Fantastic, make sure you let us know what you think.... I'm sure we won't hear from you till next week 'cause you'll be out cruising all weekend...

Mark

 

How long is the installation supposed to take? I just called my dealer and they quoted 8 hours for installation for the kit.. coming out to be ~$950 just for labor. I'm reading other places are only doing 2-2.5 hrs... whats the deal

 

I am sorry, but 8 hours, what a joke ! I would refuse and fight back or go elsewhere. Even factory docs states hour long it takes. They are trying to make a double profit.

The air box takes 20 minutes. The badges takes 20 minutes. The tail pipe can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on the tooling available (tail pipe cutter, less time. hacksaw, more time). Software upload, varies. This is because it depends on the base level code required before uploads the mods. So if your ECU is current, 20 minutes, if your ECU is older, could take an hour or so.

When mine arrives, which should be today, I will do my own install at our shop and have the dealer do ecu only (we have a good relationship about stuff like that ).

 

Yeah I figured they were trying to **** me around.. I called Morristown they quoted 3-4 hours then I called the other dealership in my city they said 3 hours.

 

I paid for 2.5 hours.

 

I ended up buying the kit from Morristown.. gonna get it installed at Mini of the Woodlands - 3 hour installation & they told me there's no problem bringing it in and the warranty will still be in place.

 

my dealer quoted me 2.2 hours of labor, or $200, $2,300 total OTD. It varies among labor market rates, but 8 hours? either they are incredibly slow or incredibly stupid.

but where do the badges go? personally, one on the lower front grille is plenty for me.

 

I've been quoted 2100$ for the parts and 330$ for labor from Rasmussen - hmmm should I or should I not.

 

For those wondering whats in kit, here you go ! Hot off the truck ...


Above are shots of the shipping label and the one single box it comes in. Several boxes inside containing things like the exhaust tips, air box, badges & plates, CD for code and misc mounting bits.



CD and certificate and stuff .....


One would think that for nearly 2K, you would at least get a fancy JCW silkscreened cd .... But what ever, the code is what counts.


The top side of the "SO CALLED" airbox ....


The other side .... Its just a replacement cover, how funny. Still suffers from restriction, just not as much. Was not planning on using it anyway.

If this kit takes more than 2.5 hours to install, the installation person is an idiot. I did not bother to take a picture of the badges, we all know what they look like.

Cheers.

 

will that fit in the mini? need to bring mine to the dealer

 

Yes if you dump the box and wrap up the tail pipe section. The bulk of the box is hold the tail section steadied

 

does the exhaust need to be cut or is it a bolt on? what intake are you going to use?

o yea, and whats with replacing spark plugs @ every other oil change? its not included by mini huh?how much do those run?

 

 

We all know how long it takes to replace the airbox mark!!! =]

he specifically said he was not planning to use the jcw one so I wanted to know which one he was going to use! jeeez

but again with the spark question, i wonder if anyone has had their kit ,auto or not, long enough for the ''other'' oil change =]

 

Okay let me try this again...


L e t m e t r a n s l a t e f o r y o u ! ! !

I w a s m a k i n g t h e p o i n t t h a t t h e e x h a u s t HAS TO BE CUT!!!!

in reference to your original question....


Get it, got it, good!!!

 

ARG! that question was to help you from our convo earlier! loser haha thanks for pointing that text. again.

i hate you

 

 

You all are too much

I have install the M7 super ags and very pleased with it. Folks using it on JCW tuning engine are even more pleased with performance.

And if someone missed it, yes the exhaust pipe needs to be cut. Using a circular exhaust cutter makes it a very easy work and very clean. Its especially easy if you unbolt the whole section and remove it, make the cut, bolt the front section back, then install the JCW tail section.

BTW, hotter replacement coils/ignitors are out for the R56. Seen one set so far that at least doubles the spark which in turn will help the plug last longer again.

Cheers.

 

Interesting development while I was at Vista MINI yesterday.

I talked to my SA to see if they would install the JCW Stage 1 kit if I bought it from somewhere else and was told not a problem even if warranty came in to play.I then asked the parts department if they would match Morristown MINIs price of $1680.00 and got the answer of no.I thanked him and left.As I got into my MCS I saw that he came running out looking for me and handed me his business card with a 15% off of MSRP of $2100 which came out to $1785.00 for it.

So bottom line price installed including parts,labor (2.5 hours X $135.00) and tax= $2249.85

One other thing is I was told that the kit has a 2 year unlimited mileage warranty not the remainder of the factory warranty of 4/50K which I think a lot of us were under the impression of.Now if you order the kit when you are configuring a new '09 MCS from MINI USA the full factory warranty of 4/50K applies.I am not sure if you buy off the dealer lot and add the JCW Stage 1 kit before taking delivery if the full factory warranty applies though.

 

For those wanting to do their own installations, attached are the factory docs.

Cheers.

 

I paid full-pop for the kit and 3.5 hours for install. No discounts here in Annapolis, Maryland.

 

... paid for 1.5 hrs ... but i won't rub it in

mark what do you think of the kit finally ??? installed yet ??

 

Nope, getting it installed tomorrow. Have to drive 4 hours to get to a particular dealer.

Definitely worth it though because between parts AND labor, I will have less than 1700 bucks in it. It may even be less because even though I have to pay for the JCW cold air intake, I won't have to pay for installation.

Mark

 

good for you !
let us know how it works out !

 

great pics Morbius! sounds like those with 08s are having a blast

jesus these cars will smoke 6-speeds in stock auto-X. shifting gears with both hands on the wheel--while turning--is an otherworldly experience, and soooo F-1.