Where have people been buying used front bumper for R53 Cooper S?
How much difference is the price between a new one vs a used bumper?

 

Junk yards local?

 

Minis are rare birds up here. Not to say there aren't any, but very few.

 

Ebay and craigslist would be my only other suggestions

 

Yeap, ebay, craigslist, marketplace on NAM. I just removed mine, sanded it and had Maaco spray it. It came out well.

 

Looks great. Hadn't thought of using Maaco.
Mine has the chrome bars.

 

Not sure but those chrome pieces may pop off
I went to a body shop first and they wanted my vin#, color etc and started talking about matching it up....... blah blah blah and I needed to bring the car. Then he said it could be anywhere from $550 to $700. I hurried up and got out of there. Stopped pass Maaco on the way home, told them it was Chili Red. They ordered the paint while I was there and next two days I had my spoiler back for $225.00, plus painting the black grill. Totally freshened up the look of the car.

 

Curious, where did you purchase your bumper? I am hoping to find it with a chrome strips.

 

This was the original bumper. It was in bad shape, looks like new now.

 

They did a great job on that aero kit front bumper, I have a full Aero kit that needs painted to put on my R52.

The R53 bumper new is here for reference. Sometimes you can find used ones in the marketplace, just make sure they dont have stress cracks or damage too bad then the body shops will charge more for a fix.

https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/51111177877/





Its the main front part.

 

[QUOTE=ECSTuning;4270524]They did a great job on that aero kit front bumper, I have a full Aero kit that needs painted to put on my R52.

The R53 bumper new is here for reference. Sometimes you can find used ones in the marketplace, just make sure they dont have stress cracks or damage too bad then the body shops will charge more for a fix.

https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/51111177877/


How do you get the chrome strips off the original and onto the new replacement piece?

 

You have to take them off just like the aero grille. They have tabs and you work them out.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...02#51117127931

See in that picture #4 and # 2

 

Anybody got links to the aero front bumper? I wanna do some stuff to the front of the car but I also want an aero bumper so I'd like to get the bumper first to make sure the things I wanna do will fit.

 

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-retrofit.html

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-kit-sale.html

Front aero bumper : 51110145744/

https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/51110145744/






Links to the aero parts diagram.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...60#51110145744

 

Says the 62 percent off Sale parts are no longer available

 

Yea, the parts for the bumper itself are linked. The main kit sold out for the R52 justa cooper, available still for the others. But the main kit pics shows all the parts so you have a reference. The front bumper is linked

 

Good to know you guys sell it but at that price before adding the grills and everything I'm gonna try to find a used one lol. I'll come back to that if I don't find one.