Let’s face it, the exhaust tips on the standard Cooper S are a little minuscule. There are two things a MINI owner can do. Throw down some serious cash and get a nice aftermarket exhaust that gives more horsepower and better sound. Or you can spend a fraction of that for some OEM MINI chrome tips. And now that you have the official retro-fit guide, those tips are looking better and better…
[ Chrome MCS Exhaust Tips ] Official MINI Retro-fit PDF
You can get a good comparison between the accessory and stock tips here (Thanks Mark!)
Ha! Call it what it really is, an “Exhauset pipe embellisher” lol
Whatever you may think it is, it works. Let me tell you that they actually look really really good. I invested and they’re worth it if you’re tired of the beer cans.
For anyone doing this, I suggest using some Loctite. I replaced my stock tips with another pair of stock tips, and subsequently had both fall off (separately, and about 3 months apart), even thought I tightened them as much as possible.
Personally, I really like the beer can look. It has such a great story attached to it, so I just couldn’t make myself replace them. I’m a big fan of the OEM look, so that’s just my opinion, but in a car with so much character as it is, to have something so unique and fun, with such an interesting story to tell, makes it feel like I’m taking away something too personal from the car.
Anytime Gabe!
is there any other benefit, other than looks?
I hate the soda/beer can look, so I was very happy that the JCW exhaust got rid of them. Had I stayed with the stock exhaust, I would have very likely have gone with this retrofit.
Side note: Haven’t commented here in a while… I love the new Preview panel for comments, Gabe! 🙂
Wish I had had this last September. I could not figure out what the guide was…. It was quite an interesting adventure for such a simple mod
I was always going to get these, I think they look great. But due to life intervening I had forgotten all about them until I saw this article, at which point I immediately ordered them! Thanks very much for the reminder.
anybody help out here? is there any benefit other than looks? anyone care to comment? mark.
Yes it EMBELLISHES!
I believe you can also buy the JCW tips. They have a nifty embossed logo that takes your exhaust to a whole new level of embellishment.
What do they cost?
>I believe you can also buy the JCW tips. They have a nifty embossed logo that takes your exhaust to a whole new level of embellishment.
I’ve heard that the JCW tips aren’t a direct fits and need some machining to fit over the standard exhaust.