The AEM induction kit produces horsepower and torque gains by replacing your vehicle’s restrictive factory air filter and air intake housing. This air intake system was designed, tuned and dyno-tested to fit specific Mini Cooper S, S Clubman and John Cooper Works models. Air enters the system through an oversized AEM Dryflow synthetic washable air filter for outstanding air flow, filtration and performance. The air filter is located in the original air box space and is protected by a replacement air box with a fully-opened hood scoop which is designed to reduce intake air temperature and increase horsepower. The intake tubing is constructed from mandrel-bent aluminium featuring a durable black powder coated finish. This air intake system was developed to accommodate the engine’s factory emissions control devices including the mass air flow sensor and vacuum line port as well as an AEM filter minder. The cylinder shaped AEM Dryflow air filter is made from an oil-free, synthetic filter media that can be used for up to 100,000 miles before cleaning is needed (depending on driving conditions). The air intake system is backed by AEM’s Lifetime Limited Warranty. Some AEM air intakes are not legal for sale or use in California and other states adopting California emission standards while others are 50 state legal. View the 21-721C vehicle applications to determine the legal status for each vehicle.

Quaife ATB Helical LSD differential is suitable for Mini Cooper S R53 & R56 using the Getrag 6 speed gearbox. A direct replacement for the standard Mini Cooper S R53 & R56 open differential, the Quaife ATB Helical LSD differential transforms your car’s performance. Unlike a conventional plate-style limited slip differential, the Mini Cooper S R53 & R56 Quaife ATB Helical LSD differential relies on gears rather than clutch plates for its operation. That means it is much smoother in operation. The Mini Cooper S R53 & R56 Quaife ATB Helical LSD differential never locks harshly with a set pre-load of wheel slip across the driven axle, like a conventional LSD. Rather, the Mini Cooper S R53 & R56 Quaife ATB Helical LSD differential automatically biases the torque away from the spinning wheel across the axle, to a constantly varying degree, and never locks. The Mini Cooper S R53 & R56 Quaife ATB Helical LSD differential has many benefits over a standard open differential, including maximising traction and minimizing wheelspin, eliminating torque steer and snatching in front wheel drive cars compared to conventional LSD units, and a maintenance-free design which retains the standard oil lubrication. The Mini Cooper S R53 & R56 Quaife ATB Helical LSD differential is proven in circuit and drag racing, rallying and road use, and is produced from Corus steel billets, and is CAD designed and CNC machined, then inspected to ISO 9001 standards. With over 370 applications, the Quaife ATB Helical LSD differential is second to none. Accept no imitations! Quaife ATB Helical LSD differentials are used by Ford, General Motors and Daimler-Chrysler as original equipment. The Quaife ATB Helical LSD differential for Mini Cooper S R53 & R56 is also now subject to a lifetime warranty (subject to terms and conditions). Please confirm your application using the attached technical drawing.

KW Street Comfort Coilovers – Mini Clubman (R55)

If your original suspension is too hard for your everyday life or even the comfort of your installed aftermarket suspension kit KW Street Comfort sport suspension is the perfect solution for more driving comfort. It combines a minimal lowering within the vehicle-specific adjustment range of ten to 40 mm with a comfort-oriented damper setup developed from KW test engineers in numerous test runs in everyday life and on our KW 7-post rig.

Suspension too hard? KW Street Comfort is the answer

Whether on long trips on the motorway, or many miles on country roads, with KW Street Comfort coilovers you can enjoy a comfortable setup. The shorter KW damper housings enable a comfortable setup despite the lowering. The KW Street Comfort coilovers include comfort-oriented damping and spring characteristics which are perfectly adjusted to each other. Additionally the KW Street Comfort coilovers allow you to individually adjust the rebound damping to suit your driving style and your sense of comfort.

Adjustable comfort – “no more hard times”

With KW Street Comfort coilovers you can influence the handling and comfort by the individually adjustable rebound damping. With 16 precise clicks, you can adjust the KW dampers to a be more comfortable or a little firmer without affecting the compression damping. By increasing the rebound force with the adjustment wheel, the body movements are reduced. Your has more directional and cornering stability. If you change to bigger wheels than the wheel / tire combination which came from the car manufacturer, you can adapt the rebound damping to the driving behaviour of your car and your new alloy rims perfectly. Or you can reduce the rebound forces with a few clicks to gain even more comfort – just as you have always desired from a sport suspension.

