Get this - last night I get to my street-parked Mini and an SUV had trashed my front bumper (dented the bumper, cracked the paint, scratched the hell out of it and ripped out the trim).

I leave and 200 yds later a car tags a motorcycle in front of me, the bike slides and misses me by 3 feet. Then as I am almost home and a deer crosses, causing a wreck right in front of me (I'm first not to crash into the car that stopped), but the truck behind me locks up and almost tags my rear bumper (I take to a ditch to avoid it hitting me). All in the space of 2 hrs.... Some commute - must have been a full moon !

Anyway, I'm not gonna bother with insurance since they did not leave a note and it's cosmetic, but I'd like to at least replace the missing trim (the car is my beater but until now it was a nice beater). I looked online and could not be 100% sure I was buying the correct piece. (see attachment, not my car) - the chrome bow shaped thing on the bumper...
Can anyone confirm what it's called (bumper trim pictures online look nothing like this) or a part # ? Thanks ! (PS I'm driving my wife's Land Rover today, if anyone still wants a fight, I'm ready ;-)

 

I hate to hear this , wow lots of misses.

2005+ trim

: 51117127931

http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/51117127931/




OR

2002-2004 51111490062

http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/51111490062/




thanks and hope you can stay away from more accidents .

 

Thanks ! Just ordered it from ECS... Actually I may have screwed up too...
it's an 07 R52, so I went by 2005+ (51117127931) but it might be the second part ( 51111490062) instead... Can you tell ?

 

You are welcome.

Its the " so I went by 2005+ (51117127931) " for the 07 R52 .

You did not state the year MINI so I posted both because the attached picture was not your MINI. So I did not know the year.

 

No worries, my fault. But looks like we are OK ! Thx !

 

Uhh...I want a beater that looks like that!

 

That's not my car, but my car looks just as good (grey) - just didn't have a pic handy showing the trim. It's a beater in the sense that I bought it used, relatively cheap, to drive and park in the city in smaller spots... But it was damn near perfect body wise until now... Oh well...
A few years from now someone will get a deal on a CAB MCS with rough bumpers ;-(

 

You will get it fixed soon and then post up some pics.

 

Nope, don't think so ;-( I'm replacing the trim because the car looks lopsided (and it's only $36)... but I don't see the point in having my insurance repaint or replace do the bumper(s) - they've been tagging the rear aswell - only for someone else to do the same thing again a week later... and then have them raise my rates... City parking is rough ! I've installed nice Koni shocks, a water pump and an Xbrace on it, it's a fantastic driver, it used to look great too, now it just looks like a city beater... Can't have nice things and park on the street, sadly ! People suck !

only photo I can find, prior to adding driving lights (one also broken) - I didn't post this picture because it doesn't show the damage area...

 

Are you in NYC, is so everyone has those bumper protectors and rubs stripes. I have seen some MINIs really beaten up there. :(