Category: Exterior
Price: $200
Private or Vendor Listing: Private Listing
Part fits (you may select multiples): R50, R52, R53
Location (Region): SouthEast
Item Condition: Used

looking to see if anyone in Florida wants to go in with me and purchase the last 2 Aero front bumpers from this company on Ebay in the UK.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-MINI-JC...kAAMXQVERSzSBP

Shipping is $200 to the US, but its only $250 if someone bought 2! so after the price of the bumper, and a Split shipping cost, we would only be out about $325 for a new Aero bumper.

if anyone else wants to go in on this with me, and doesnt mind paying additional shipping to get the bumper from FL to wherever you are, im down with that too. Please let me know ASAP, trying to cut down on costs, not many options out there as we all know...

PM me if youre interested!

 

Great idea!

I would deffo be on board, but I bought mine already from that same seller just recently.

I was impressed with ship time which was one week and a couple of days to my doorstep.

Quality is excellent.

However, one thing to note is that it's UK-spec so it lacks the side marker cut-outs, and I think it'd look kinda weird having them in the rear but not the front, and it'd look cleaner with them deleted anyway in my opinion.

You can either have your rears filled in to match, or buy the euro part --- they're fairly simple to find used, but I opted to get brand new ones from a joint in Latvia.
Part #'s
51121479093
51121479094





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Anyways,
I wish that a vendor in the US could supply these aero bumpers as it'd all be so much easier for people, but no complaints from me as it was a smooth transaction from that ebay seller and I'm extremely happy, it just hurts to pay such the big bucks on international shipping.

It is distributed by Prasco:
https://www.prasco.co.uk/product-det...&sku=MN3041021

And at first I thought they made it there in the UK, but mine has a sticker which indicates the manufacturer is actually Tong Yang Industry Co. mostly likely in China or thereabouts --- but the quality is excellent and I wouldn't be surprised if they were using the old factory molds...

...does anyone happen to know where the no-longer-available OEM piece was manufactured?

 

Where at in Florida? I'm Atlanta based and in need of a new front bumper cover. I might be willing to just road trip it down there to get it depending on where you are.

 

im in Orlando. I was just in Atlanta the past weekend lol. its 6 hours if you dont stop to let your gf pee every hour lmao. id love to go in on this with you. make it a decent deal

 

EDIT: Nevermind, answered my own question. DUR.,

 

I'm definitely interested.

the only problem is that I'm currently in cali. but yeah, I'm down if we can figure something out.

 

I'd love to get one of these if it had the side markers.

 

i am not far from this seller living in Tamworth. If I can help just shout.

 

any idea what the shipping from FL to MA would be?

 

Another heads up here...

...the slim middle aero grill can't be found anywhere in USA right now, and speaking with the partsman at my local dealer he told me that on the computer none were showing available from Germany either --- I asked him if the part was discontinued but he couldn't give me a definitive answer.

However,
this page at bmwminipartsdirect.com says that it is NLA:

 

Well,
it does indeed appear that the slim middle grill has been discontinued, as I was told such from a vendor in the UK.

There may still be some sitting around on the shelves of US vendors though, so I'd reckon it may be worth calling around.

If you need one of these, now is the time to get it as it was only discontinued about a month ago it seems and some stock does still remain.

I have one, but it was installed by the previous owner on a stock bumper and much modification (plastic welding) has disfigured it,
so I needed a new one to go along with my new aero bumper.

I got one from LLL Parts in the UK, who is also the source which told me the part was discontinued.

£50 shipped

He stated they had a few left, but supplies are very low.

https://www.lllparts.co.uk/en/mpn/51110140255-mini

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There are alternatives,
such as this:

I prefer the factory part though.

 

aside from all of this Nit-picking about the minor details on this bumper, is there nobody near FL who wants to go in on this with me?

amazingly there are still 2 left, and I would like to save some money with someone on shipping. Let me know!