I think I've decided on getting the stock black bonnet stripes and remember seeing a few pictures around of members who have them also on their boot.

Anyone have pictures on a 2nd gen? Also, did you have your dealer "install" them or a vinyl shop? Thanks

 

Black sport stripes, dealer installed.

 

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ictures-5.html

I followed the instructions on the above link and had no problems, really good pictures. I put them on wet BTW. Dry method seems more suited to the very experienced. I got my stripes, replacement bonnet and new boot, from Aesthetic Creations before he was badgered out of business but there are other sources for good vinyl elsewhere. Just glad I got the laminated ones this time so they'll last a lot longer from high speed buggie skid marks

 

Here are some on my sweet R53, Topper. Custom from CooperFlags, boot and bonnet.

 

Here is my Winnie at MINI Takes the States, with the magnetic MTTS shield on her bonnet that they gave her for being cool (but we don't leave it on):



Here she is at an SCMM event, at a private auto museum/collection up near Solvang, CA. I wish that her boot stripes went all the way down her bumper, and when I go to do them again, that is what they will do:

 

White single stripe like the front with a custom R56 and turbocharged emblem.

 

That is a gorgeous R53, very nice!

 

Thanks everyone, they all look great. If I had went with a different color than blue I think I would want viper stripes. I'm kind of a freak about symmetry so no single sided stripes for me. I do like how the right side boot stripe is notched for the Cooper badge on Joanie's.

 

Got my stripes from CooperFlags, then added orange pinstriping. I love boot stripes on a Mini. Can't understand why more folks don't do them.

 

It's funny.... on the bonnet, I love the stripes that are wide apart, the 'classic' Mini stripes. On the boot, I love the Viper style stripes. Next graphic I get, will be tying the whole car together. It will go from the lower front bumper, up and over the hood, flow down the sides, whip and snap toward the back, then up and over the tail lights, ending on the lower back bumper. A very ambitious project, we'll see if I can pull it off. Instead of thinking of the car as separate sections... bonnet, sides, boot... I am trying to think of it as a gestalt... a three dimensional whole.
Since I am not going down the performance mod/suspension/exhaust sound road, that leaves more in the budget for the graphics/interior embellishment/sound system mods.

MINI--- there's enough quirkiness and individuality for everyone!

 

Kirby, your car always looks great! I'm still wanting to do the paint pen on the engine thing you did.... :-)

 

thanks Joanie - love yours too! I'd love to see that idea of yours put into action - sounds very impressive! I like the idea of tying it all together, like when people have the full Union Jack roof like yours and have a red/white viper stripe on the bonnet/boot that looks like an extension of the flag.

 

Thanks!! The graphics will feature my dogs on the sides, full sized (they are American Eskimos) running, with the stripes morphing into snapping flags behind them, and back into stripes. I'm waiting for my artist friend to do the dog artwork, she makes 'cartoon' type drawings from photos, but they aren't silly cartoons, they are more like line art. I have a cousin who does graphics for trucks and he thinks that he can get the MINI diagram, so that he can design the 3D stripes/flags. Then there is the money.... It won't be cheap...

 

Here is my rear stripes that I had done at a vinyl shop

 

 

Has anyone had the bonnet stripes (not viper) installed on your boot by a dealer? I'm guessing these stripes are just standard bonnet stripes cut to fit?

Hoping it warms up around here soon so I can get my MINI striped

 

Dealer installed stripes

 

Dealer-installed bonnet/boot stripes.

 

I like the bonnet stripes to coordinate with the car's interior. e.g red stripes with a red interior.

 

I originally had viper stripes all the way down the boot, bumper, and apron (applied by a local graphics shop).



But, then I removed the stripes from the bumper and apron. I wound up liking that look better.

 

Totally concur.
Less is more.
Simple is best.
Streamlined is more complex.

 

Hello all
I am new here and have been reading as much as can with what little time I have currently. Figured it was time for me to post something. I have a green 03 S and will stay stripeless myself. Not that I don't think they look nice, just not for me.
Sad part is, I have had mine 2 months and already having to throw money at it and don't have much to throw..... . But on a good note, I very much enjoy driving the little machine!!
I hope to get enough time to keep up a bit more and post some here and there. Happy Easter, everyone.

Michael