I'm currently in the market for another R53. I miss my old one dearly. Love the entire series on the GTT car. I'm envious of the shed and your mechanical skills! I'm hoping to do my own wrenching once I find one.
I am also in the market for another one, I'm always keeping my eye out! Thank you! It's been a long road to the shed (and any mechanical skills 😂). Hope you find one and start turning spanners on it!!
Love the fact that you included the 0-60mph in the video! 5.76sec pocket rocket.Wish I had gear to time my stock Mini cooper s r53.Waiting on your next upload.
hey mate, i noticed youre running the sparco seats with the stock seatbelt. how did you install that considering the oem seat buckle is connected to the original seat? cheers
Hi Pal! If you order the sparco seat bases/sliders then they have a location to bolt the factory seat belt buckle to once you've removed it from the factory seat base 👍
I didn't require a rewire although looking at it it didn't seem like a bad job, you can change the lens on the rear bump, the blub is already clear and add red LEDs to the rear clusters for the fog lights... Did the job 👍
I'm currently in the market for another R53. I miss my old one dearly. Love the entire series on the GTT car. I'm envious of the shed and your mechanical skills! I'm hoping to do my own wrenching once I find one.
I am also in the market for another one, I'm always keeping my eye out! Thank you! It's been a long road to the shed (and any mechanical skills 😂). Hope you find one and start turning spanners on it!!
Love the fact that you included the 0-60mph in the video! 5.76sec pocket rocket.Wish I had gear to time my stock Mini cooper s r53.Waiting on your next upload.
Awesome! I'll see if I can arrange a comparison between a completely stock Cooper S and the GTT!
@@themotorshed Awesome thanks👍🏻
Not sure if it is the same, but in the USA the power steering system has a recall. Got my pump and fan replaced for free last month on 2003 R53 S.
Yes I believe there were some successful warranty claims here but no recalls showing on this one unfortunately! These PAS pumps love to cause issues 🥲
How would you go about checking this? Need to take it to a mini dealership?
If only I had a garage like yours! Fair play!
Having the right space certainly helps! We spent about 15 years on our backs with jack stands and know the struggle!
hey mate, i noticed youre running the sparco seats with the stock seatbelt. how did you install that considering the oem seat buckle is connected to the original seat? cheers
Hi Pal! If you order the sparco seat bases/sliders then they have a location to bolt the factory seat belt buckle to once you've removed it from the factory seat base 👍
oh fantastic, thanks alot for the response, great video as well... will you be posting a trackday video featuring the mini soon?@@themotorshed
Was it easy enough to rewire the rear lights
I didn't require a rewire although looking at it it didn't seem like a bad job, you can change the lens on the rear bump, the blub is already clear and add red LEDs to the rear clusters for the fog lights... Did the job 👍
LED's aren't cool! They just ain't! Always makes me chuckle when i see people with darkened tail lights and super bright reg lights 🤷🏻♂️
Each to their own!! I don't agree with smoked rear lights as that's a safety issue but LEDs often mean more visibility which is never a bad thing 😅