I bought one of the OEM MINI pieces last week and put it on in about 1 minute. I then noticed that WayMotorWorks sells it for about $10 cheaper than I paid. Ahh well, heres a link:

http://www.waymotorworks.com/mini-co...5-r56-r57.html

I'm still surprised that these cars have no "hood blanket". When I first noticed that, I figured they had just forgotten to put one on mine until I searched the forums. The hood itself gets hot as hell which is annoying.

 

well i got a called from the dealer is a nogo on the JCW hood scoop.... they said they have a new re-painted hood scoop and they are sure it matches.. however the service manager has being extremely excellent i have no complaints at all so we will see how it turns out after work i just cant see why they just dont replace it with the JCW and call it the day this will be my 5th scoop.......

 

I went by Way's yesterday to visit El Kabong and while I was there Way was looking over my new '11 just to see the differences. He told me I would probably need a heat shield, so while we chatted about other aspect of my new MINI he put one on. What a huge difference! The heat is cut by 75% at least (anecdotal evidence only).
Worth every penny!
Annette

 

Annette, I assume you went with the one in the link above ur post?

I just installed the new NM adhesive shield and it seems cooler to the touch, but still hot. I thought about getting a shield over the turbo too....but by that point im $250 into it and not far away for just springing for carbon fiber right? The carbon fiber doesnt sag im told.

 

I've got the one in the link, yes. $26 investment, totally worth it. I'm betting Way will bring a few to the Dragon.
Annette

 

I too have made that investment and seems to work great along with my M7 turbo heatshield. Purchased both after having my 3rd hood scoop replaced.

 

UPDATE: Well they installed the #5 hood scoop and to my surprise it was the WRONG COLOR again.....GRRRR, however; the service manager was extremely helpful and at the same time upset with the MINI paint shop. So I asked to speak with the BIG COJONES owner of the MINI dealer, He came out and I explained the problem he couldn’t believe this was going to be my #6 hood scoop replacement, then he said well we can paint the entire hood and I told him if they screwed up the hood scoop they will screw up the entire front of the car. then I will have a 2 tone car..... so he asked me how can we fix it? I told him a JCW CF will not sag and doesn’t have to be painted, he said ok why hasn’t that being done? I told him because the service manager brought it up to your attention and YOU declined it. Well to make the rest of the story short I FINALLY got the CF JCW hood scoop......

 

congrats

 

All the time and money spent replacing and painting hood scoops, they could have saved so much money by giving you the carbon fiber scoop 2 scoops ago. Glad you have the matter resolved with no cost to you.

 

+4

 

yup and i told the BIG BOSS that the service manager tried everything with in his power to fix the problem by the 3rd hood scoop. So my props go out to the Service Manager i will be writing a GOOD letter to the MINI corporate in reference to this incident.

 

What about a fiberglass one? Would that warp as well?

 

i dont know about the fiberglass but to be honest, the OEM ones if they dont have the Updated heat shield they will warp with time.

 

I'm sooooooooo glad that the extremely slight droop in my hood scoop doesn't bother me at all. :D

 

Some of us want to get all these things taken care of before the warranty expires. BTW Im on my way to get the JCW CF scoop on it came in today!!!!! WOOHOOOOO!!!!!

 

 

Looks great! I'm glad to hear your dealer made everything right, even if it took several tries.

 

Hey does anyone have a CF hood scoop thats more than 2-3 years old and still looks good?
I bought a CF hood for my VW GTI and after about a year and a half it was clouding and faded lookin even though I always had the car washed and waxed regularly. It was actually a siebon hood.

 

Just picked my car up from the dealer and they replaced my scoop under warranty. everything looked good until I noticed a decent size chip in it, its barley noticeable since you have to bend down to see it. still I was hopping to get a brand new nice scoop with warp and chips in it. really MINI? you guys had to have seen it when putting it on!