2006 John Cooper Works Accessories

Sections: JCW | R50 (Coupe) | R52 (Conv.) | R53 (Coupe) Oct 19th, 2005 76 Comments

Update: We’ve got photos and new info below!

Despite 2006 being the last year for the current generation MINI, JCW has a few new products in the pipeline for the venerable R50 and R53. Beyond the highly anticipated JCW MCSa Engine kit, JCW will be releasing a new collection of interior accessories:

Leather Dash (with contrast stitching in a variety of colors)
Leather Trim (shift ring, cub holder surround) [photo]
Carbon Fiber Trim (shift ring, cub holder surround)
Leather and Carbon Fiber Steering Wheel [photo]
Carbon Fiber and Alcantara Steering Wheel [photo]
Leather and Carbon Fiber Shift Knob and boot
Carbon Fiber Shift Knob and Alcantara boot [photo]
Carbon Fiber E-Brake handle and Leather sleeve
Carbon Fiber E-Brake handle and Alcantara sleeve
Carbon Fiber Down-tubes [photo]
Leather Down-tubes
Alcantara JCW Sport Seats (most likely not coming to the US)
JCW Indoor and Outdoor Car Cover [photo]
Checkered Flag Floor Mats [photo]

Interestingly we got this email from Juan Coles a few weeks back:

Last week I was on the John Cooper Works website and I saw a few items that have since been removed for some reason. The items I noticed were a new alacantara seat, carbon fiber dash tower pieces, carbon fiber shift knob, alacantara steering wheel with carbon fiber and carbon fiber trim and stick shift rings. Has anyone seen these items or know what they are? And if so where did they go?

Good question Juan. I’d guess that someone pulled the trigger a few weeks early and quickly realized the mistake as that vaguely matches what we’ve been hearing about the 2006 JCW products.

When you combine these new accessories with the just released R105 18″ wheels and the JCW rear spoiler, 2006 would seem to be another banner year for JCW. Prices and availability information should be coming in the weeks ahead.

(Big thanks to Marc for the pics)

Written By: Gabe

Josh

So it looks like with the Carbon Fiber and Alcantara Steering Wheel you lose the muntifuntion buttons. Does this mean you would also lose cruise control? Is there some other way to activate it other than the steering wheel?
Larkin W.

Whoa!! I’d love set of those seats. I have Alacantra seats in my Integra Type R and would love the option to spec my 06′ cooper with Alacantra seats too.

-Larkin
Eric

Where is the MCSa JCW???! Will it happen for 2006???
http://www.blokspeed.net Eelke

Can someone please explain how to do the quoting? :)

Quoting Yegor: “I absolutely agree. The JCW logo is poorly designed, even if it’s 30 or 40 years old.”

Er… It’s not. The JCW-logo as it is “featured” on all these new products is just about as old as the first JCW kit for the 200x MCS.

What is 30 or 40 years old is the fully spelled out word “Cooper” in squary letters (Mini2.com deja-vue, the JCW-logo was getting a beating over there only a few days ago). With or without laurels, with or without “Mini” or “S” along with it, in various color schemes, but the squary letters has been a theme as long as I can remember, and used for just about any Cooper-branded product.

I actually find it a bloody shame (pardon the French) they abandoned the old logo, which has so much heritage, and replaced it with the current one (which, I fully agree, is just a poor, cheap looking design). BTW, although the M-inspired logo looks cleaner, I don’t think that associating JCW with BMW M is the way to go ;)

To comment on the new products, apart from the logo being everywhere, I dislike all the use of carbon fibre as well. Fine for those that want it, but it looks like that if you want some JCW-branded products, you have to accept CF comes with it. I would think that having an alternative line where the CF is replaced with brushed aluminium would be an instant hit.
http://www.blokspeed.net Eelke

Actually, the squary “Cooper” logo is probably older than the very first Mini Cooper, even, so it might well be a lot more than 40 years.
M1N1GUN

Can someone please explain how to do the quoting? :)

Just follow the instructions of the 4th bullet point in the yellow box “The Fine Print” at the bottom of the page. :) Just paste the text you want to quote in-between the two blockquotes just as it shows, including the symbols.
http://www.alldigitalnyc.com drew

i hear ya eric – it seems the jcw mcsa kit has been having a real problem clearing emissions and they are still tweaking the ecu. hopefully soon…
http://www.projectmary.com GBMiniGirl

