i disagree...i have a hook up with a good body shop though but i disagree that it can cost that much. i know it CAN, but you can still get a NICE paint job for much less...

 

Its different, much like why we bought our coopers in the first place.

I wouldnt want it on my car but the right car and I'd be all for it.

 

yea i think im gonna stick with gloss.

 

Have you considered a "satin" finish as opposed to either flat or gloss? A lot of trim is done in satin. I think it looks really good.

Just a thought.

 

I think the black is awesome.

I want to get a paint job as well, I just uploaded a pic of my car. Its red as you can see. I know little about paint jobs, can I pick whatever color I want? I want a black or silver mini

 

changing colors is always harder becuase to do it right you have to paint under the hood and door jams or when you open the door people will see red lol

 

Well okay, that sort of explains it. So it's a trendy/unique sort of deal. Okay... I can go with that :-)

Thanks for all the replies. I had the darndest time wrapping my head around that one.

 

Sport Compact Car painted their Mini project car flat black years ago as well as ALL the chrome. Heres the article http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/pr...r_s/index.html

I dont think they've done much with it since but its an interesting read and they got rid of the sun-roof...carbon fiber anyone?

 

In the article was this quote, its so good its bound to end up as someones sig

"when life gives you lemons, well, carbon fiber is the best form of lemonade"

-about our sunroofs

 

i dont see any flat paint??

 

after re-reading it it looks like the went flat metallic black with black chrome over the chrome bits. But all the photos look semi-gloss black so who knows, maybe the pics were taken pre paint?

 

dont know, but ive decided on my paint job. gloss black with matte black accents. (mirriors, grille, stripes, handles, etc)

 

Kick ***, that will look great too.

 

why are changing your paint now? haha
it's already gloss black seems kind of pointless to re-paint your whole car unless it's dinged and trashed.

 

it's got cosmetic flaws from sawdust... right PIMP??

 

no, it has some dings from when my dad owned it and one from a few months ago that someone dinged when i was at a store or something, then i wanna paint my arches, etc, so im just getting the whole thing repainted, becuase MINI needs to learn how to properly paint a car without horrible orange peel in the clear coat....

 

i don't have any orange peel in my clearcoat. . .

ever have your car detailed??

 

hey since the other thread was locked here are my lamin-x headlights and driving lights (arctic blue)
Lights Off

Lights On

 

OMG what bulbs do you have in your lower fogs? they look to almost be an exact match color and brightness wise to the Xenon's??? mine are more of a white/yellow and dont match my stock Xenon's like yours look to in those pics!

 

every single MINI ive seen in florida (at least r53's) have a crappy looking clear coat.

EVERY ONE.

ill go snap a pic for you.

 

i agree, orange peel is rampant with MINI's.

maybe kg cant see it too well since she has sparkly black

 

yea ive noticed it worse on jet black MINIs mostly. the silvers seem to not look that bad, nor do the chili red, but mine is bad..and it wasent even purchased in florida..it was purchased in maryland.

 

i have the OEM bulbs lol i haven't changed them at all

 

maybe its the pic...wtf!

 

i do have blue lense covers over my lowest lights (fogs?) lol