Is it mean enough to be here?

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^ That's a beauty.

 

almost there

 

Yeah, I'm thinking it's missing something...just can't put my Finger on it. It is a Very Nice Looking MINI BTW!!

 

Thank you for you comments , but what could be missing? Perhaps I need to blackout the rest of the chrome (headlight and taillight rings, beltline, gas cap, scuttles, door handles), or maybe add some type of stripes to the hood,roof,boot.

 

Black-out would be good!! I was thinking about that, but is still seems so Stark, I know it's White. Stripes my do it as well, I think I was thinking more along the lines of something on the Profile, like Black Checker's?? If you are thinking about Stripes...which Stripes were you thinking about??

 

I don't mind the chrome on the lighter colored MINIs, but I always think body colored rings and trim look WAY better than black.

 

Ah damn! I didn't know Kris sold the CCW's to you....I remember contacting him a bit later when he was parting out. Either way, I'm following a similar path.

I placed the order of my CCW's last week. Probably another 2 weeks before they're here...Custom painted to my specs.

 

I don't think a Mini can ever look "mean", they're just too "cute"...

 

I don't have pictures but "Pretty Hate Machine" is one of the meaner looking ones. Matte black with red striping. It is really hard to call a Cooper mean looking though. Adding a giant spoiler and huge diffusers (cough...cough Peter's M7 MINI) makes a MINI disgusting and totally ricey, not mean.

 

Team M7, James is right. The yellow M7 R56 absolutely reeks of rice! Maybe you guys should airbrush a huge Koi with fangs on the door panels Be sure to tell Peter that!

 

Locomini,
Are those mirror caps or did you paint them white?

 

My mini is a Camden edition it come with white mirror caps

 

I don't understand why its so "rice." Where? Advans? If that were the case, BMW racing should stop using the Advan RS wheels on their cars or even Volks. The wing? Maybe the Challenge series shouldn't bother with a wing either.

Is there something I'm missing here? I absolutely love M7's Mini.

 

loco, try Stoch33+ electrical tape as a temporary beltline blackout. Cost you $3 and about 30 minutes, and it's about the right gloss to make it happen. Just don't "stretch" it while installing. Easiest way is to take the roll, tape the entire beltline (right over the seams), cut with scissors and tuck the ends. I had mine on an entire summer and it removed with no black residue, but I have an R53, different trim, so your mileage may vary. It would give you a good, cheap idea on the "look".

Problem with a Camden is... it's hard to make ANYTHING in wedding-dress-pearl-white look "mean". Aside, of course, from a bride wronged.

IMHO, blacking out can definitely be taken too far.

 

I don't know, does this look mean?

 

 

Looks like it's sneaking itself out of the Bat Cave for an early-afternoon skulk.

 

If that hill is a garage that's the coolest thing I've ever seen.

PS- Are you a hobbit??

 

 

 

Thank you for suggesting the Scotch33+ tape, I installed a similar tape on the beltline of my now gone '06 and it looked OK, not great, I want it to look perfect this time, so I am going to take advantage of Vinyl Styles tour thru SoCal and have Lyle black out the belt line, headlight and taillight rings, tailight tint,gas cap,emblems and maybe the door handles too.

 

Yeah, some of the so-called "japwrap" electrical tape has an uneven glossy sheen that just looks wrong, and the adhesive is just abhorrent. I've heard that Vinyl Styles looks "right" - and is certainly the "right" way to go - but in defense of Scotch33+, it's a really high quality electrical tape with an even look, great adherence, a good-enough width, and excellent temperature stability... BUT... it IS electrical tape (!), and costs 3 bucks.

I'd be careful about blacking out everything, could make the high-zoot Camden look like it's got black eyes!

Does that package have striping on the front fenders as well? Interesting. I'd like to see it "in the metal". Yours does look "boss" though. Nice work!

 

Thank you for the props but really it is all in the eye of the beholder and to each their own. As the vast majority of the responses have been very positive we are happy with the results . As European Car is not in the habit of running features on " rice " and BMW has rarely been accused of designing " rice " we choose to take more stock in their professional views over a very few negative ones Is it a over the top look ? Of course. Is it for everyone ? Hell no, but we like it that way

Randy
M7 Tuning

 

Well put my man.