Comments on: Silver Contrast Roof for 2006?

By: Nathan Harrington

Nathan Harrington — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:59:35 +0000

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 Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£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!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:16:42 +0000

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.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:49:07 +0000

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. . .

By: nfo

nfo — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 08:52:21 +0000

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

By: peter

peter — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 21:10:23 +0000

That’s HOT !!!!!!! Way cool !!!!!

By: ajigel

ajigel — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 20:46:14 +0000

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.

By: Allan

Allan — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 03:11:00 +0000

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

By: Gregg

Gregg — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 22:39:57 +0000

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 :)

By: JiminVirginia

JiminVirginia — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 14:42:51 +0000

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

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 07:03:11 +0000

sweet!

By: nrkist

nrkist — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 02:52:42 +0000

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?

By: ChrisW

ChrisW — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 23:56:17 +0000

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.

By: ImaVunDerBrah

ImaVunDerBrah — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 23:55:16 +0000

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.

By: ajigel

ajigel — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:48:06 +0000

so when can I get an all-chrome mini?

By: Nicholas P

Nicholas P — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:41:21 +0000

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

By: 05DSMCS

05DSMCS — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:49:20 +0000

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

By: dgszweda

dgszweda — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:04:31 +0000

Can this be retrofitted in an ’05? :)

By: rossii

rossii — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:08:59 +0000

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

By: gmini

gmini — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:01:55 +0000

that was not me.

By: g

Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:00:45 +0000

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