Hi, just picked up my new mini! Used to have a swift, so there pretty similar, but didnt do much to the swift. But fancy making a few changes to this to make it not look like much of a girls car lol

Its asto black, but with loads of chrome on, which i dont particulally like. And planning of getting rid of! Inside im happy with, as the person i got it from had pretty much every extra put on it.

Below is a picture of the car, and i have circled the bits i want to change, for now!



Ive had a price for the grille from one of the sponsors, just waiting for him to get back to me on payment details so that i can purchase that.
Ive red many things about this plastidip, i was thinking about using it on all of the other chrome bits, but with the car being astra black, i dont think it will look right, as it appears to be a matt black finish, what do you think? Or is there a better paint that will blend in with the astra black.

As for the wheels, i was thinking of going all black, been looking at the ones below.



Id appreciate as much advice as possible, as i want to get this right first time. Thanks Alex

 

astro black is an odd color, i think plastidip will work fine with any color mini because it matches the color of the plastic trim that surrounds the bottom on your car.

 

I tried to delete a lot of my chrome, but its not easy. Not much will stick to it. The grille is the easiest. Buy an Aero Grille. Top and Bottom cost about $90 together. Its made for the Aero kit so fitting the bottom grill is a pain, but not exceedingly difficult. As for the rest, there's vinyl wraps through Aesthetic Creations I believe... but getting the headlight rings off is gonna be a major issue. The belt line is also easy, thats the chrome that wraps the car under the windows. Check out the beltline blackout kit on outmotoring.com