Hi Chris!

I am panos from Athens-Greece and I am new to this forum...
I have a 07 MCS R56 and I am waiting to deliver my brand new JCW R56.
Strongly interested to the following parts : JCW sports seats (black alcantara), JCW body kit and JCW steering wheel.
Please email me at zaverdi@otenet.gr to arrange the details,
Best regards to all the mini fans!

I've just joined the ranks of mini owners with an 04 MCS. Wifey also has a mini, she got one of the first Coopers out here in WA back in 02 and still owns it, complete with all of the 'engineered' rattles the early cars seem to suffer from. Anyway, seats....I want to fit a pair of JCW Sparco seats to my car however I'm not sure if I'm ready to part with $2400 (approx 1200 pounds) a seat plus fitting as quoted by my dealer. I'm assuming that for that princely sum they will come with adjustable bolsters and the provision for heating? I didn't dare ask!
Being an 'expat' I suppose I could source some in the UK however shipping and import duty would probably kill any saving. Anyone in Oz have any suggestions?

Hi Chris!

I am panos from Athens-Greece and I am new to this forum...
I have a 07 MCS R56 and I am waiting to deliver my brand new JCW R56.
Strongly interested to the following parts : JCW sports seats (black alcantara), JCW body kit and JCW steering wheel.
Please email me at zaverdi@otenet.gr to arrange the details,
Best regards to all the mini fans!

Pm on it's way
Chris

Any news Chris?
Cheers

Hi Chris here,

I have another special offer for everyone JCW Recaro front seats for the new R56:

139792

R56 JCW RECARO FRONT SEATS

THEY ARE AVAULABLE IN FULL BLACK LEATHER OR ALCANTARA AND ARE COMPLETE WITH SIDE ARIBAGS AND ALL RAIL FIXINGS,AND LOOK STUNNING IN THE CAR

Recaro JCW front seats would retail for £1732.00 inc vat (pair)

SPECIAL OFFER PRICE £1525.00 INC VAT (PAIR)

If you require fitting that would be £175.00 extra inc vat

If you are interestedin this special offer please drop me a line
Cheers
Chris:smile:

Hi Chris,

Is it possible to get Recaro rear seats for the R56, like you were able to for the R53?

Thanks,
Trevor:)

Hi Chris,

Is it possible to get Recaro rear seats for the R56, like you were able to for the R53?

Thanks,
Trevor:)

Hi Trevor,
The rears are not listed,
sorry
Chris

Hello Chris,

I wondered if the offer is still valid for a R53 and if you could ship them to France ?

If so do you know how much would be shipping cost ??

Chris, just picked up my 09 JCW can you ship a set of JCW full leather seats to Texas? Cost? Thanks

Hello Chris,

I wondered if the offer is still valid for a R53 and if you could ship them to France ?

If so do you know how much would be shipping cost ??

Hi
I can supply a pair of R53 JCW front seats in black leather for £1480.00 inc vat discount
and shipping, delivery would be around 4 to 5 days
Thanks
Chris

Chris, just picked up my 09 JCW can you ship a set of JCW full leather seats to Texas? Cost? Thanks

Hi
i can supply a pair for £1925 inc shipping,
delivery would be around 10 days
Thanks
Chris

Hi
I can supply a pair of R53 JCW front seats in black leather for £1480.00 inc vat discount
and shipping, delivery would be around 4 to 5 days
Thanks
Chris

Thanks

A few questions for Chris, one for everyone else:

i. Are these likely to be available from you at a good price on an ongoing basis i.e. early next year when I'm thinking of buying a new JCW?

ii. Was the 'heating' question ever answered, as I would hate to spec heating (switches) on a new car and then find that the Recaros don't have the facility anyway? The sales department at my local dealer claims that they *don't* have heating elements.

iii. Can you optionally supply the alcantara ones at a good price?

iv. To everyone: will my dealer take it well if I buy these from Chris and ask them to fit them in a new car? They are quoting me like £2,225 fitted (rip off), but I don't want to find that they penalise me and charge £400 or something for fitting if I supply them to go in the new car, when it should be around £200 really. Anyone got any experience of this?

PS. Chris, are you in parts or sales, I've never really known... just wondering if I should be buying the whole car from you!

A few questions for Chris, one for everyone else:

i. Are these likely to be available from you at a good price on an ongoing basis i.e. early next year when I'm thinking of buying a new JCW?

ii. Was the 'heating' question ever answered, as I would hate to spec heating (switches) on a new car and then find that the Recaros don't have the facility anyway? The sales department at my local dealer claims that they *don't* have heating elements.

iii. Can you optionally supply the alcantara ones at a good price?

iv. To everyone: will my dealer take it well if I buy these from Chris and ask them to fit them in a new car? They are quoting me like £2,225 fitted (rip off), but I don't want to find that they penalise me and charge £400 or something for fitting if I supply them to go in the new car, when it should be around £200 really. Anyone got any experience of this?

PS. Chris, are you in parts or sales, I've never really known... just wondering if I should be buying the whole car from you!


