Silver Contrast Roof for 2006?

RB Apr 6th, 2005 Link

Silver roof red body……YUM.

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modboi Apr 6th, 2005 Link

Whah.. What about a red roof? Whah…

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Doug Kirks Apr 6th, 2005 Link

How about BRG and silver, with R90 wheels? Mmmmmm….

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Bill Lawrence Apr 6th, 2005 Link

Nice!!!

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gmini Apr 6th, 2005 Link

would that be pure silver, dark silver, or CHROME?

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Meg Apr 6th, 2005 Link

Pretty interesting. Don’t know how it would look on all the colors though. Will it only be available with certain body colors?

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Miles Apr 6th, 2005 Link

I love it!!! SVC in Newport Beach did a MINI that was BRG with a bunch of goodies. One thing they did was paint the roof silver just like that, it looked awesome.

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scotteast Apr 6th, 2005 Link

The last Mini (classic) produced was red with a silver roof. I’ve always thought that would be a good combination for a MINI, too.

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ajigel Apr 6th, 2005 Link

Should we assume we’ll have silver bonnet stripes to match?

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mini vanilli Apr 6th, 2005 Link

JET BLACK MCS WITH SILVER TOP. WHOA!!!! YEA!!!!

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Nicholas P Apr 6th, 2005 Link

nice

i have a black/black with exterior chrome 05 s…i woulda looked hard at the same but with silver roof (and maybe even silver stripes)

i love the look of my silver atlminis sticker on the black

wonder if they do silver dragon stickers….

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Shawn Apr 6th, 2005 Link

A silver top would be very cool. Hey Gabe, not to be picky, but don’t you mean “R50 and R53″?

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Gabe Apr 6th, 2005 Link

Of course that’s what I meant :)

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AP Apr 6th, 2005 Link

This could be the tip of the MINI personalization iceberg.

Just imagine if MINI offered the ability to pick bonnet, body, and mirror colors from any of the colors offered for the model year – and/or offered a paint upcharge for your own color selections.

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mini vanilli Apr 6th, 2005 Link

WAIT….imagine MINI letting us customize ANY color we want. just choosing from an infinite color pallet. it would generate a paint number (like a hex code) and the paint would dynamicly mix/spray at the factory each car that is painted. all they would need is red, yellow, black, white and blue paint at the factory and they could make millions of combinations from those colors. the technology would have to be all in the painting system. but it would revolutionize the auto industry.

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g Apr 6th, 2005 Link

it seems someone hasn’t had a gander at a paint sample recently. MINIs aren’t painedona web press…. mayeb they should be…

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gmini Apr 6th, 2005 Link

that was not me.

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rossii Apr 6th, 2005 Link

I think the 2006 is going to be the best Mini has to offer…..lets hope they continue w/2007

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dgszweda Apr 6th, 2005 Link

Can this be retrofitted in an ‘05? :)

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05DSMCS Apr 6th, 2005 Link

See this item on eBay for an example of how this might look. Came across this today as I was browsing for MCS stuff:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=23012&item=7964803503&rd=1

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Nicholas P Apr 6th, 2005 Link

the MINI one in the article will be silver, not chrome like in the ebay…

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ajigel Apr 6th, 2005 Link

so when can I get an all-chrome mini?

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ImaVunDerBrah Apr 6th, 2005 Link

I’ve been lusting after the idea of a Purple Haze/Silver MCS for awhile now. Looks like 2006 just might be the year for it.

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ChrisW Apr 6th, 2005 Link

Quote: “WAIT….imagine MINI letting us customize ANY color we want. just choosing from an infinite color pallet.”

Heh, I have a hard enough time picking a paint color for my bathroom. And I usually end up buying 4 cans of paint because the color I pick never turns out the way I envisioned (Home Depot loves me).

Imagine having your MINI show up with your custom paint job: “What the??? That’s not the color I wanted! It’s way too green/blue/yellow/pink!!!”

Or imagine MINI’s position when the customer says “I’m not paying for that. It looks ghastly! I swear that’s not the color I picked. Your website must be messed up.” (You know it would happen, a lot)

Call me crazy, but I’ll stick with a pre-selected palette, thanks. :) (Though I’d love to see a larger pre-selected palette)

A cool concept though…

Better yet, perhaps some day, far into the future, paints will be able to change their color to fit your mood at the time. Don’t like your blue car any longer? Wipe it down with a chemical activator that brings out the red pigment instead. Change your car’s color with no more effort than a wax job. Now that would be cool.

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nrkist Apr 6th, 2005 Link

I’ve been thinking my DS car could look pretty cool with red roof, mirror caps, boot handle and grill inserts. Something a bit darker than CR – chromatically harmonized with DS.

Am I deluded?

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Jason Apr 7th, 2005 Link

sweet!

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JiminVirginia Apr 7th, 2005 Link

I would definitely have ordered a silver top on my Black/White 2005 were it available. Black/Silver would look very cool.

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Gregg Apr 7th, 2005 Link

All of the above sound way cool. Just a reminder, folks, just about any fair-sized town should have a good body shop. Mine guesstimated a cost for a light tan top on a dark green MINI at about $400.

Just a thought for a rainy afternoon :)

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Allan Apr 7th, 2005 Link

I’m totally trading my 04 mini for an 06 mini now

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ajigel Apr 8th, 2005 Link

Light tan top on a green mini? Hmm.. Maybe I should rock the tan on black, make my Mini look like a guiness. Might as well combine my favorite thigs.

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peter Apr 8th, 2005 Link

That’s HOT !!!!!!! Way cool !!!!!

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nfo Apr 11th, 2005 Link

cool discussion… i’ve always wanted a PS MCS with white top! :)

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Bill Apr 12th, 2005 Link

We’re THIS CLOSE to ordering a new ‘05 in Chili Red/Black, but a silver top option would be SUH-WEET in either Red or BRG. Might have to wait a few months to order. . .

Decisions, decisions. . .

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Kevin Apr 14th, 2005 Link

what about a silver roof on a pure silver body? D’oh!!

I always thought they should have offered a white roof on the pure silver. I have an 02 silver MCS monotone with black “cobras” and was thinking of getting the roof custom painted white before I did the stripes. But what would make me really get me —— is some all red leather (or cloth) sport buckets–from the factory.

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Nathan Harrington Jun 24th, 2006 Link

I’ve ordered a black mini from Dick Lovett here in the UK and have specified a silver roof.

Unfortunately Mini would not even entertain the idea of painting it for me as its non standard – its incredible that they build a car to order, you wait almost four months and they can’t paint the roof a different colour!

Luckily the dealer is doing it for me, at a cost of £500. Yes this is a lot but then its not as if you’ll see this everyday and the transfers are everywhere these days.

Can’t wait to get it!

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