why paint it any way looks nice the way it is

 

Iowa's great
are you hiring?

 

My hood has a fabric heat shirt attached to the underside right where the scoop is. Doesn't anyone else have that? It is a 09 MCS (build date in march)

-Will

 

Nope-would appear that MINI is getting tired of all the warranty claims finally

 

THis is whay my car has.

 

Nope, that's for water. I have that too and I also have the matching warped scoop as well.

 

Yes my 08 does have the same thing however it still is now hot enough to start melting at almost 20000 miles.

 

My scoop isn't melting, but I did notice that it's changing colors. I hope I'm not crazy, but I was washing my car yesterday, and the scoop looks greenish (I have a Laser Blue car) when compared to the rest of the hood.

Do I need to get my eyes checked out?

 

Nope, but I am going home to North Dakota for a short visit in 2 weeks. N. Dak. is much more mountainous than Iowa! Ya, I be Norski.

Dwight "Valhovdson"

 

Your eyes are OK. Some owners of yellow R56's have reported their scoops turning brown. No wonder, the highest scoop temp I've seen is 235 degrees, others have seen as high as 350 F.!!

PS: That black thingy under the hood (see other posts) is a OEM heat shield for the center of the hood, not for the scoop or water (?).

 

See it wanted to be BRG all along
and made it be blue..............

Poor Mini

 

I visited Iowa when i was a kid Wow that was a long week

 

I have just over 20K miles on my '08 MCS and I have the melting scoop issue. My concern even with a carbon replacement is the effect on the hood paint long term. I'm not a paint expert but it seems like sustained temps above 200 degrees F will eventually cause discoloration. I would hate to need a repaint in a few years because of a design that puts a 1000 degree F object inches underneath. Unless somebody can come up with a good engineering explanation against a shield, I think that's the way to go.

 

IMO Mini should look into something like the M7 heat shield
(http://www.m7tuning.com/parts/product_info.php?cPath=7_8&products_id=137)
only in a stock form. I think if you really want to make sure you don't get discoloration or a melting hood scoop, this is the only way to go. Unfortunately its extremely expensive ($200) for what it is.

 

Actually, my wife wanted it to be BRG. So maybe she's sneaking over to the garage at night and painting it one piece at a time.

 

Not as expensive as a real CF scoop ($325) and painting (at least $100). BMW making a correction kit? Don't hold your breath. They never make an "engineering" mistake!

 

Ahh I think I have joined the ranks of the "warped hood scoop" crew...

 

We installed the M7 heat shield on my wifes car about 2600 miles ago, so far so good. But when I recently showed her car to a well known, but not allowed on NAM anymore, gentleman, he instantly mentioned something like this:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TAY-02545/



This kind of material could be fastened to the underside of the R56 hood as a heat barrier. He said warping would never be a factor again I havent done it yet as I have been preoccupied with my own Mini

 

I might look into that after I get a new hood scoop... I emailed my dealer, but they haven't gotten back to me yet. They were much quicker when I was purchasing a car from them

 

The M7 shield has such a material on the bottom side.

 

I know, we have one. But if you still put your hand on it, its still very hot. The heat shield and this stuff together I think would be the fix. Not pretty, but functional

 

someone pics of melted scoops?? i changed mine last week and my dealer contacted the headquarters of mini to make them aware of this problem (of course unknown). after have changed the scoop on my april ´09 clubman he started to check out all the turbos coming in and recognized that nearly 90 % of them had melted scoops, so that he decided to do something - therefore he needs lots of pics which show off this prob - so if you can help, please let me know

greets, paulo

 

There are pics of warped hood scoops on NAM. It will take a search to find them....but they are here. Good Luck.

 

Mini offers a chrome scoop. Does that solve the problem or is the chrome scoop just another piece of plastic?

 

Nope & Yep. Much chatter on NAM about this issue...no "elegant" (simple and inexpensive) solution exists as of right now. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here:

• You can go with a carbon fiber scoop...if you like the look($$)
• You can install an aftermarket heat shield ($$$).
• You can have the dealer remove the warped scoop, paint and install you a new (supposedly improved) scoop.
• Or you can do nothing and try to ignore the problem. I couldn't do this and opted for the third option.