Hello

I have done a search and can't see anything

 

Either will fit just fine.

 

I've heard that it's not the same fitting

 

I can assure you it fits.

 

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ont-grill.html

51137393456 thats the one you fitted?

 

It's easy to go from Cooper s to jcw but don't think it's as easy to get a standard Cooper grill off and fit a Cooper s grill on it without taking the bumper off at least

 

It's actually very easy. All three grill styles (standard, S, and JCW) are interchangeable. The clipping points are absolutely identical.

 

Wlondoner, did you end up changing your grill?

If you found it difficult, its because some mini's had their grill clips glued from factory while some were not.

 

I haven't yet I'm a bit worried I will mess it up or not be able to get the original off I need to see what tools I need to get it off too - any ideas?
i changed a grill I had in my 2004 mini years ago and remember it was very stressful lol

i have a standard (but mega spec) Cooper (non s) F56 in black so I'm thinking of going with the JCW grill I think that will look best and with that I can also change the colour of the strip on the bottom of it (seen ones on eBay different colours)

 

Can you share what mega-spec mods you did?
I spent over an hour to remove the factory grill because my clips were all glued. After that the new grill literally took 10 seconds to install, it just snapped and locked into place.

 

 

It's a straight swap, just a few clips, but never heard about any being glued before....


This should help you

Here's mine, Cooper S grill bought direct from the dealers cheaper than ebay, painted the horizontal bar black when I did the grill surround, and wrapped the S in orange:

 

Thanks for this! Really appreciate it

your mini looks fantastic and has made me want to do this!

I too have the same model and year mini so hopefully it will be as easy as yours to do.

 

No worries.

Mine was in for foglight replacement under warranty, and since this involved them removing the bumper I asked them to remove the grill surround, so I could swap on the black one. Dealers were very helpful, he took me into the workshop to show me where the bumper fixings were.

I may have forgotten to declare the grill, but you should to be safe.

The bar on the grill simply unclips so you can wrap it yourself, or spray it.

 

 

Mostly just cosmetic stuff, so colour coded light surrounds, black grill surround, pressed plates, Mini door stripes.


All stuff that's easy to put back to standard for selling. Not sure it I'll keep it once the PCP runs out in Aug, but if I do then it's getting lowered on springs as I've the variable suspension, chipped, and remove the resonator or back box on the exhaust.

 

Here's my Challenge 210 inspired 1.5.

I swapped to the JCW grill and blacked-out the badge using plasti-dip (don't want to be a pretentious ***). Also got rid of the V-shaped stripes for Viper stripes for aggressive looks.


(The doors are all open because I was at the car wash)

 

 

TBH, I know this might not be the advice you are looking for, but I'd rather put the money into buying a new S or JCW - i'm saving real hard for one

But since you asked, there's 2 sensible mods that one must do the 1.5:

1. Tyres is top priority - get the best performance tyre possible. Don't gimp on it even if it means no more money to do any other mods.
2. JB4/Dinan tuning module - pick your choice, it'll give you even more low end torque, but don't expect any changes at the top end (it feels like a volkswagen up!)

At the end of the day, 1.5 is borderline a sporty car, it feels it has a lot of potential but it really doesn't. Good luck and enjoy your car for what it is!

 

 

Well there's no right or wrong with bonnet stripes on mini, you can go absolutely nuts with the design.

I have a hunch you're like me and prefer a more factory look (could be wrong). If I had a black mini, I would do custom stripes like the carbon edition.

 

Thanks for the idea!

Yes 100% factory look I prefer for many reasons. And they are easier to sell on!

 

Black or white Minis are good in that most colours work well when it comes to roof/mirrors/stripes etc.


Have you seen pictures of the 1499 GT? The gold on the door stripes would look good or something similar to the Bond Street Clubman.... if it was mine I'm a bit more limited with VO.

 

Yeah I currently have gold jack mirrors on and looks good but wanted a more sporty look

was thinking red roof and wing mirrors would look good with black
but also seen really cool neon blue which goods great with black but maybe it's just me who thinks that as I've never seen one on the road lol