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: Just fitted Cooper S Bonnet to my Cooper- Will water get in the engine


mkoolb
Apr 25th, 2012, 01:13 PM
:eek:

Hi,

After my car was vandalise a few weeks ago, I took the opportunity to replace the bonnet on ,my cooper with that of a cooper s.

It looks great, my only concern is since the scoop is totally open is this not a risk as water can easily get into the engine bay.

Am sure a lot of you guys did this conversion with success in the past, just want to get some ideas of how you did this and do they sell a completely blocked off scoop?

Cheers

mab01uk
Apr 25th, 2012, 06:32 PM
Looks good, I know someone with a One that has a MCS bonnet but think it is still has an open bonnet scoop......as you say probably worth blocking off with something, maybe some fine black mesh fixed on from the inside?

mkoolb
Apr 26th, 2012, 08:37 AM
I will order a grill today i think i can get this from the dealer, how does the scoop works on a cooper s, does water not get into the engine bay???

Thomas@1320
Apr 26th, 2012, 08:56 AM
I would leave it open, i wouldn't worry too much about it.