the dealer told me that had it for 50+ days. actually I only found it one late night of JCW searching on the internet. i didn't even know the wc50 existed until i posted a question about the car to see if it was a good deal and a WC50 driver who knew the previous owner of the car gave me a heads up. right place right time i guess

 

Congrats on #426!

Sorry you missed it RMCR9. The previous owner posted about the car for sale in this thread when he traded it in (scroll back a few pages). Check with smask, he was considering to sell his car.

 

well congrats man. i knew about it and it was an excellent deal, my bank approve it today i was going to go pick it up this weekend...

how is the car? on top of everything u have the jcw coilovers and drilled rotors man. it was a great deal...

 

it's great! i like it much better than my MCS. the gearbox in the mini is quite fantastic, much better than my subaru wrx

 

someone on the forums wants to swap their recaro alcantara seats (a $2275 upgrade when you order the car) w/ our leather lounge seats. is it a good trade?

 

Saw that thread this morning too. It is a good value, yes, but may hurt the value of your WC50.

These extremely limited edition cars will retain more value (IMHO) if kept original. Not really the best foundation for modding, especially since you cant swap back later (he wants your Championship Lounge Leather seats in trade).

 

can you add me to the map? i'm in hillsborough NJ

 

let's do another one of these!

 

Hold the date: Sept 8th

I'll get the map updated.

 

Yesterday, I crated a thread in the Detailing forum. Can you guys help me out with my problem? Please go to the link (I'm having trouble with my side badge).

https://www.northamericanmotoring.com...ml#post3550579

 

so this is weird - when i took my car to the dealership yesterday, they told me after running the VIN, that the car comes up as black instead of connaught green. has anyone else had this issue?

 

Ya the green isnt in their system, believe it or not!

 

Hi Stig,

The cars were all initially painted midnight black (WA24) at the factory, and then were subsequently hand sprayed green (AS0955 or GN19). They seem to be loaded in Mini's system as still being black, but my dealer was able to update the info in their system. I would assume the connaught paint would be more expensive than the black, which makes me wonder if there will be any issues with insurance claims in the event of an accident. I can just see the insurer insisting that before the accident my car was black...lol

 

The hardest part is trying to get the car painted back to match. Unfortunately mine has been painted twice now. Without the color being loaded into any database it too custom matching. It was three tries to get a match.

 

Ah, the price we pay for such a great color!

On a related note, the WC50 came with TWO different window stickers.

1) The "black" car, as it was originally produced on the assembly line
2) The "green" car, after all of the WC50 content was hand built and added

stig - post up pics of those Recaros! I still owe you a group map update.

 

didnt see this until today!

first one so you know its my car!

 

Do these seats lower your ride height?
Let me try to explain.
Do they allow you to be seated lower in the car?
Because the original ones are pretty high up.

 

to me there is a negligible difference. the only major difference i noticed was that the seat bottom comes out further to give your thighs more support. also the headrests are fixed which is something i actually prefer coming from a WRX

 

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http://www.facebook.com/groups/321289061301390/

Instagram tag
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#393 photo

 

Check the link below. There is a WC50 owners group now on FB

 

Spasibo Djek

 

USA

#401 Los Angeles, CA (Skim401)
#402 Miami, FL (MCSMiami)
#403 White Plains, NY (Herk1117)
#404 Long Island, NY (SPOOLNYO)
#412 Santa Clara, CA (cohlineman)
#414 Raymore, MO (wrx_xb9r)
#415 North Canton, OH (slumley)
#416 Unknown (LetsRace)
#417 Fairfax, VA (grh1950)
#418 Pittsburgh, PA (WC50418)
#424 Boulder, CO (Rapha424)
#425 Malvern, PA (JackMac)
#426 central NJ (mini_stig)
#430 California, CA (unknown)
#433 Normal, IL (smask)
#435 Spokane, WA
#437 San Jose, CA (willinsj)
#439 San Francisco, CA (smeyers528)
#440 Columbus, OH
#441 Nashville, TN (nashvegas)


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Canada

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Italy

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Russia

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Australia

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Looks like #402 might be for sale. It is listed here on AutoTrader.
http://click.messages.autotrader.com...83ba1921152a02

 

I have been trying to order some touchup paint to tend to a couple stone chips. The color code GN18 does not show up in the paint suppliers directory. Those that have had body work done or painted hoods, fenders, or such - do you know how they matched the paint? Is there a mix formula that has been found or determined?
Thanks.