Lowering of 10 to 40 mm

The KW Street Comfort coilovers made in stainless steel technology “inox-line” enable a vehicle-specific lowering within the tested adjustment range of 10 to 40 mm. So you do not have to accept a fix lowering of a conventional spring kit any more. Due to the delicate processing and use of high quality components, the KW Street Comfort coilover struts in stainless steel are 100 per cent corrosion-resistant and have an unlimited life.

The functioning of the lowering in connection with the dirt restistand trapezoid thread and the composite collar will not be affected even after many years of driving. With the individual lowering adjustment range, you can emphasize the sportiness of your vehicle visually.

• stainless steel technology “inox-line”
• minimum lowering
• tested adjustment range
• high quality components for a long life
• comfort-oriented damper setup
• adjustable rebound damping

KW Street Comfort Coilovers – Mini Hatchback (R56)

If your original suspension is too hard for your everyday life or even the comfort of your installed aftermarket suspension kit KW Street Comfort sport suspension is the perfect solution for more driving comfort. It combines a minimal lowering within the vehicle-specific adjustment range of ten to 40 mm with a comfort-oriented damper setup developed from KW test engineers in numerous test runs in everyday life and on our KW 7-post rig.

Suspension too hard? KW Street Comfort is the answer

Whether on long trips on the motorway, or many miles on country roads, with KW Street Comfort coilovers you can enjoy a comfortable setup. The shorter KW damper housings enable a comfortable setup despite the lowering. The KW Street Comfort coilovers include comfort-oriented damping and spring characteristics which are perfectly adjusted to each other. Additionally the KW Street Comfort coilovers allow you to individually adjust the rebound damping to suit your driving style and your sense of comfort.

Adjustable comfort – “no more hard times”

With KW Street Comfort coilovers you can influence the handling and comfort by the individually adjustable rebound damping. With 16 precise clicks, you can adjust the KW dampers to a be more comfortable or a little firmer without affecting the compression damping. By increasing the rebound force with the adjustment wheel, the body movements are reduced. Your has more directional and cornering stability. If you change to bigger wheels than the wheel / tire combination which came from the car manufacturer, you can adapt the rebound damping to the driving behaviour of your car and your new alloy rims perfectly. Or you can reduce the rebound forces with a few clicks to gain even more comfort – just as you have always desired from a sport suspension.

Lowering of 10 to 40 mm

The KW Street Comfort coilovers made in stainless steel technology “inox-line” enable a vehicle-specific lowering within the tested adjustment range of 10 to 40 mm. So you do not have to accept a fix lowering of a conventional spring kit any more. Due to the delicate processing and use of high quality components, the KW Street Comfort coilover struts in stainless steel are 100 per cent corrosion-resistant and have an unlimited life.

The functioning of the lowering in connection with the dirt restistand trapezoid thread and the composite collar will not be affected even after many years of driving. With the individual lowering adjustment range, you can emphasize the sportiness of your vehicle visually.

• stainless steel technology “inox-line”
• minimum lowering
• tested adjustment range
• high quality components for a long life
• comfort-oriented damper setup
• adjustable rebound damping

Our engineers have developed a sporty yet harmonious basic setup, as with any KW coilover kit. To be able to guarantee the perfect suspension setup we test on our KW 7-post rig, as well as extensive driving tests on country roads, motorways and even on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. For years, the KW coilover kit Variant 3 “inox-line” is one of the top aftermarket products and is a benchmark for coilovers. It convinces sports car drivers, tuner, large-and small series manufacturer such as Alpina, MTM, Manthey, Oettinger and many more leading companies in the international automotive industry with its damping characteristics, quality finish and durability.

Advanced technology from motor sport

With the KW coilovers Variant 3 “inox-line” you will get much more than just a sporty lowering and excellent driving behaviour on all roads. It is based on our long experience as a suspension manufacturer and supplier for international motor sport, such as the touring car series ADAC GT Masters, FIA GT1, FIA GT3, International GT Open, WTC, VLN and the legendary ADAC Zurich 24h-race Nürburgring.

Similar to our racing coilovers from the KW Competition program, the KW coilovers Variant 3 “inox-line” can be adjusted independently in compression and rebound damping. This individual adjustment possibility is much appreciated by sports car manufacturers, tuners and drivers worldwide.

The perfect suspension setup for more driving pleasure

If you have already made your first performance modifications to your vehicle our KW coilovers Variant 3 will compliment your upgrades. The patented KW-valve technology for separate adjustment of rebound and compression damping allows you to individually setup your suspension.The adjustable KW bottom valve adjusts the low-speed range of the compression level in twelve clicks.

You don’t need any adjusting tools because of the patented compression adjuster at the lower end of the stainless steel housing. The adjustable compression damping with its twelve exact clicks allows you to manually influence body roll, without having to change the spring rate which optimally matches the rebound.

