1st Gen | R52 Convertible MINI DIY Official News R50 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper) R53 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper S)
MINIUSA has released officially approved blue ignition wires for both the Cooper and Cooper S. Here’s all the info from the official release:
The wires are made of stainless steel magnetic conductive winding. The cables have a blue silicon-over-silicon wire insulation for superior voltage and temperature protection. The spark plug and coil boots are 100% identical to the original equipment and are also made of silicone.
To ensure that there is no interference with the radio or other electronic components of the car, the cables match the resistance of the original MINI spark wires.
You can download the official bulletin below:
[ Blue Ignition Wires ] (PDF)
MF Analysis: I suppose $40 for a little eye candy under the hood isn’t that bad.
<p>Prediction: 15% approval / 85% disapproval</p>
<p>I’m indifferent. $40 isn’t much money and it’s not as if they’re an ugly color/finish or part of the interior or exteriors styling — It’s quite subtle. I’m wondering if once installed that anyone would notice them right away or even at all — Especially after they became dusty or dirty. But then, the people who might buy these are probably the same people who keep their engines spotless.</p>
<p>This is HOT ! HOT ! HOT !!!!!!!</p>
<p>But, beware of crab and or lobster juice being spilled upon you! ;)</p>
<p>Well. I approve of them….small price to pay to dress up the engine bay a bit. Next will be the Alta cold air intake will the blue silicone hose. Should make my Hyper Blue and White MINI look nice. Yeah I know it is minor but that is why we all have MINIS…to make them different and to personalize them.</p>
<p>So they are the same wires that your car came with but there are no performance gain or life? But it’s Blue! I’ll pass.</p>
<p>I read it as the BOOTS are OEM but the wire is upgraded…similar to aftermarket wires?</p>
<p>I agree if the color is the only deal then I’ll be $40 closer to the MTH ;)</p>
<p>I like um. But I need <strong>red</strong> wires please.</p>
<p>Excuse my ignorance but are these blue wires an upgrade to the OEM or just a different color option.</p>
<p>That’s funny Gabe.</p>
<p>Ah.. Thank goodness. No wood exterior kit. Never have I been so glad to be wrong (well, except for that time with the colonoscopy!)</p>
<p>I saw these a few days ago on MINIUSA and didn’t think much either way. They would look nice on a hyper blue car, if you show off your engine alot. Otherwise, just a dress up item for those who can’t stop their MINI habit.</p>
<p>I would be surprised if red, yellow, and other colors are not forthcoming.</p>
<p>does it make it go faster? does it improve handling? improve any aspect of the function of the car? no, however it’d be grossly hypocritical of me to disapprove as i’m totally infatuated with the illuminated door sills which only add complexity and something that can potentially fail.</p>
<p>Yeah! I’m all about the illuminated door sills! I pretty sure I’ll be getting those installed on my first service visit.</p>
<p>MINI saw an aftermarket demand for different wires, and thought that they’d try to do it themselves. Nothing wrong with that. I replaced mine with red wires a long time ago. Hey, you gotta have something nice looking when you open the hood to show someone what’s under there for the nth time…</p>
<p>I bought them yesterday and installed them. Each one is a little longer than the one it replaces, which is a little annoying. Funny thing is, my car feels more responsive (it must be a figment of my imagination). Plus, the wires are tough to see anyway with the engine layout. Don’t know that I can recommend, but all and all they are alright.</p>
<p>Oh so theres are like upgrades… they’re not installing them from factory for new MINIs?</p>
<p>Not something I would think about buying as an upgrade, but as a replacement I definatly approve.</p>
<p>Huh. That’s only $10 per wire. Smoking deal. They should offer those rubber exhaust mounts in blue, too. I’d be all over those.</p>
<p>My car is blue, my leather upholstery is blue, my iSkin is blue – why not my plug wires? The question is, are these better or worse – performance wise – than the JCW part?</p>
<p>JCW plug wires?</p>
<p>Since there are no aftermarket JCW wires I’m guessing you’re talking about the ones that are on used on the JCW kit. To my knowledge they are the same as on the stock MC or MCS.</p>
<p>Will these soon be available in a woodgrain color? Than I would be all over them. :D</p>
<p>You can’t complain about them, they are priced no more than most other aftermarket brands. Of course they are not useful, but many people do colored themes in their engine bay, so they are reasonable for some.</p>
<p>only if they are knotty pine with union jack boots… omy gawd what would Martha say?</p>
<p>Maybe they will eventually release special JCW wires and those will be red in color.</p>
<p>I just dropped my still very new (1150 miles!) MCS off for a number of service items, and I requested that these blue ignition wires be installed. Why not? $40, and my car is Hyper Blue, so it makes sense!</p>