I emailed my MA today to ask whether they had gotten any JCW kits for the '05's in yet since my MCS is due to arrive in SC this weekend. I'm wanting to have it installed before I take delivery because its a 150 mile drive to the dealer. He replied that he had gotten in one for the convertible but had not seen one yet for the hardtops. He said he was confident that he would get the hardtop kit in before my MCS got there. Thinking about this later, I got to wondering what the difference could be between the kits for convertibles and hardtops. The engines are the same, could it be different badges?

 

The kit is the same for both models I believe. The new brochure I have does not note any differences. The badges are installed in the same place on both cars.

 

the shape of the intake maybe different since there is some difference in engine mount location or something... but i dont really know, just speculating...

 

Just picked up my MCSC tonight and was actually discussing the JCW kit with the Sales Manager.

The sales advisory they received doesn't note any differences between the two kits; however, there are most definitely 2 seperate part numbers for the kits between the coupe and the convertible. The sales advisory doesn't specify why though... They are not able to get the coupe kits yet.