I've Just been Colour Coded

[deej]

Just had my MCS colour coded for £200 not a bad job eh

deej >--who is well chuffed

[Bobbycrook]

VERY NICE! I wanted to get the sideskirts like you have. Did you get them from BMW? I know you can get the same ones with BMW Are you pleased with them? Where abouts in the UK did you get the colour coding done??? Questions, Questions !

[Bobbycrook]

Did your Insurance company charge anymore for the side skirts?

[smiffy]

Deej works for derek Woodman MINI so he doesnt pay to insure the vehicle, got the side skirts FOC & probably got the job done by the BMW bodyshop

[Bobbycrook]

Cheers for that! I think I might get a job with BMW HAHAHA

[Mini Cruiser]

Looks sweet as

[LMB]

Looking good

Is that your car Deej or a company car?

And I do like those wheels. (Price?)

[AidenL]

Looks good deej !


Those Alpina wheels are starting to grow on me too......

[Minty]

Quote:

Originally posted by Bobbycrook
Cheers for that! I think I might get a job with BMW HAHAHA

you should try it....

[DaveNagy]

Remarkably cheap!

I'm paying the better part of $1200 to have essentially the same work done. Ah well, it'll still be worth it.

As a complete aside, can someone explain to me why painting the plastic bits of a MINI body color is referred to as "color coding" in Europe? Here in the States, "color coding" typically means, well, coding something with color! You know, where the color of the object tells you something about it? For example, wiring is usually color coded. (Different colors and stripes. Red means "hot", etc) Or casino chips/chits/markers. (Different colors for different values.) Or paperwork. "Customer keeps the pink copy.") Or MINI roofs. (Body color roof probably means it's a "One".)

Here, we'd say the stock MINI is already colored coded: The metalwork is one color, like (say) red, while the plastic bits are black. Painting everything to match would "uncode" them, since the color no longer "indicates" anything.

I guess. I don't know. It's always just seemed an odd turn of phrase.

-Dave