Year: 2006
Make: MINI
Model: Hardtop
Price: $1
Mileage: 100
Color: red
Private or Dealer Listing: Private Listing
Location (Region): Midwestern

@mountainhorse You just convinced yourself!! Let's see it in your garage!

 

I just talked myself into it and bought it !!

Get it tomorrow !!


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Congrats! Doesn't that make the THIRD Pepper White that will be in your garage/driveway now? Did you buy it sight unseen?
Looking forward to seeing what you do with it. Enjoy.

 

I'm pretty stoked !!!

Talked to the owner for a while... enthusiast that is reasonable but knows what he has !

 

congrats!

also keep in mind the aerokit was never a JCW branded part and was never factory installed so it’s not surprising to see a JCW without it. You should be able to run the VIN to see whether it is a factory or dealer installed kit.

 

no such thing as an automatic MC40 so it’s either not an MC40 (unlikely given the seats and decals) or just mis listed on Facebook (super easy to do)

 

Congrats! Red brakes on an 06 JCW most likely means factory JCW (which includes LSD). Nice find! Might be worth asking if any other maintenance was done when the sub-frame was dropped for the clutch going forward, the labor is the expensive part.

 

I've looked a bit... Hope one of the JCW specialists on here can take a moment to help me out.

I was wondering if anyone knew... if, for 2006 MY, the 3AL JCW-Kit had different shocks/struts/springs/sway-bars.... If so... what were those specs... or maybe, point me to a thread for that?? Maybe a brochure for 2006 MY JCW options.

Was there a JCW strut/shock upgrade package for MY 2006?


thank you in advance.

Eric








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The factory JCW came with the standard sport suspension. Yes, there was an optional JCW Sport suspension, which included lowering springs (10mm) and different struts. These suspensions were available for dealer install, and were NOT included with the JCW Tuning Kit, nor were they included with the factory 3AL JCW Package. These have gone NLA for the past few years. Here is a photo from the 2006 JCW Accessory catalog as requested:

 

Thank you for posting that....

I've read about "jcw" shocks on the R56's... but not on the 53's... willing to bet that a simple FSD-SpecialActive Koni upgrade would far surpass the factory JCW strut/shock package tho....




Cheers and thanks again to all of you here !



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So does 3AL signify JCW factory install, and is 228 sports suspension setting plus, the standard JCW sports suspension.

 

I believe there's a special JCW rear sway bar option as well, which should be a different color if I recall.

 

Anyone have a pdf of the 2006 JCW Accessory catalog they can share??
Or maybe send me pics of the pages.



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The only pdf I could find was an early one from 2002 from back before BMW bought the Works and they were still independent...

...although lacking any S stuff, still very very cool to look through.

http://www.minipassionmini.50megs.co...rks%202002.pdf

The only R53 JCW brochure I'm aware of is from 2005 and it looks like this:



Easy to find on ebay for under $10.

Some quick pix from my phone...











There was also a very small German one pager foldout thingy.

 

Ah!

Just had a looksee websearch and saw another R53 JCW brochure,
this one is from 2003:





Anything else out there that I might've missed?

 

I’ve got those, and also the European version with the R50 JCW. Sad, can’t get any of this any more :(

 

Stumbled on this a few weeks ago for a lot of tech data.
https://www.automobile-catalog.com/m...mini_1gen.html

The 2004 JCW specs give more info for some reason.
https://www.automobile-catalog.com/c...per_works.html

 

Cheap 06, maybe checkmate, blown timing chain 100k miles. $1200
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/an...225543821.html

 

05 S lots of JCW upgrades/mods 58k miles $7000
https://racine.craigslist.org/cto/d/...224415800.html

Not sure if it seems sketchy to me, just get a weird vibe from all the info, some stuff seems weird. Like “57k miles but exempt because of the year...exempt from what...emissions??

 

link?

 

I think that was a typo, and probably meant “excellent” miles because of the year.

But WTF is a “synthetic” battery?

 

Here is a good synopsis of what was included in the R53 JCW kits. The factory install (denoted by 3SAL on a build sheet) are all the 210hp kits and include the JCW brake kit and optional LSD.

https://www.mwmracing.com.au/r53jcw


the owner of that site also made this list of JCW part numbers that I occasionally search for things from.

 

I have the catalog and pricelist in german as a pdf, have tried adding them to this post but somehow I could only add the pricelist. Can send you the catalog by email if you like.

Wow where did you find that one, i've been looking for that one for over a year. Already bought several early R56 ones as they look the same...
Do you know if there is a partnumber for this folder? mostly printed on the backside

 

I got it off ebay a while back.

It is undated and lacks any partnumber, but that info may have gotten covered up by the dealer sticker?

 

MC40 for $1100

https://bloomington.craigslist.org/c...212614769.html