color code or not

[CoNs]

anyone think i should colorcode my mini one?

its chilli red and back to blacking the arches all the time pisses me off lol :D

anyone got any pics of a chilli mini cc'd?

and any idea on costs? before i go and ask my m8 incase he trys to shaft me:eek:

[illegalhunter]

i had my 06 cooper done ,it was red/white looked the muts .Cost me£200

[AeroJonny]

i saw deerslayers car and it looked great:D

[vintageb3]

Whether or not it looks good or not...these bits are plastic for a reason...

Other here will disagree....

Ask weefossey about the stone chips on his arches...

Maybe its easier to treat the plastic?

All you need to do is coat them with peanut oil...leave for a few days...wash off with HOT water and Fairy liquid. Then coat them with Autoglim Bumper care.

Use Craig's tip...and use a speed wax (I use Meguiers speed detailer) and go over the paintwork and black bits too.

I don't think its too easy to keep...and only have to look at doing the Autoglim every 4-6 weeks.

I think its nice to see a bit of a contrast...but hey!...I have a black car

:)

mark

[illegalhunter]

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k13/illeagalhunter/new2.jpg I wish i never got rid of this wee cooper

[AeroJonny]

yeah, it was lovely:)

[AndyP & Lenore]

Whether or not it looks good or not...these bits are plastic for a reason...

Other here will disagree....

Ask weefossey about the stone chips on his arches...

Maybe its easier to treat the plastic?

All you need to do is coat them with peanut oil...leave for a few days...wash off with HOT water and Fairy liquid. Then coat them with Autoglim Bumper care.

Use Craig's tip...and use a speed wax (I use Meguiers speed detailer) and go over the paintwork and black bits too.

I don't think its too easy to keep...and only have to look at doing the Autoglim every 4-6 weeks.

I think its nice to see a bit of a contrast...but hey!...I have a black car

:)

mark


Can I be the first? Please? Can I?

Ok. I will do.

Disagree Mark. Our Hyper blue had very little trouble with stone chips on the arches. Had lots of problems on the front bumper, but that was the silver bumper we bought from Scottiecoop, and was colour coded by "a dealer", and we were never happy with the final job.

Otherwise, we didn't have any trouble with our arches, front or back.:D

A.;)

[vintageb3]

I had you in mind when I wrote that Ando!

:)

As with everything...YMMV....

mark

[Gismo]

A defo for same colour coded bumpers, really sets the car off no matter what the body colour :cool:

[CoNs]

just seen the pic deerslayer

cheers.. looks mint!

will enquire next week :D

[S7JGW]

I had my old red cooper colour coded red. I had the bodyshop that did my arches to put scotch gaurd film over the paint on the areas likely to get stonechipped.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c364/S7JGW/ladiesnite054.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c364/S7JGW/CarPC019.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c364/S7JGW/CarPC022.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c364/S7JGW/CarPC020.jpg
Jim

[Aberdeen Al]

i had my 06 cooper done ,it was red/white looked the muts .Cost me£200

Hi,

Can you tell me where you got it done for £200 - cheers!

Looks fantastic by the way!

[AeroJonny]

Place called TMG in Paisley. Might be false economy if you're in Aberdeen;)

[Clare1]

My younger sister just joined in on all the MINI Fun, she picked up her fully ColourCoded MINI One from me in Chili Red last night, it looks great.
It really does look good!! :D

[CoNs]

car looks quality all colorcoded jim:eek::eek:

[CoNs]

put my car into bodyshop to get colorcoded today

costing me £230

he is respraying my rear bumper aswell as the women in my street kindly reversed into and scuffed it.. gave me £90 though :)

will post some pics when i get it bk.. which is hopefully tomorrow late afternoon

[KenL]

put my car into bodyshop to get colorcoded today

costing me £230

he is respraying my rear bumper aswell as the women in my street kindly reversed into and scuffed it.. gave me £90 though :)

will post some pics when i get it bk.. which is hopefully tomorrow late afternoon

That is a really good price (I think?). Please post pics when you get it.

[CoNs]

i thought the price was good, its being done by one of my dads mates who owns a bodyshop, he sprayed my last car so i am not to worried about him ruining it :)

[illegalhunter]

You wont be disapointed, it makes such a difference

[CoNs]

got my car back today, looks fantastic!

going bk in on monday to get a few bits touched up.. but im well chuffed with her!!

will upload pics in about 30mins or something once i resize them etc :D:D

[CoNs]

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee78/MiniCons/print007.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee78/MiniCons/print006.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee78/MiniCons/print005.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee78/MiniCons/print004.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee78/MiniCons/print002.jpg

not the best pics, had just rinsed it down when i got bk from the bodyshop

will try and get some better ones soon :)

opinions?

i went for everything red!..

i got the following sprayed:

arches
bootstrip
side skirts
front are rear lips ( or whatever you want to call them)
full mirrors
plus i got my rear bumper resprayed after someone reversed into it in the street

[Craig]

Looks like you got a good job.. IMHO there is a bit toooo much red. I think you need something to break it up a bit, maybe some graphics? bonnet stripes or vipers?

It will be MUCH easier to keep clean tho... :D

[Gismo]

Nice one :cool: looks ok to me, not so sure you should be washing it so quickly since it's just out the body shop, the paint will need a few days to cure etc
As Craig says though, maybe some graphice to enhance it :)

[CoNs]

i never jetted it or that, i asked him and he said i could wash it if i want, i just hosed it down, as it had alot of bodyshop dust..

i like it all red.. not really a fan of graphics, maybe ive just not found one i like?:eek:

[jamiec]

looks very nice! how many mercedes on your street ;)? did they paint your exhaust too?

[CoNs]

lol yes, the exhaust got sprayed inside LOL.. hes cleaning it on monday when it goes back in

dont know how many mercs are in the street, but there is 2 in the garage :)

Red SLK 200 with 19" AMG alloys and the Bronze CLK 270 which is being replaced with a ML320 Edition S next week:)