never

 

how?? i got pulled over for having to big of exhaust tips lol

 

This is my poor attempt at photoshoping my trim black.. how do yall like it? is there any way to gloss black the trim like this?


Oh and i only photoshopped the trim. somebody else did the people in the background and the red lights

 

I didn't do this, this is a past member's car. He had all his black plastic & chrome trim painted just like I did, just on a black car. It looks awesome.

If you take all the rings and grille surrounds to a body shop they should be able to color match them relatively cheap. It's definitely worth it. Especially since you have the black headlights, those rings stick out like a sore thumb.

PS- Why didn't you just joey mod the lights (instead of paying $$$ to get the black ones after the fact) since you're taking them apart anyways?

 

or talk to orangecrush on here. he did a perfect match of PW (tougher than black) on my mini and gave me a deal. Think about i

 

Matte black all the chrome. It will work perfectly with the stripes. You could tackle is yourself if you have some patience a good heat gun and a few tools!!! Car looks great!!

 

Looks good, wondering how red mirror caps would look, or if it would be too much. Found Waldo. Good luck.

 

Im not blowing smoke up my but but the only statements other than one speeding ticket i have received are always thumbs up lol. Thought i was going to get a tint ticket while in a shopping mall but the 5-0's just said some compliments and drove off. I think that with specific lameo tickets like that its more of "whom" you come across rather than what you actually have.

 

yeah ill have to pass buy a body shop and see what they quote and the dealer messed up on my order so i got free black headlights.
yeah you got some luck man. i might just go 50 front 35 back up until. i become a firefighter and then go illegal as hell past then. they cant give a firefighter a ticket lol
that might over do it but ill PS it and see what it looks like and post it up here

Just mentally thinking about it makes it stand out to much if its all matte black. it ruines the rarety of the stripes if its all over

do you live next to him or something?

 

naww just shipped to him.

 

you mean he shipped the paint to you?? or did you ship the parts to him? and what did you get painted?? any pics?

 

Here is what the red mirrors might look like.. any opinion. i thinking it might be going to over board. into the tacky phase but im on the edge

 

Nope, I think I'd hold off on the mirror caps, too much after all.

 

+1

PS, being in law enforcement, your license plate is hilarious.

 

thanks, that is the first compliment that i have gotten from a officer. i had a cop tell me that since i tried to make his life worse with my liscense plate that he will pull me over any chance he gets just to make my life worse... yeah fairfax cops are kinda dicks

 

Ya, you don't have to worry about running into me up there. But if you take any trips here near Mexico I'll stop you,.... but just to say hi.

 

nice looking mini and great thread! interested to see whats next on your list. good luck on your journey

 

ill have to remeber that for the next time in the middle of nowhere tx

Thanks alot. im also anxious to see what happens with the next mod. we are literally in the making of the headlights right now.. long process.. alot of emails but hey thats how you get things to look exactly how you picture the .. cant wait to see what it will look like by the end of the 2012 summer

 

Good Lord, that could be anywhere! Do you realize how much nowhere Texas has?

 

I don't know, I've been there in Texas, and I thought it was a pretty nice place. On the other hand, I've been in nowhere Nebraska, and didn't care for it at all .

 

I didn't say it was good or bad, just that there's a lot of space that you can stand and look around and realize you are in the middle of nowhere. And you truly realize that trying to drive across it. LOTS of nowhere.

 

Sorry, didn't take it that way. Once spent a whole day crossing Texas, and didn't quite make it, east to west, great ride and some of the best of nowhere I've ever seen .

 

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I have to admit I'm surprised how well those turned out. The red shroud looks like a good match to your stripes. Can't wait to see night pics with the LEDs in the shroud lit up.