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I will indeed be ditching it for a non-airbag wheel, I haven't figured out what adapter/wheels fit on the mini yet though so it might be a while, I can move that up the list if your need is urgent?

Too be honest I hadn't priced anything out yet, I didn't want to go through all that and find out nobody wanted it and end up chucking it in the attic lol

How does the below + shipping cost sound? that said... i am going to be in MI in late August if you are close to the border... i will be driving back through Indianapolis on my way back too...

Floormats - $50

Is that an armrest? - $50 Yes, it is the one with the lid that slides back (https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=RE33-USA-06-2005-R53-Mini-Cooper_S&diagId=03_0482). I will have to research how to remove it as it came on the car... and the realoem pic looks complicated haha

Parking brake and shifter boots - I have redline boots on it not the OE ones, but I am pretty sure I have the OE ones somewhere, I think the parking brake one has a small tear though which is why I got the redline ones. I do want something to keep the heat/dust etc out of the shifter... but would you be interested in the OE shifter one (pretty sure it is tear free) for $20? i can chuck the parking brake one in for free if you want it (iirc the tear is small but i would feel bad charging for it)

 

Nope just a regular OE header, surprised it lasted through 3 seasons of TT and 2 of track days to be honest lol, but then again the clutch on my old r50 did 140k miles before i sold the car and the r53 shows zero signs of slipping so I might never have an excuse for an os giken lol

 

I don't doubt it, my truck's locker feels more track worthy than the oe lsd... tbh i didn't think my car had one till i looked it up lol i can't imagine what pure open diff would be like on track, ew lol
I plan on going the cheap route till the clutch goes (then doing the clutch and the lsd at the same time) and swapping my 17x8 for 17x9 next season
now that it is a track only car i can cut the fenders to make space for some 235+ tires that the miatas in my class get to run... there are a couple of other minis (one with a os giken diff) but they aren't quite on pace yet

 

Okay cool, I have three more points events this year. After the last one I am going to start on meatier stuff like the airbags/sunroof etc. just in case it takes longer than expected so that way I have all the offseason. I will send you a PM once I have the OE wheel off.

If you need the center console too, I can probably figure something out to keep dirt out but I might have to wait till the off season then, depends on which parts you need. Do you know which numbers on the realoem chart are needed?

I can pull the rear wiper, I don't use it very often and the car is garage kept so the rubber isn't out in the sun but I am not really sure how much life the blade has... the mechanism works. Do you want the whole thing, arm, squirter etc or just the blade part?

 

Okay cool. The car is at the shop getting the custom exhaust made to go on the back on the long tube but once I get it back I will start pulling stuff off. You have a post face lift car right? iirc my r50 was pre-facelift and had a different rear wiper. I could be wrong though. My r53 is post lift.

 

Sounds good, will do

 

Just a quick update. After talking it over with the local race shop and their conversations with Jan, sounds like with the stock cam/head/injectors my car has that the shorty is the better choice and the long tube would lose power on a basically stock motor. Right now I am in a mod points based class not a power to weight one, so no cams/head etc. Eventually a few years out I might go into one of those classes route but not in the near term and maybe not in the r53 so I ordered a shorty and will mate that up to my jcw exhaust (sorry if anyone had their eye on that). Should have everything arriving this week just in time for the next event. I am still planning on stripping what folks want and what I can, the pace of which will accelerate a lot once the season ends and I have weekends free again.

 

It has begun! I have the rear interior out, stereo amp, passenger seat, 3 seatbelts, b and c pillars, and rear wiper. Just the bolts are like 15lbs and the passenger seat nearly killed my back! This is more fun than installing stuff lol

The driver seat, seat belt, and steering wheel are going to have to stay so I can easily get it to the shop, in a couple weeks, but this coming weekend is:
head unit/speakers
a-pillars
headliner (maybe the sunroof motor if I can figure out how – shop will replace the glass)
front carpet
center console

Then later ac compressor after I order a replacement pulley