My car is a facelift 2005 car so instructions for pre facelift pre 2004 may di.
Mini cooper door panel removal 2005.
First off the tweer cover apparently is different on the 05 as the screen meshing and one of the clips have snapped.
This video explains how to remove the door panel on r50 mini cooper.
Small and large flat head screwdriver wrap the head of the larger one with insulating tape to protect against damage while prying.
Ants the 2005 armrest is over one of the screws that holds on the door panel.
2002 mini cooper r50 diy how to remove the door panel.
It must be removed to access that screw.
On too more fun the walkthrough states the 05 s have a clip which is on the armrest portion and to slide something plastic underneath it to remove it and expose the last torx screw.
A quick and easy guide on how to remove the door cards from your 1st gen mini.