Black Out Project

The beginning of an obsession!

Looks great so far.

 

I missed your plates before, most excellent.

 

Admittedly I like the yellow on the badging, but looks sharp in all black nonetheless!

 

Looks great! For the front chrome grille, did you wrap it or replace it with OEM part? If, OEM what's the P/N?

Thanks!

 

As stated above, his car came with black trim pieces from the factory as part of the Electric package.

The part number for the black grill surround on a 2022 model year is 51119450552. Mine just came in a couple of days ago . Not sure for the 2020-21, but I do know that that part number is more readily available.

 

Now you need get smoked rear fog lights and put some tint on the side markers.

 

Are the rear fogs on the SE incandescent? Like just regular red 921 bulbs? Seems rather feeble for a foul-weather lamp; on my smart it’s a nice P21W (easily swapped to a red Philips LED).

 

The rear fog light bulbs are incandescent but I don't know what the bulb size is. It doesn't really matter on a US spec car as we don't have the ability to turn on these lights unless you use Bimmercode. I don't think Canada requires rear fog lights either but I'm not 100% sure.

This is what I have: https://www.ebay.com/itm/123601735004

 

Yeah no requirement here, and the rare time you do see someone with a rear fog (or fogs) on, it’s usually in clear conditions because they are using their front fogs — intentionally or unintentionally — as so-called driving lights. One of my biggest pet peeves. I will probably be ordering the headlight switch cluster that includes the rear fog light switch.

 

You can also use Bimmercode to enable the rear fog lights as brake lights or to turn on when you turn on the front fog lights. Oh, wait a second. You don't have front fog lights on the '22 do you?

 

Ordered a 23. They certainly aren’t a must-have around here, TBH. I’d almost prefer rear fogs even if there are no fronts. But also not a deal-breaker. Just… the lights are there!

 

I thought this isn’t possible, and I’d have to order the switch cluster.

 

Oh nice, didn't know the black grille can be ordered from the factory. Thanks for the P/N, I also have a 2022 model. Hope the install is not too difficult.

 

Sorry, I forgot Mini removed the front fog lights for 22+ so you don't have a front fog light switch. The 20-21 model years have front fog lights.

 

22s do have "fog lights" and a switch but they're built in to the headlight assembly (MINI calls them bad weather lights). They're also used as cornering lights when turning past a threshold or when the blinker is on at low speed.

They seem to function as well as the dedicated fog lights on my wife's Subaru

I think the switch module mentioned above has a separate button for the rear fogs

 

Yes, exactly.

 

This thread appears to answer my question about the rear fogs. I have a '21 SE and have front fogs. It really bugs me that the rears are non-operational. Are the rears on my car wired w/ bulbs and ready to come to life w/ a switch and coding?!

 

I thought I saw on a forum that you can code it so that the rear fog lights come on with the front ones. Maybe I'm wrong. I know I've seen the ability to code the rear fog lights to act as brake lights. But ultimately, the cleanest solution is to get the correct switches that contain both the front and rear fog light buttons and then code it with Bimmercode.