No additions, just an '05 grill that was painted, chrome and all. Headlight trim is still chome, so new photos, in daylight, should show that.

 

a long front to side shot w/angle, would be my request to see the whole car!!!

 

I just uploaded some photos to; "My Gallery" as per requests. Hope this tells the story better.

JS

 

hey!........i jus noticed it wuz u! --------(Note: i need to pay more attention to detail imagine that )
-----scoop guy----
so anywho, yea that looks 'kILLer' man.
i feel this 'black out look' looks the best on white cars for sure, (must look even better in person) but also usin' the stock parts to do it w/ sets if off.

mine is in the M7 outfit & love the way it looks but wish it wasn't so thin.
so yours is on point!
...thats flat black. right?

 

I like it better than the aero kit grille!

Although I am keeping the chrome on mine...

you have nice wheels, too!

 

Cool - thank you very much! I think I like it better than the aero grille, and it complements your black wheels nicely.

Something about the black grille on light-colored body still makes the MINI look like a fish to me, though. Hmm...I am still undecided on what, if anything, to do with mine.

 

blow fish mayb!!!

 

..;

 

I have installed the black grille on my 2006 MCC. I did it as my first MINI project, just a couple of hours after picking up the car from the dealer (a few pictures of my unmodded car here).

I wanted to remove the original chrome grille parts undamaged so that I can have the option of selling it or reinstalling it in the future. I was able to remove all of the 11 nuts attaching the bonnet grille without breaking any mounting tabs, although it was a slow and tedious process. If I didn't care about preserving the chrome grille, it would have taken just a couple of minutes to cut off the mounting tabs. I had a lot of difficulty removing the grille slat on the bumper, which is attached with industrial strength double stick tape. I applied a lot of force trying to pull it off the adhesive at one end, but it wouldn't budge at all. Finally I gave up the idea of saving the slat, and pried it off forcefully, with some damage.

I installed the black grille and slat, and I think it looks much better (I'm not a fan of chrome). I will post pictures with the black grille.

 

ta da!
and in the quest of adding more black to the front to appear more "scoopy" in a rear view mirror...I bought an additional hood scoop and plan on painting it black. Downtown MINI had a DS scoop and I installed it...looks like a poor man's carbon fiber

I am considering a black "Checkmate" or is it "Seven" stripe on the hood OR dual stripes that come down around the scoop and meet at the MINI marque. More pics in my gallery!

 

Here is my 2006 MCC with the OEM black grille

 

That is a fine looking car!

 

They say dental floss makes it easy.

 

Yes, I had actually thought of doing that, but in my frustration and impatience I forgot (I've used dental floss in the past to cut through tape and adhesives). After I got one end of the slat to lift off a bit, I think dental floss could have worked well.

 

this is what mine looked like before i painted the lower grille black.



This is what it looks like now:



The red grilles are from an S that i got for free when i bought a new set of wheels.

 

I think im doing this soon

 

me too. already painted the bottom grill and it looks good. have black one ready to go...just scared.