Interior/Exterior Interior and exterior modifications for Cooper (R50), Cabrio (R52), and Cooper S (R53) MINIs.

Interior/Exterior Went matte black!

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 09:59 PM
  #1  
trippinbillies40's Avatar
trippinbillies40
Thread Starter
|
2nd Gear
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 84
Likes: 0
Went matte black!

Yes, I completely understand that matte black is now played out. But, you have to understand that I live in Cincinnati, this is cutting edge ***** here haha. Mark Twain even said, "When the world ends, I want to be in Cincinnati because it's always twenty years behind the times."













 
Reply
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 10:01 PM
  #2  
dannyhavok's Avatar
dannyhavok
6th Gear
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 3,334
Likes: 4
From: Vancouver Island, Canada
Looks good to me! It's only played out on the internet, anyway nice work!
 
Reply
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 10:08 PM
  #3  
R35P3CT DA M1N1's Avatar
R35P3CT DA M1N1
4th Gear
iTrader: (4)
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 393
Likes: 0
From: 5280
I like!
 
Reply
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 10:36 PM
  #4  
CZ Mate's Avatar
CZ Mate
3rd Gear
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 217
Likes: 0
From: Eugene, OR
Nice, I am going to most Likely do my roof, mirror caps and front grille flat black this spring/summer.

What rim do you have?
 
Reply
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 11:08 PM
  #5  
DICKS GARAGE R53's Avatar
DICKS GARAGE R53
6th Gear
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 2,836
Likes: 6
From: North Denver Colorado
Paint or vinyl? I like it either way.
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 03:54 AM
  #6  
S&CLC's Avatar
S&CLC
3rd Gear
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 166
Likes: 0
From: Sarasota, FL
stunning. stunning. stunning. (stunning.)
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 05:29 AM
  #7  
Braminator's Avatar
Braminator
OVERDRIVE
iTrader: (3)
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 7,242
Likes: 55
From: Wherever she takes me.
Nice. Did you wrap it?
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 05:56 AM
  #8  
drsimmons's Avatar
drsimmons
6th Gear
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,961
Likes: 0
From: Robertsdale, Alabama
That's pretty cool looking. Great with the decal.
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 05:56 AM
  #9  
Tata Steva's Avatar
Tata Steva
5th Gear
iTrader: (7)
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 858
Likes: 6
From: T.O.
Take the door stickers off... Cincinnati or no Cincinnati...
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 06:13 AM
  #10  
trippinbillies40's Avatar
trippinbillies40
Thread Starter
|
2nd Gear
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 84
Likes: 0
Originally Posted by CZ Mate
Nice, I am going to most Likely do my roof, mirror caps and front grille flat black this spring/summer.

What rim do you have?
They're rota boosts in 16x7.

Originally Posted by DICKS GARAGE R53
Paint or vinyl? I like it either way.
Vinyl

Originally Posted by S&CLC
stunning. stunning. stunning. (stunning.)
Thanks!

Originally Posted by Tata Steva
Take the door stickers off... Cincinnati or no Cincinnati...
Personally, I would love to for the sake of the car, but the whole point in wrapping it was to get the logo noticed more. Boy's gotta eat
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 08:06 AM
  #11  
Helix13mini's Avatar
Helix13mini
Former Vendor
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 3,159
Likes: 17
From: Under your car
Nice. Here's Helix's Wildebeest in matte green:



And I just finished our 135 in matte iridescent gray--fancy iPhone pic:
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 08:49 AM
  #12  
jonnieoh's Avatar
jonnieoh
6th Gear
iTrader: (1)
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,641
Likes: 2
From: Syracuse NY
Not played out. Looks great! Would look better if it wasn't a rolling billboard, but if it's truly helping to pay the bills, then I understand.

The stealth factor of going to complete black matte finish is kick-***, but the graphics on the side negate all that effort. So I guess your goal to make the signage more visible is actually working really well!

