Hello folks,

It's just my curiosity, have you looked under your mini? My mini is cooper S and built 02/2008. If I recall correctly (because I saw some pictures before), it has covered with big plastic panel (I am not sure what they call this object) both left and right side, but mine does not cover with big plastic panel.

Sorry for bad pic quality and thanks in advance.

 

plastic panels... mine was ordered in 3/08 but i recieved it in 04/08... i dont know what built it is.
do i have them?

 

No you don't have them.I noticed them on some '09 models. It's just more plastic to cover up the underbody.

 

pillar,

I do not think you do have them and I found this picture and he said it's just a cooper and he received it on 08/2008.

 

Here's a small gallery of pics I took of the underside of my Cooper S I bought back in May.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v6...1/MINI%20pics/

 

That would definitely clean up the air flow under the body. Without the panels the air flow is pretty messed up. I have an Aug/08 MCS and I don't have the panels either.......

 

I have a July/08 MCS -no plastic.

Honestly I think the amount of aerodynamic improvement you'll achieve from the plastic panels is pretty minimal. I see the plastic panels as dirt and garbage traps, -i'll pass.

 

humm,

I'll have to check mine out. I just picked mine up 3 weeks ago.

 

Would have expected that an improvement in aerodynamics for the 2009 MINI's would be reflected in their EPA MPG Scores.

As you can see from the table linked above, there was a one MPG improvement from 2007 to 2008 from how the Alternator was programed,
or something, but no change from 2008 to 2009.

 

Under body trays help reduce drag and decrease lift. Not sure how much it would help with gas millage, but it would certainly help with high speed handling.

 

A reduction in Drag would have a very positive effect on Gas Mileage,
the major factor in MPG difference at 70 over 50mph would be aerodynamic drag.

Some day when you are going to/from a place when the wind is strong in the same direction,
you could measure the difference in your MPG.

 

It improves aerodynamics while reducing road and wind noise. Most upscale cars like BMW already have these type of panels. I bet the car feels more stable at higher speeds. As far as MPGs go, you might see 1 or 2 more MPGs, nothing significant.

 

And the MPG average would only come into play at higher speeds. Probably wont notice a difference at 40mph, but at 80 it could potentially have a large effect.

 

European MINI's and all R53 GP's have the aero underbody trays. Us lowly Americans get screwed out of the hot stuff....again.

 

Just checked, nothing there.

 

A lot of cars have coverings over the bottoms now to aid in airflow/aerodynamics.

My C4S is nearly completely sealed up, as it was delivered from the factory that way 4 yrs ago.

 

mines got them... picked the car up about a month ago


part of the "aero kit" ??... which i figured to be just paint...

 

I guess it's belong to aero kit? so if you have the aero kit then you should have them?

 

Pervs!1!! LOL

 

Hmm, I do not understand... what do you mean by the way?

 

she means...you guys are pervs for looking under your mini's skirt

 

That's Funny!!

 

who knows lol.... we need some more people w the kit to verify... maybe it just depends if the assembly line people liked the car haha

 

I would think the lower spoiler piece that scrapes would be the aerodynamic part to keep a lot of the air out from under the car.

 

Mine's an 07 and has no such plastic coverings