How about just having the stock grille painted black? Seems like I've seen that done and it looks good. In fact, if it would fit I might like to try that on my MCS.

 

I just wanted to say that I'm Kwilson and my older brother is Robert Wayne Wilson haha

 

Hiya cuz. Nice to meet ya.

 

After seeing how well it turned out on Kwilson's car I finally made the decision to do it on mine as well. I think it turned out really well!



Excuse the dirt and poorly lit picture.

 

Looks great.

 

Will the new grill with holes for brackets take aftermarket driving lights?

 

Depending on what lights you get you might have to cut your own holes. If they're OEM lights you can get the "with brackets" grille from OutMotoring.com.

 

I couldn't wait to get the "gills" off, too. I ordered the JCW, just because it was the first thing I found and didn't know that the MCS grill wouldn't have worked anyway I'm wondering why it wouldn't... I also swapped out the chrome trim with black.

Here's before:



After

 

Love the new JCW grill, gives the car a GREAT look. I've had mine in for about 2 months now. Black out kit soon to come next.

 

That grille and stripes were the first mods I made on my MIni. The stock grille is just gruesome IMHO. As someone noted above, 15 minutes tops to install.

 

looks GREAT!!!!!! mine is looking even better now that I have the black out kit to go with it.

 

I bought a JCW grill off my pal inimini here. I think it looks great and it was painless to install. I later bought a new grill badge holder for it. I don't have any photos because I only just got it last November and theres little reason to photo my car in this horrible winter weather.

I didn't do the driving lights but I haven't ruled it out either. I'm really enjoying buying new decorations for my car. Eventually there won't be another that even looks simmilar to it.

 

Nice upgrade!

 

check it out.. i dont know how you put them in the actual body of the post but you get the point

 

I just had my original grill painted black like the cooper D.

 

Looks Good Oxy. Im gonna stick with my JCW

 

Oxy - painting the grille is a great alternative - never considered that, but it looks great on your car.

 

Love my new JCW Grill.

 

I'm excited to get mine! Just ordered at Outmotoring!

 

I'm waiting on a set of these M7 grills.

 

Does anyone have the manufacturer part number for the JCW grill? Are the openings really bigger than the grill on the S?

 

Wow, I JUST noticed that look at tmo8462's picture. The one on the left has bigger holes where as the one on the left (the MCS) has smaller holes.

 

To answer the question about the JCW grill having bigger holes than the MCS's grill. Yes it does. They are a very noticeable difference in sizes between the two. Oxy the M7 grill is going to look sick bro! Oh I painted my factory a while ago while bored at the house one day. Looks good but Im more into the honey comb look of the JCW grill than the factory grill.

 

Part # 63 13 0 422 708 JCW Grill w/mountiong bracket holes
Yes, the holes are bigger I think it makes it look more aggressive