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[ap0llo_*]

heres mine ,

Those numberplates look spot on. Are they legal?

[ROBBIE 1]

no, but dont care ! good looks is the main thing aint been stopped yet but if i do ill pay the fine ,and suffer the consequences

[1275 Ash]

heres mine ,

Just simply georgeous a credit to you robbie

[joakwin]

lowered mini u say lol

i love it

tucking tire is sweet

[mad mk1]

I had to cut the bump stops but its driveable

[panelbeaterpeter]

[project mini chris]

lowered mini u say lol

i love it

tucking tire is sweet

Good luck doing a U turn!

[lowandslow]

i have thought about doing a 'tucked' mini before but there would be so much work involved. narrowed subframes, new engine mounts or the other way would be to widen the body. either way too much time involved

[johnwoog]

What are some cheap/easy to fit springs to get?

[cradley-heathen]

slighty raised up for MITP


not ideal in london, and on the arches, oh and on the tyres unless you want a huge marking on the tyre where it rubs like crazy
damn i miss driving it

firstly nice cat! lol

i have to say that is silly how low that is in the "cat" picture, you cant tell me you drove that like that? there is less than 5mm of clearance?
you would only have to roll the car over an uneaven surface to get that to rub (E.G one wheel on a lowered curb/entrance to your driveway) and if it doesnt rub then you clearly havnt got any suspension movement at all. not to mention the brake pipes on the top of the radius arm fowling on the underside of the bootfloor.

sorry to sound like a party pooper but thats just daft on a road car, or a race car for that matter. if you want the car that low (actual distance of car body to the ground, not tyre to arch) then you have to do it properly, tubbed arches, shortened shockers, which even then will need to go into extended turrets so they dont bottom out.

again sorry to sound like a party pooper, its just dangerous dude

[Racer_Pete]

firstly nice cat! lol

i have to say that is silly how low that is in the "cat" picture, you cant tell me you drove that like that? there is less than 5mm of clearance?
you would only have to roll the car over an uneaven surface to get that to rub (E.G one wheel on a lowered curb/entrance to your driveway) and if it doesnt rub then you clearly havnt got any suspension movement at all. not to mention the brake pipes on the top of the radius arm fowling on the underside of the bootfloor.

sorry to sound like a party pooper but thats just daft on a road car, or a race car for that matter. if you want the car that low (actual distance of car body to the ground, not tyre to arch) then you have to do it properly, tubbed arches, shortened shockers, which even then will need to go into extended turrets so they dont bottom out.

again sorry to sound like a party pooper, its just dangerous dude

Yeah you are right, i did drive it that low for about 2 weeks if i remeber correctly, you could drive it like that and it wouldent rub, with just myself in it, i have gaz shocks adjusted in the half way position. but if you have a passenger it would scrape on the body, i actually ruined a n/s yoko a008 because of just a passenger in it, lots of smoke in your mirror from the tyre! But coudent go over any single speed bumps with just me in it, as it literally got wedged on the exhaust! i once had to reverse back because i couldent get over one once. So end of the day its okay to have it that low if you have pretty much solid suspension, and no mates!

Edited by Racer_Pete, 18 April 2011 - 08:49 PM.

[Retro_10s]

What are some cheap/easy to fit springs to get

Buy a Haynes and read up about mini suspension if you're considering lowering your mini - It's not a case of putting new 'springs' on.....

The wheels aren't bolted onto that clubman and i can't see studs either so I'm guessing the hubs are off and the wheels are just tucked under for a laugh....

Be sure to make your 'new cool lowered' mini, adjustable. A mini that can't get onto a brake tester roller and MOT ramp will fail straight away...

[johnwoog]

What are some cheap/easy to fit springs to get

Buy a Haynes and read up about mini suspension if you're considering lowering your mini - It's not a case of putting new 'springs' on.....

The wheels aren't bolted onto that clubman and i can't see studs either so I'm guessing the hubs are off and the wheels are just tucked under for a laugh....

Be sure to make your 'new cool lowered' mini, adjustable. A mini that can't get onto a brake tester roller and MOT ramp will fail straight away...

Thanks!

[Jeffreypang911]

Its hard to make a mini look low because it has no skirts or anything

Heres mine from a shoot last week- back could be lowered more though.

[Tupers]

Here's mine, rear arches tubbed and trim lips on front wing moved up by about 40MM.




Cool poke with the 6x10s.


Where we're going we don't need ground clearance.