So last weekend I had the mini up in the air and replacing the AC compressor and began to notice how bad ALL the rubber is on the car. Top to bottom front to back; all the engine mounts are cracking, tie rod ends, and bushings. Not so much on the exhaust mounts. It doesnt seem like a stock exhaust. And there is a creek when I rotate my steering wheel. It seems to come from under the dash near the area between the fire wall and th eback of the dash in the vacinity of the steering column.

Just more of an FYI I just bought the mini and Ive got no long term modification history on it. Its got 138K miles and im catching up on all the service and maintenance intervals since Im new to the mini world.


So back to my main question, does a company provide a 1 stop shopping source for all the mounts, bushings, and inserts for a MCS all arround?

Been searching for a few days and only come across reviews, installs, and adds but none are a 1 stop shop.

 

Way Motor Works?

 

I believe Mini mania has a kit for all the bushings. Personally I would just order everything from powerflex. Some of the bushings are pretty tough to put on. I just did all the engine bushings from powerflex which I love. I would buy the ones that you need for certain areas of the car, which are as follow based on which go on in what areas: engine bushings, ones under the front subframe (control arm, front sway bar, steering column, etc.), rear suspension (rear shock, rear wishbone, rear sway bar, etc.), and then the other random ones as needed. This is all a pretty big job... you have to drop the subframe for some of them, jack up the engine for some, etc. but sounds like your handy due to replacing the compressor. I am a huge fan of powerflex and plan to replace all my suspension bushings with their bushings. I have <80k on my car and I still am doing all this haha.