I need those floor mats!!!!!
Micah

I must agree with Eelke and others that the ubiquitous use carbon fiber is tacky and looks bad. CF certainly has some functional uses, but when it is used purely as a cosmetic add-on (shifter handle, dash cover) it just looks cheesy IMO. From an aesthetic standpoint brushed alumiminum and leather are much more attractive, and also have better tactile feel than the “slick plastic” feel of CF.
http://carcounsel.com carcounsel.com

sad to see JCW spending so much of their effort on cosmetics – guess they’re twiddling their thumbs til the new MINI engines and chassis can be tuned ; )
Eric

Drew, well if that is the case (tweaking emissions and all), with how picky the U.S. can be regarding that, it might not happen! :-0

Hopefully out before Christmas so at least it gets half a model-year to be offered for sale.

…crossing fingers…
http://www.alldigitalnyc.com drew

i think they’ve put too much work into it to scrap it. it will appear…just keep saying that over and over..lol…
http://www.alldigitalnyc.com drew

i think they’ve put too much work into it to scrap it. it will appear…just keep saying that over and over..lol…
Eric

Hehehehe…let’s hope so…

In the meanwhile, that is sweet they are releasing an alcantara steering wheel. Those things feel unbelievably sweer!
j

can we get a petition to bring over the seats?
Bryn

Just forced myself to take another look at this collection. So, the idea is that you add weight with the leather stuff and take it off by replacing with carbon fibre….? Or are the offerings two ranges: one for the ‘gentleman’s club’ stylists and the other for the racer lookalikes.John Cooper – like Colin Chapman – was one of the most unfluential race car engineers and designers of his day. Consequently, the Cooper name was once synonymous with competition and performance. I truly cringe to see that heritage devalued and his name being exploited by its attachment to these unproductive embellishments.
Bryn

“oops!” John Cooper was influential NOT ‘unfluential.’ Apologies for typo
mert

I think you should give more ınformatıon about prices.. but At the same tıme everything is perfect..
Greg W

The Leather dash treatment probably harks back to old original Cooper Mk1 and Mk2 models – these had a leather covering on the steel where the ashtray and heater vents are, and on the lower crossmember which housed the key and switches panel. The Cooper Car logo – squarish letters in a round circle go back to pre-mini days. I cannot recall an official “works” badge, only a badge mini-cooper in a laurel wreath. The new name “John Cooper Works” superceeded “John Cooper Garages”, so is not that old, perhaps made for new MINI. Check out http://www.johncooper.co.uk
Bryn

Are you sure that circle was round, Greg?
Eric

Any idea on date-of-availability and pricing info., Gabe?
http://motoringfile.com Gabe

Any idea on date-of-availability and pricing info., Gabe?

Nope. As soon as I get prices and availability info I’ll post it…
///ACS330Ci

Must have Alcantara JCW Sport Seats!!!
Tiaan

drools Alcantara/CF Steering wheel & Alcantara JCW Buckets drools

Just when I thought all was lost with MINI violating my eyes with their new concept cars, JCW comes to the rescue!

Also, to those of you out that that ask “what’s the point of CF?”, I ask in response, “what’s the point of chrome?”. Because they serve exactly the same purpose in this application…

Even the ‘ricers’ mini owners so love to pay out on wouldn’t truly believe they are getting any real ‘performance’ benefit out of CF cupholders – it’s done because it looks cool…

Just don’t let me see the prices for these lovely bits of kit – as they say, never let the truth get in the way of a good story!

:)
David

It’s better to leave the top surface made of plastic.

Leather doesn’t hold up well to the kind of direct exposure it gets in a fron’t windshield on top of the dash. It also shrinks a lot when it gets dry and hot. The top surface of the dash does get very hot, especially when the car is parked, baking in the sun on a hot summer day. Leather in that location would shrink, come loose, pop the stitching and eventually warp the whole dash. BMW has tried all-leather dashes (e.g. E24 BMW L6), but they generally have the problems I mentioned.
http://www.motoringfile.com/ Gabe

that part of the dash doesnt really get hot like the top does.

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