Modifying the Electric Mini Cooper!

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3 жыл бұрын

Today I install new grille and trim on the nose of my 2020 Mini Cooper SE electric.
All parts were sourced through ECS Tuning. I paid $500 for everything including shipping.
The parts used for this conversion are;
51117337791 Bumper (solid center grille)
51137335528 Mini Cooper S upper grille
51137449207 Black grille outer trim
51137449209 Black headlight ring (left side)
51137449210 Black headlight ring (right side)
This installation took under an hour.

Пікірлер: 63

@TechForumTesla 3 жыл бұрын

This is what we really wanted when we bought the car.

@ecokraus3819 3 жыл бұрын

Last touch: a little brushstroke of yellow on the red S.

@TechForumTesla 3 жыл бұрын

@@ecokraus3819 or yellow vinyl wrap.....

@Alex.AL_26 3 жыл бұрын

looks so much better!

@georgepelton5645 3 жыл бұрын

The new grill looks great! Much better than the factory BEV grill.

@frcgfd107 3 жыл бұрын

The Mini looks Magnificent! Stunning was what I heard it got called! Thanks for sharing the video.

@nicoleparker2331 3 жыл бұрын

Love the look! Gonna have my Cooper se in december and will definitely do the same. I already bought the black trimrings for the front and back. But the grill is also a must have! You convinced me😩😂

@vinceandtheresa1243 3 жыл бұрын

Great work! Looks sooooooooo much better.

@levonarabian 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that looks fantastic. Amazing job

@martiniontherocks38 3 жыл бұрын

That looks super! Welldone. And thx 4 the Video!

@eliteaviators 2 жыл бұрын

Looks fantastic!!! Nice job!

@frankr111th 3 жыл бұрын

Nice mod looks really clean 👍🏾

@hugosg9 2 жыл бұрын

Looks amazing!

@carloscamacho7615 3 жыл бұрын

nice job.....looks great!

@danielocegueda4399 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job!👍🏼

@annonymat Жыл бұрын

OMG that looks so much nicer, luv it! just need to get an "E" for the front

@dougl65 3 жыл бұрын

You removed the two BEV infill pieces and left them out. There are actually two infill pieces for the ICE model which you need to add. There are versions for with pdc and without pdc

@FlevopolderAviator 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great!

@TheWhiteLife 3 жыл бұрын

Please will you follow-up this video as I’d love to know how you’ve got on with the modification and how has it affected range?

@philhicks5818 3 жыл бұрын

Just needs a yellow s on the grill , great job

@isaacsimon886 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to see you try some more mods, like bimmercode tweaks, lowering springs, thicker rear sway bar, wheel spacers, and side scuttle light swap.

@benschepps6494 3 жыл бұрын

Cool! 3 questions. First what kind of plastic sheet was that that you added to the grille, and where can you buy it? Third, now that you know where the pedestrian warning box is have you found a way to edit the sound it produces? I was thinking it would be fun to make the Knight Industries Two Thousand pulsing sound... whew whew... whew whew!

@groovywatto 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great Matt, I've been looking at grill swap out options. Glad to see someone's had a go first! I'm wondering if you saw the same mounting points for driving lights, and possibly battery hook up on the SE. I put a set on my Gen 2 Cooper S and it really set it off. I was replicating the WC50 JCW. Cheers, Matt

@John-209 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Matt I’m not sure if you watch rich rebuilds which I did a couple of times I haven’t in a while but he just got a mini with a blown engine and he’s going to convert it to electricity and I just thought you might be interested in that,That’s it, have a great rest of your Sunday my man thanks for all the hard work and great videos

@GregHassler 3 жыл бұрын

I just got done watching Rich's video where they removed the engine.

@andrewpharmer5492 3 жыл бұрын

Looks perfect! I have one on order and want to do the same mod... where did you purchase the parts?

