I have had '03 R50 for about 4 years now, and i have been curious about what might make mine diferent. I bought it from a lady who lived in germany there for this mini has been on the German autobahn

But i am curious as to how i can identify my car as one that is from overseas. What makes it different? Any help would be great.

 

Been there, done that for the R53, if it helps any.

 

Thanks Read it all and found out some stuff tha helped me.

I guess ill just post my questions there.

 

Do you know if your car is a US-market car, purchased in Germany like abuzavi's? Or is it a German-market car that was imported to the US?

I'm slowly working on getting my car a little more like the Euro-spec cars. I recently added Euro-spec '05+ Xenons on my car. HUGE difference in visibility over my original '04 US Xenons.

 

MBM, we can talk this more at dinner on Friday, too. I'll have my Mini with me.

 

Im not sure...it seems to be a mix of things thats why im trying to figure it out
Oh i have been wanting to do the same thing and upgrade my lights. Will all the new headlights fit on my '03?

Oh yeah! Nice, should be cool. cant wait to see your mini

 

You might want to post your VIN here:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...02#post2404602

CarterMD has access to MINI's aftersales portal system and can pull up some info on your car. You might be able to figure out some things with the information he so nicely pulls up for us.

Do you have Xenon lights on your '03? If you've got Xenon lights, it's simply a plug-n-play ordeal to swap to the facelift '05-'06 lights (USA or Euro).

 

Ok thanks, i did it and asked nicely for my info
While doing that i realized that my CROC number matches part of my VIN