Yeah, I think in alberta you you only need the rear plate too, but in bc they require a front plate. mine is usually behind the seat... "It got knocked off and I'm on my way home to re-attach it, sir"

No front plate!?   In SK they only give you one plate! ..when you register

Only problem i have had with the local constabularies is no front plate, and the manner in which the Mini handles corners at speed

Another option that I've seen is cutting most of the top part of the Canadian front bumper brackets and , using them in their original location, mount a chrome bumper to those two mounting points ( using like an overrider bracket for mounting )......if one wants a bumer that is.

I havn't had a front bumper on since I moved the indicators to the body.

For the rear....I didn't have a bumper for a long time, since the Later Canadian cars had no lip to mount to on the rear either.  When I replaced the rear valance, I then had the mounting holes.....so stuck on a dented up chrome one.  Keeps the local constabularies at bay.

Spitz - yeah, the "bumpers" are pretty pointless... the washer advice was what i was given on this board back in 1999, and it worked great... big fat washers welded to the lip were certainly not the weak point in the equation

I don't even run a rear bumper nowadays.

For the front I actually discarded the bumper lip and now mount the bumper with heavy steel brackets. The brackets are bolted on at the lower subframe mounts where the canadian bumper was mounted. on the brackets I have a pair of over-riders (mounted as such they are too far in towards the centre of the car... they should be out further but whaaaatever). The overriders are holding the front bumper more solidly than I was ever able to get with the 3 point bumper lip welded on. 

I'm sure I will hear all about how it's not correct but it's solid enough that I no longer worry about tossers trying to lift the car by the bumper ... and only a handful of folks that would know its not correct have been through Nelson in the past several years

Hello and thank you all for the info.  Mini Estate echoed my sentiments exactly.  Thanks much.  I will use a few pieces of angle, make a bracket or 6, and bolt the brackets to the car.  Bumper install then should be a breeze.

I also found pictures of the bumper mounts in Haynes Restoration Manual Mini.  Front mount pg 82, rear mount pg 127.  Then I noticed a few other photos with cleverly hidden bumper mounting pictures.  Easy to spot now that I know what to look for.

On a side note; I installed the deluxe side chrome trim that runs the length of the car.  Now that I have it done and am the "expert" I know I should have bought 4 pieces, not two.  The two pieces on the car are, let's say, sacrificial items.  (Just stinks; )

Tim

I agree, just make a couple of brackets that are hidden and bolt on.   I actually laughed the first time I took off my back bumber and realized it was just held loosely with 'two' bolts, as the O hadn't even installed the third one.  The bumpers really are cosmetic.  
 

" no lip needed at least on my car, just the washers welded onto the lip under the boot lid."

I'm picturing it Lurch...lol....like the chrome bumpers aren't "cosmetic only" enough.....now held on by washers.

I got hit in the back a few rears ago.....luckily I had a stock Canadian bumber and strengthening ribs in the boot....no damage other than  bit of a bend in the bumper.....was a big enough whack that a chrome bumper car would be a total loss.

This thread is a very good example of how valuable the help and ideas can be from other fellow Mini owners! This seems a fairly unusual problem, but you guys have really put some good information out here. Just thought I'd mention it. It's really nice that you're trying to help this guy out. Hoping for the best.        Mini Estate

I would suggest that as you have no lip and don't really know what the body is like under the paint where the lip should go is to use some small angle brackets bolted/screwed to the body in the appropriate places. After all the bumpers are really only cosmetic anyway..............

some cars don't have the lip... my Canadian Minis have no lip because they had the big crash bumpers. at the time I was in college without access to a welder, so drilled and used big pop rivets. Held the "bumper" on just fine. For the back there is a seam that can you can weld washers to. no lip needed at least on my car, just the washers welded onto the lip under the boot lid.

The rear is easy it lines up with the small seam behind the rear wheels, the front is 2.5" from the center of the front subframe locatiing holes. They should both be the same as the front and rear bumpers are identical. Spot welding it will be a pia i would drill the flanges and plug weld them but i imagine you are going to be dealing with a lot of filler as it has been de seamed, you may find it a lot easier to bolt them on or go back and start over.

OMG!  Now I have to "weld" on the bumper mounting lip??  Front AND back??  Geeez Lueezze!  The PO must have not only removed this piece but ground down the area as there is no trace of or evidence of the bumper mounting lip ever being on the car.

Thanks much for the answers/replies.  Ok, I am done with the yelling.  I am back to working on the Mini.

Is the front bumper mounting lip the same one used on the rear?

Now; would someone have the dimension, or location of where the bumper mounting lip is supposed to be welded for the front and rear bumpers?  I read the MM description but it is kind of vague as I want to have it exactly positioned as per factory specifications.  I don't know how or where to or from to take a measurement.  Maybe a picture is best and or easiest.

Thanks again for the help.  It really is appreciated.

Tim, back at it.

 should in turn be spot welded to the lower edge of your nose panel.

Whoops, 5 holes, not 4.

Should be five holes but all the new bumpers for years have only used three one in the center and one at each end.

//www.minimania.com/part/BMP103/Bumper-Mounting-Lip---Front-Panel

the sheet metal in the front and rear forms a flange (flat section) that runs the length of the bumper. It should have 4 holes in the front and rear.  Bumper mounts onto the flange and bolts go in vertical direction from top, and nut on bottom.

Was your car 'deseamed'?    Look on mm parts page for replacement sheet metal and you should be able to see the holes.

Hello.

I finished up a few things and now it's time to install new mini bumpers.  Unfortunately I have no idea as to how the bumpers get mounted?  There are no holes in the front and back of the Mini.  There must be brackets or something the bumper mounts to.  I was trying to find pictures on line but found nothing that showed in detail how the bumpers get bolted to the car.  If someone has pictures showing the mouting I would greatly appreciate seeing them.

Thanks much