I have a 2014 Mini Cooper S Convertible (R57) stick shift. I'd like to add as much bracing as I can to try to keep the shaking to a minimum and to help keep the car from being structurally weakened by the bad roads (I live in New York where the roads are awful.) Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

This is probably the one most effective brace you could add to your car:
https://www.waymotorworks.com/tsw-xb...6-r55-r57.html

 

Add a stiffer 22MM or more adjustable RSB as well.

 

But you cannot buy less than 100 items of TSW XBrace R56 - R55 - R57- R58- R59. Crazy

 

What?!? Didn’t see that when I linked it... They must have been having a hard time moving them.

 

Thanks, but I'm not looking for more handling, just a way of reducing shake and shudder over bumps and keeping the car in one, straight, piece.

 

If you can find one, get the TSW xBrace, i added mine 1 year ago...i removed it recently to get to the shifter (added the cravenspeed short throw) ...i drove it around without the brace; it's an obvious difference. Just leaving my driveway felt different. The brace works.
I also looked into the machined aluminum brace, it replaces the black square brace with two hefty aluminum pieces.... i went with the xbrace.

If you can find a TSW xBrace, get it.