R56 Show us your R56 MINI Cooper (non-S) w/ Sport/Viper Stripes!
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Show us your R56 MINI Cooper (non-S) w/ Sport/Viper Stripes!
I did not order the regular bonnet stripes thinking that sport stripes (on the bonnet only) were the way to go with a non-S Cooper. Now I'm having second thoughts (and wondering if I shouldn't have gotten the regular bonnet stripes).
If you've got a non-S Cooper with sport stripes on the bonnet, please post your pics here to help me decide one way or the other.
If you've got a non-S Cooper with sport stripes on the bonnet, please post your pics here to help me decide one way or the other.
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05-15-2007, 06:01 AM
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Sorry, my wife won that argument, so I don't have the sport stripes. But I love 'em and think that it's a good thing that they are a bit more novel. IMO the boot stripes are a bit Viperesque overkill.
You're not stuck with your decision anyway (except a few bucks). You can always add or change later!
You're not stuck with your decision anyway (except a few bucks). You can always add or change later!
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You're not stuck with your decision anyway (except a few bucks). You can always add or change later!
Surely mine won't be the first (or will it?)....
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05-15-2007, 07:17 AM
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05-15-2007, 08:06 AM
My (ex) R56 was non-S silver with sport stripes.
Look on the thread - Show your R56 at roughly page 10. My car is there with the sports stripes. I love(d) them. R56 - R.I.P.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...=93550&page=10
On my new MINI (S/manual) I will have the "classic" bonnet stripes. Now - few details:
- the "classic" V stripes have a white thin border - much more contrasty. The sports ones have no such border.
- the sports stripes continue on the boot of the car - behind your rear license plate. Quite nifty.
- the sports stripes are 12$ less expensive...
Hope that helps. Yes - I'd go for the same sport stripes anytime.
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https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...=93550&page=10
On my new MINI (S/manual) I will have the "classic" bonnet stripes. Now - few details:
- the "classic" V stripes have a white thin border - much more contrasty. The sports ones have no such border.
- the sports stripes continue on the boot of the car - behind your rear license plate. Quite nifty.
- the sports stripes are 12$ less expensive...
Hope that helps. Yes - I'd go for the same sport stripes anytime.
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05-15-2007, 02:18 PM
Go big or go home! Take a look at the Viper stripes on my S in my gallery. The stripes are 23" overall width.
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I think that's the pic that led me to choose sports stripes to begin with. Thanks for reminding me of it. I like the way the MINI wings are silver against black but the black center is set off against the paint in the gap.
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05-15-2007, 04:32 PM
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Both the front stripes and rear stripes are already pre-cut with the wing cutout. There is (to my recollection) about a 3-4 mm spacing between the wings and the stripes - both on the front and on the back. On the mentioned thread above you can see also the rear of the car (the stripes continue on the boot).
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05-15-2007, 09:19 PM
Yeah - I gotta say it was inspired by things I remember from when I was a kid (60s). When a car was supposed to look fast, or look like a racing car, it had stripes. All kinds of imagery comes to mind. Slot cars, Cunningham sports cars, Speed Racer cartoons... I wanted one of those!
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05-18-2007, 05:36 PM
I like the way wide stripes look, but they also remind me of a current day treatment that you see on Vipers, and subsequently any Dodge truck, and Mustangs are always trying to grab that wide stripe cred - all leads back to Shelby.
But I like the narrower stripes because they remind me of those cars from childhood.
But I like the narrower stripes because they remind me of those cars from childhood.
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