I've always wondered why more people haven't done this kind of Mod. IMHO, this dash piece is SCREAMING for custom paintwork or vinyl. Very nice!

If I could find an old-school pinstriper (an artist w/ paints and brushes... not just a vinyl decal application person), I'd pick 2-3 colors from the car and bring it all together right here.

 

I'm going gonzo on Union Jack-ification on my cool blue cabrio, Blimey. I'm up to 18 so far, and have 4 more planned short term. The newest is (I think) the coolest - my custom UJ painted bumper grille.

I got a replacement grille with the tow eye cover from Morristown Mini for about $35. I carefully cut out just the visible part of the grille with my scroll saw and filed the edges smooth. Then sanded it a little and wiped it down with paint thinner. Then painted it white with Krylon Fusion plastic paint, then masked and painted the red stuff, then masked again and painted the blue (allowing dry time for each, of course). Then pulled all the masking off and hand painted the bottoms of the "solid" cells (near the sides and top) with black model paint. Then touched up as needed with red, white and blue model paint. Then several coats of clearcoat. Total project time about 6 hours plus waiting / drying time. Total cost about $60.

I drilled a few discreet holes in some solid cells of the stock grille on the car, and can zip-tie this grille on top of the stock one. Looks like it belongs, but can easily be affixed and removed in about 5 minutes so I can put it on for rallies and take it off for daily driving (because, around here, this would be asking to get keyed or worse...).

 

Very creative, Paul ! Kudos for a job well done !

I bet you get hundreds of comments on that mod during the coming months.

 

Two of my favorites on Lilith.

 

HA! I love the 'shorts' sticker. I need a couple of those - one for my bike. =o)

 

I'm starting some new stuf soon so I thought I'd bump this

 

Well, with the help of CoolJamJar, Jeff at MotorSwag and Ed at Cooper Flags I added my latest me-ification







I had originally wanted outlined letters just like the GP numbers, but I think this looks better

 

A facelift and this mod has definately increased HP!!
From this...

To This...


Big Thanks to Eric of Artistic Signs & Graphics for the awesome stripage and for installing my driving lights. Wow what a difference!!
oh, and this...

 

Wow, Mom (if I may), that doesn't even look like the same MINI !

Driving lights, fog lights, stubby antenea, grille badges, hood scoop in white honeycomb, new wheels, mirror caps, and the awesome stripage.

What did I miss ?

 

cool idea

 

Thanks for noticing!!

Total list of mods...
-ProMINI Cold Air Intake
-ProMINI 17% Supercharger Pulley w/JCW belt
-H&R 19mm Rear Sway bar
-ProMINI Strut Brace
-Ian's Auto-up circuit
-Auxillary Input
-Euro Parcel Shelf w/liner (courtesy of BHS)
-Cravenspeed's Limited Edition MINI Takes the States Stubby Antenna
-OEM Driving Lights
-Front & Rear Fogs
-Chrome Boot Hinges & Boot Latch
-Chrome Hood Scoop
-Chrome Mirror Covers
-Windscreen
-Bootbox
-A/R Estrella 17" Wheels with BFGoodrich G-Force Sports
-Valentine 1 Radar Detector Hardwired
-TomTom 700 Hardwired
-Personalized License Plates "BLU QT"

Coming this week...
-TSW Engine Dampener
-TSW Jack Pucks
-Tow Hook License Plate holder

 

Who wouldn't notice ??!! That's an eye-grabbing MINI you've created. Not that it wasn't a beauty to begin with. But now it's ready for car shows.

Mind you, this is coming from a diehard Eagles fan who sees Dallas Cowboys when looking at that MINI. Yikes !!

 

That is too funny, my mom said the same thing. I don't see it, but could if my MINI were Indi Blue or Space Blue. Hyper Blue is more the Colts color, as that is my point of reference as my husband (diehard Cowboy fan) has boycotted ever since Jerry Jones brought in TO. But the stars really have nothing to do with the Cowboys. My stripe guy kinda did them to mock my wheels. 5 spokes with the tapering, so those stripes look hella good with these wheels!!

There is a ProMINI event in Tyler Texas on March 24, which is only 30 miles from my house. I will be cleaning up my MINI and actually trying to participate for the first time this year. My first car show...we'll see how it goes.

 

That's a good point. The color isn't so much what reminds me of the Cowboys as much as the stars within the stripes. That, and the Texas license plate, of course.

