They said yes ealier in the thread

 

Thanks

 

Still working on the pricing... And, as soon as we have firm pricing and a solid delivery date, we'll post a group buy...

 

Nate have you seen Jan's new header/exhaust? Any idea if this will fit over that? It's pretty beefy, takes up the whole exhaust channel .

 

+3 for the Group Buy! ::excited!::

 

+4 pending on $

 

Dr. Mike made one final tweak on the design of the gussets that'll both increase the strength and lower the cost of manufacturing (easier welding, which btw is TIG)... Due to the nature of chromoly, welding has to be done in stages and the slight design change will make things easier (less labor $). We're expecting to get the first ones in hand here in the next few weeks. It's not often you can make a design change that accomplishes these two feats!

 

Hey, what can ya say, when your good, your good....

 

I'm going to need some more pictures.....or something to get me by.


Bump

 

LOL! We should have the prototype back soon, finish welded, powdercoated, and installed on our Cooper... Production is underway.

 

update?

 

Yup... Production has started on the tubing components, but we were waiting on our laser cutting shop to get enough bandwidth to get all the gussets/washers cut. They're starting today...

We should have final pricing in the next couple days and then we'll put up a group buy...

 

im excited to see the final product, was gonna buy an understrut from another vendor, but i might wait to see how this turns out, happy so far with all my other TSW products!!

 

yeah, im def holding out to see this in its final state.

 

any pix of the final product?

 

Didn't see a confirmed answer: Fit is ok on an MCc?

 

Yep, it fits the MCc!

 

I'll have pics of the final welded prototype very, very soon pending powdercoating. They were using it to make the welding jig and all the bits are now ready for assembly...

Because these are HAND-MADE and the materials used, each takes quite some time to weld up - and our manufacturer is nothing less than a perfectionist.

 

so that means the price is going to be alot more than normal

 

What's normal? This is a completely new part!

 

Great response! As an economist, I can only agree with your assessment of the product. I'm very excited about this component and won't be surprised by the price. Of course, I can't wait for pricing and shipping information.

Keep up the great work on this, and other things MINI.

 

.....ur right.

p.s.....my mount is broken again i think

 

Completely new part? You mean you didn't get ANY inspiration or design or mounting location ideas from the OMP lower bar? Really? Thumbs up to you for being original man!

Or do you mean completely new part by putting a sticker over the original logo?

 

Oh crap, think I'm out of popcorn....

 

Not really... Sure, the rear a-arm pickup points are important as any suspension nut would tell you.

Are we duplicating anything that anyone else has done? Hardly... Why would we want to use someone else's design?