R56 Can a MINI Cooper be ordered in a custom color that is not regularly offered?
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It's not too hard to pay $10K for a paint job. We put that out for our '64 Porsche when we restored her, but that was from bare metal up, and did include some metal work. Slick job, too.
I don't think MINI would want to send cars out with custom paint. You're not going to go from Pepto pink to Chili red without a serious cleanup. There's nothing preventing the customer from doing the job, though.
I didn't notice DragonWagon's early comment about orange cars. Actually, I had one, and it looked great. Back in the early 70's I bought a '69 SAAB Sonnet II. It came from the factory in white, but the first owner wanted a gold car. Sales were slow (let's face it, they were ugly as sin!), so the dealer painted it Ford Fairlane gold.
I bought it from the same dealer when it was about 3 years old, but people pulled out in front of me all the time, especially on the road from Valley Park (MO). Then came the day with I was in a 3 car wreck, and both ends were butchered. The sum total of the broken parts was a tail light, but the car was fiberglass, so there was lots of hand labor. I decided to go all the way and pick a different color. Orange WAS a popular color back then, but I wanted something unique. I took my time, and finally came up with a burnt orange that was stunning. Alas, the guys from Valley Park still pulled out in front of me, but it was definitely easier to see for everyone else.
Wish I had the car now--it was a blast to drive!
I don't think MINI would want to send cars out with custom paint. You're not going to go from Pepto pink to Chili red without a serious cleanup. There's nothing preventing the customer from doing the job, though.
I didn't notice DragonWagon's early comment about orange cars. Actually, I had one, and it looked great. Back in the early 70's I bought a '69 SAAB Sonnet II. It came from the factory in white, but the first owner wanted a gold car. Sales were slow (let's face it, they were ugly as sin!), so the dealer painted it Ford Fairlane gold.
I bought it from the same dealer when it was about 3 years old, but people pulled out in front of me all the time, especially on the road from Valley Park (MO). Then came the day with I was in a 3 car wreck, and both ends were butchered. The sum total of the broken parts was a tail light, but the car was fiberglass, so there was lots of hand labor. I decided to go all the way and pick a different color. Orange WAS a popular color back then, but I wanted something unique. I took my time, and finally came up with a burnt orange that was stunning. Alas, the guys from Valley Park still pulled out in front of me, but it was definitely easier to see for everyone else.
Wish I had the car now--it was a blast to drive!
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It's not too hard to pay $10K for a paint job. We put that out for our '64 Porsche when we restored her, but that was from bare metal up, and did include some metal work. Slick job, too.
I don't think MINI would want to send cars out with custom paint. You're not going to go from Pepto pink to Chili red without a serious cleanup. There's nothing preventing the customer from doing the job, though.
I didn't notice DragonWagon's early comment about orange cars. Actually, I had one, and it looked great. Back in the early 70's I bought a '69 SAAB Sonnet II. It came from the factory in white, but the first owner wanted a gold car. Sales were slow (let's face it, they were ugly as sin!), so the dealer painted it Ford Fairlane gold.
I bought it from the same dealer when it was about 3 years old, but people pulled out in front of me all the time, especially on the road from Valley Park (MO). Then came the day with I was in a 3 car wreck, and both ends were butchered. The sum total of the broken parts was a tail light, but the car was fiberglass, so there was lots of hand labor. I decided to go all the way and pick a different color. Orange WAS a popular color back then, but I wanted something unique. I took my time, and finally came up with a burnt orange that was stunning. Alas, the guys from Valley Park still pulled out in front of me, but it was definitely easier to see for everyone else.
Wish I had the car now--it was a blast to drive!
I don't think MINI would want to send cars out with custom paint. You're not going to go from Pepto pink to Chili red without a serious cleanup. There's nothing preventing the customer from doing the job, though.
I didn't notice DragonWagon's early comment about orange cars. Actually, I had one, and it looked great. Back in the early 70's I bought a '69 SAAB Sonnet II. It came from the factory in white, but the first owner wanted a gold car. Sales were slow (let's face it, they were ugly as sin!), so the dealer painted it Ford Fairlane gold.
I bought it from the same dealer when it was about 3 years old, but people pulled out in front of me all the time, especially on the road from Valley Park (MO). Then came the day with I was in a 3 car wreck, and both ends were butchered. The sum total of the broken parts was a tail light, but the car was fiberglass, so there was lots of hand labor. I decided to go all the way and pick a different color. Orange WAS a popular color back then, but I wanted something unique. I took my time, and finally came up with a burnt orange that was stunning. Alas, the guys from Valley Park still pulled out in front of me, but it was definitely easier to see for everyone else.
Wish I had the car now--it was a blast to drive!
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http://webhubcentral.com/packard/scheibpaint.htm
Can you imagine painting a classic Packard this way? Click on the enlarged photos--if you dare.
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http://www.ripoffreport.com/Search/maaco.aspx
Masking is only part of the job, and anyone can use a rattlecan and call it a "paint job!"
Personally, I'd be very careful before I went with a cheap job. Back in the 60's my husband had his Porsche painted. It was a terrible job! Yes, it had been masked correctly, and no, there weren't any dents to repair. They had a bad booth, though--or more likely, no booth at all--and there were specks of dust that never polished away. They're gone now, thanks to a bare-metal restoration.
This past week I saw an antique truck in a car museum. The name of the paintshop was on one of the windows. I'll spare the owner/shop/museum embarrassment by not mentioning where it was, but I think I could have done better myself. And I am so NOT a painter!
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