Another vote for "too much". And from SG, that counts as two votes because of the extra large brain.

 

OMG lol
Do your hood scoop in CR, that might look pretty cool

 

Oddly enough, I'm not a fan of the different colored scoop.... I like it to blend in.

 

Me too

 

Anything but subtle, but MINI's can be subtle, and classy and that's why I don't think you should do it. Besides, unless you know a shop that can hook you up on paint and the work necessary to sand it down and primer it to paint, I'd suggest using the money to mod elsewhere, even if you have the money to do it. Like I said, classy

 

Yes someone on this forum has painted it. It was red to match the car color. I didn't think it looked that good, but that's just me as I like it as is on a midnight black MINI. Also should have little damage from the road, as its on the back of the car. My front from 150 a day drive is not in great shape, but the rear of my car as well as my diffuser is better than new.

 

I think there's more than one approach to make a MINI look great. Classy is just one of them. Not necessarily my preferred style though. I'll leave that up to the no-stripes, black-out everything that shines, body-color roof crowd. I tend to like MINIs that POP !







Subtle is just not my style when it comes to MINIs.

 

You have a nice collection of MINIs :D

 

We thought about painting the diffuser, the wife though we might need to to blend in. After getting it, she thought it looked fine as is.

 

Thanks, two of those are ones that we've sold. Need to get some updated pics of the two R50s and the R60 that we still have to go along with my new JCW.

Appreciate the input, glad I'm not the only one who thought of painting a diffuser.

 

The diffuser looks right the way it comes, actually the car seems to be missing something without it. Which is why I got the diffuser. I'm not sure how well paint would stick to the diffuser, its a similar material to the wheel arches.

 

Thanks for the input. Yeah, I'd be concerned about the paint, not only adhering but also getting beaten up by debris through back there by the front tires. Would have to clear bra it.

 

Well I painted the arches. Sanded and primered. Looks great after the last 2 years so my guy must be doing something right

 

Funny you ask this as I have been comtempating same and am going to have a paint shop look at it and see what they say. I think the CR would give nice "pop" to the rear end. As fas as how it would wear, the stock diffuser in Pepper White is already starting to discolor from the exhuast.

 

I installed mine this weekend. Really happy with this, as it sort of ties in all the black around the bottom edge of the car and really makes it look sportier - not to mention easy to install.

Sorry if this has all been suggested before by someone else in this thread; but here are some pointers:

Use a small 1/4" ratchet w/1/4" socket on your torx driver (pic below) for the 'sideways screws' at the corners. I wrapped it up with some tape so the torx driver wouldn't fall out of the 1/4" socket. I had the screws removed in 2 minutes. Getting them back in was a little more work just to get things aligned w/the new diffuser. Which is my second tip: install ALL BOLTS/SCREWS loose then work your way back to front, tightening the sideways corner screws up to the tunnels then to the clips, finally tightening the exhaust hanger bolts with a long extension and swivel (easier than it sounds - plenty of room to get in from the muffler side). My mistake was to tighten everything and leave the sideways screws last...the tunnel was too far back by about 1/8" which left the 'sideways' screw misaligned. Had to loosen up everything on that side to get it all to fit properly.

Edit: saw someone else posted to just remove the right and left trim pieces that attach to the trim/diffuser, then those torx screws are easy to get to, I'd do that if I did this install again.

 

Another pic:

 

Were all the clips and other hardware included in the kit? I'm getting ready to order mine, and I don't want to have to go through what I went through with the front under tray, where none of the three styles of clips are included and need to be ordered separately.

 

Yes we include the hardware with the kit when you order it from us
http://www.waymotorworks.com/gp-2-re...fuser-kit.html

 

Everything was included except two of the four clips for the tunnel to panel connection...I just made due with a screw and lock nut. I believe they intended to send all the right hardware though.

 

Excellent!

 

Here's mine

 

The clips for the front panels are not included as most people don't have those panels so they don't need them, but we've also seen cars that did have the panels had the clips on them already.

 

Way, I see that you just got the GP2 front under carriage panel are there middle section panels and do you carry them?

 

We do have the middle sections, but your better off to go to your local dealer and get them. Because of the length of them they car considered oversize and shipping will cost you more than any money we can save you.

 

Thanks, one more question are these LED fog lights on your website:

http://www.waymotorworks.com/mini-ha...tml?quantity=1

the same as:

http://www.minigenuineparts.co.uk/mi...2_338_554.html

that a lot of people here are installing. Getting them from you wouldbe much better.