That sounds like a major PITA. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

I don’t know if you will have any luck finding how to remove the console, but some of the vendors here, like ECS and Pelican, just to name two, have some great how-to articles. Even if they are for the R56/58 the platform is very similar and the engine is the same (mostly) and even if there are a few small differences, the similarities are obvious. And I’ve found that most can be adapted to the R60 using a little common sense. Also check out you tube for tutorials as well, just watch more than one, in case the person isn’t as good as they think ��
Good luck

I remember in the old days BMW produced Factory Workshop Manuals that lowley car owners could actually purchase through the dealer parts department! Those manuals explained everything about a particular model complete with photos. Who said progress is great? What any of us wound give for a workshop manual for the R60! 😉 ...or any MINI for that matter.

Yeah, a manual for the R60 specifically would be a dream! Even things like the Bentley manual don’t have the Countryman. The best we can do is find info for an N18 MCS and wing it, lol. I’m used to having a few available for every other car I’ve owned, but when I got my Mini I was really surprised at the lack of resources like that. I don’t know if BMW just wants to keep that info in-house to prevent the backyard mechanics from undercutting repair $$ or what.... but it is certainly frustrating trying to find info sometimes. If it wasn’t for those how-to’s and you tube videos, I would have already blown a LOT more $ than I have so far, purely on labor charges. And on top of it all, I’m the kind of guy who likes to take things apart and see how they work. And since I was a kid, I’ve always tried to do the majority of my own maintenance and repairs. I would LOVE to see some material become available for the R60’s