I have been trying to figure out what direction to take my Mini asthetically on the exterior... Currently I have a 2003 Electric Blue with White roof and mirrors.. no stripes or graphics. I have added Ocari Cowl scoops painted to match the white roof, and now have an M7 Extreme scoop to paint up as well. I will probably paint the M7 Scoop White to match, and do a modified version of the new factory V stripe going from the scoop back to the Ocari's.

NOW.. my dilemma is this... I am finding the unpainted wheel arches rather unattractive these days. I've seen plenty of EB's with fully painted arches... and I'm considering that. I am just having a hard time trying to picture 2 other ideas. 1. Paint the bottom white to match the top.. 2. Paint the front and sides and rear EB, and the wheel arches gloss black. Can anyone help with a simple photoshop job to envision this a little better?

Thanks in advance!

 

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Hmm lemme see if i have any pictures, someone with an Electric Blue/White Roof painted all the black trim white to match the roof. Although it looked nice, it wasn't for my taste. I've never really seen the point in painting the black trim black, IMO for that save yourself the money and keep them stock... I'll try finding those pics though...

 

Thanks, I appreciate it.

 

Here is a pic of chad's mini with the painted wheel arches.



I am not too good with the photochop, but if you really wanted it done, I would say post a pic for them to work off of.

Chad's will give you an idea of the eb arches on an eb card, even though the roof is black and the grill is aero. Looks really sweet in my opinion.

 

I understand your dilemma about what to do with the exterior black trim. I’m currently painting mine white to match up with my BRG/W MINI and when I was looking for inspiration I found this MINI on Mini2. It’s owned by an Australian who goes by Smurfn, here is one photo of his MINI. Good luck.

 

What are the handle looking doodads on his roof?

 

wow that is ugly.

 

Those are for the roof rack, which is taken off in this picture.

 

Oh sweet Jesus - Smurfn has created a disaster. To each his own, but MAN.... wow.

If you post up a couple pics of your car I'll do my best to work on it for you.

 

Uh... yeah... no white bottoms for me. Thank you very much for uncovering that gem. I'm not trying to be rude here... if he likes it, sweet, that's all that matters, but it reminds me of all those awful unpainted body kits on some HS kids (insert preferred bad looking japanese auto here).

I'll take some pics soon... but honestly, any old EB/W would work. Now to see the bottom finished in black, or EB with Black wheel arches.

 

Here's black arches to give you a rough idea