I'm still trying to finalize my MCS specs, but am having difficulty with the interior. The car color will be laserblue/white. I want the brushed alloy with the interior chrome line, but don't know what to pair them with.

Am leaning toward the standard headliner with gotham grey.... The other choice i'm thinking of is with the anthracite headliner and the dark grey.

Any interior pictures using these two design elements (brushed alloy and interior chrome line) would be greatly appreciated.

And I'd like to hear any opinions or suggestions for this interior....

The local dealer doesn't have any cars with either the brushed alloy or the gotham grey.

Oh, yeah...I'm planning on tinting the windows as dark as possible....and I want the rubber mats cause it rains a lot here in Seattle, but I'm worried that the whole thing will be just too dark.

Help!

 

whatever you do, get the anthracite headliner for sure.

 

+1. Even with tint, especially since you have the sunroof, I doubt your interior will be too dark. My interior is completely black other than the cream color line and matching piping on the seats. Still seems airy and bright enough to me.

 

You really need to see it in person. The brushed alloy is hard to describer and pictures really don't do it justice. On my recently ordered Pure Silver MCS I had to have three different Mini's in a row to really see how each surface played off of different interior colors.

Incidentally, I went with the brushed alloy, anthracite headliner, and chrome trim.

 

i have brushed alloy with pacific blue, anthracite headliner (i agree -- a must), chrome, and the grey leatherette. hopefully you can see some of the details from this pic (attached). sorry it's not a better photo.

i think the grey on the supports and "codpiece" of the seats accents the brushed alloy nicely. oh ... my MINI is lightning blue/black.

 

Here is a link to the full res of it.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2111/...85efd31c_o.jpg

I went with the anthracite headliner (LOVE IT), and the standard grey colorline. Was thinking about getting the blue or cream, but figured those would get dirtier easier, and would also cost more. I do not have the chromeline, however.

 

Nice pic!

 

See my gallery...brushed alloy, chromline, anthracite headliner, standard leatherette seats, black rubber floormats. I like it just fine.

 

Makes the MINI look all big and "normal" sized (what is "normal" anyway?)

 

Maybe I'm missing something (wouldn't be the first time)--I thought the "chrome-line interior" made those ovals on the door come in shiny...chrome. The pictures look like they are the silver-paint style other cars have.

 

On mine the chrome interior just puts chrome rings on the cupholders, speedo and other little touches. I have the brushed alloy interior and, the oval on the door of mine is that plastic dull silver. My fiance has the piano black interior and her ovals are piano black.

 

DD, chrome lined interior is just for the circles in the MINI - not the door ovals. Those usually match the dash (exceptions for wood and brushed metal)

 

Here is my MINI with the brushed silver. I like it alot...

 

give me till tomorrow, i need to detail the inside. But i love my brushed alloy.

no finger prints, no scratches, the texture is really cool around the inside door handles.

 

+1

 

I'm really looking forward to seeing a picture of the door handles......

 

I liked the brushed alloy...until I saw piano black. In person IMHO piano black looks better.

 

My fiance has the piano black, it looks awesome. The only thing i didn't like was she already has a visible scratch, and fingerprints get all over it. She takes good car of her car so i was shocked to see the scratch

 

My opinion is the brushed alloy really brightens the interior. Piano black means the doors are all one color, and I really like the contrast.

What ever colorline / dash color, anthracite is a must!

Pics in my gallery if you want to see cream / brushed alloy.

 

Yep, that's another reason I went with the brushed alloy (even though the piano black is beautiful!) is that it's metal, and already has a texture to it, so it's harder to scratch, and if you do scratch it, it doesn't look any different - whereas the piano black, silver, and checkerboard are plastic. I don't know... perceived toughness?

 

Na, I like it light. I realize there is the risk of smudges on the liner, but I still don't like the anthracite for mine.

But you know how we women describe the ideal house--"bright and airy."

 

Don't tell MINI, but I'd pay $100 for the light headliner. There is enough black in the interior as is.

 

If you like the light headliner, the Gotham Grey interior goes REALLY well with it

 

Except I beleive the OEM headliner is stitched vinyl. The anthracite is like felt glued to the roof. Nothing to tear and no stitching to come loose.

 

No vinyl. It's also felt.

What is the Gotham Grey? Is that the standard?

I went with standard leatherette seats and Fluid Silver. Not the most exciting, I guess, but I wanted the flash outside (CR/W), and a classic non-busy interior. BTW, it's the first car in some time without leather, but I didn't like the choices, at least for '07. I don't know what's available now.