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

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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 03:49 PM
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i want it. Not a fan of the red tho, but i want it.....
 
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Old Jul 13, 2008 | 02:31 AM
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Does anyone know if the red panels will fit in a R56?
 
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Old Jul 13, 2008 | 10:13 AM
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Does anyone know if the red panels will fit in a R56?
No they will not.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2008 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Jtrem
No they will not.
Thanks, how about the lid-cover piece?
 
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 08:26 AM
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We have been in love with the GP rear interior since I first saw it, and when one became available locally as a take off from a conversion. It was very tempting at $1500 since the OEM parts if you can get them cost over $2200. When the price came down to $1200 we made an offer , it was accepted and now it is in the car. The rear bar is just stuck in there now as I will have to drill holes to mount it properly, but it is truly an awesome conversion, and at less than half the price, a great deal. Nothing looks cleaner or finer for a rear seat delete.



Do any of you GP owners have a picture of the bar brackets on the car without the panels. I am trying to see how the brackets mount na dwhere to drill holes
 
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 08:31 AM
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First your bar is upside down, the child seat attachment goes behind the passenger seat. Check GPMINI.org some guys have done mods where the have taken off the panels and the pictures show the bar mount. Looks good.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 08:58 AM
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Thanks
 
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Gmann2369
First your bar is upside down, the child seat attachment goes behind the passenger seat. Check GPMINI.org some guys have done mods where the have taken off the panels and the pictures show the bar mount. Looks good.
You can put a child seat in a GP?
 
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by skillet
You can put a child seat in a GP?
+1 thats really interesting
 
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 09:55 AM
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Lots of pictures that might help you, on my sites ... basically the bar brackets go in place of the rear 6x9 speakers (which GPs don't have!); here's a great picture taken by Ric (click to see bigger and get to the gallery where there are other pictures too):
 
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 09:56 AM
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A friend drilled off the child seat bracket on GPMINIs bar - it's just ugly, and who ever would use it anyway!
 
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 10:34 AM
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Thanks for that. I found exactly what I was looking for there:



It won't be as hard as I thought it would be. I'll also be doing the harness mod too .
 
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 12:35 PM
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yeah thats really nice!
 
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Old Feb 18, 2009 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Beecher
i want it. Not a fan of the red tho, but i want it.....
Me too - would be interesting if someon could make a custom version in different colours.....

(Carbon fibre would be interesting too - not to save weight but just to look good )
 
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by soliloquiet
The GP parts came in and were installed today with little or no fuss at Mini of Charleston(once again, best Mini service...ever)

The cargo container had to be cut and molded a bit to fit around the seatbelt hooks at the base of what used to be the seats.

So here is what the process kind of looked like and the finished product at the end(the cargo bar was left out in the beginning because of the ungodly price)

And there you have it, a wonderful, albeit very expensive way to do a rear seat delete.









Any idea about the weight of the panels removed?
 
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Old Jul 7, 2009 | 02:18 PM
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I wish I could get this for my R56. Oh well.....
 
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