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goggs
11th October 2018, 06:15 PM
Hi all,

Who has the pro diffuser fitted ? Was this an easy upgrade? Can anyone share good pics of it fitted ?

Cheers


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MINI William
12th October 2018, 03:29 AM
I had one fitted to my JCW and we fitted one to the wife’s 210 not long before we changed cars and the Challenge comes with it as standard. They are bonded onto the back bumper so once it’s on, it’s on

goggs
12th October 2018, 06:57 AM
Cheers William, interesting about the bonding, I did see a section on the fitting guide about glueing but it didn’t look like it was too the bumper itself ! That may rule that enhancement out


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EcosseGP
12th October 2018, 10:38 AM
Ive got the pro diffuser fitted too but on this occasion I didn’t fit it. It was done by the garage so unfortunately I can’t help with the fitting side of things but interesting to hear it’s bonded on as I was planning on taking mine off and getting it painted

goggs
12th October 2018, 01:52 PM
Ive got the pro diffuser fitted too but on this occasion I didn’t fit it. It was done by the garage so unfortunately I can’t help with the fitting side of things but interesting to hear it’s bonded on as I was planning on taking mine off and getting it painted

I’d have been looking to take it off if selling the car on at some point


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goggs
21st October 2018, 05:34 PM
Anyone know how to release the various clips around the trim as shown in the pic below to remove the bumper insert ?

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181021/aac4a5b85befabc35ced4926bd97b829.jpg


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EcosseGP
21st October 2018, 05:42 PM
They’ll just push out but they’ll be tight. You’ll probably need to start at one end and work your way to the other. If I mind right I used a flat end screwdriver to push the clip down and then tried to pull the trim out at the same time. Once you get the first few out the others will be easier. Probably a job for two if you can ...


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MINI William
21st October 2018, 05:47 PM
Try will be the same as most other MINI clips a bit tight but once you get started they come away

goggs
21st October 2018, 05:48 PM
I thought Audi trim was well secured [emoji1787] I had a go at releasing them earlier along with the outer edge trim but couldn’t get them to budge, did you do the job with the bumper in situ ?


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goggs
21st October 2018, 05:49 PM
Try will be the same as most other MINI clips a bit tight but once you get started they come away

Cheers William, I thought I could get it done fairly easily but it wasn’t budging and I didn’t want to damage the bumper cut outs for the clips


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goggs
26th October 2018, 05:05 PM
Clips on the original diffuser are inaccessible with the bumper fitted so I removed it, very easy on the F56, took longer to remove the old diffuser unit than it did to fit the new and refit the bumper [emoji849]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181026/3a0bfbdd3b1af0ecd0a9c1d3a06beca6.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181026/c0652f41314da95aab9a53b2b0853df3.jpg


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goggs
3rd November 2018, 02:42 PM
Even managed to get the OEM mud guards refitted around the Pro trim [emoji16]


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badwolf340
3rd November 2018, 04:32 PM
:thumbs up:

goggs
3rd November 2018, 04:54 PM
Mini say it can’t be done with the pro kit fitted but with a little bit of realignment it can [emoji6]


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