Just looking for opinions on this color. I am not a fan. Just wondering what you folks think. I think this guy is a crack-pot!
The roof is off white...kinda like old english white but not exactly.






I prefer this one!


Tell me!

TTI

 

TTI, I'm a huge fan of spy photos. I like both, but probably would choose the light blue w/old english top over the darker blue color. I like the contrast of vintage-looking paint w/kick-**** vtec speed.

 

that is very blue... I have to say I would have to go with the darker blue (I actually like that a lot!) I will reserve final judgment on the other until it is all together but right now I'm...sceptical

 

That light blue is very cool. Reminds me of the Grabber Blue found on the 1970 Boss 302.

 

First off, I'd say three more weeks at the painters.

Not funny, I know.

Secondly, some of the vintage colors I like quite a bit like Sideache's Mini for example...surf blue or something like that...but that there at the top of this thread is crack pot, to borrow the term. Looks all too Teletubby for me.

Three more weeks...

 

Teletubby it is.
Changing it is not.
It's growing on me.
I really intended on changing it, otherwise I wouldn't have posted the pics.

Lance, you naysayer. I am done with betting on when it will be done!

(Really I am just tired of loosing our bets .... lol)

 

sorry my question is off the topic but seeing the picture of the darker blue, how does he mount the miata seats in the mini?
btw that light blue looks like the color of marina blue miata from a 1990-1993.

 

I like the new color...it'll look great on a VTEC Mini. It's still an extremely classic look...just a bit more in yo face!!!

 

ACTUALLY if you look at the pics again, the first thing you see is the arches. They were very bright because of the flash on the camera. If you look in the same pic, way in the back is the flip front. It looks much darker.
Today I went by the painters and he had some stuff outside. It looks 10 times better than at first glance.

I am really happy with it. It does look like the paint chip in the book.

TTI

 

In the sun, it's gonna look sweet.

 

That would be mariner blue. Just like my car!

 

More new bits.

tik,tik,tik,.....

 

That light blue is like Electric blue, sans the metal flakes. It's like pure CYAN.

It should look quite fetching when complete! Keep us posted.

 

Blue on the brake drums...hmm. Not red?

This is a July 4th release, methinks.

 

classic car, classic colour, so it should be and looks great IMO, it would look like crap on a newer car.

 

Ilike the dark blue, the lighter reminds me of smurfs

 

Lance, The blue on the brake drums was the best color I could find in the "Brake Drum" paint section.

Also, I finally post pics of the powder coating and not a single comment from you?

Please excuse the dust all over the engine. Its under construction ya know!

TTI

 

Hmmm...What? Oh yeah! I love it. The shroud will finish that off well. The damn thing needs a supercharger - it looks like someone I know but who doesn't have their glasses on.

This past weekend a guy had a vtec with a flame covered shroud which matched his flames on the side of his car...quite cool.

I score pretty low on originality. If I would have gone mirror finish with my head like it was SUPPOSED to be this last go around / head exchange, then it would be looking more showy...right now mine has the style / flavor of celery.

And that powder coat goes to my original complaint about the drums...you pick red, red and blue...it's like wearing sandals with shorts and plaid socks. Or more closely construed, it's like seeing a new Porsche with red calipers in the front, blue in the back. If Fritz shipped something like that out, za Germans would lynch him. I think you'll be able to see those colors if you use the normal type of Mini Lite. Then again, it's just an opinion of a guy who has his car at the garage where the main tools are the hammer and the anvil so what do I know.

 

Oh yeah, Meno.... your car's a real boring POS...

 

omfg. seriously if you paint it light blue with a white roof. it will be the hottest car ever. i want pics! : )))

 

Went by the painters this evening to load the shell up. Here is the latest.
The rotors will be changed to red soon.

 

OK... looks much better than the original pictures of the bits above. Looks very sharp with the white roof

 

Yep, It's looking fab! Do you still have that red one? I'd be happy to drive it for you if you don't have the time.

 

yea, i still have that dirty ole' thing. I was forced to drive it this weekend for a little spin.
I never get tired of the purr that one makes....

 

omg!! its totally like a tiny version of my car! i love it
id love a light blue w white roof classic MINI. so beautiful!!