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Better hurry on the MCS. Someone has an offer on the remaining 14 but you can still get one at the buy it now price. Or make a better offer. I have never seen that kind of auction(?) before so I am assuming that is how it works.
I am not associated with Remus but just thought I would pass along a little find I made.
The seller is reputable as the seller is remus USA. I ordered mine monday night and it was shipping today I believe. From what I have heard remus is a touch louder then the borla sport and it gives a deep sound. Generally remus is known for quality and acustics and not so much for power adders. That was fine by me as most aftermarket exhausts don't add huge amounts of power and for the price it couldn't be beat.
Mike
FYI - yes I bought one too for my MCS. Awaiting delivery which is probably Monday.
I was a little concerned too about them being a new vendor with little feedback. I checked them out and called them too. It is indeed Remus USA.
The comments from the rep was that the exhaust is going to be like the stock muffler at idle and normal driving but with a slightly deeper tone. however, when you get on it, the sound will be louder than stock. He also said that it will not be as loud as Magnaflow.
At the price, it is worth a shot. I almost bought the V2 for the same reason. however, I trust the Remus name more.
I am glad you guys are buying. I would hate to someone buy them all and then turn around and sell them back to us for more.
What do you guys think about that? Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Doesn't bother me, the stock midpipe on my MCS was 2.25" which is plenty big in my opinion for a 1.6l motor with a pretty small charger on it. I figure at most I'll be making 230hp down the line and this will support that just fine. And if at any point I don't like the exhaust or think it's restrictive I'll probably be able to sell it for what I paid for it. No biggie.
The only downside to me is having to hack up the stock system, I would have prefered to keep it as is
Mike
As far as the stock system, you really cannot give them away. Especially when you have 40k miles on it. If I make a clean cut, I should be able to sleeve it back together if I absolutely hate the Remus. Most likely it will make a garage wall ornament until the wife yells at me. Or someone could have it for a potential one ball experiment.
I just received an email from remus and they said there are some changes and the exhaust will not fit a 2005 cooper
I don,t know about the Cooper but the change that was made to the
Cooper S exhaust in 2004 was only the rear exhaust hangers.
An exhaust shop can rework the hangers to fit a 2005 Cooper S.
I just received an email from remus and they said there are some changes and the exhaust will not fit a 2005 cooper
Mine is an 05, the only hcange is MINI changed the hangers on all cars built from January 04 on. A muffler shop or your local performance shop can take care of it. Basically they would take the old hanger off and just change it's position.
I see you're in South Jersey so give Eric at Helix13 a call. I know he's done it already for another 05 that had a remus exhaust on.
Mike
I just looked at the ebay sight for the Cooper S exhaust.
I bought one (Buy It Now) taking the number available from 14 to 13.
There is a bidder who I assume is a vender (Performancestop) that
has a bid in for 14 exhaust systems. If people don't "Buy It Now",
and that bidder has high bid, he will indeed buy them and try to sell them
to "us" for more money.
And here's a pic of what you should be getting for an MCS, at least...I think. Anyone know if you still get the lifetime warranty with the eBay purchase?
dunno about the warranty. you would think that they would carry the standard warranty since you are buying directly from them. Best advice is to ask them. They were fairly responsive to my inquiries.
Here are two LARGE pics from someone's gallery on MINI2:
the picture look like it will not be able to fit on 04 models!
the hanger is different on the 04 models, build date from Sep 03 after.
just a thought
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2004 MCS-Sleepy Nanster
Dating a 2006 Daytona Blue 350Z with Touring Package, will behaving an affair with a 2011 Countryman All4 soon.
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R.I.P
2004 MCS-Sleepy Nanster
Dating a 2006 Daytona Blue 350Z with Touring Package, will behaving an affair with a 2011 Countryman All4 soon.
May be coming back to the MINI party! :)
I'll take my chances. 