Hi jay,
I work in the Parts department here at Woodmans looking atfer all Mini enquiries if you have any questions on anything MINI drop me a line i will do by best to help,
if you want us to quote you on a price i will ask one of our sales team to get in touch with you and see what we can do for you,
The offers will run as long as the parts are available with no set finish date so you should be okay for your new car next year
The JCW seats have the elements fitted,so if you have factory fitted heated seats in your car they connect to the new Recaro's,
The alcantara seats look superb these would be £1870.00 fitted inc vat and discount a pair,
the leather JCW seats would be £1740.00 inc fitting and vat
if you can live with the chance of 'shine' patches after a while for looks go for Alcantara, for overall wear leather would look better after a few years, i think if you look at a pair of the Alcantara seats fitted you would say 'Yes' it's up to you,
Hope this helps
Cheers
Chris

I want these very much!

Hi
I can supply a pair of R53 JCW front seats in black leather for £1480.00 inc vat discount
and shipping, delivery would be around 4 to 5 days
Thanks
Chris

Oh Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris.......

please stop it. You are going to bankrupt me

:D:D:D:D:D

HI

i'm intrested in the seats with leather, airbag and heater. What will the shipping to Norway cost?

Regards
Morell

HI

i'm intrested in the seats with leather, airbag and heater. What will the shipping to Norway cost?

Regards
Morell

I will check for a shipping cost and let you know
Chris

Chris,

Can I just buy the driver side seat or do you only sell them in pairs?

Chris,

Can I just buy the driver side seat or do you only sell them in pairs?

Hi
The seats are available seperate
Chris

Hi Chris, Im very interested in getting some of these seats for my R53 MCS.

Just so ive understood. You can supply R53 JCW leather seats but you cant connect the airbags? What is the reason that the side airbags dont work with the R53 seats in the R53 car if this is correct?

Am i right in thinking that the R56 and the R53 seats are of a different design?

Thank you.

Hi Chris, Im very interested in getting some of these seats for my R53 MCS.

Just so ive understood. You can supply R53 JCW leather seats but you cant connect the airbags? What is the reason that the side airbags dont work with the R53 seats in the R53 car if this is correct?

Am i right in thinking that the R56 and the R53 seats are of a different design?

Thank you.

Hi
I can supply the JCW R53 seats for you in leather either full black leather or two tone,black outer sections with colour centre sections,
The R53 JCW seats are made by Sparco, and arrive with adjustable thigh supports and heated seat elements built in just incase you have or want to fit the heated seat wiring kit at a later date,
The Sparco JCW R53 seats do not have built in side airbags as fitted to your standard factory seats, this is the reason we have to code out the side/seat airbag system on your car so the airbag light is not illuminated all the time,

The new R56 JCW seats are made by Recaro and have built in seat airbags,
they are both very nice seats with one section back rests including seat belt harness loops (not used) including with side/lumbar and thigh suports, and JCW logo
Hope this helps
Chris

chris,

How much for a leather driver side seat with airbag and heat warmer for a 2007 R56 US model delivered to San Antonio, Texas?


Thanks in advance,
Dixon

how much for the retrofit heating kit for the recaros?

how much for the retrofit heating kit for the recaros?

Hi
Thanks for the enquiry, the seat heating retro-fit kit is on hold at BMW, it looks like it will not be available to technical issues,
sorry
Chris

hmmm. i wonder if you can help then

ive got a set of the jcw recaros but need to know what to do with the wiring as they are not going in a mini. you know anyway of finding out where i need to put power etc?

thanks in advance

hmmm. i wonder if you can help then

ive got a set of the jcw recaros but need to know what to do with the wiring as they are not going in a mini. you know anyway of finding out where i need to put power etc?

thanks in advance

Hi
Thanks for the enquiry,
it would be difficult to advise as you are not fitting into a MINI as the wiring could be different on other cars,
Sorry
Chris

I bought a pair of these JCW Recaro's to fit them in my '02 R50 Cooper. Since the wiring & mounting console is different in the 2nd gen. mini, I need to make some adjustments.

I think I can make this work by buying the seat-console of the 2nd generation mini & a new connector to make the wiring of my old mini fit onto the new connector of the Recaro's.

Not long ago I read of a company which sells those connectors, but I cant find them anymore. Does anyone know where to get these? Thanks a lot!

Jaap,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

hey there!i got a r53 mini cooper s and i need a couple of sparco seats in alcantara and carbon!i can find only pics of recaro ones can u supply me some pics of the r53 ones?id also appreciate to have the airbag working...i'm in italy so who i have to call to ensure that my airbags are still working ?furthermore i'd like to know 'bout shipping costs and also if u have some other items,for instance steering wheel in alcantara/carbon and also carbon dashboard,mirrors and hood scoop.
here you go my mail simpleplan4ever@hotmail.it pls contact me and let me know ASAP.
cheerios
Davide

hmmm. i wonder if you can help then

ive got a set of the jcw recaros but need to know what to do with the wiring as they are not going in a mini. you know anyway of finding out where i need to put power etc?

thanks in advance

the seats are called recaro sportster sc and recaro do a universal airbag kit for them - they may be able to tell you how to fit then to a non-mini

Hi Christ,

I have pm'ed you but haven't heard back. Please check your pm and let me know. Thank you