And i was in the shadow

 

Your MINI looks BEAUTIFUL, philiptoys! Congratulations on a great job! When the temperature index hits 113 here, it is agony, and I hide indoors. In Dubai I guess 113 is pretty much normal. Wow.

Thanks for the great photos

 

are they gloss black or matte black?

 

They are glossy ,matching black 668 .I am thinking to respray the oem black grill trim because the plastic look not so glossy as the headlight and rear trim .

 

cant decide what to do. i have a new pepper white jcw w/ black wheels and roof. i want to black out the grill, light rings and tail rings

 

You can do it glossy black here with the blackout kit once it becomes fully available within a few months, or you can do it matte black with plastidip.

P.S. nice to see another Vortexer/TCLer here!

 

So where can we get these blacked out tail lamps?

 

They aren't yet stateside yet....should be here later this month or in September, last I heard. I can't wait to order them.

 

yup i converted lol. going from knowing almost everything about mk5/mk6's to absolutely nothing about mini's kind of stucks. i find my self googling all day long

 

Used to be a MK4 guy myself.
Love the mini tho.

 

This wait is agonizing. Almost as bad as waiting for the delivery of the car...

 

just wanted to give people a heads up that the black grill surround kit works on a 2012 jcw w/ aero kit

 

Has anyone ordered the blackline side scuttles with the smoked lens? I am curious to see what it looks like. I'm still waiting on the rear tail trim.

Philliptoys, I see you have the blackkine side scuttles. Can you take a photo of them?

 

just want to give a big props to stewell. their customer service has gone above and beyond. they have been extremely helpful getting my upper trim replaced since it arrived damaged.

will definitely be doing more business in the future!

thanks

 

From what I've been told, the black tail light option has not been approved by the DOT and they are on indefinite hold for the USA. Apparently it a lumens issue.

 

I was told the same thing as well. But ECStuning imports Blackline lighting for BMWs so I'm sure they can get the Blackline tails.

 

I just got an update from MINI. The Black Line tail light surrounds are NLA here in the States. But ECStuning.com can order them from their European Supplier. Which will take 6-8 weeks to arrive.

 

good work mikey, what pricing are they giving you on the tails trim/surround?

does anyone also know if you can get the headlight washers in blackline?

 

ECStuning is selling these for $27.95 ea

Mini is not offering the washer nozzle cover s in blackline.

http://www.ecstuning.com/Mini-2009-C...ght/ES2581158/

http://www.ecstuning.com/Mini-2009-C...ght/ES2581160/

 

Thanks

 

Anytime...Get them on order...I just placed mine.

 

Hi Mickey ,sorry for the delay look at news pics of rear tails light ,
new side scuttles with smoked light (the light is included in the kit )
rear smoked tail light (in the kit) and the rear smoked fog light (kit also)

 

Mickey did you have the part number for the washer cover in black ?

 

Any update on the availability of the kit from Sewell?

 

What he said

So glad I found this thread...been wanting to do this on my R58!