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How to repair the glove box in a Mini Cooper R50

Model: Mini Mini R52, R50, R53 - Years 2001-2007
Part: Glove compartment

This short video tutorial explains how to quickly and easily repair the glove box in a Mini Cooper R50 in case of sudden breakage. In fact, in this car it often happens that the supports of the glove compartment are damaged making it impossible to open and close it. To solve this problem, you just need to buy four hooks for opening and closing the glovebox. These hooks are cheap and easy to find, as well as simple to assemble: just remove the old hooks from the glovebox, insert the four new hooks and fasten them.

Posted on 18 January 2021 by ScegliAuto

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