Attn Texas Customers. We drop ship all of our products from the suppliers we work with around the world. Because of this and Texas Tax Law we are charged tax on orders of TSW parts and shipping to any Texas address. Please see the drop down menu on the TSW parts and choose the pre-taxed 2nd price. If you are ordering any 3 parts from AXC please email Dustin that list for a discounted invoice to help off set the Texas Tax Man. Thanks for your order, Dustin
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TSW Suspension
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TSW Rear Adjustable Control Arms
TSW - MINI Rear Adjustable Control Arms (1-Pair). Looking for a beefy rear control arm for your MINI that will NOT make any noise? Ever see a stock rear control arm snap in half in the middle? These adjustable rear control arms feature a huge high grade aluminum center adjuster and large threaded steel end links with hard rubber filled mounts with sleeves for the mounting bolts. No squeaky urethane or clacking heim joints here! Like all TSW products these are track tested and bullet proof.
The aluminum center is powder coated in a gunmetal finish (it's a Texas thing) then clear coated and the end links are finished in black. Order a pair to replace your stock lower rear control arms for camber adjust. Order a pair to replace your stock upper rear control arms for added strength or to change track width.
Yes they Fit ALL MINI’s R50, R52, R53, R56, R56S and R55.
On Back Order, email Dustin to be wait listed.
Jack Points
Yes they fit R56, R53, R52 and R50 and NOW “Tall” for the Aero Kit.
Are you tired of cones snapping off your OEM jack points? Yeah, we were, too...
Black anodized, machined from solid billet aluminum and a full 3/4" shorter than OEM. Our's protrude 5/8" past the bottom skirt, while the OEM protrudes a whoppin' 1-1/8". Mike designed them so they'll work with the OEM jack, too.
Mounted via 1/4-20 stainless pan head screws and toggles... We ship a little vial of Loctite 262 with the set, so they won't loosen up. Install is a snap - takes about 5 minutes!
Are they strong? Well, in a word, yes. They have survived countless car jackings over the year... And, they made it through a run in with a tire barrier at TWS, but the jack points stayed put! They've stuck around through a few offs here and there, along with countless cone killing runs which snap the OEM pucks off like nobody's business.
Note - you should still be using jack stands if you're going to be working under the car... That's smart no matter what you have to do under there, or what kind of jack points you have!
MINI Cooper TSW Jack Points Install Guide (.pdf file)
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X-Brace for ALL MINI Coopers
R53/52/50 XBrace
R56/55/57 XBrace
It's been awhile since we've had x-braces in stock... Well, I'm now VERY proud to say that the new, revised x-braces are finally IN OUR HANDS and ready for shipment!
This version addresses two main complaints we heard from our customers:
- It's too danged expensive (even though it IS/Was worth it!) Was 419.00 now only 379.00.
- The ferrules hang down too low.
So, what did we do? You provided us your feedback, and we listened. We went back to the drawing board... This version features l-brackets in lieu of the previous ferrules and is made from ERW steel in place of chromoly. The wall thickness on the EWR tubing is a bit beefier to offset the strength lost from switching from chromoly. The l-brackets are lower profile and made from very beefy 3/16 steel.
What did we sacrifice in the end? Not much. It provides the same benefits as the first release of x-braces. It took some time, true, but we're confident the new version hits the mark! This is still, hands down, the most effective chassis brace available for the MINI.
They're still made right here in Dallas Texas from the BEST materials available... The powder coating on the new units is stellar.
TSW X-Brace mounts under the vehicle for better torsional rigidity. Dr. Mike gets complete credit for the ingenious design done in true grassroots motorsports style. Fabricated and welded in the USA using 7/8" 4130 Chromoly and laser cut gussets then powder coated black. The TSW X-Brace uses 4 existing bolts and installs in 10 minutes.
Why the X design? Way, way more torsional rigidity than any other design, especially those with a ladder arrangement. Our design picks up the lollipop mounting points and ties those into the front rear subframe mount - we personally feel this will provide more benefit than anything else out there. From what we gathered while spending many nights laying under the car, there's really no point in going much farther up the front subframe. There's a lot of gussets and welds up there, and it's a pretty solid piece. The weak points, in our estimation, are the rear tie points and the lollipop mounts.
The X-style brace is designed to resist the twisting motion that goes along with the torsional loading of the chassis. In other words, the suspension will react more precisely to uneven surfaces, particularly in situations where one wheel experiences a bump or dip. It's designed to tuck up as far as possible but take it easy on those nasty speed bumps!
MINI Cooper X-Brace Install Guide (.pdf file)
Read MC2 MINI Cooper Magazine X-Brace Review
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TSW 19mm Sway Bar
MINI Rear Sway Bar - fits (02-09) R50, R52, R53, R55, R56 Cooper and Cooper S.
