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Old 02-26-2007 | 07:16 AM
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Astro Black Stripes

I don't like my cars to attract a lot of attention. If my Porsche hadn's been red I wouldn't have gotten in trouble 20 years or so ago. Everyone knows that sometimes MINI's misbehave by them selves so I don't like advertise it. I like the twin side stripes with the word MINI on them. But I would like them to be seen if you really look for them. Anyone ever put black stripes on an Astro Black MINI? Got pics?
 
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Old 02-26-2007 | 07:26 AM
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That might be a little too "under the radar" . How about frost stripes? They look fantastic on jet black (at least in pics). I love the astro black, and frost stripes might be a beautiful "subtle" look.
 
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Old 02-26-2007 | 08:39 AM
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That was my first idea, but not sure how it would look in the sun shine when the paint turns to a blue instead of black.
 
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Old 02-26-2007 | 11:05 AM
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I think the frost would be sweet, and I am a Astro black owner, I have the bonnet stripes with the black outline on them for some reason my dealer decided ( they were free cannot complain) and you cant tell that they are there unless you are looking directly at them, so it would be a very subtle look if you did a black stripe.
 
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Old 02-26-2007 | 11:15 AM
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TOO subtle.

It's a MINI, for Heaven's sake ! You're going to be noticed whether you make the stripes black, white, or orange.
 
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Old 02-26-2007 | 03:43 PM
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I have frosted S on both sides... I like it!
 
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Old 02-27-2007 | 03:17 AM
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Yep, the frosted does look pretty good with out being a flag waiver of 'hey look at me'. That might be the answer.
 
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Old 02-27-2007 | 09:45 AM
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My first thought was black stripes on black. I still think it would look really cool, even though I ended up getting a hyper blue MCC
 
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Old 03-01-2007 | 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by rc'S
I don't like my cars to attract a lot of attention. If my Porsche hadn's been red I wouldn't have gotten in trouble 20 years or so ago. Everyone knows that sometimes MINI's misbehave by them selves so I don't like advertise it. I like the twin side stripes with the word MINI on them. But I would like them to be seen if you really look for them. Anyone ever put black stripes on an Astro Black MINI? Got pics?

That's too funny it seems to me that the MINI cooper Cabrio screams
LOOOOOOk at me.
There is no place you can hide when your driving this car.
( yours is a beauty )
 
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