2017 Mini JCW purchase

[Roger Woods]

I have been looking for an auto JCW for a while for my Mrs, had this one 2 weeks now, very happy, cracking little car

[oobster]

Very nice!

[mikeswagon]

Good choice there, I miss my F56

I'm guessing a 2017 should have the improved door seals, but worth checking the paintwork on the slam panel for wear. The earlier cars were prone to rubbing through to primer if not caught in time - I applied a couple of clear vinyl patches on my 2014 Cooper.

[un1eash]

mikeswagon said:

Good choice there, I miss my F56

I'm guessing a 2017 should have the improved door seals, but worth checking the paintwork on the slam panel for wear. The earlier cars were prone to rubbing through to primer if not caught in time - I applied a couple of clear vinyl patches on my 2014 Cooper.

It's no better on my 2018 cross over LCi, I've added some clear vinyl already.

[Ian.Campbell]

I got my f56 pre cut sections of PPF and got some for a friends F56 easy fit and stops rubbers rubbing paintwork works a treat, and virtually invisible.



And they are clear film, I have seen them in Gloss and Matt black on Etsy and eBay.

[douglasgdmw]

Very nice, we have a very similar Mini JCW in the same silver white with red roof (graphics have a slight red outer strip).

Are the wheels 17 or 18's ? Thinking of replacing our tyres as the Dunlop runflaps Mini put on are absolutely terrible

George

[Bungleaio]

mikeswagon said:

Good choice there, I miss my F56

I'm guessing a 2017 should have the improved door seals, but worth checking the paintwork on the slam panel for wear. The earlier cars were prone to rubbing through to primer if not caught in time - I applied a couple of clear vinyl patches on my 2014 Cooper.

Sadly still an issue on cars coming out of the factory now. BMW have done nothing about it.

[mikeswagon]

Bungleaio said:

mikeswagon said:

Good choice there, I miss my F56

I'm guessing a 2017 should have the improved door seals, but worth checking the paintwork on the slam panel for wear. The earlier cars were prone to rubbing through to primer if not caught in time - I applied a couple of clear vinyl patches on my 2014 Cooper.

Sadly still an issue on cars coming out of the factory now. BMW have done nothing about it.

When I had mine, a mates VO Cooper S suffered from the problem and was told they'd fit the redesigned door seal, softer rubber IIRC. That would have been around 2015/16. Hers had rubbed through to the primer so had to be painted and also had clear vinyl applied after just in case. Don't think she was ever convinced it was different, but wasn't enough to put her off, she replaced it with a WS JCW.