Hey guys! I recently picked up a 2009 Mini Cooper JCW, and I am in need of a new JCW front bumper.
I found 2011+ JCW bumper online, and it says its compatible for 2011-2015 Mini Cooper with R56 chassis, but I was wondering if this would still fit my 2009 Mini as mine is an R56 chassis as well.
I cannot find any 2009 JCW bumper anywhere online, so I'm planning on buying this if it would fit.
Thank you for all your help and let me know if you have any insight on this!

 

The front bumper. You'll only find Pre-LCI JCW bumpers second hand. They haven't been made since 2011.

The difference is purely cosmetic. The LCI version is made of two pieces instead of one. The splitter is in three pieces instead of two. And even though they look the same, the shape of the fog light surrounds and lower grille are different.

So if you buy either a Pre-LCI or LCI front bumper with pieces missing, make sure you buy the correct pieces for the bumper or you could end up making some expensive mistakes.

The rear bumper is the same except for the light arrangement which changed at LCI.

The side skirts are the same. And the towing eye cover for the rear bumper hasn't been available new for over a year so if you buy a rear bumper without one, you will struggle to find one.