Hi,

I recently bought a Mini Cooper D 2008 without A/C. I am a little embarassed to admit that I just didn't notice that it didn't have A/C and took it for granted. Now, I live in Sweden so in our colder climate it is not as big of an issue, yet I am thinking of retrofitting A/C.

What I understand is that I will need:
Compressor,
Condenser,
Pipes and hoses,
Wiring/cables,
Belt,
A/C button in the dash,
Change to the ECU with NCSExpert.

I am unsure if I will need a change to my current Heater/blower part.
Anyone know?

Anything else I have missed?

I have good understanding of how to do electrical wiring and working with an engine et cetera, but don't know all that much about the MINI's AC-system.

I have found a guide of how to do this on an R53 Mini Cooper, though the guy writing the guide installed AAC which seems a lot more troublesome.

I love the car except for the lack of A/C and it is in very good condition. I have no intention in selling the car and getting one with A/C, in that case I would rather live with it without A/C.

I found a fwe companies in the UK stripping wrecked cars for parts and from what I can see I would be able to get the expensive parts:
Compressor, Condenser and piping for less than 400 $ shipped to Sweden.

Any help, link to other guides, pictures of your engine compartment with all the air/con-parts fitted et cetera is very much appreciated!

Thank you,
Mike

Best bit about it was the air con is a no cost option on the diesel as well, no reason not to have it fitted in the first place really, not much help to you though.

This is the link for Mk1 Mini a/c but not seen any posts on retrofitting Mk2 yet.....so if you do it please post how!

Retrofitting Auto Air Conditioning Guide (http://www.minitorque.com/forum/f275/retrofitting-auto-air-conditioning-guide-658/)

Mini Cooper - No air con - Forums (http://forum.minicooper.org/showthread.php?t=16203)

Hi,

Might be that they didn't have that as standard on MINI Cooper D's in germany since my car is from there.

Yeah, that was what I was thinking. Either I would need to put in a cooler-matrix (heatsink) in my current blower box or replace it with one for A/C use.

Thanks for the reply's.

Mike