So where's the best place to buy the factory JCW exhaust for my '13 Cooper S? Not the JCW stage 1 tuning kit exhaust, but the actual factory exhaust (which as far as I understand is louder - no 2nd cat).

Links and/or part numbers w/ prices please? Thanks!

 

Contact ECS Tuning.

 

Morristown MINI is a good place to check as well. They have a HUGE Internet biz with great prices.

 

Thanks. I may have found it here?

Front half: http://mini.sewellparts.com/oem-cata...WLCI-2012.html
Back half: http://mini.sewellparts.com/oem-cata...WLCI-2012.html

On the front half link, there are two diagrams. Looks like the bottom one is the stock MCS exhaust (w/ short resonator and 2nd cat), while the top one is the JCW factory (no cat, long resonator)? I'm assuming I wouldn't need the hanger rubber thingies because I'd just swap them out from my stock exhaust...

Two follow-up questions:
1) With the rear muffler, there's two listings: production split up to 7/11, and production split after 7/11. Obviously because my MCS is a month old, I'd go with the second. But what's the difference anyway?

2) Self-installation? I have no car experience but I am familiar with tools and the like (working construction as a high-school job back when). Is this something I could do in my garage in an afternoon with jack stands? Or is it more of a pain than I'm assuming...?

Thanks!

 

The "factory" JCW exhaust doesn't have "tips" for 13'. That split timing for an "S" may be when the N18 engine went in?

 

You should be fine doing this yourself. I would get the front clamp as well that connects the downpipe to the mid pipe. The clamp has a flexible 'washer' that can be difficult to reuse.

Don't forget that Sewell has a NAM discount, they are one of the sponsors here.

Have fun,
Mike