I picked up my new MINI tonight and immediately installed the shelf when I got home. (That's like, oh, 2 hours old and already ripping chunks of interior out.) It seems as though the fit is a bit off against the downpipe - as if the edge of the shelf structure should be carved out to fit the curve of the pipe. Anyone have this issue?

-Ryan

 

they are all like that.

just push that part of the panel towards the downtube as you tighten the screw in the top of the shelf, it will help the problem.

 

I did the same thing. It takes a little bit of pushing, but it will fit.

 

I filed mine down a little bit, to make a little clearance.

 

Mine went in with little difficulty. One of the most useful mods you'll do.

 

Old panel came right out. New shelf panel went right in. Maybe 15 minuntes total. No fitment problems. Painted switch blank to match dash board. Enjoy having this storage space

 

Is there any diagram that shows where the screws are? I was playing around with this piece cause i want to get a Euro shelf and tried pulling and bit but didnt pull too hard cause i figured tehre were screws there.

 

I am so glad I saw this thread. I had a parcel shelf waiting when my '04 came in and installed it when I got home also. I just got an '06 and was complaining about storage but had forgotten the shelf. I called Classic MINI on Monday and had it Wednesday. Ten minutes later I have storage.

 

I had installed a parcel shelf in my '02. I saved the knee bolster and returned it to stock before I sold it, thereby keeping the parcel shelf for use in my '05. Unless I'm losing my mind, the parcel shelf I have from the '02 does NOT work in the '05. I realize the dash was changed, but I didn't realize how much changed. Can anyone else confirm this? ...Or did I just "forget my Ritalin" the day I was trying to do the install? Thx.

 

On MyMini's Parcel Shelf page it doesn't ask what year your car is: http://www.myminiparts.com/proddetai...rod=UDS&cat=10

Guess you forgot your Ritalin!

 

Hmmm.... Good point. I'll have to take another look at it. Thinking back, I tried to do this in a hurry one day when I didn't have much time. Not a good idea in general. I'll be glad if it does fit so I don't have to sell it and then buy another one!

 

what IS a euro parcel shelf?!

 

Mine fit snug as posted above, but it was not difficult to slip into place at all and I didn't feel the need to trim any bits. Total time including taking out the old panel, putting in the shelf and cramming it full of useless stuff was only 10 minutes.

mini-mine

http://www.mossmini.com/Shop/ViewPro...eIndexID=39674

 

I just installed my parcel shelf last week. The only issue I had was getting the screws to line up with little blue anchors because the anchors wiggled around too much. With the shelf in place, I couldn't see to get the screws lined up in the hole on the anchor. Oh well, it seems pretty secure with it just snapped into place - I don't think it's going to go anywhere . .

The fit along the downtube looks decent, though.

 

JFGI!

Search term: "mini euro parcel shelf"

First hit: http://new.minimania.com/web/AddedFr.../InvDetail.cfm

Neil
05 MCS
96 M3

 

On my first try, my blue anchors wiggled out of place also so I did this:

I taped them in place with blue painter's tape and then punched a small hole (smaller than the diameter of the screw tip) in the tape where the screw goes.

I then threaded one screw, the right one since that side is the tightest fit, into the shelf and then slid the bottom of the shelf into the slots and slowly raised the right side of the shelf while looking at where the screw tip was in relation to the hole in the tape. I was able to adjust as I went and because of the contrast of the blue and the hole, it was verrrry easy to align everything. Once the screw tip reached the hole in the tape, I pushed the screw into the tape, which now will hold the screw, reached down for the torx driver (no need to bring along your 3rd arm and hand ) and proceeded to tighten the screw until the flanges on the shelf were place and pushed them in.

The left side is even easier as there are no flanges to mess with.

 

For me, the left side was easy, but the right anchor wouldn't hold in place so I too used blue painters tape to stabalize it.