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Jun 1st, 2004, 03:16 PM
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| Addicted To The Mini Join Date: May 2004 Location: Staffordshire Local Time: 12:41 AM
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Offline |  Colour Coding - Confusion! Ive got a pure silver mini cooper which i asume is metallic, ive bought it as used you see so never asked on paint spec! anyway i want to colour code arches and bumper bottom bits to silver like the car! ive seen a photo of a silver mini colour coded it looks great however the silver looks different to mine! can anybody clea up the confusion and has anyone colour coded their pure silver mini with photos? thankz guys!  |
 
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Jun 3rd, 2004, 09:57 AM
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Offline | The silver on the wheel arches does look a little different & darker. It's all due to the dipples in the plastic. You need to make sure you get someone real good to do the spraying & they need to sand the arches down first! It does look pretty stunning when finished, but close inspection does show how it differs from the cars actual paintwork. I have seen it in the flesh on a pure silver cooper s & it did made the car a real head turner! However the guy did find it was dead money when he came round to selling the car again! Have you maybe considered a bodykit instead? Is certainly a safer, more reliable alternative! It would certainly help you retain some of the money you invest in the modification of your MINI! Dave |
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Jun 4th, 2004, 11:19 PM
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Offline  | If you are from staffs try Autovouge in stafford they colour coded mine and did a god job for a fairly reasonable Ģ450 i think, cant quite remember, just make sure they replace the clips when they take the trims off. They did a quality job of preping the plastic, and the spray work was good. but beware it does stone chip fairly easy, and after around 9 months the front bumper lip needs respraying  |
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Apr 13th, 2005, 10:00 AM
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Offline |  yes it looks great had mine done but it does chip easy mine has chipped at the bottom of the rear wheel arches but i have read that you can have some clear film stuck over the trim once it is sprayed to stop the chipping |
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