Has anybody painted their MINI real british racing green?

 

Which "real" BRG do you mean? There are quite litrally hundreds of shades between each manufacturer - even to the point of two identicle cars coming down the line having a different shade of BRG (due to the paint gun having yellow residue left in etc) - talking about older British cars here.

 

Gotta agree with Kevin on this. There are too many different shades of green that have been used by British cars in international competition for there to be a single "BRG". Dark / Medium / even lighter shades or "puke" greens have been called BRG. Pick a color you like, and that will be your BRG.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_racing_green

 

I stand corrected. I guess what I meant was a non-metallic green in the BRG range. Something with the traditional look. I was about to say "like the car I posted", then I noticed it's not there.

OK now is. is.

 

Here's a pic I took of the same Cooper at Indy...



now that's BRG

 

To be honest I don't think the new Mini would look any good in a flat BRG!

 

I don't know about that. The jet black looks great - much more striking than the black metallic. Don't think in terms of matte green, but rather non-metallic.

If anyone wants to try it, I won't cry foul about a layer of clearcoat.

 

Any 'black' color looks great on most of the cars

but flat green..? Hmmmm makes me wonder..

 

I, for one, would have happily paid an extra fee to buy my "BRG"/white Cooper S in real British Racing Green (as shown on the Cooper formula car in the post above). Mind you, metallic green is okay, but I think one or two true retro colors would look outstanding on the MINI. One competitive example of this that comes to mind is the color pallet available for the current VW Beetle. Some of its shades are very reminiscent of the '60s.