP rear bumper trim and reflectors. I've also had my Orranje GP Inserts painted gloss black. I like the little orange reflectors on the side, just need to buy the kit to connect them up. The car is dirty in these pics, I will take some more pics when I have the coilovers on:


P1010829 by tweedbean, on Flickr


P1010834 by tweedbean, on Flickr


P1010835 by tweedbean, on Flickr


P1010844 by tweedbean, on Flickr

And for all those that keep telling me that I need to slam the car on its arse, you will be pleased to know I have a set of Meister R's on there way from Jerrick

I have also had chance to do a few other minor jobs like refitting the aero grills on the side skirts and getting Rich to weld up and fill the holes in my boot lid. I also used a dent pulling tool to remove the dents in the boot lid, now thats an ace tool

Lots of work and it does look astonishing, great job lad!

WOW!!!!!

Welcome!

What an awesome R53 you have! I love the DS/orange combo!

The beauty is in the details

Sweet

Had a look on MT before, kudos for al the work!!

Hope that your ok, after the big shake up...

Keep the pics coming!

sweet mother of god, what a cool ride !!

en wie zei er nou dat die niet meer wist wat die moest modden?!?!

Welcome!
very nice ride, i like the orange details.

GrJeffrey

HOLY F**K

what a nice ride you have! i totally love all of the details you gave it

R-E-S-P-E-C-T for all the work

Enjoy your ride

Cheers,

Mark

good looking car bud!

keep it up!

Welcome, love what you did to that Mini, keep it up!

Great ride, i even posted pictures of your car in our tuning topic . Coils are going to be a great next step