Got my 06 HO MCSC last week and love it. Most everyone in my neighborhood loves the color.

I just got my Black w/White bonnet strips. I'll post a pic later.

I'm the first in Utah on Frapper!

 

Welcome sidetrak! Looking forward to some pics.

It's nice to be unique among the unique!

I spent some time in SLC in 2001. You have some nice roads for motoring, and some great views to enjoy in the convertible.

 

As I was reading this thread, I thought of something.

Everyone go to quick links in the upper right corner and add a link to the frapper map to the site...

Thom

 

I did.

 

Count me in!

 

I got my bonnet stripes. Looking good! Now I just need to wax my wheel to stop all of that damn brake dust nastiness.

 

Great pics from Salt lake, now you just have to get Bryce Cayon, and the Arches

-alpinamike

 

Good idea! My HO MINI will just blend in with the rock down here! Here's my dream picture:

 

Nice "dream picture". We are now waiting for you to post the "real" picture.

Your car looks great with the stripes. IMO MINIs are just supposed to have the bonnet stripes. I am trying to get the nerve to go out and remove my factory stripes and put on the custom (black w/chrome pinstripe) bonnet stripes I just bought. I have laid them on the bonnet and really like the look, but I'm afraid I'll mess up doing the removal or installation process. This is the first time I have ever done anything like this.

Definitely get some wax on your wheels. It makes a big difference in keeping the wheels clean.

 

But in a rental car
Otherwise the MINI would have gotten closer to getting crushed by those boulders

I thought that they looked like they were going to fall.
I rained so hard that their was a flash flood and people where jumping the natural streams off the side on the cliffs, it was puddling ...then waterfalls everywhere

-what a trip

 

Nemo lives down here in the South... y'all... just arrived on March 31st!

www.nemomini.com

Now if I can just find some hot orange shades... not orange. HOT ORANGE.

And lemme tell ya... I know it's only spring, but yesterday it was already up to 90 degrees. But I REFUSE to put that top up! No matter how many tractor trailers try to pin me in on 285, no matter how many gay boys hoot and holler at me in Midtown, no matter how many kids surround me at the Georgia Aquarium screaming "Mommy look... it's Nemo!", no matter how much I end up sweating through my kakhi shorts... as God and Miss Scarlett are my witnesses... THE TOP WILL NOT CLOSE!

Disclaimer: Nemo regrets that he is not able to travel on rainy or winter days. We signed an agreement and damn it, we're not closin' the top!

 

Nemomini - Welcome to Hotlanta! You don't have to put up the top when it gets over 90. Just turn on the AC! You put the heat on in the winter so why not put the AC on in the summer?! Works for me. C'mon over to AtlantaMINIs.com, sign up and join the fun! I'm one of two HO's in the club. I've seen at least three other HO's around town though. I'm sure you'll more ho's in midtown though! lol!!!

 

Thanks Gr8Force! Maybe I'm doing something wrong.. but when I type in that address in my browser, I'm redirected to a miniature horse site??

And is it just me, or does the A/C in the MINI dry your eyes out really bad? Whenever I've used it I've had to use eyedrops! But when I don't use it I'm fine. Weird.

Let me know if the site is different. I wanna join and play!

 

Sorry... found it! AtlantaMINIs.net Can't wait to meet!

 

My bad on the site addy. I always forget its a .net name.

AC drying my eyes out...nope. I have it hitting my arms and chest/belly (same thing at this age). Welcome to Atlanta. If you think the AC is bad you must be having a hay day with the pollen. After 14 years I'm used to it. I rarely have to hit the allergy medicine (flonase and/or psuedoephidrine). Even with two cats!

 

Welcome NemoMINI!!! Always good to see another Hot Orange MINI.

We are Nemo fans and loved your site. So do you call him Nemo or Sharkbait ("Ooo! Ah! Ah!") (And you get to go around saying "MINE! MINE!")

 

The A/C blows out the vent on top of the dash in addition to the vents pointed at the seats. That may be why your eyes are getting dried out. I'm not sure if there is a way to prevent this. I generally have more problem from the wind blowing and drying my eyes so I haven't tried to redirect the top A/C vent.

 

Oh you GOTTA play with all the sound bites all over the Nemo site then! I call him Nemo, just because that's what my little nephew calls him. That, and Sharkbait wouldn't fit on a Georgia tag. Although the little brat DID try to gimp my passenger door with a plastic chair while he was saying "Lucky Fin!"

Thanks for the welcome! It feels good to be part of an exclusive club!

 

Nemo's on here. People love the orange and white
My white is on my wheels.

 

I guess I'm the oddball. The only white on Gromit were the white pinstripes on his black bonnet stripes. Those stripes came off today and were replaced with black bonnet stripes w/chrome pinstripes. You really can't see a major difference unless you are close to the car, which was what I was hoping-being like the other MINIs, but also just a little different. I'll try to get an updated pic in my Gallery soon.

I will admit that the white stripes and wheels do look good though.

 

No stripes on this bad boy. I'm 180 degrees opposite of you guys. I've always thought HO is at it's best without stripes however I am leaning towards *true fire or real flames. Call 'em what you want. Some others are starting to add those to their MINI's but I haven't seen any pics yet.

*click on "tru fire" link and then "tru fire set 04" then first blue pic. Imagine that on a bed of hot orange!

 

That would look SWEET! That is some incredible artwork. If you get that done, I would like to see tons of pics. (But then when I think about it, you would be taking tons of pics anyway.) Or maybe I would have to take a road trip and see it in person.

Would your fire be blue or an orange to compliment the awesome color of you car? I can see either one looking pretty cool with your car/roof combination.

 

This is a long time away as I have several other goals to accomplish before the custom paint. 1. Finish suspension upgrades (Koni FSD's & JCW springs, USS, wheels & tires) completed end of May. 2. BBK end of May if $'s allow otherwise end of June. 3. Body kit from Zeemax (big$ item) - next year?
The completion date for all that is about $8k away and about a year away.

Either color looks good and I've even seen other color flames. One was a green flame. While that would look awesome on a black MINI I don't think it would go so well on a HO. As you can see the backgrounds are dark (black or blue) or orange. If it's dark it has either a blue or orange flame but if it's an orange background it's only with orange flames. So I'm really going wild with a HO background with blue flames.

It will be limited to how much area will be painted as I don't want to go completely nuts with it. It'll already be over the top so a little discretion is called for. I'll have flames coming off the scoop and the wheel wells. The tailgate will also have some but that's the piece-de-resistance. I'm still working on my interpretation of it to present to the painter.

I'll have my wheels powder coated with a high gloss blue. That will give the effect of the wheels being the source for the blue flames coming off the wheel wells. The flame coming from the scoop...well, you gotta open the hood to see the blue I have in there. I have yet to take pics of that. Gotta clean it first and I've got more blue coming (wires, coolant hose, intercooler diverter powder coated, etc.). I'm not quite finished.

 

Let me check.