R56 R55 bumper on R56
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R55 bumper on R56
So last weekend the topic of exhaust systems came up during our meet and it was brought up to put on an R55 exhaust on the R56. Now I don't want to grind on the R56 bumper and I don't think it would look right molded so I thought I would see if the R55 rear bumper would fit on the R56. They look similar and it might need some modification. But how does this sound? And if anyone is good at photochop see if you can fit it. Also I know that the exhaust would probably cause a small power reduction with the bends and stuff but it would look sweet. Thanx in advance and the following pics belong to Dave5950 and T&CMCSa respectively.
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I always thought the same thing, and I've been waiting on the marketplace for a while for an S bumper so I can have my exhaust coming out the middle. But now that I see that, I think it would look awesome just to cut a new section in the left side of the bumper and have it that way. I think it looks sweet.
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Well my first inclination was to do the Just a Cooper bumper with a 3in exhaust tip but when I mention that one of the guys was like why don't you do the Clubman rear bumper with the 2 exits. He has a Clubman non S, I think that at the next meet I will see if he might be willing to do a fit test. There is a lot of stuff that I like about the MINI(zig,zag, and zug) and I am trying to customize mine to what to me would look the best. Though the center exiting exhaust looks sweet it kinda limits the overall look. Man I just love this car so much I want to make just wild.
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It would be much easier to have the current bumper modified to the Dual (one each side) but getting the exhaust set up (without final tips) and then notching the bumper where it needs to be notched and fiberglass up the center exhaust port. Less than 4 hours worth of work plus paint. Now you have a unique Dual Tip (each side) MCS.
Here are just the first items I see different that would look bad if not fixed on the clubman bumper
1. sides are longer on the clubman by far (lots of work to cut them down and fiberglass the turn back in)
2. much wider opening for doors compare to hatch (lots fo work to fiberglass the narrower opening for the MCS hatch)
3. filling in the license plate area of the clubman bumper (lots of work)
4. mounting points are different (lots of work modifying back side of bumper to accommodate the MCS mounting points)
5. now to finish sanding and painting. close to 40-50 hours of work and we have not even taken on the exhaust yet.
Here are just the first items I see different that would look bad if not fixed on the clubman bumper
1. sides are longer on the clubman by far (lots of work to cut them down and fiberglass the turn back in)
2. much wider opening for doors compare to hatch (lots fo work to fiberglass the narrower opening for the MCS hatch)
3. filling in the license plate area of the clubman bumper (lots of work)
4. mounting points are different (lots of work modifying back side of bumper to accommodate the MCS mounting points)
5. now to finish sanding and painting. close to 40-50 hours of work and we have not even taken on the exhaust yet.
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And in the meantime you can still run the bumper with the S diffuser till you get a new exhaust.
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