With the individually adjustable rebound setup of the KW coilover Variant 3 “inox-line”, you can directly influence the handling and comfort with its precise click adjustment. Depending on the vehicle type, the rebound valves of the KW twin-tube dampers on the upper end of the piston rod will be adjusted via an integrated adjustment wheel or a twist-adjustment wheel which is included in the delivery content.

By increasing the rebound force via the adjustment wheel body movements are reduced. You will have more stability during high speed cornering. If you change for example the wheel / tire combination (approved by the car manufacturer) to larger wheels, then with a KW coilover Variant 3 “inox-line” you will be able to adjust the car’s handling perfectly.

High quality, individual and durable

The KW coilover Variant 3 “inox-line” kit and every single damper are subject to extensive quality tests during production to meet the high standards of our KW quality management. This is the only way we can meet our expectations to give up to five years warranty on our KW coilover Variant 3 “inox-line” when installed at one of our KW specialist dealer. KW coilover struts made of stainless steel are 100% rust-free and an unlimited life time.

Therefore the operation of the continuous lowering via the dirt-resistant KW trapezoid thread and the KW composite collar is also not affected after years. By the individual lowering with its continuous adjustment range, you can emphasize the sportiness of your vehicle visually. A feature that is very popular in the performance-oriented tuning scene.

• Rebound and compression damping adjustable damper technology
• Stainless steel technology “inox-line”
• Individual, continuous lowering
• tested adjustment range
• High quality components for a long life
• Complete documentation for an easy handling
• Adjustable rebound damping with 16 exact clicks
• Adjustable compression damping with 12 exact clicks
• Unique, independent from each other working damping force adjustment

KW V2 Coilovers – Mini Clubman (R55)

Drivers who want more than just an outstanding look and lowering within the tested adjustment range, will find the perfect suspension solution with our KW coilovers Variant 2 “inox-line”. Not only stainless steel struts, corrosion-resistant components great durability, you have the possibility to adjust the dampers to your own requirements in rebound (16 clicks) are good reasons to buy KW coilovers Variant 2 “inox-line”.

More comfort or more sportiness – you decide!

As with all KW coilovers our engineers develop vehicle specific damper settings which undergo comprehensive test cycles in the Nürburgring Nordschleife and on our KW 7-post driving dynamic centre. With a KW coilover kit the driving experience is more dynamic and direct. Because of the rebound adjustablility with our KW Variant 2 coilovers you can have more influence in handling and comfort of the car. With 16 precise click you can adjust the KW dampers (firmer or more comfortable) without affecting the bottom vlave of the compression damping.

Depending on vehicle type, the rebound valves of the KW twin-tube dampers have to be adjusted at the upper end of the piston rod with an integrated adjustment wheel or the twist-adjuster which is part of the delivery content. By increasing the rebound force via the adjustment wheel, the body movements are reduced. Your car will stay in line and you will have more stability at increased corner speed. If you change for example the wheel / tire combination (approved by the car manufacturer) to larger wheels, then with a KW coilover Variant 2 you will be able to adjust the car’s handling and the new wheels perfectly to each other.

KW Quality – Your satisfaction is our motivation

At our headquarters in Fichtenberg each KW coilover Variant 2 “inox-line” kit is subject to extensive stress tests during production to meet the high standards of our KW quality management. Every single damper and suspension kit is tested thoroughly. Of course, we give as a German manufacturer a 2-year warranty on our more than 4600 applications suspension solutions, which exceed OEM quality. The warranty will increase up to 5 years when the kit has been installed at one of our KW specialist dealers.

KW coilover struts are 100% rust-free and have an unlimited life time under all weather conditions. All parts are designed for long term use. After a salt spray test the KW coilover struts were free of oxidation. Even after years the height adjustment will not be affected.

• Rebound adjustable damper technology with 16 precise clicks
• Stainless steel technology “inox-line”
• Individual, continuous lowering
• tested adjustment range
• Ready to install complete solution
• High quality components for a long life
• Complete documentation for an easy installation

KW V1 Coilovers – Mini Clubman (R55)

The KW coilover kit Variant 1 “inox-line” is our entry model for more driving pleasure with an attractive and individually adjustable lowering. Due to its high-quality finish, the use of struts made from stainless steel, corrosion resistant springs and bump stops as well as compatible components stands for long driving pleasure – not just the car’s life.

