F54 F54 Picture Thread
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It's a great image which really shows what an interesting and magical color Enigmatic Black is. Even more so than Rebel Green or BRG, Enigmatic changes with the light. Keep it clean and waxed --no swirl marks!!! Stunner.
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Black/blue would be my favorite, with the Caveat that yes it is impossible to keep looking great. If it was mine, brand new I'd get a Ceramic coating on it ASAP. Even if you just do it yourself it will help keep the car looking great. I had some high school kid do my old 2014 which is already far from perfect and it looks a lot better now. Kind of encapsulated the good with all the warts.
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Black/blue would be my favorite, with the Caveat that yes it is impossible to keep looking great. If it was mine, brand new I'd get a Ceramic coating on it ASAP. Even if you just do it yourself it will help keep the car looking great. I had some high school kid do my old 2014 which is already far from perfect and it looks a lot better now. Kind of encapsulated the good with all the warts.
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There are a few rear bumper scuff protectors available for the F54. Some simple black, others more fancy. All easily fitted. Check with the NAM vendors. And ceramic coating has become a widely available product. Lots of videos on how to apply. Some is very expensive, but the general view is good products are available without spending a fortune. Google has all the answers. Protect that finish!!!
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There are a few rear bumper scuff protectors available for the F54. Some simple black, others more fancy. All easily fitted. Check with the NAM vendors. And ceramic coating has become a widely available product. Lots of videos on how to apply. Some is very expensive, but the general view is good products are available without spending a fortune. Google has all the answers. Protect that finish!!!
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Ceramic makes it much easier to was the car, you can get away most of the time with a bucket and a no rinse wash with microfiber towels.
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I just put a new set of wheels (winter wheels and tires) on Beatrix. I was sad that MINI no longer sells their 16" winter tire package, so ended up buying a set through Tire Rack instead (I tried to give MINI more money...). They arrived just in time, I installed them with 24 hours to spare before an insane winter storm hit the Midwest.
Beatrix is finally ready to be our cross-country ski mobile. Now I just have to find some decent mud flap system to help keep some of the snow and salt off the sides and rear...
Beatrix is finally ready to be our cross-country ski mobile. Now I just have to find some decent mud flap system to help keep some of the snow and salt off the sides and rear...
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I just put a new set of wheels (winter wheels and tires) on Beatrix. I was sad that MINI no longer sells their 16" winter tire package, so ended up buying a set through Tire Rack instead (I tried to give MINI more money...). They arrived just in time, I installed them with 24 hours to spare before an insane winter storm hit the Midwest.
Beatrix is finally ready to be our cross-country ski mobile. Now I just have to find some decent mud flap system to help keep some of the snow and salt off the sides and rear...
Beatrix is finally ready to be our cross-country ski mobile. Now I just have to find some decent mud flap system to help keep some of the snow and salt off the sides and rear...
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Love it! I have the same combo on order...enigmatic black with the brown "baseball glove" interior. Question...sometimes I see pics of the door panels WITH the brown and sometimes WITHOUT the brown. I clearly want the brown....what is the standard? my guys didn't seem to know....
In the beginning of October it was corrected and I put the order for brown.
I am fairly certain it'll be like mine.
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Love it! I have the same combo on order...enigmatic black with the brown "baseball glove" interior. Question...sometimes I see pics of the door panels WITH the brown and sometimes WITHOUT the brown. I clearly want the brown....what is the standard? my guys didn't seem to know....
Make sure you have your dealer print out a Vehicle Inquiry, which will list the entire build and will show the production status. First Status 112, then Status 150. Also your VIR should show "Priority 1 -- Customer Sold." Turn around time has been fast. The big variable is getting the vehicle onto a ship. Using the MINIUSA telephone number to get build status updates is usually better than the web site, but the dealer can often get the most accurate and current info.
Once you are loaded onto a ship you can track that part. Once the ship docks and the car is offloaded, your dealer should be able to get Vehicle Delivery Center status updates.
I would suggest you send your MA an email now stating you are looking forward to taking delivery and want to confirm that, as you have discussed, you want the door panels to match the seat color. That way, if for some strange reason, your car doesn't come built the way you anticipated, the dealer can change out the door panels because that's the way you ordered it. And keep a careful eye out for ever-changing incentives -- make sure you get everything, not all of which is always listed on the MINIUSA web site. When it comes time for delivery, be sure to ask, or better still, inquire via email, "Has every available incentive been loaded into my deal?" Dealers in different regions sometimes (not always) have between $500 and $1,000 extra per deal to play with -- but if you don't ask, you may not get.
On both my custom builds my dealer sent me a VIR and had me review it with him, line by line. Always a good idea if you're particular about what you want.
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