I had a day off and went to 4 yes 4 shops to get the one ball mod or a glasspack put on.

I found out no one will touch this car!

are the r53 and r52 exhausts the same?

 

Yes. I had a one ball done to my R52 in NJ.

 

Four shops! What a bunch of weenies!

Dave

 

no I meant can I buy an r53 obx exhaust and it will fit on the r52

and after my visit to newark last week I wouldnt go to NJ for anything lol

 

The R52 has a crimp in the exhaust to clear some added bracing that's not on the R53. The shop that put my exhaust in had a local machine shop make up some spacer blocks to lower the braces so they would clear the exhaust pipe.

 

Remember, the r52 s is compatible with most any r53 part...base cabrio with most any r50.
As stated above, the crimp is what has changed to get around a brace on the convertible....

 

Wow. Four shops?! That's nuts! I had the local shop across from my workplace do it for me on the fly. I suggest not saying anything about a "glasspack." Instead just explain that you'd like to have the resonator removed and bypassed, and that any place that can do basic bending should be able to handle it. My shop (for stuff like this) is no specialist, that's for sure...

 

It may be that the current exhaust is too old to be worked on. In the northeast with salt they get weak and without enough metal, doing work on an old one will just shorten the life. No one wants to be responsible if it starts leaking right after they work on it.

 

No one where I live would do mine, but I heard (from other Miniacs) about a place in Baton Rouge (75 miles) that would do it. When I was talking to the mechanic, he said "as soon as you drove up, I knew what you wanted".

 

I went to a shop in bergen county that even says on their site they do it. I believe its in ramsey.

 

I got my one-ball done in Newark, NJ.

 

ECP Auto Service, 12 Somme Street, Newark, NJ
(973)-589-5871

The owner's name is Frank Da Silva. He works on my R52, oil changes, mods...etc
He's done exhaust tips on my Countryman also.

Frank is also a MINI Owner.

 

I got quoted 80 bucks to install an aftermarket exhaust if I buy it.

I was just going to pick up an r53 obx setup

so I can make the r53 exhaust work then eh?

 

oil changes are around $70. Frank uses European Spec Synthetic Oil (BMW) and MINI Original Oil Filters.

 

How about the IE Exhaust? www.bmw2002.com, Performance Catalog, Click on the picture of the MINI, Exhaust.