Continuous lowering

With the KW coilover Variant 1 you can achieve maximum lowering in the tested adjustment range. Depending on vehicle model this varies between 30 to 70mm or 50 to 90mm. Even after years you can adjust the height quickly and easily due to the dirt resistant trapezoid thread and composite collar. Lowering at the front axle is made using our one piece composite height adjuster, on the rear axle this is the same unless the car has a seperate spring and shock absorber. The supplied rear height adjuster sits either above or below the rear spring.

The benchmark for tuning fans

KW coilover Variant 1 “inox-line” satisfies the sporty driver with its harmonic basic setup. Our engineers develop for each vehicle a specific damper setup and spring rate to increase the driving pleasure with optimal balance of sportiness and practicality. In the end, you don’t buy any coilover, but a KW coilover which has been developed specifically for your type of vehicle. KW as a manufacturer uses only its own resources, high quality components and the same damper technology as high-volume manufacturers. With the KW coilovers Variant 1 “inox-line”, rolling motions of the body will be reduced during compression and you benefit from genuine directness and sportier handling while driving.

Trust In Our Experience

We are the market leader and innovator of individual suspension solutions for road and racetrack for more than 15 years. No matter where in the world, car driver, automotive manufacturers and tuners rely on our KW coilovers “Made in Germany”. Each KW coilover kit, developed and manufactured in the Swabian town Fichtenberg, is subject to extensive stress tests during production to meet the high standards of our KW quality management. Of course, we give as a German manufacturer a 2-year warranty on our more than 4600 applications suspension solutions, which exceed OEM quality. The warranty will increase up to 5 years when the kit has been installed at one of our KW specialist dealers.

• Optimally pre-adjusted
• Sporty and comfortable dampening technology
• Stainless steel technology “inox-line”
• Individually height adjustable
• tested adjustment range
• Ready to install complete solution
• High quality components for a long durability
• Complete documentation for easy handling

Need to get low? ST coilovers feature a continuous thread construction for height adjustment from moderate to eXtreme! Each coilover is manufactured by KW Automotive and their expertise and know how ensures maximum quality and fantastic driving dynamics.

Once installed, the ST X coilover can be easily adjusted using a polyamide ring on the galvanized, multiple-sealed strut. Adjustment is different for each car, but typically you can expect between 35 and 65mm of lowering on both the front and rear axles. For lowered cars as standard (such as the BMW E9x 3-series) the ST X coilover features a range of 30 to 60mm (front axle) and 25-55mm (rear axle).

Improved driving dynamics and handling

Designed in conjunction with KW Germany, ST X coilovers deliver a sporty handling by reducing the car’s bodyroll during compression as well as improving agility when driving fast. The high-quality production of each ST X coilover includes a low-friction and pressure resistant housing alongside a chrome-plated piston rod for maximum longevity. A mono block guide and ST seal package ensures the twin-tube dampers remain free of dirt particles in all weather conditions.

Lowering with StTyle: the ST X coilovers

• Individual lowering within the tested adjustment range
• Front and rear axle thread adjustment (when possible)
• Galvanized coilover struts with additional coating for optimized corrosion protection
• Complete solution with adjustable spring plate, race spring system and bumpers with dust protection
• Powerful twin-tube dampers with high-quality components for maximum longevity

Lowering Range:
30-55mm

AP coilovers are now one of the UK’s biggest selling brands. The build and quality is second to none.

The AP coilovers are a new and exciting brand for 2009. With so many coilovers on the market it’s hard to make a decision which brand to choose. The supreme quality and performance of the AP coilovers may help influence your decision. We have seen numerous coilovers over the years and the AP brand comes top for value for money. They can only be described as superb!

The AP coilover suspension has been designed to compete with the numerous budget coilover brands which have recently flooded the market. The AP coilovers have been built to a very high standard and therefore pass the all important TUV quality standards test. Many of the cheaper budget coilovers do not carry the TUV seal of approval indicating a lower build quality. With AP coilovers you have the peace of mind that comes with the German TUV quality certificate indicating superb build quality and finish.

Each AP coilover has been designed to ride firmer than the factory fitted suspension. The damping is approx 25-30% stiffer and gives a firm yet forgiving ride. The springs are powder coated blue and the kit also benefits from built in bump stops, helper springs and shorter piston rods which also help provide a smooth ride. Each AP coilover kit will lower your car a maximum of 30mm-95mm.

Stock availability is good and the application list is massive. If you are looking for a good quality budget coilover kit then the AP brand has to be considered.

Enable that the manufacturer’s recommended camber values can be reached again on lowered vehicles!

– Strength tested
– Reduced tire wear
– Optimal axle setting options
– Galvanized and powder coated
– For an optimum corrosion protection
– With part certificate