The TSW 19mm MINI rear sway bar made as a private label by KW-USA to our TSW specifications and rate. The TSW rear sway bar features two adjustment holes and giant Teflon-impregnated urethane bushings that will never need lubrication and will not squeak or make noise. Made in the USA!
We have tested all kinds of rear sway bars and have found that the TSW 19mm bar is optimum for the MINI.
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Swaybar Endlinks
You've got preload! The OEM fixed length swaybar endlinks are the culprit.
Add your weight to the driver's seat and whammo, you have preload on both swaybars at any two cross-corners. No matter if you're at stock ride height or if you've lowered your car via lowering springs or coilovers - you've got preload. In fact, the OEM links are too long in the rear if you've lowered the car and the bar's effective rate is changed... In the front, they're too short!
The ability to neutralize the sway bar in your suspension system is a great advantage to baseline, balance, and refines your vehicle's handling characteristics.
The goal is zero preload - why? To allow the swaybar to work as it was intended... Control in the corners, flatter cornering, more stability, progressive loading.
We're talking about a whole new level of suspension performance... Period.
Not all endlinks are created equal... Everyone else's endlinks use heim joints. We use ball-stud links. Why use ball-stud links? Heim joints and high misalignment spherical bearings were considered, but do not offer the compliance, the dust seal, and are limited in their range of angular articulation. The ball links also offer a very low friction in the joint and has up to 50 degrees of articulation. This eliminates binding and allows for smooth load transitions. And, to top it off, they're strong as hell...
Which brings up the point - the OEM endlinks are weak. The welds break where the rod meets the rod-end. They're especially susceptible if you're running aftermarket swaybars - and even more so if you autocross or track! Like our other products, our endlinks are bulletproof...
We strongly recommend replacing the front and rear at the same time, in order to provide you with the ultimate in adjustability.
MINI Cooper TSW Swaybar Endlinks Install Guide (.pdf file)
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Springs
R53/52/50 Springs
R56/55 Springs
Cold wound of the highest quality chrome silicon material, shotpeened, and then powdercoated.
For the R53/52/50 you will get 3/4" average drop front to rear, with the front settling in about 5/8" to 3/4" drop and the rear about 7/8". Why the difference? We think all the rake from the factory looks silly. If you only want a slight drop to close up the wheel gap, look no further.
Version 3 of our MINI performance spring package includes a straight up/down front spring with no "egg" shape, allowing for more negative camber adjust without any inner fender modification. The rear springs are unchanged from previous versions.
TSW R53 V3 front is 217 lbs/inch (OEM is 165, TSW V1 and V2 were 200)
TSW R53 V3 rear is 200 lbs/inch (OEM is 165, TSW V1 and V2 were 200)
Due to a different style straight up/down coil and choices of wire size 217 lbs/inch is as close as we could get to match the rear. Most guys so far say the V3 rides and handles even better than the V2.
For the R56 and R56S you will get 3/4" drop in the rear and 1" drop in the front after a few hundred miles.
Linear design front and rear, slight increase in rate over stock in front and rear - they play well with OEM shocks/struts, Koni Yellows and Bilstein SP's. The ride with OEM shocks/struts is by far better than with OEM springs... The front and rear spring rates are the same - a combination that we have tested time and time again and that we feel works the best... It allows you, the user, to dial in whatever you want with a rear swaybar.
Being that they're cold wound, they won't sag in, and the rates are more predictable... These are top quality springs!
Installing TSW Springs on R53/52/50 with OEM shock-n-top hat will give you about -0.5 camber. So if you put them under a set of Ireland Engineering (IE) fixed plates (fixed at -1.25) you will end up with camber -1.5-ish. That is not enough to wear tires badly IF the tires are rotated every 3-5K.
TSW Springs on R56/R56S With the alignment pins removed on the upper strut mounts in the front and shoved all the way inboard, we measured -0.4 degrees of negative camber up front - not bad! Turn-in is markedly better too.
AXC is selling the R56 springs for the same price as the R53/52/50 too. Be one of the 1st to get them when they ship in a few weeks.
R55 Clubman owners, we are testing springs for your ride ASAP and will update here ASAP.
MINI Cooper TSW Springs Install Guide (.pdf file)
See some MINI Cooper TSW R56 Spring Feedback
TSW MINI Performance Springs
$225.00 + $24.00 Shipping
TSW Carbon Rotors for EVERY MINI COOPER!
THE OEM replacement rotor, bar none. Slotted, high carbon cast iron rotors that will outperform any other OEM-style replacement rotor on the market. High carbon cast iron transfers heat much faster than normal cast iron rotors. A video using an infrared camera of a normal rotor v. the high carbon steel rotor showed a remarkable difference. They had mounted a camera on a race car and the OEM rotors were cherry red (hot) while the high carbon rotors were running barely above blue (cool).
Cooler rotors mean less fading, less pad wear, less rotor wear, less pad transfer and much better overall performance.
Run TSW Rotors with Carbotech Pads for more miles and less dust.
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