@Whyaras 3 жыл бұрын

Hello ! Where exactly on the new grill have you drilled the holes for the zip ties to fix the block of plate ? Greetings from Germany !

@hogster5935 3 жыл бұрын

I'll install that too

@carcreationsyt 3 жыл бұрын

That looks good! I wonder what how the economy changes with the slightly different aerodynamics

@TheWhiteLife 3 жыл бұрын

I too would love to know whether you’ve noticed any change

@batandball617 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that looks much much better than the stock yellow grill. So, have you anything in store for the mirror caps?

@TechForumTesla 3 жыл бұрын

We are considering it. I also ordered tail light blackout rings and a gloss black cap to cover the chrome grille strip. Those haven't arrived yet.

@gilbertvaliente7801 Жыл бұрын

looks amazing!!!! do you believe that any s type grill will work with the f56E???? thank you!!!

@SynergistN7 11 ай бұрын

Love this video, I'm going to do the exact same mod myself, including the black plexiglass. Is there a specific reason you made so many holes in the plexiglas on the top? I'm trying to create the shape with cardboard now so I can transfer that to the plexiglas.

@jpmackin 3 жыл бұрын

How about a tower brace or fender mods too?

@ricardoseixal5379 Жыл бұрын

Do you know if it’s possible to swap that front bumper to the new model 2022 ?

@kipa170 Жыл бұрын

Do you know if the JCW body kit would fit on the mini electric?

@raymundo670 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Tech Forum - Do you mind sharing what that grill cost and the part number? Looking to do the same to mine!

@Ionlyexistpardner. 2 жыл бұрын

How bout the yellow side mirror?

@dbajonr 3 жыл бұрын

You can disable the pedestrian speaker with Bimmercode but only in drive. It still makes a noise in reverse and I swear that is a different speaker. It sounds like that speaker is in the rear.

@TechForumTesla 3 жыл бұрын

The sound is reduced with a few layers of gorilla tape. It is reduced in drive and reverse. So, it is the same speaker.

@dbajonr 3 жыл бұрын

@@TechForumTesla There must be two speakers then with Bimmercode disabling the front speaker only. I can definitely hear the speaker behind me when I put it in reverse.

@TechForumTesla 3 жыл бұрын

@@dbajonr I'm not sure about that. I only taped up thr speaker in front and the sound going forward and backward is drastically reduced. I.E. only one speaker.

@Denuit87 3 жыл бұрын

Can you let me know if you noticed any differences in efficiency? I would love to do the same modification but don’t want to affect the spectacular efficiency that I am getting with it. Let me know.

@martinallenuk 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. He lost 50%.

@Denuit87 3 жыл бұрын

@@martinallenuk lol..

@oraleholmes1263 Жыл бұрын

Bit the yellow mirrors gotta go too lol

@flab84 3 жыл бұрын

Do you want to sell your yellow parts?

@bardz0sz 3 жыл бұрын

Put it onto a petrol one and troll people ;)

@matthiask.798 3 жыл бұрын

So much netter!

@markday5797 3 жыл бұрын

Mini should have done this from new, cost effective and looks so much BETTER. Just my opinion.

@martinallenuk 3 жыл бұрын

I'm looking to do this...but not at that price.

@fabiobignotti3137 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, Number parts?

@angrynorwegian323 3 жыл бұрын

Great job! You should really think about moving to a home with a large shop for all your projects.

@TechForumTesla 3 жыл бұрын

Problem is, our house is paid off (or will be next week). I have a hard time moving to a bigger place from a paid off house.

@skirolf 3 жыл бұрын

The original grill is ugly as hell! The repacment looks great.

@nihongobenkyoshimasu3190 3 жыл бұрын

13:45 The next mod for me would be to replace the yellow rear view mirrors with black covers, or just spray some black paint.

@isaacsimon886 3 жыл бұрын

You can opt out of the yellow caps when you buy it, unlike that ugly ass grill. Well, you can get the ugly ass grill without yellow in it, but it's still ugly.