iJDMTOY Red Aluminum Smart Key Fob Surrounding Ring Decoration Compatible with 2008-2014/2015 Gen2 Mini Cooper R55 R56 R57 R58 R59 & Gen1 R60 R61

This little ring solved a simple problem for my Mini and I. The chrome ring that came standard had broken off and caused the key fob to not sit securely into the ignition. With only a few keys attached to the key fob on a hard turn or if my knee touched it, the key fob would fall out of the ignition. My Mini would alert me, if I already didn't know, that the key was missing and that it may not restart the car once it was turned off. It always worked if you put it back in after a stop, but was getting annoying. I looked here and a few other online retailers and found that many were either another cheap plastic or to bulky to fit. This one seemed to look just right.Once it was delivered, I attached it to the key. There is a little gap, and that is normal. The first few weeks it was a little hard to push in, meaning it was a little big, but after a while it became really snug to the plastic and now fits perfectly. The key fob no longer falls out of the ignition, it looks better than the old pealing chrome ring, and just is a cool piece of aluminum.Would I recommend this ring to other Mini owners? Yes, but only to R56 owners. I do not have any other builds, so if its not an R56 I say proceed with caution. Find your Mini chassis in the other reviews here.

just whats needed once you loose the original piece, looks and functions great

Easy installation and looks great! After I used a pointed end of a small knife to gently pry off the old ring (very simple), the new ring just slipped right on. It was a little loose so I removed it and just very gently squeezed the new ring to make the opening at the top of the ring a little tighter fit. Then popped it on the key and it looked and fit perfect!

Ack! After 6.5 years the MINI 2010 key fob ring broke. Well, a google search educated me on the pre-2011 key fob rings are just painted plastic. Were there other options besides MINI OEM for $25+? Of course! From the reviews, I learned that the thin metal allows for shaping it. I pressed two sides together a bit so that the ends overlapped a bit, so that the gap would be less. Popped it on my key fob and squeezed the outer sides together to make the fit as tight as possible. My wish is that the manufacturer would make it so there is even less of a gap. Note that the "red" is warm red (orangish). Overall, it's low cost, works well, and looks good.

This fit the key fob for my 2010 Mini Cooper S perfectly and I have no problem using it in the ignition. As another reviewer mentioned you have to very gently squeeze the ring to close the gap (and tighten the ring) before you put it on your fob. Otherwise it will be too loose and probably won’t fit in your ignition.

I have a Mini r58 type and it says it fits. It does fit around the Fob decent. (I'll sometimes have to push the upper cuppings into the spot to fit snug.The problem I have with it though is. When inserting it into the ignition, it's not a correct fitting. This causes the Fob to not slide in an out as smooth. Maybe some usage will eventually fit it right. But for now, I'll have to manually push and pull on the key for it to lock into or out of place

I bought a used 2007 R56 with 60k miles and didn't know the ring around the key was missing. It looked great and actually made the key fit a little better... but the car SUCKED and I got rid of that money vacuum as quickly as possible. R56 work done in less than 2 years = banshee scream clutch replacement = $2500, death rattle timing chain tensioner = $1200, leaking thermostat housing replacement = $800, pcv valve failure = valve cover replacement = $400 (yeah it's built into the cover so you gotta replace the whole thing = a $20 job just turned into a $400)Then after all that I got new GT1 tires = $800 and this cool little outer ring for the key = $8. I was looking into new struts = $1500 and the steering column failure light went on (about $1500) so I traded that beyotch in for a 2015 Hyundai Veloster Turbo = $25000 with FULL coverage for 100k miles and I couldn't be happier. Hopefully you are leasing your MINI (I did very much enjoy driving it) and don't have this kind of future in store for you but This little key fancier upper thing is pretty nice!

After seven years of use my two MINI key fobs were looking rather abused with chipped and missing rings. The work perfectly, it was simply their cosmetic appearance...I'd been shopping for replacement trim rings, even found a competing vendors product on sale. I decided to have a look on Amazon where I found these rings. Not only were they less expensive, but with our Prime account the shipping was free. And they're every bit as good, if not better quality than the other vendors product...So two new rings, blue for myself pink for my wife, plus I went ahead and purchased two additional rings for our year old MINI Roadster simply to spruce those key fobs up, and we can tell which key goes to what vehicle as the key fobs are all the same design...They're easy to install and look great. A real improvement that didn't cost much.

Looks good and fits great, just took a while to receive.

Looks good and fits great, just took a while to receive.

Decent appearance and quality. Easy, quick to install. Works as advertised. Well packaged and arrived in a timely manner