What do you guys think about this one compared to other brands?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mini-Cooper-S-R5...item5639a23622

 

In north jersey area near George washington bridge?

 

Do a search for Riss Racing in the forums to see a few opinions on the former company and their products.

 

How loud do you want it? That seems to have only the rear muffler and that looks small and no resonator = loud

Do a seach on Invidia Q300 here on NAM. People seem to like them. Good looks, good sound and a bit of a power boost. They are on Ebay also. A quick seach gave me a few:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/INVID...Q5fAccessories

Can't help with repair shops, but the install of the Invidia was easy with just drive-up ramps and a couple of floor jacks (could have done it without the floor jacks).

 

But is this invidia exhaust 100% bolt on? No cutting or welding or drilling a hole?

 

100%

 

100%
Jack/ramp, a little rust buster and socket set. A small gear puller is helpful to remove the old exhaust from the rubber hangers that you will need to resuse.

Some issues but none that were not just part of the normal adjustment (any exhaust will have its issues). Here, I posted some of my mistakes (which I fixed):
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...exhaust-8.html

One person did do some welding but I think that was a shortcut fix. I was successful with just the clamps and hangers. All in all, nice.

 

What are rust buster and socket set? My mini is 10'MCS by the way

 

Watch this video and you can get a gist of what the install would be like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyZd0UST0Yo

 

I have their catless downpipe hooked up to my stock MCS exhaust and love it. Nice and raspy but no drone. The build quality looked great even though it was on two other MINIs before mine. It threw a CEL within 10 minutes of install but I don't really care, I happen to know a guy that works at a dealership haha.

 

Check Sears.com for a socket set and rust buster is a very thin oil in a spray that loosens rust on nuts and bolts. These are basic tool box stuff. You might want to have someone do this for you if you don't know what these tools are. The video post is good. You need to watch it.