Since you weren't aiming to make it look like the Official MINI of the Dallas Cowboys, we can still be friends.

I'm sure your first carshow will garner you lots of "ewwws" and "ahhhhs" on the 24th of next month. Good luck !!

 

KTsMom -- I've gota say, your cabrio looks great! Absolutely dig the side graphics!!

 

Man - I'm glad someone resurrected this thread... I got SO many ideas from people in here, some of which I used and some I didn't.

Let's see if I can remember all the things I've done to my car:

Base: 2006 Hot Orange MCS cabrio (black top), 17" S-lite rims w/ performance run-flats, chrome interior kit, black bonnet stripes.

Exterior MODS:

* Blue LED underbody lighting (using Oznium.com "Beefy Strip" LEDs)
(NOTE: a How-to was added HERE, post #16, in Jan. 2009.)
* Aesthetics Creations boot stripes.
* Hella Optilux "Angel Eyes" driving lights ojn Outmotoring bonnet-mount brackets
* Blacked-out grille (black vinyl)
* True-white fog light bulbs
* Orange parking lights
* Smoked tail-lights (Lamin-X film)
* Smoked side-markers (also Lamin-X film)
* "Supercharged" badge on side air vent and intercooler
* Blue cold cathode illumination in front grille
* Blue LED strip in engine bay
* Engine bay eye decals
* Supercharger scoop grille (hand-made)
* Stubby antenna
* Red rubberized tow-hook (front)
* Upgraded exhaust tips (interior painted black)
* Spare rims (X-lites w/All-season Dunlops)
* Removable magnetic "gum ball" racing numbers and other, assorted magnetic accents (seasonal)
* Mid-Ohio Motoring grille badge
* Honeycomb supercharger grille (**NEW! **)
* Orange/Blue Union Jack vinyl "mirror skins" (** NEW! **)
* Euro license plate


Interior MODs:

* 13-ball shifter **** (my very first MOD!)
* Blue cold cathode foot-well illumination
* Blue cold cathode rear seat illumination (under front seats)
* Blue LED "puddle lights" in lower door sills with additional LEDs in door pockets
* Blue LED strip in boot
* Blue LED dome light replacement
* Blue LEDs in center air vents
* Blue LEDS in rear head-rest/roll bar
* White LED dome light in rear
* Custom-made secondary accessory switch box w/ blue LED switches and extra amber cockpit lights (my favorite mod so far)
* Dark gray Outmotoring speedo and guage faces
* Hard-wired MP3 player and Garmin GPS nav unit
* Paint-matched orange rear child seat
* Seat protector on back of passenger seat (see: child seat).
* Glove box organizer

Performance MODs:

* M7 front strut bar with anti-mushroom plates, chrome accent badge and blue LED underlighting
* Engine dampener (blue)
* 15% reduction pulley (planned for after warranty is expired)
* M7 USS system (planned for future)
* Alta cold-air intake (installed April 2007)

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Matt,

If your MINI was a twin and the two of them were separated at birth (VDC) and then ran into each other today, they wouldn't recognize each other.

That's a lot of mods... pretty COOL mods, at that. And you've been so kind as to post "how to" threads on a lot of them (I've used a couple of them myself). Thanks for that !!

 

Actually, from the outside, shy of the black grille and the driving lights, the car looks almost totally stock (albeit with dealer-installed bonnet stripes and user-installed boot stripes). At night though, when I open the doors and/or start turning stuff on... Well...

 

Love the Jordan IV's and the Jumpman + Flight logo! I had two pairs of those white/green IV's, but sold them w/o ever wearing them. Now all I have left (as far as AJ IV's go) are 2 pairs of CG IV's, 1 pair of blackcat IV's and 1 pair of white/red/black laser IV's.

 

here are some recent pics from a local car show:

 

Subtle badging/stripes. Nice!

 

thanx, i stole the idea for the stripes from someone on here. what you cant see is the flat black stickers all along the bottom of the left and right sides.

also check out the mini madness stage 2 on the rear and engine. pretty soon i'll finish my blackout job, and show my custom sub box. (crappy paint at this time wont let me)

 

With a design by Suzann and a vinyl made by Mike @ AC, here's my youification:



And of course, I love it

 

Thanks. I have these and the mars for IV's. But I have a complete collection of I - XXII. At least one pair of each model.

 

bump.

I'm living vicariously through you all until my car arrives here off the boat for my modding pleasure. I can't get enough of this thread. Please bring on the photo goodness.