65 replies to this topic

[aston19uk]

thats silly really lol

[megamini_jb]

i love the slammed look but not on a mini

[mk1leg]

TUB the rear arches and then lower it more..............

[minisilverbullet]

I haven't "slammend" mine by any means, but I couldn't go any lower, I have just over a 1 finger gap between the actual metal arch of the car (not the arch extension) and the wheel. There are some speed bumps i can go over, and have been known to reverse away form them, with the sound tune of beeping horns reminating!!! you can see the rear in one of the pics, i would say its quite low!

I do wonder about my car though, not sure if anyone can help; it is a 1996 but a lmd edition German export (silver bullet). I understand it was fitted with 13x6 wheels as standard, would this mean that the arches had been "trimmed" as per the later sportspacks

[Timinichelsea]

loving the slammed bugs, thats ridiculous.

I'm fairly good at building low minis, but it is a minefield you do have to know what you're doing.

I've done loads of migs and Se7ens that have a min ground clearance of 40mm, and they handle and perform well, so its possible to lower it a lot and still retain the driveability.

[minidream94]

Stick it on 10's will be able to go lower then :L

[MiniLandy]

Slamming a mini's pointless.

It'll look alright standing still, but there's nothing less cool than doing 35mph everywhere because you keep bottoming out, and having a permanently sore arse because you have no suspension travel.

Keep it at the proper height, and it'll go like stink everywhere.

[Jayme 1275]

Firstly thanks for the reply's seem to be a lot of you think the same way as me the problem I have is that I'd like to think my mini is very clean it ain't on the road at the minute because stupid insurance and I'm only 17 so can't afford to run a daily and my car it basically a show car to be honest I like the low and wide look on mini's but don't really want to compromise quality by Runing it stupidly low and doom damage

[Jayme 1275]

Alright jayme! Man to be honest if u want it slammed go coilovers but trust me if u have it slammed the handling is awfull and the ride would shake the teeth outa ya and the exhaust runs way to low and scraps everywr u go! U would need to cut the arches more to be safe but im pretty sure sportpacks arches were cut at the factory, i run the gaz coilovers at the front and hilos at the back

Alright how's it goin great to see some familiar ones on here

[Burnard]

to be honest, mine is about as low as i think is sensible to go.

Its about 2 inches at the lowest point, which is the sump guard. Which basically means if anything is going to hit, its that.

I have had it lower, but it scraped on the speed bumps on the way into town





Guess it depends on where you live and where you want to go

[mad mk1]

This is as low as i will be going as i had to cut the bump stops at the min

[Jayme 1275]

Traviling at 30 mph wouldn't bother me to be honest I'm restricted to 45 anyway. If it looked cool I'd be happy to drive it like that give people about a proper car to look at instead of Chaved out corsa's and clio's I just want to make sure that I won't ruin my arches. I think from what I'm reading id like to go for coilovers front and back what's the best make u's think? And for the next few years I don't have to worry about performance cause insurance a real killer. Is it the same in England?

[mrbridger]

Just for interest... Here are some pics of my mini.
First two pics are 'before' with 30 year old, tired original rubber cones. The third image is a comparison of the old cone and a brand new Minisport Smootha Ride Cone!
The last image is 'after' with smootha ride cones and adjusta ride trumpets fitted. The trumpets are set to the shortest setting for the bedding in period.

Edited by mrbridger, 06 March 2011 - 09:56 PM.

[Sprocket]

I haven't "slammend" mine by any means, but I couldn't go any lower, I have just over a 1 finger gap between the actual metal arch of the car (not the arch extension) and the wheel. There are some speed bumps i can go over, and have been known to reverse away form them, with the sound tune of beeping horns reminating!!! you can see the rear in one of the pics, i would say its quite low!

I do wonder about my car though, not sure if anyone can help; it is a 1996 but a lmd edition German export (silver bullet). I understand it was fitted with 13x6 wheels as standard, would this mean that the arches had been "trimmed" as per the later sportspacks

Only the front wheel arches will have been trimmed by the factory on the sportspack models. They will have welded on an edging piece afterwards to stiffen the wing back up again.

[megamini_jb]

my mini