Bought this.

 

Right side motor mount

 

R53 upper engine mount

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Is that the right side facing the engine? Or the cars right side?

 

so you bought a car part and dont know what it is or where it goes?

dont know where it goes but looks like a engine mount to me. and confirmed by previous posts.

 

Why'd you buy it! Lol

 

Well I bought it since I needed motor mounts, we ruined them by jacking the engine and forgot to loosen that particular mount. I'm just a little confused because it doesn't look like the old one

 

What's your old one look like? Pics?

 

 

Hope I didn't buy the wrong one. I got them from Wmw.

 

Strange. Almost looks like an early engine mount in your pics. The new one should be proper.

 

I'm hoping so. Just don't know where it goes

 

You got the facelift top mount from WMW. Wrong part since you've got the 02-03 rubber mount. Get a Vibra-Technics mount from Colin Greene on here. Specify the 02-03 one. You'll be glad.

 

Does the OP not have an 04 mini? I'm confused now as well!

 

Probably 1 of those lucky late 03 builds that still had those older but better mounts.

 

I'd be willing to bet the same, probably one of those build dates on the cusp of the change, if you got it from Way, just give him a call & explain the issue, he'll take care of you.

Also, remember this for future reference, when buying parts or looking up stuff on RealOEM, use your vin as a starting point, not just the year of your car, this kind of stuff is why the parts mgr. at the dealer will always ask you if you have your vin #.

Haa, Haa, I replaced the motor in my GF's 3 series and don't know exactly what year car it came from, I'm constantly comparing parts & pictures on RealOEM whenever I need to fix something motor related.

 

It's a 2004 year, but built in sept 03

 

Yup, that's it then, even my Nov. '04 built '05 had a carryover '04 part on it.

 

So I have the wrong mount?

 

Yup, just call Way, he'll fix you up.

 

Mine too... production date 2003 / 09. Chassis number TD74474. Is that close to yours?

This has been informative. Are there any other differences owners of late 2003 build date models should be aware of?

Thanks,
Tim

 

also interested because I have an 03 built 04 MINI.

 

Yes. I've also got an '03 built '04MY with the older style mount. On the positive side, the earlier mounts didn't tend to puke their black guts all over the frame rail like the facelift model.

 

It's sort of hard to tell, there were different changes to different parts between different years, best thing you can do is use your vin whenever posaible when buying parts & use realoem to look up stuff if you think something may be off.
There are 2 things that are invaluable to Mini/BMW owners, realoem.com & Bentley Manual.

 

Gawddammit. Ok I'll send it back in. Man I thought I was set!