Comments on: Official Chrome Line Retrofit Kit

By: John

John — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:23:32 +0000

Hi, this is my first post here. I thought the chrome could possibly cause glare during sunny days. Not the case?

By: Sam Carr

Sam Carr — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 06:37:22 +0000

I don’t have a problem with tach-meter. But Chrono-pack has me scratching my head – where’s the clock?

By: Gabe

Gabe — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:18:42 +0000

Yes.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:15:32 +0000

Are links supposed to be blue now?

By: Gabe

Gabe — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 05:57:30 +0000

I fixed your italic code so the word shows up.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 04:55:30 +0000

Opps, looks like “tach-meter” did not show up on my post above.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 04:53:24 +0000

What the hell is a "tach-meter"?

Did those two corporate guys actually put their signatures on a document with so many misspellings of tachometer?

Gotta wonder...

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 03:34:18 +0000

Aaron, Not so crazy ... your $100 kit apparently does speedo, tacho and vents; MINIs $125 kit does speedo, vents, dimmer & hazard, cupholders and gear shift - quite a good deal. Agreed, the tacho is a crazy price but it is because they are selling you a complete replacement module - it is possible to source a very nice tacho ring just like that in your kit, for a much better price. I don't see the tacho ring alone listed on your site? I got minefor GBMINI from England

By: Aaron Cornaby

Aaron Cornaby — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 02:12:17 +0000

This is totally crazy…we have a chrome line interior kit including tach for under $100…where in the world do they pull these prices from?

By: Allan

Allan — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 01:35:20 +0000

Not a big fan of chrome..

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:13:45 +0000

I think it’s nice with anything but stunning with anthracite.

By: Jared/pezboy

Jared/pezboy — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:12:23 +0000

Well, I guess it doesn’t matter which you have – but I think it looks great on anthracite. On the others, it probably wouldn’t look that great.

By: Jared/pezboy

Jared/pezboy — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:11:33 +0000

Which dash do you have?

By: Me

Me — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:57:50 +0000

I’ll have to disagree … I don’t think it looks good at all.

By: Jared/pezboy

Jared/pezboy — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:58:08 +0000

This looks so nice, and it's great that it's VERY cheap compared to the aftermarket bits that were available before this OEM one.

Others have ordered a tach ring from minispeed in the UK and it looks great.

By: Sean Bartnik

Sean Bartnik — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:00:42 +0000

Frank, It's $200, not $250 for the Chrome Line Interior from the factory. :-)

And Bud, you need to find a better dealer! MINI sends parts bulletins to all their dealers and those bulletins are likewise available in MINI's dealer communication system. Not to mention that the part numbers for most things are in the accessory catalog, and other things can generally be looked up on the computer via EPC. If your local dealer is too clueless to keep up with the parts bulletins, take your business to one who's on the ball. Most dealers are only too happy to do parts business via mail order.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:19:04 +0000

Yeah but it looks soooo good :)

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:07:57 +0000

As much as I like chrome, I did not order the interior chrome line package from the factory. I think it is a bit overpriced at $250 for basically a few plastic chromed rings.

There are very nice accessories from MINI, but they charge tooooo much for my liking.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:00:02 +0000

Bud, hope it is not my No Calif dealer, though I have had some blank stares from the person ordering parts/accessories. Simple question, “Can I get the chrome handle for the boot?” I don’t know, never got back to me.

By: Bud

Bud — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:29:44 +0000

MINI retrofit? After sales parts? Mini issued accessories? Pricing aside, my one major complaint is that my MINI dealer’s parts department has their head up their A.. and don’t have a clue about what is being offered. The standard answer is either “it don’t fit your year car” or “We never heard of anything like that.” I’ve tried to get 1) chrome mirror covers, 2) wind deflector for my convertible, 3) JCW exhaust, 4) etc. Even trying to upgrade my wheels brings blank stares. So why offer after sales items when the parts department is too stupid to obtain them? (I have a Norther California dealer and this is my second MINI.)