Interior/Exterior New interior look... (Anthracite vs Silver)
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What about the silver front door pulls?
Anybody remove them and paint them?
For the Downtubes you can remove and paint the silver ones with anthracite spray can paint and clear coat them for some durability.
Anybody remove them and paint them?
For the Downtubes you can remove and paint the silver ones with anthracite spray can paint and clear coat them for some durability.
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Since my dash is the brushed alloy look the silver doors still look great and match the dash so I have no plans on replacing or painting them.
For what you can buy the downtubes for I think it is easier to just buy them unless painting them looks better then the factory parts. I have not seen any painted downtubes so if you have done it please post some pictures I love to see them.
For what you can buy the downtubes for I think it is easier to just buy them unless painting them looks better then the factory parts. I have not seen any painted downtubes so if you have done it please post some pictures I love to see them.
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Thanks guys!
I had most of the pieces painted professionally.
Didn't mean to take the thread off topic though, so you guys can get more info/pics here : https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...kitelluride531
I had most of the pieces painted professionally.
Didn't mean to take the thread off topic though, so you guys can get more info/pics here : https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...kitelluride531
#14
I'm swapping my whole interior for anthracite - it was the one thing my car didn't have, but don't have the trim ring for the Nav. I'd look at painting it (and maybe the tach/speedo rings) if there's a good match.
FYI, I'll have some extra anthracite pieces next week, as I just got a reasonable deal on the whole set, but already have some of the pieces.
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MINI2 member scooterboy has detailed instructions for painting the tach trim ring at http://home.comcast.net/~sfconnell/mods/tachring/home.htm . I'm planning to do the same for my tach/speedo rings (I have Nav). He used Plasti-kote 1006 DARK GREY M (plus clear coat). It should also be suitable for other trim pieces.
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nope. the tach is fine in my silver color as it matches the steering wheel
silvers and the turn signal stalks. you dont just go out and paint everything.
i was about to post... should've left your silver tach alone.
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Then the same argument could be made that with chromeline option, the tach ring should still be silver (not chrome) to better match the silver steering bits.
The anthracite interior (without chrome option) doesn't completely come together whether the tach ring stays silver or becomes anthracite, because of the various mismatching interior parts. Because of the shape of its ring, I visually associate the tach more with the rings on the dash than with the silver bits on the steering, and personally I find the tach silver ring to be a glaring mismatch. Apparently MINI thought so too, at least for the Piano Black interior, and they created an anthracite tach ring especially for that option.
The anthracite interior (without chrome option) doesn't completely come together whether the tach ring stays silver or becomes anthracite, because of the various mismatching interior parts. Because of the shape of its ring, I visually associate the tach more with the rings on the dash than with the silver bits on the steering, and personally I find the tach silver ring to be a glaring mismatch. Apparently MINI thought so too, at least for the Piano Black interior, and they created an anthracite tach ring especially for that option.
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MINI2 member scooterboy has detailed instructions for painting the tach trim ring at http://home.comcast.net/~sfconnell/mods/tachring/home.htm . I'm planning to do the same for my tach/speedo rings (I have Nav). He used Plasti-kote 1006 DARK GREY M (plus clear coat). It should also be suitable for other trim pieces.
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