Hope business picks up for you.
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 09:42 AM
  #13  
trippinbillies40's Avatar
trippinbillies40
Thread Starter
|
2nd Gear
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 84
Likes: 0
We're not hurting for business
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 11:03 AM
  #14  
Jeremy Brooks's Avatar
Jeremy Brooks
3rd Gear
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 201
Likes: 1
I dig the matte look.
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 12:03 PM
  #15  
7t-onemonte's Avatar
7t-onemonte
2nd Gear
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 89
Likes: 0
From: Chester County Pa
I like it, nothing wrong with matte black
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 01:20 PM
  #16  
gschiel's Avatar
gschiel
2nd Gear
iTrader: (2)
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 102
Likes: 1
From: Victoria, B.C.
You guys have any wrapping tips? I'm gonna do my roof and mirrors once it warms up.
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 01:31 PM
  #17  
Cotnballs2000's Avatar
Cotnballs2000
2nd Gear
iTrader: (1)
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 120
Likes: 0
From: Falcon, CO (7240ft above sea level)
I dig it, how much did it cost you?
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 01:35 PM
  #18  
pgrzes's Avatar
pgrzes
2nd Gear
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 70
Likes: 0
From: Doylestown Pa
Some gloss black stripes would look awesome on there!!! I think it looks awesome. Tint your cornering and scuttle lights black, I just misted mine with the spray stuff works great.
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 01:45 PM
  #19  
trippinbillies40's Avatar
trippinbillies40
Thread Starter
|
2nd Gear
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 84
Likes: 0
Originally Posted by pgrzes
Some gloss black stripes would look awesome on there!!! I think it looks awesome. Tint your cornering and scuttle lights black, I just misted mine with the spray stuff works great.
Those are my exact plans actually
 
Reply
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 05:18 PM
  #20  
ParsedOut's Avatar
ParsedOut
1st Gear
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 27
Likes: 0
From: Mesa, AZ
I love it!

+1 on the gloss black (or Di-Noc 3M carbon fibre) stripes.
 
Reply
Old Feb 11, 2012 | 06:17 AM
  #21  
malinh2o's Avatar
malinh2o
1st Gear
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 11
Likes: 0
From: Plymouth,Mi
That's looking great ...what was the original color?
 
Reply
Old Feb 17, 2012 | 05:03 PM
  #22  
68WMiniS's Avatar
68WMiniS
3rd Gear
iTrader: (1)
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 282
Likes: 0
From: NoVa
I plan on trying the same thing one I get my miniS
 
Reply
Old Feb 22, 2012 | 11:51 PM
  #23  
CEMAYHALL's Avatar
CEMAYHALL
1st Gear
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 15
Likes: 0
From: Apollo Beach FL
I actually just wrapped my R50 with matte black 3M 1080. Not a huge fan of cleaning it (road grime and oil blow by from other cars) but I think it's worth the pay-off!

-Well Done!
 
Reply
Old Feb 26, 2012 | 12:14 PM
  #24  
MrCooperS's Avatar
MrCooperS
Moderator
iTrader: (4)
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 2,457
Likes: 7
From: Boston, MA.
Cost to wrap a MINI?
 
Reply
Old Feb 26, 2012 | 06:17 PM
  #25  
ngweibing's Avatar
ngweibing
6th Gear
iTrader: (11)
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 4,070
Likes: 1
From: pittsburgh( southside), PA
i like it
 
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
ebowling
R50/R53 :: Hatch Talk (2002-2006)
90
Aug 4, 2019 09:15 AM
cawwwtun
MINIs & Minis for Sale
21
May 3, 2016 08:03 AM
sevin
R50/R53 :: Hatch Talk (2002-2006)
7
Aug 24, 2015 09:26 PM
jziran
MINIs & Minis for Sale
0
Aug 24, 2015 04:50 PM
bctf1
F55/F56 :: Hatch Talk (2014+)
9
Aug 6, 2015 12:55 PM




All times are GMT -7. The time now is 09:36 AM.