R56 Wider Mini Flares 3/4

Mega Mini Madness

VAD Admin
Sep 8, 2020
1 min read

Our Mega Mini conversions are now available as a drive in drive out conversion for the R55, R56, R57, R58 & R59 chassis, so as long as you own one of these models, our conversion is available, from the Cooper Diesel upto the Cooper S, let’s look at what you get for your money.

For our drive in drive out the conversions consists of the following:

Full window tint (with the choice of privacy shades ) Full De-Chrome VAD Wider flares fitted and painted A choice of wheel & tyre combo 9x16 > 245/45R16 / 9x17 > 245/40R17 / 9x18 > 245/35R18 Coilover Suspension

We will be adding other additional parts to the conversion with lots of options coming for the not only the exterior but the interior too.

As long as you have the above Chassis get in touch with us if you fancy adding a bit of sauce to your Mini, with our mega mini makeover.

#mini #minir56 #minir55 #minir57 #mini58 #miniflares #r56flares #3sdm #3sdmwheels #vaddesign #vadwheels #vadaero #vadmini #fenderflares #miniflares

EvoCorse Sanremo Zero

VAD Admin
Feb 5, 2020
2 min read

Since the launch of our R56, R57, R58 & R59 extended 25 mm and 35 mm wheel arch flares in 2018 we have been on the lookout for a 1 piece cast wheel that would be a suitable width and offset without the use of spacers, sounds easy right, but it’s been a painstakingly frustrating search speaking to various wholesalers and manufactures far and wide, we came across a lovely wheel design from a compnay in Germany, but we had to order 48 wheels on order pay up front and wait 4 months, as nice as the wheel was a four month lead time sounded very much like it was sourced and manufactured in China, so it was back to the drawing board, Klutch wheels have a beautiful design, but limited stock was a problem, we source and supply AME Shallen wheels but customers do not want 2 piece wheels due to the high cost restraints of multipice wheels.

With options limited we spoke to various UK 1 piece cast wheel specialists, to say that was a bit of a waste of time is an understatement, every wheel we liked was overpriced and Chinese produced, which seems to be the normal UK practise with 1 piece cast wheel designs, but that all changed on our visit to the Performance Car Show at the NEC in Birmingham on trade day... enter the Italian wheel manufacturing maestros EvoCorse.

We are thrilled to of now sourced the perfect light weight 1 piece cast wheel for our Mini conversion, but also teaming up with the legendary company like EvoCorse, offering a super high quality wheel now available to our customers, which we can now offer globally.

So why have we had such a headache trying to find a wheel that works with our extended fender mini conversions, the main reason is the width of wheel as well as the required offset to suit, as the one thing we do not want is to fit spacers, so we need a 9x17 with a +10 to +15 offset and although one piece wheels are the most popular withing the wheel industry the width and offset we need in our 4x100 PCD just doesn’t exist, but thanks to EvoCorse, they have made our dream a reality.

The EvoCorse Sanremo Zero wheel is a 12 spoke design with a concave profile, which is available in our desired 9” width and a selection of offsets from +6 to +48 so is the perfect wheel to fine tune the offsets we need front to rear for our conversion, weight of the wheels is 9 to 9.5 KG depending on the offset chosen, the standard colours are White and Black, with Silver, Anthracite and Gold also available on request.

All of our Mini builds will be fitted exclusively with the EvoCorse wheel design and be wrapped in Nankang 255/40R17 NS2R, our tyre partner for various conversions we offer, get in touch with us for further details on our awesome Mini products

#EvoCorse #sanremozero #mini #widebodymini #r56miniflares #miniflares #widefenders #r56miniflares #fenderflares #wideflares #bmwmini

Time Attack R56 Mini with Attitude

VAD Admin
Apr 5, 2019
2 min read

Updated: Sep 25, 2019

Our R56 Mini aero kit programme is going from strength to strength as our flares seem to be finding their way on to some pretty epic builds, Gary Adams who is based in Florida is a personal favourite, we just love what Gary has done and the plans he has in store for his amazing cooper S, with his wheel upgrade happening over the next couple of weeks its going to be worth a revisit.

Next up to mini wow us is this little pocket rocket from Italy that belongs to Mauro Abdel Nour of P3M, Mauro contacted us a few weeks back regarding a new set up he wanted on his time attack Mini cooper-s, as he wanted a wider track so was looking for a wider fenders and ours fitted the bill perfectly and just what he had in mind, we wasted no time in producing a couple of sets for his up and coming race season, but I can honestly say we didn’t expect it to turn out quite like this little bundle of joy pictured here, he has taken the look to a whole new level, its extreme to the point of mini perfection.

We already knew that Mauro had ordered his wheel set up from ATS and we also knew it was going to be a pretty aggressive width and offset, but he was quietly confident it would all work and we have to say he was spot on as those ATS GTR’S with the negative -5 offset fill our fenders to the absolute maximum and just look at it, its an absolute stunner, we are really looking forward to the P3M crew this season as they hit the Italian time attack series in anger.

Full specification

Engine: N14 block with Darton sleeves, forged internals, stock crankshaft, stock heads, sport cams.

Fuel system: RPM Power Engine Management dual injection system (stock direct injection + additional port injection system with custom control module), Aeromotive low pressure fuel pump.

Turbocharger: Borg Warner EFR6758 with custom manifold, Turbosmart dual port wastegate, GFB boost control solenoid.

Chassis: FIA approved full rollcage, Bilstein MotorSport fully adjustable coilovers, Eibach sway bars, DNA adjustable front and rear control arms, Drexler racing LSD, ATS MotorSport GTR 9x17 ET -5 wheels, TAROX racing callipers with custom wave design rotors.

Bodywork: VAD wide fender flares, dry carbon bonnet and rear wing, GP Garage VTR racing front bumper and doors

Owned by Team P3M, built by FastGarage, tuned by RPM Power Engine Management