Anyone fited JWC Tips on a stock 2005 exhaust. I don't like the stock tips, the JCW tips are much much better but I can't justify spending money on the JCW exhaust. I really like the sound of my 05.

The reason I am asking is that I purchased the tips from Classic Mini and they won't fit on my 05 :(

TIA

 

You did pull off the stock tips, right?

 

Of course, I hope you are kidding

 

I read a thread today on another board where a guy was trying to solder by heating up two wires and he was wondering why they were not bonding. Unfortunately, nothing suprises me, anymore.

 

That is toooo funny, I'll let you in a "secret" it took me 30 minutes to take the friggin stock tips off since I was using a flat screw driver (the JCW tips are held in place by a regural screw), eventually I lifted the car, got under and I realized I needed a torx ...

 

What if you welded the tips on?

 

Does everybody know this story? If so, I apologize. I read it in New MINI by Graham Robson.

Apparently, Frank Stephenson and his crew were frantically trying to get the clay mockup finished before the head honchos from BMW arrived to approve the final design. Walking around the back of the car, he realized there was no tailpipe!

He and his crew tore the shop apart looking for anything that could be used as a tailpipe. Finally, they found a Budweiser beer can left over from someone's lunch the day before. They scraped off the paint, sliced the top off it, and jabbed it into the clay.


The guys at BMW liked it, and the car ended up with a beer can (or two) for a tailpipe tip!

Stephenson was so embarrassed about it, that it wasn't until much later that he admitted to the bigwigs where the idea came from. It was at some big board meeting, and they all had a laugh about it!

I guess if you want a German to like something, make it look like beer! Ja?

 

Is that true?

 

Unless it's a rumor thats every where, it is true.

 

where can you get just JCW exhaust tips?

 

Is your exhaust pipe too big or too small for the tips? AFAIK the JCW tips are held on with set screws, so it shouldn't be to hard to get them to fit either way.

 

Apparently so. It's presented as a true story in Graham Robson's book, New MINI.

And the damn thing certainly does look like the butt end of a beer can!

 

If it's not true, then somebody at MINI took an urban legend and really ran with it.

When we bought our MINI, the showroom of MINI of Sterling had a small display case with an upside-down, unpainted, polished beer can in it. A plaque attached to the case related the story of the clay model incident, and invited the reader to take another look at the back of the car for comparison. The display appeared to be an official MINI USA created advertising prop...

 

true or not, this is an awesome story. i just told it to my co worker, so im going to make it alive

 

the dealer.

 

The exaust pipe on my 05 is too big, the tips don't fit over the bare exaust. I was surprized, some people on Mini2.com claimed the JCW exaust is bigger in diameter then the stock, not for 05.

 

I called my local dealer. They want $82.50 for JCW tips. Is that the price you guys are getting it at?

 

http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/03/...is_exhaust_tip