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Buy them.
MINI John Cooper Works GP
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Or these, a bit of light kerbing with ditch finders but 17" gp replica £330
Breaking Late 2004 R53 Mini Cooper S 1.6 *FACELIFT* | in Tandragee, County Armagh | Gumtree
Breaking Late 2004 R53 Mini Cooper S 1.6 *FACELIFT* | in Tandragee, County Armagh | Gumtree
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Health to drive.
Our GP1 doesn't get driven as much as it should. How many miles are on this example?
Originally the NI allocation for the GP1 was 8 cars, out of the 458 that came to the UK (was originally meant to be 444). However there were a further 14 of these south of the border too. The UK cars had a different seat spec to the left hand drive market cars. Quite rare on our roads, only when you go to a Mini show do you see several together.
Our GP1 doesn't get driven as much as it should. How many miles are on this example?
Originally the NI allocation for the GP1 was 8 cars, out of the 458 that came to the UK (was originally meant to be 444). However there were a further 14 of these south of the border too. The UK cars had a different seat spec to the left hand drive market cars. Quite rare on our roads, only when you go to a Mini show do you see several together.
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Cheers for the offer mate, I had looked at the 17s but then I'd have the same clearance issues with the AP brakes
Good to see another GP on here! And cheers for the insight as to how many were initially sent over here. Are there many turn up at the shows here? Didn't know that about the LHD seats either.
62k on mine, which is more than I'd have liked ideally, though I'll only be doing 3k a year in it at the most so not too fussed. How many on yours?
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Those OZ wheels are class looking. Something like those and a set of R888's would be brilliant
Got nearly brand new Nankang NS-2R's fitted at the minute, but I think I'll whip them off and stick Yokohama AD08R's on instead. Way more tyre choice in 17"!!!
Dropping down a wheel size should be an upgrade plus those wheels look mighty , I had one of the first cooper s's which was ordered on 16's but came on 17's , got them changed
after a month and the difference was unreal ! standard 17's very heavy though , your wheels much lighter. awesome car and as someone has already said much underrated by the average male , took an fr 170 seat on a test drive once and got sleepy after 2 miles whereas could drive an S all day !
after a month and the difference was unreal ! standard 17's very heavy though , your wheels much lighter. awesome car and as someone has already said much underrated by the average male , took an fr 170 seat on a test drive once and got sleepy after 2 miles whereas could drive an S all day !
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Was up in Portrush this year in the R same weekend as the Mini weekend, saw a couple entered in show and a couple others driving about. Otherwise I never see them on the road.
6,600 on ours. Checked up service book other day after MOT, it did a laughable 700miles in the last 3 years.
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6.6k
That's incredible lol! You can just sit back and watch its value increase now then!minibutmighty
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Not sure whether it's incredible or a crime! Includes a road trip to Silverstone, and a parade lap of the Old GP circuit with 50 GP's.
Be interesting to see what you do to yours.
Be interesting to see what you do to yours.
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At least you've had some use out of it then!
I'll not be doing anything mad with it, especially the engine, plus keeping all the standard bits for if I ever sell it on. I only want to improve on the drivability of the wee car for when I take it on a few road trips this/next year.
And manifold/exhaust is going on just because I want a few extra pops and bangs as I have the mental age of a 12 year old and it amuses me
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Victoria square car park is great for it. Almost worth the parking charge.
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The Clubman was hilarious in Victoria Square, window down, lift off, bang! Like a big (middle aged) kid
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have a janspeed decat coming up for sale soon if any of you pop and bang brigade want even more manjuice stains
Lol, I was contemplating a Miltek for the TTS but had already decided I was too old. These posts are making me think otherwise!
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Something like a Miltek or other decent quality system is a million miles away from a cherry bomb on a 1.1 Saxo. Quiet when you want it to be and great note when you fancy a bit of a stage. I also spent the money on a decent mazdaspeed system on the MX5 and again it can be quiet crusing but a lovely note when I want it. They're not cheap though and in both cases I changed because the OEM exhaust was starting to go.
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Yeah, I had a series of Mini's so I have quite a few bits for GP including nib alcantara steering wheel and a janspeed sports cat that was originally for my R53 Cooper S, am tempted to fit it to the GP.
Then I sold the R53 for a R56 JCW with a straight through race exhaust and evolve stage 2 remap, properly banged and crackled.
Have you looked at converting the airbox into the motorsport style? Basically the flap at the back that opens at 4.5k rpm, remove it and the supercharger whines all the time.
Then I sold the R53 for a R56 JCW with a straight through race exhaust and evolve stage 2 remap, properly banged and crackled.
Have you looked at converting the airbox into the motorsport style? Basically the flap at the back that opens at 4.5k rpm, remove it and the supercharger whines all the time.
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Flap mod is top of the list of things to do when I get my hands on the car again