I don't know if you know who Rob Dyrdek is, but his UAV is "Storm Trooped Out" (http://www.celebritycarsblog.com/200...-murdered-out/) and my wife gave me permission to do the same to her Mini...discuss.


Stock



All chrome getting covered with Plastidip











Just did the grille, headlight rings, and license plate bar black, still need to do the beltline, taillight rings, exhaust tip, and door handles.





And my ride... It's an '06 Toyota Tacoma X-Runner

Mods include:
Tinted Tails
Black Headlight Mod
Grille Mod
Custom Intake
Flowmaster 50 Series
URD Short Shifter
Amsoil and Redline Fluids and Filters
Powder Coated Rims
Bridgestone Potenzas
1" Drop
Ghost Evo Paint on front bumper (Plastidip)
Tinted Tails
Weathertech Floorliners
6500 HIDs
Nokya Yellow Fogs
Scangauge II


Stock Truck


After mods

 

Storm Troopered the MINI and Darth Vadered the truck. Star Wars fan ??

 

Almost... Rob and Big fan.

His UAV was Murdered out first, like my truck... now its Storm Trooped out, like her Mini is gonna be

I go to a local weekly show here in Dallas called Ricekiller. Thinking about taking her Mini instead of my truck, once it's finished.

http://www.ricekiller.com/

 

It def needs blacked out rings and a giant decal on the hood

 

Ring were done yesterday, I need to take some pics.

What kinda decal are we talking about... link to some?

 

wow those tims are plasti-dipped?
they look so much different than mine...
what was your method of aplication? they look so smooth.
(or is it another type of spray paint)

 

I thought storm trooper'ing was a "white out" rather than a "black out"

Kinda like this:




If that's what you're doing, I'd LOVE to see that on a MINI. I bet that would look seriously kick butt!

 

Damn, beat me to the joke. That's what I get for watching sports on TV.

 

Never thought of it before but I would love to see that also! +1

 

any step by step?

yr car loosk AWESOME

 

yeah, the rims are plastidip...sprayed. i painted houses in high school so i've gotten the hang of rattle can as well.



i'm going black and white...ridding the car of all the chrome... maybe if she was an "s" i would have gone all white.



hey man, i watch sports, not just star wars



let me take some more pics of the rest of the stuff i've done, but no, i didn't take any of the step by step. just kinda did a search on how to remove parts... other than that, it's just comes down to technique and being a perfectionist on the paint.

 

I didnt explain well. I meant only that because I was watching the NBA tonight I wasnt on the computer to be able to respond first with the Storm Trooper/Darth Vader analogy....

 

I know Just messin'. He actually posted yesterday anyhow. Which game were/are you watching?

I'm pissed the Magic lost again in the final seconds. We could be up 3-1 right now

 

Sorry, that would be the one I was watching, but I was happy with the result.

 

Did you plasti-dip the grille? Would love to see pics of the progress... but did you consider adding the JCW grille? I just replaced my justacooper grille with the JCW and LOVE it. Not that expensive at all, 56$ from out motoring and you could actually show your wife how to do that mod herself. I bet she'd be really proud of herself for doing it too...

http://www.outmotoring.com/mini-coop...rill_trim.html

Here's a pic of what mine looks like.

 

Yes, I did plastidip her grille. I also asked if she wanted a mesh style like my truck and she said she liked hers she just wanted it black. She actually helped me do the headlight rings and grille two days ago. I will try to get some pics up tomorrow for you guys.

But then again, yours is more honey comb then mesh... We'll see. It's her car, so I'm just doing stuff she likes and wants done.

 

I think it's wonderful that you're doing this for her... my hubby reads another car forum and you have no idea how many times he's come to me with questions like, "If I modded your car like this without asking you, would you kill me?" and sadly... the answer is usually yes. Even before I got my MINI, my car was a very personal thing to me. It was mine. I drove it, I had to deal with the problems with it. If something went wrong and it was his fault... it would cause arguments. It's not something we ever wanted to deal with, and thankfully... my hubby isn't huge on modding.

Still, it amazed me how many guys were inconsiderate of what their wives wanted and here you are, going to all this effort for what your wife actually wants for her car.

You must be an awesome husband, just like mine.

Looking forward to seeing those pics and would love to hear her reaction when you guys are done. You're doing great!

 

I just make suggestions and hope she says yes, so that I have something to do on Saturday mornings

 

Check first gen. pauliekeys has a "storm trooped" PW R53. (Gorgeous)

 

Funny... mine does the same thing.

If I say yes, he gets this big goofy grin on his face and grabs his keys and we go do whatever it was... if it's any comfort, we've been married for 14 years and there's no sign of that changing any time soon.

Spade: Thanks! I'll go check it out first thing in the AM!

 

None of the pics show up from his Flickr account

 

A huge stormtrooper or The Empire decal. Custom decal maker I guess.

 

Introducing Paulie keys, The first storm trooped mini i've seen.

 

Good job on both cars! Nice X-Runner, my brother has one too but in speedway blue. It's fun to drive for a truck but hes selling it now (its twin turbo). Just a coincidence one car is a mini and the others an XR, it's just like my driveway

 

that aero kit makes a huge difference. that is sweet looking.

haha, that is coincidence. by any chance was/is he is xr-underground.com? i've seen maybe two twin turbo setups. and the main one i know was a swb.