Mini Cooper S R53 gets New Wheels, Coilovers & Spacers - the Perfect Stance

[@Thomas-sv4ii]

those new wheels are awesome!!!

[@lizfriedrich9990]

Love the white wheels - DON'T CHANGE them!!!! It really is looking good. Great photography.

[@trustedpro2]

Great job looks am

[@melaniefriedrich6364]

Looks great well done 😊

[@MM-cr7dq]

Awesome - I agree with Liz, keep the wheels white, they look fantastic

[@Nerd1979]

Does look really slick 👍

[@revopilot5979]

Dude! Those shorts are cute😘

[@frax77]

🤣

[@orustusamunade8936]

Love the project, but to get a better fit you need to take all four of your wheel liners off, you dont really need them trust me!

[@c-los4630]

Great video, thinking about putting coil overs on my R53, however worried about stiffing up the suspension too much. How was the ride ? were you feeling the bumps alot ? Thanks

[@frax77]

Thanks. The ride quality will depend a lot on the quality of coilover you buy. Since mine are just cheapies, the ride is pretty rough, and I'll likely upgrade them at some stage. The biggest problem you'll encounter is clearance between the front coilovers and wheels, hence why I had to run spacers. Alternatively, you'll it have to factor in some appropriately offset wheels.

[@c-los4630]

@@frax77 Not quite sure I understand don’t the springs come with the maxspeedingrods. Weren’t you using the springs that came in the kit ?

[@frax77]

Yes, I did. The problem is that the factory springs are quite short so they dont come close to interfering with the wheel. The aftermarket coilovers use longer springs, so the lower mounting plate, or adjustment rings, are inline with the wheel/tyres. Pretty sure I showed this on the vid 👍

[@INNITR53]

What brand coilovers did you use?

[@frax77]

Maxspeedingrods. Cheapies that do the job, but I may upgrade down the track. The ride is....let's say....solid. 😁

[@jasonwest1343]

Also in WA and have been modding my R53 for a fair while, also Hyper Blue and White combo, I went with Koni yellows and Eibach progressive rate lowering spring with Kmac Camber plates and Whiteline sway bars and end links, powerflex bushes etc with 17 x 7.5 Rota grids and love it... hope i see this one on the road one day she looks great 👌

[@frax77]

@jasonwest1343 would love to catch up and shoot the breeze sometime....still so much to do on mine to bring it up to snuff 😄

[@jasonwest1343]

@@frax77 mate that would be great, I'm a big car enthusiast and love my drivers cars and a good chat .

[@frax77]

Cool, you can reach me through instagram (@fraxgram77)

[@Nerd1979]

Why is it only 360p ?

[@frax77]

4k version should be up now

[@knight2425]

The wheels aren’t my kind of thing but they do look better now it’s lowered and at the end of the day it’s your car and your opinion is all that matters. 👍