2005 JCW Cooper S Kit Pricing

All of these kits are for the MCS (MINI Cooper S).

Gabe,

Any word on office performance numbers such as hp and 0-60. The only numbers we have seen are in bhp and 0-100km. With the earlier kits they came out with US numbers after the release.

$5,995.00 is the price I was charged for my 05 JCW kit installed – plus tax. The kit is still on back-order, however, as my Mini passes 3,000 miles.

The question is still the install fees on the upgrade… …and when I will have saved up enough to pay for it :D

I'm in Houston. My dealer has quoted me $95 per hour/12 hours for install. The kit was quoted at $4650.

Just to add to what dgszweda was saying. I talked to a So Cal dealer's part manager on Tuesday 10/12. The first time I called he was on the phone with a MINI USA rep about this issue and I talked to him 30 min later. He said the kits were at the docks but MINI put a 3 week freeze on the kits awaiting “state approval or something.”

Being in CA and the smog laws here I'm guessing it's CARB certification that we are waiting on.

I sent an e-mail to Gabe and started a thread on NAM on Tues about it.

Patrick

Has Mini released performance numbers for the stand alone JCW intake? At 10% the cost, it may be the steal for those of on a tighter budget. Thanks.

Aaand it all comes down to money. I really wished I had the money to do this. Some numbers(0-60, 1/4, etc.) for the new upgrade kit would be nice..

Dave – the intake has a sep. controller unit that controls the position of said flap. It is independent of the ECU, and attaches somewhere to the engine to measure RPMs.

Any one know if the injectors are available a la carte as well?

$450 for the air box. $525 for the air box + injectors.

Cheap injectors or hefty air box?????

I'd love to go for the air box as I can't effort a full JCW kit….but $450?? That's quite a lot!

I would love to add the 210hp JCW kit in my '04 MCS but the taught of spending $6000 on a performance upgrade gives me the chills.

I have no doubts about the superiority, reliability, exclusivity, warranty and resale value afforded by the JCW products but unfortunately BMW insists in pricing these kits just for the few that can realistically afford them excluding a big group of enthusiast owners.

While I believe the JCW product is better in many ways to what's available in the aftermarket world, the truth is that JCW upgrade kits are insanely expensive and very overpriced. BMW makes a killing with the added markup and dealer installation costs.

If I could ever get the JCW kit for $3500 installed,I would jump all over it but at nearly $6,000 it is a very hard to justify expense in these difficult financial times we currently live in.

I think BMW profits more than they should with each one of these kist sold.

Lower the price so you can better compete with the aftermarket world!!!!

I would agree with the fact that the JCW kits are expensive, but I don't agree with insanely expensive. If they sold these kits for $3500, it would be a steal. Let's break down the price to do what the JCW kit does with what I would consider the leading aftermarket pieces:

-Intake (Alta) $260 -ECU programming (average of Unichip-GIAC) $600 -Injectors (M7) $400 -Gas Flowed Head (Mini-Mania) $895 -Exhaust (Miltek) $700 - Spark Plugs (NGK – Colder) – $50 -Supercharger Pulley (Alta) $120 -Supercharger Belt (Alta) – $20 - Badging – $25

This is a total of $3045. Or about $35% more than going the aftermarket route for all these parts. We could argue all day on whether you can beat the JCW with just a pulley and an intake as many have, but to compare apples to apples, we should look at what is included in the kit.

Now what do you get for that 35% more. You get things such as warranty, exclusivity (only @2500 JCW a year), you get better resale value for your money spent (you have a greater chance of recovering some of the value of the JCW, in relation to the potential loss you can get going aftermarket), you are also guaranteed that the company will be around. It will be around not only to support what you have, but also to continue to build products that integrate with this kit. This is important. We have had problems with some suppliers such as powerchips. And lastly, you are getting a car that consistently beats other tuning packages that it is pit against in car test reviews. The JCW has been pitted against the likes of Hartge, GGR, BBrt, AmD… and always comes out on top for its phenomonal integration into the MCS and it inherent smoothness, and feeling of completness. You can even read about this on this site with Gabes review of the JCW.

One last advantage is the savings on installation. You say, What? Let's take for example a typical pulley party from Randy or anyone else. The typical charge for a pulley replacement is $450. This includes the $120 cost of the pulley. Randy routinely can perform these as fast as 50 minutes, but most often in 80 minutes, but yet you are getting charged $330 for the labor of the pulley. The JCW kit is routinely installed for right around $1000 (Classic Mini). Yet just the pulley aftermarket is around 1/3 of that install price, and the supercharger replacement is one of the smaller tasks on the JCW upgrade.

I think all of my arguments point to the fact that if you are looking for just pure performance numbers, you would probably find it cheaper aftermarket. But in no way is the JCW insanely expensive as mentioned by Frank in the post above.

I still haven't seen an answer to whether or not you can get the injectors and ECU upgrade without buying the airbox. Also read somewhere that the plugs are changed out as well, think I saw that in the new JCW site. Anyone have a clue??