First bad news, but…
by Mark V. on Apr.24, 2008, under MINI
The JCW spoiler is going back to the dealer. For those of you that remember, I had one on my R53 and loved it. It however has a flaw, both on the R53 and the R56 version. It whistles! On my older MINI, it was very bad and really never thought it was the spoiler. After having the new one on for less than a week, the whistle is back and I won’t stand for it. I will say it’s more faint than on the last MINI, but I want this MINI to be perfect in every way. Especially since the car is only 7 days old to me. At least there is some good news. MY dealer (FLOW MINI) after some bit of discussion, decided that they would in fact let me return it for credit. I do applaud them for stepping up and doing the right thing. I have on order the Aero Spoiler. It’s quite different than the stock S spoiler, but not a huge amount. I will post pictures of it when it’s installed.
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This blog is about me and my MINI called TWISTER. My first MINI was a '04 that I had for 3 years. I did plenty of mods to him and loved every minute. I now own a '08 R56 with all the options I really wanted. I've only had him since April 17, 2008 and have already completed most of the mods I want to do.
Please stop by here often to see what I've done and to learn what I learn about the new R56.
April 24th, 2008 on 10:42 pm
Mark, the new Twister looks great - as does the blog. Good luck and may you have many happy miles of motoring before you.
April 26th, 2008 on 4:14 pm
That’s a great dealership
April 28th, 2008 on 6:32 pm
Mark - I had the same whistle on my JCW spoiler. All it is - is that on the front lip along the length of the spoiler there is a tiny gap at some points where the resin does not completely fill in. All you have to do is put a tiny amount of clear silicone on it to fill in the tiny gap and the whistle is gone. You can’t even notice the silicon at all because you are using so little of it. Hope that helps!
April 28th, 2008 on 8:51 pm
Well it went back last Saturday. I have the new AERO spoiler in the garage and will install it this week.