Hi everyone, I'm new to the Mini world and all I can say is I'm very happy and here for the long run! I'm just as glad to have come across communities such as this one where I can ask questions to other fellow motorists!

I just recently got a 2013 R60 Cooper S and I love the car to death! I've only had it for a few weeks and really enjoy driving it. Somewhere down the road I picked up a scratch on the plastic door sill (underguard? ) and I was hoping someone might give me some tips to minimize the scratch as much as possible. Not sure if I want to replace the part down the road (around 300 bucks from what I was on realOEM I think) and I might throw on the JCW aerokit down the road so there really isn't much incentive to replace the whole piece.
I suppose I can just ignore the scratch but hopefully someone has some tips!

I'll start with a photo of my new CM and a photo of the scratch. Thanks to all in advance!

 

I have a scratch down on the rocker too. I had some burrs that were protruding, so I took them off carefully with a razor blade. Then I have kept the panels as uniformly black as possible with Black WOW. It is the best I could do with it.

Learning to ignore it is probably even a better solution.

 

Thanks for the suggestion! I suppose i will have to do the same!

 

That's a really tough spot. I don't think there is much you can do. If you were ever considering getting your trim covered in vinyl, they could fill the scratch with something and cover it up (or go straight over it depending on how deep it is). But it seems like you may get the JCW kit anyways

I used to use these black plastic sticks that you melt to fill in scratches on the bottom of snowboards/skis...forget what its called but it would be hard to do at that angle anyways.

 

Thanks for the suggestion! I suppose i will have to do the same!