Comments on: R56 Rear Spoiler Official Install PDF

By: Aero Kit Spoiler??? - MINI2

Aero Kit Spoiler??? - MINI2 — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:25:47 +0000

[...] MotoringFile Â» Archive Â» R56 Rear Spoiler Official Install PDF Here is the DIY fit it yourself. Looks pretty easy! [...]

By: Gabe

Gabe — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 13:08:25 +0000

Must be the fish-eye effect in the photo combined with the angle it was taken. CanÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t see the center support for the spoiler, the outer edges look like they are flush with the outer edge of the hatch (just like the pic in the .pdf) and overall the piece looks more Ã¢â‚¬Å“flatÃ¢â‚¬Â versus the rounded R56 mcs unit. My mistake.

Sorry - i think I was looking at the wrong pic. I'm not sure what that is on that site. The spoiler here doesn't seem like a wing like the one in the pic though.

By: msh441

msh441 — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:15:39 +0000

No - thatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s the stock MCS spoiler.

Must be the fish-eye effect in the photo combined with the angle it was taken. Can't see the center support for the spoiler, the outer edges look like they are flush with the outer edge of the hatch (just like the pic in the .pdf) and overall the piece looks more "flat" versus the rounded R56 mcs unit. My mistake.

By: msh441

msh441 — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 06:25:07 +0000

No – thatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s the stock MCS spoiler.

Weird. The red car must be sitting at a funny angle or somthing. All the pics I’ve seen of the stock one, the center support has been pretty pronounced. Like this one:

http://www.mini2.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=124960&d=1164434457

Also on the red car from the earlier link, the spoiler looks relativly flush along the outer edge of the hatch, with the spoiler flairing up as you look to the centerline of the car. In comparison, the stock piece seems to jut out from the hatch immediately (and akwardly, IMO). The curvature pictured in the .pdf and the image from the initial link look pretty darn close.

Then again, I’m probably just seeing somthing that isn’t there.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:41:16 +0000

I believe it shows this very wing on a red car about 1/2 way down the page (CR/WHT with the JCW aero kit as well).

No - that's the stock MCS spoiler.

By: msh441

msh441 — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:58:29 +0000

Seems youÃ¢â‚¬â„¢d have to remove one spoiler to put another on, and would that leave a mark?

Seems like, if I’m reading the .pdf correctly, that there is a plastic piece covering or replacing a whole strip along the top of the rear hatch… so I’m assuming, no marks or left over holes to fill (like the older JCW wing).

Check out this post on NAM: http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85009

I believe it shows this very wing on a red car about 1/2 way down the page (CR/WHT with the JCW aero kit as well).

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:51:30 +0000

Weird. Would be neat if you could get your choice of spoilers with the MCS. Seems you’d have to remove one spoiler to put another on, and would that leave a mark?

By: eto

eto — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:29:30 +0000

I think it looks pretty good. I do not like the R56 S factory spoiler, so this looks like a nice replacement. I’m looking forward to some mounted pictures.

By: Drill

Drill — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:56:06 +0000

Hmm, I kind of like it (Based on the drawings). AND it’s a bolt-on. Can’t wait to see it “in the flesh”.

By: msh441

msh441 — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:00:14 +0000

Curious. Why a different spoiler offered (other than a JCW product)? I think I’ve seen pics of this one mounted… and I might like it a littel better, but strange to see.