Interior/Exterior Painted front grille?
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#79
***story ??**
hey!........i jus noticed it wuz u! --------(Note: i need to pay more attention to detail imagine that )
-----scoop guy----
so anywho, yea that looks 'kILLer' man.
i feel this 'black out look' looks the best on white cars for sure, (must look even better in person) but also usin' the stock parts to do it w/ sets if off.
mine is in the M7 outfit & love the way it looks but wish it wasn't so thin.
so yours is on point!
...thats flat black. right?
-----scoop guy----
so anywho, yea that looks 'kILLer' man.
i feel this 'black out look' looks the best on white cars for sure, (must look even better in person) but also usin' the stock parts to do it w/ sets if off.
mine is in the M7 outfit & love the way it looks but wish it wasn't so thin.
so yours is on point!
...thats flat black. right?
Originally Posted by JS
I just uploaded some photos to; "My Gallery" as per requests. Hope this tells the story better.
JS
JS
#81
Originally Posted by JS
I just uploaded some photos to; "My Gallery" as per requests. Hope this tells the story better.
JS
JS
Something about the black grille on light-colored body still makes the MINI look like a fish to me, though. Hmm...I am still undecided on what, if anything, to do with mine.
#82
blow fish mayb!!!
Originally Posted by bee1000n
Cool - thank you very much! I think I like it better than the aero grille, and it complements your black wheels nicely.
Something about the black grille on light-colored body still makes the MINI look like a fish to me, though. Hmm...I am still undecided on what, if anything, to do with mine.
Something about the black grille on light-colored body still makes the MINI look like a fish to me, though. Hmm...I am still undecided on what, if anything, to do with mine.
#84
I have installed the black grille on my 2006 MCC. I did it as my first MINI project, just a couple of hours after picking up the car from the dealer (a few pictures of my unmodded car here).
I wanted to remove the original chrome grille parts undamaged so that I can have the option of selling it or reinstalling it in the future. I was able to remove all of the 11 nuts attaching the bonnet grille without breaking any mounting tabs, although it was a slow and tedious process. If I didn't care about preserving the chrome grille, it would have taken just a couple of minutes to cut off the mounting tabs. I had a lot of difficulty removing the grille slat on the bumper, which is attached with industrial strength double stick tape. I applied a lot of force trying to pull it off the adhesive at one end, but it wouldn't budge at all. Finally I gave up the idea of saving the slat, and pried it off forcefully, with some damage.
I installed the black grille and slat, and I think it looks much better (I'm not a fan of chrome). I will post pictures with the black grille.
I wanted to remove the original chrome grille parts undamaged so that I can have the option of selling it or reinstalling it in the future. I was able to remove all of the 11 nuts attaching the bonnet grille without breaking any mounting tabs, although it was a slow and tedious process. If I didn't care about preserving the chrome grille, it would have taken just a couple of minutes to cut off the mounting tabs. I had a lot of difficulty removing the grille slat on the bumper, which is attached with industrial strength double stick tape. I applied a lot of force trying to pull it off the adhesive at one end, but it wouldn't budge at all. Finally I gave up the idea of saving the slat, and pried it off forcefully, with some damage.
I installed the black grille and slat, and I think it looks much better (I'm not a fan of chrome). I will post pictures with the black grille.
#85
ta da!
and in the quest of adding more black to the front to appear more "scoopy" in a rear view mirror...I bought an additional hood scoop and plan on painting it black. Downtown MINI had a DS scoop and I installed it...looks like a poor man's carbon fiber
I am considering a black "Checkmate" or is it "Seven" stripe on the hood OR dual stripes that come down around the scoop and meet at the MINI marque. More pics in my gallery!
#88
Originally Posted by rkw
I had a lot of difficulty removing the grille slat on the bumper, which is attached with industrial strength double stick tape. I applied a lot of force trying to pull it off the adhesive at one end, but it wouldn't budge at all. Finally I gave up the idea of saving the slat, and pried it off forcefully, with some damage.
#89
Originally Posted by Wagnbat
They say dental floss makes it easy.
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