Front Brake Cooling Ducts

[MrMischief]

Ok, so my better half had a bump last night in her MINI Countryman. Thankfully, BMW build them like tanks & both her & my daughter are fine, as is everyone else involved. However, the wee Citreon didn't fair so well.

After taking some pics for insurance, I noticed the grille was broken & hanging off so as the car is still driveable I hauled it off & the brake ducts came out with it.

I've offered them up to the openings on my R's bumper & it's near enough plug & play. A little fettling with the Dremel & they'll be perfect. They direct the air right to the disc so should be a reasonably worthwhile mod B-)

I can see MINI aftermarket sales increasing lol.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[MrMischief]

Ouch...

 

[MrMischief]

Outer section will be trimmed to fit. You can see inner ducting behind it.

 

[PobodY]

What's the cost? BMW don't have a reputation for cheap dealer parts according to the Mini owner I work with.

 

[MrMischief]

About £14k if you do it the same way as me

I've got a decent contact at our local stealer, I'll ask next time I'm in.

 

[red reading]

Good modification, just done a load of works on a cooper works will have a nose to see if there the same

 

[MarkTurbo]

Probably cheaper to run some of the flexible ducting off the standard brake ducts.

Are you regularly overheating the brakes?

 

[MrMischief]

The flexible ducting is an option, but can be restricted with FMIC piping there. These hard pipes actually fit around my FMIC piping nicely.

It's mainly a track car & has AP 4 pots & Carbotech pads, the brakes are good but it's always good to help them.

 

[Jack Smith]

Do you have any images of these fitted at all?

 

[MrMischief]

Hi Jack, the car is currently stripped down for a refresh so these aren't fitted yet. Will post pics once I've rebuilt it.
Cheers.