It would be nice to see first gen coopers ONLY in our forum, so we can all see specifically what people have done or just a nice photo of their first gen cooper, rather than all the types of minis we see elsewhere, nice as they are.

Show your best photo (1-2 max, be easier to browse), usually good to keep comments to a minimum and no lengthy discussions, so people can browse lots of cars at once.

Here is mine to start, just took this earlier for this post (sorry for enlarged quality, I don't have a good camera):

http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc382/roy5_9/mini_mini.jpg

Here's mine

Also just to say to others you can use photobucket to upload pictures and then use the "IMG" code on their site to copy and paste into here, so its very easy and free too.

Photobucket website:
Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket (http://photobucket.com/)

Also just to say to others you can use photobucket to upload pictures and then use the "IMG" code on their site to copy and paste into here, so its very easy and free too.

MINI2 has its own Galleries (http://www.mini2.com/galleries/) to upload to and provides clickable thumbnail code to copy and paste in posts. Much better than Photobucket because multiple clickable thumbnails can be viewed like a slideshow.

You can also used the attachment feature as Donz has done to include up to 5 images in a post.

Oops

MINI2 has its own Galleries (http://www.mini2.com/galleries/) to upload to and provides clickable thumbnail code to copy and paste in posts. Much better than Photobucket because multiple clickable thumbnails can be viewed like a slideshow.

You can also used the attachment feature as Donz has done to include up to 5 images in a post.

Sure its a good forum feature, but the photobucket shows large images so you dont have to add the extra clicking. As in you go to the forum page, scroll down and see the images, otherwise you are clicking a lot. Different usability issues. The browser is good though sure, I imagine people have their preference.

Although the gallery one costs the forum in bandwidth and if you click the photobucket one it could be ginormous (no size limit) which is a benefit of that.

unfortunately looks like theres only 3 first gen cooper owners on here! :biggrin:

Here's mine

Nice one sir!

http://www.motorkhana-sa.com/Gallery/2005-Rnd1/BMW%20Mini.jpg

:D Sold it 2 years ago. Was a wild beastie with 6 spd Cooper S gearbox and tonnes of mods. Strong, reliable car.

Sure its a good forum feature, but the photobucket shows large images so you dont have to add the extra clicking.
The Site Guidelines (http://www.mini2.com/forum/faq.php?faq=vb_faq#faq_faq_site_guidelines) require using clickable thumbnails when posting multiple images ;)

Loved the grey one!

Heres my one, fresh out of my bodyshop only about an hour ago.
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Not going to give it all the blah blah blah so I wont.

Hope you like it and I am wondering whether to go the full Chav hog and fit louis vuition pattern to A panels and roof.

I dont think you can go too far with a mini.

Heres some better pictures including the A panels
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I think you need some blue fluffy dice :D

Im more OEM style myself, but I do like fluffy dice!

One easy way to improve cars look is to spray the lower metal grill black, looks much better then (they shouldnt have done it silver on the coopers, its black on the mini one I think). I did mine and it certainly looks nicer, although its started to come off so bah!

Hey also you might wanna start your own post up about your car :)

Some very nice cars here; a credit to you all.

Here is my 04 184k miles still running strong such a great car.

Very nice leadsled. Have you had any problems at all / what is your maintenance like? I would like mine to last way past 150k miles

If you look a few posts above you see what the wifes car looked like until a couple of days ago.

Took a few ideas from different people and here we have it.

If you look a few posts above you see what the wifes car looked like until a couple of days ago.

Took a few ideas from different people and here we have it.


Like the changes, wheels are fantastic, I may of keeped the black arches as it does seem too blue as if it still hasn't been demasked coming out of out of the bodyshop, so love the roof, wheels, colour combinations, but just a tad too much blue....

Ps, maybe some black vinyl to overcome that as the colour coded wheel arch's do suite the wheels, hartge has the right balance on the home page....

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8382/11111111111rg.jpg

Here's my 2003 Cooper with Chilli Pack.

I'm happy with how it looks, but might change the side indicators to white.
And I want to do something to the dash as I think it looks a bit cheap. Thinking some kind of wrap?
If money was no issue I'd probably have the same wheels but in chrome, but that might be OTT + make it a thief magnet.

03 R50 Aero'd Cooper

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j333/colemclean/IMG_1411-1.jpg

My recently purchased Cooper

My recently purchased Cooper

Nice. I've not seen those BMW badges before!

I bought it used and it came like that, just checked and found they were just vinyl stickers. I prefer the mini badge so I peeled them off. So it's back to original!

lol reminds me of my 1st gen... 5th delivered here back in early 2002... got the plates "BMWMINI" back in the day when the BMW fraternity didn't want to be associated with the brand. Put many noses outta joint :D

There's my girl! (both my MINI and my daughter!) :vrblack:

My 2005 cooper with jcw sound kit and aero skirts. I'm after front and rear aero bumpers, so if anybody has them,pm me please.

This cooper is over 10 years old 28/09/2001 now on private plate .I have just re purchased itfrom my daughter Great to have it back but it did not sell at around 3.5k pounds.That was with full history including steering pump last year and low milage for year 78000miles.

This is Onslow. 2006

First post here. And this is my first Mini. Very excited. 2002 Mini automatic

This is my late 2004 MCS in Black Eye Purple.
No mods . . . yet. :hmph:

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg280/wozzauk/media_2_2.jpg

Nice @wozzauk - one of my neighbors has a classic mini in deep purple, looks great!

Here's a snap of mine.