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R50/53 my mini just got a facial

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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 07:31 AM
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my mini just got a facial

I just got my entire front end repainted. What do you think?

The before


The after

 
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 07:58 AM
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Looks really nice, especially without the dent!
 
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 02:41 PM
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I can see a slight color difference, but it looks very good.

Any body shop knows that the sun fades paint out and that it is almost impossible to match the sun fade and it is very tough to get painted metal to match painted plastic also. It's great that there is a break between the bonnet and the bumper cover, so that draws the eye away from seeing it more clearly.

Overall, a very good job. Kudos!

And, yes. It looks MUCH better without that horrendous dent.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 02:52 PM
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The color looks perfect to me! I am color blind though. LOL
 
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 03:47 PM
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Looks good!
 
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 08:01 PM
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I think its more of my camera on my iphone taking bad pic, rather than two shades of color. Thanks for all the compliments tho. Now much more to come!!!
 
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 03:27 AM
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Good as New !

Like the blacked out badge and lower grille. Never quite understood that lower grill in the Coopers. The chrome rusts and looks really bad after just a few years.

A friend of mine is deciding whether or not to have his painted white or black right now. I suggested plastic dip as it would form somwhat of a protective barrier against stone chips.

What did you use ?
 
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 12:57 PM
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I got the body shop to just paint the lower grill since they had the bumper off already. However, I have my grill plasti dipped and i am just not a fan of it it chips really easy so i am going to get them painted as well.
 
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 02:22 PM
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looks liek new
 
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