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Old 06-27-2011, 07:35 PM
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The representative BRG II's on here are looking real nice
 
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Just realized I never posted a pic of my new car like I said I would. Crappy cell phone pic, but here it is. Going to give it a nice polish and wax this weekend or next and will take some better pics then.

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That's it... I'm buying plastidip
 
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Originally Posted by NavyNUKE
That's it... I'm buying plastidip
i don't know man...i still kinda like the chrome accents on your car. if you plasti-dip, you're gonna end up springing for some black wheels too! slippery slope there! =)
 
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completely agree. i like the chrome...very classic.
 
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I like the chrome with the white roof and silver wheels, not so much with the black obviously since I decided to black mine out. Nice thing with plasti-dip is it is cheap and easy, so you could put a coat of it on, see if you like it, and if not just peel it off. All it would have cost you is abbout $8 and a little bit of time.

In my opinion though, your car looks great the way it is. I just like mine to have the dark look, and the black wheels are great for not having to deal with brake dust as much.
 
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I'm thinking of getting the black trimmed JCW grille to avoid painting my stock one. I am thinking of plasti-dipping the rear trim rings though with the silver full LED lights I saw posted on here [not in Black, not a fan of a completely blacked out car, lol] I am LOVING my stock Bi-Xenons now though after coming from DDM Tuning's 5000k kit on my Impreza. and the Auto-Cornering Feature is the best!
 
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I do really like the chrome and the brushed belt line with the BRG II/White Roof. I get TONS of comments on the color combo. Most of them are its a very classic look.
 
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Originally Posted by pheatton
I do really like the chrome and the brushed belt line with the BRG II/White Roof. I get TONS of comments on the color combo. Most of them are its a very classic look.
pheatton - quick ques...where did you get your driving lights and how do you like them? i'm getting a little tired of looking at the yellow tint on mine. those might be the next thing to go.
 
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pheatton - quick ques...where did you get your driving lights and how do you like them? i'm getting a little tired of looking at the yellow tint on mine. those might be the next thing to go.
If your referring to the yellow fogs then I got them from Amazon.

Check out this page in a post when I installed them. They are still going strong.
 
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Originally Posted by pheatton
If your referring to the yellow fogs then I got them from Amazon.

Check out this page in a post when I installed them. They are still going strong.
actually, i was asking about the driving lights. i just read your other post - gonna look for those piaa 194s. i replaced my fogs with the hella labeled version of your nokya bulbs. i would have liked the piaa's but no way i was gonna pay $80-90 for a pair of bulbs.
 
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Old 06-30-2011, 01:27 PM
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Oh OK driving lights = city lights to me. Coming from VWs they call them city lights.
 
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Oh OK driving lights = city lights to me. Coming from VWs they call them city lights.
sorry, my bad. i meant city lights all along...b/c driving lights are like fog lights but just not yellow.
 
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Picked up my car last night! It's awesome. Hard to keep it below 4K for the break in. I'm going to wait till sunset to take some pics.

Only thing I didn't like was that stock 4 foot antenna...well it looked 4 feet. Dealer had the stubby in stock so I replaced it while they were finishing up paperwork (forgot the $500 off for manual tranny so had to start all over).

Well..the antenna I didn't like and the stock speakers but those will be replace with Polk Audio DB6501 components in the doors and DB691 in the rear driven by Kenwood KA870 amp. Since I got the DSC and DTC, I'm not sure where the amp is going.
 
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Two days old
I'm in love.... and will never go back to a VW if I have my say.

 
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Originally Posted by RoadAmerica8
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I'm in love.... and will never go back to a VW if I have my say.


Nice color combo hehe!

What and how many VWs did you own?
 
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Pics of my new MCS

This will have to do for now until I setup photo sharing.
 
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Couple more

Couple more with a nice interior shot.
 
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gotta love the BRGII representation here, and kudos to navynuke for starting the thread! the numbers have grown quite a bit in just 2.5 months! i'm not sure why this doesn't get mentioned much, but i love the look of 2011s' brake ducts! still waitin' on the occ for the N18 engines so i can install my black alta fmic with a peace of mind.
 
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Originally Posted by pheatton
Nice color combo hehe!

What and how many VWs did you own?
Just a 2005 MKIV Jetta GLI in metallic grey. It was a nice car right up until it started getting quirky.
 
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Gotchya, I came to Mini from owning 3 VWs, two of them GTIs.
 
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Old 07-01-2011, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by pheatton
Gotchya, I came to Mini from owning 3 VWs, two of them GTIs.
I test drove the new GTI twice just to make sure I hated it and I did, both times. It was such a let down going from my GLI.

But in the end I turned up with my dream car
 
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Old 07-01-2011, 11:04 AM
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Hah! I did the same thing, test drove both the MINI and the Golf TDI (gas mileage + torque) multiple times
 
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Originally Posted by NavyNUKE
Hah! I did the same thing, test drove both the MINI and the Golf TDI (gas mileage + torque) multiple times
Hehehe...did the same thing. I even tried the A3 TDI...very nice with bit more elbow room but still couldn't get excited about it.
 
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Hi,

Anyone has the color code from British Racing Green II? I want to respray my clubman to BRG....

Many thanks.
 


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