GP Talk (2006) Discussion of the limited edition, MINI Cooper S (R53)-based, John Cooper Works GP.

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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 07:41 PM
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Rear Wing Delete

Anyone try it yet? How does it look? Would it affect the balance of the car?
 
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Old Aug 25, 2007 | 05:46 PM
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why don't you be the first to do the swap? All you have to do is take your whole hatch off of your gp and I'll that my hatch off and we can shipp them to each other Hell, I'll even have my hatch painted to the gp color at the bmw body shop at no charge if you do the swap
 
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by MPowerMini
Anyone try it yet? How does it look? Would it affect the balance of the car?
probably no difference on the street except for small increase in gas mileage.

on the track, you'd be sorry in high-speed sweepers, but if you are considering this, you aren't on the track.

in general, cars tend to understeer more at low speeds and oversteer more at high speeds. this is a huge generalization, but oversteering at very high speeds is undesireable for your average track junky.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 03:12 PM
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I'll take the wing! PM me if ever intersted
 
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 04:40 PM
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Prob not a good Idea. I believe the glass is cut for the wing, so you would have to at least change the glass, most likely the whole hatch
 
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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Definitely in need of an entire hatch swap...
 
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Old Oct 10, 2007 | 12:36 PM
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Removing one of the most GP-esque features of your MINI??

So many of us around here (including myself) would kill for this!!
 
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 10:34 PM
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That is the best idea I have heard, it would look so incredibly awsome, visually stunning, absolutley jawdropping and lose even more weight on that GP!!! I say GO FOR IT!!!! If you do this you have to post pics to mesmorize us with asap....And let me get first dibs on the wing.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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I saw one cruising in Scottsdale AZ last week and it was quite the looker. I love the look of the car. You can get away with more aggressive styling cues with these cars. The DTM style spoiler really sets it off.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 05:28 PM
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slow down guy's, Iv'e got 1st dibbs on that rear hatch swap
 
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 05:54 PM
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Would be something to see
 
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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I bet if you did do this and sold your GP hatch with the wing you could be atleast $1500 richer. I think that Brian White paid something like 3k to get the GP Wing Hatch combo on his Mini.
 
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 03:47 PM
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Do you want to swap your hatch with me...??? What is the news on this???
 
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