Mini Cooper Door Handle Install

My first time attempting this and there was little i could find specific to this job.

Mini cooper door handle install.

My door handle showed no resistance but the spring action still worked. These black plastic door handle overlays are a perfect fit over the chrome. The first step is to remove the door handle and speaker cover. This is easily done by prying it off the plastic tabs with a flathead screwdriver or possibly even your hands.

The electronic functions of central locking are spread out over several control modules with sensors and actuators connected directly to a control module in the vicinity of their installed location. Steptronic sport automatic transmission on sportier cooper s models our six speed steptronic sport automatic transmission comes with paddle shifters. The cooper cooper s and john cooper works hardtop 4 door models feature the potent twinpower turbo punch of these award winning precision engines. I understand that an authorized bmw dealership may contact me with offers or information about their products and services.

Central locking in mini r56 models controls door locks the luggage compartment lock and the fuel filler flap lock. If you don t like the chrome exterior door handles on your mini this is the coolest solution around. I instruct mini usa a division of bmw of north america llc to provide my information to an authorized mini dealership. Next you need to remove the four size t30 torx screws that hold the panel in place.

Step 1 door panel. Unscrew the 3 screw holding the internal handle on so you can easily rotate it 90 degrees from the cable and release the end nearest the door. Removing the internal handle is necessary to get enough slack to reattached the lock end.