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Old Oct 14th, 2009, 07:00 PM
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Just your views please on colour????

Hi all

Ive invested in a areo kit for my MCS which has come in factory primer and also bought new arches as well because i want to colour code them with the rest of the car.

My only concern is getting a good colour match to the body work which is dark silver.

So i have been doing some thinking and speaking with my friend who is a mechanic and works on my car, and we thought it would look a bit different and cool if we were to go for a slightly darker shade of the dark silver colour on the front, rear, side skirts and the arches, that way it would look like its been done on purpose to achieve a two tone look.

I have yet to see any other minis like this so could sure do with your views and advice and some pics if possible.

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Old Oct 14th, 2009, 07:39 PM
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If you want a two-tone look why not go with black to match the roof?
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Sounds not very nice in my opinion....

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sounds wrong to me mate...look at the MINI CHallenge cars they tend to have different colour arches to the bodywork.

but imo...wouldnt look good


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Hi all

thanks for all your replys but after some time spent looking at the body kit i have decided that i will go with the colour code match as it would be difficult to achieve a good two tone look and it would look a bit out of place. I will post some before and after pics when its all done.

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Old Oct 18th, 2009, 10:06 AM
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Good choice to keep it the same colour. Trying to imagine what it would look like 2tone, brings up images of the imported saxos you used to see a few years back...
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