I really like the appearance of the Aero Kit, but can't quite swing the $1200 asking price, plus the cost of paint and installation, so here's my question: can I fit the Aero Kit front bumper by itself on my MC (providing I can find one to buy seperately)? Would this look odd? Does anybody have this on their car that would be willing to share a pic? Thanks! :smile:

 

Do, it looks great!! Installs in about 20 minutes.

http://outmotoring.com/mini_factory_aero_body_kit.html

enjoy!

 

The Aero kit bumber looks fine by itself I had one on my CR MCS.
I had the side skirts too but not the rear which has the cheezy stick-on mesh pattern.

You could do the front bumper and paint your existing side skirts it would look really good in my opinion. You should know that Classic MINI ( a sponsor here) sells the complete kit for $900. Paint at a good body shop should not run much more than $400 or so to paint a whole kit. If you're going to paint a front bumber anyway, why not paint your skirts..or paint your wheel arches (fender flares) too.

Also, Aero kits show up on eBay pretty often complete or partials from people who buy them, change their mind or sell them separately when they sell the car.

Good luck...post the pics of your decisions.

No offense to other vendors but Classic beats anyone I know on price for OEM accessories.

JEff

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MINI part numbers and prices for both the MC and MCS:

Front Apron primer - 51 11 0 145 744 - $360
Top Front Bumper Grille black - 51 11 0 140 255 - $37.25
Bottom Front Bumper Grille black - 51 11 0 139 106 - $44.25
Bonnet Grill black - 51 13 0 140 259 - $51.25
Front License Plate Carrier primed - 51 11 0 141 384 - $43.50
Fog Light Black Out Panel - 51 11 0 151 570 - $79 for the pair

 

Thanks for the responses everyone. One more question: If I go with just the front bumper, can I use the existing chrome grille pieces that are on my car now?

 

No, I don't think you can without more modifying than you probably want to do.
Someone should make a chrome version for the Aero grille but I've never seen one.

 

you will not be able to keep the chrome in the bumper without modification.

I heard a rumor on here that mini was making a kit for it, but I haven't seen it yet.

here is a pic of our Chrome Grill, we had a shop custom mount the bottom grill.

http://djkaotix.com/sugar/front.jpg