Was reading over my Google doc on the MINI and got to thinking about exhausts again. A few more YouTube searches make me think the Magnaflow is the way to go. I checked around the usual online stores like ECS and WMW to get pricing. I've come across a little bit of a discrepancy. The one on Detroit Tuned and WMW is $829 and $849 respectively while the one on ECS and MotoringWerks is $1052. Is there a difference between the ones these stores stock? I can't find a difference between them in their descriptions. I am checking the 2002-2003 version of the exhaust, the hangers and bends are slightly different in the facelifted model.

DT: http://www.detroittuned.com/magnaflo...s-r53-exhaust/
WMW: https://www.waymotorworks.com/magnaf...-cooper-s.html
ECS: https://www.ecstuning.com/Mini-2003-...nce/ES2614569/
MotoringWerks: http://www.motoringwerks.com/p-3244-...px#description

Thanks all. Hope to be back soon with some mods finally done to the car.

 

Different vendors have different product sources, or offer the items closer to or under MSRP. We haven't sold a Magnaflow in quite some time (probably 3 years or more), if you're looking for a good looking and sounding exhaust I'd recommend either the Milltek or Stratmosphere, either of which sound great non resonated.

Milltek R53 Exhaust

Stratmosphere Exhaust

 

Be sure you are pricing out the same version; i.e., whether resonated or not.

 

I love my magnaflow, I got mine off amazon since I had a 25% off magnaflow products coupon at some point

 

I do not like the Miltek or Stratmosphere. I know they're objectively good exhausts, but they just make the car sound even more like a little Civic to me. I just want something less restrictive that either preserves or deepens the original note of the car. So far, nothing I've heard on YouTube sounds even close to that besides the Magnaflow and maybe Invidia N1.

 

Handy application guide can help with making some comparisons.

http://new.minimania.com/MINI_Cooper...lication_Guide

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