New to Forum/ Re-Striping the mini
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 10:28 am
Hello, many thanks to MiniDave for directing me to this forum !
Jumping in with this weekends project. I had to have the front end of the 05 painted as my son fell on the bonnet with his bike and put a knee into the lower aero grill. That was a time consuming project (as I am sure those of you that have modified the stock R53 bumper cover to install the areo grill already know ) but now I was given a second chance to perfect that. Ha!
The bonnet was factory striped when I got the auto and so I picked up some replacement OEM stripes from ECS , but ruined them almost instantly. They are very thin. I ordered some stripes from Stripe My Mini, and these were much more cost effective and a bit thicker....and about a 1/2" wider ( even though they claim to be the factory size). These go on smooth but came prepared with black pinstriped edges. I peeled that off so I could insure a good application on the white stripe and then picked up some black pin striping and also a small silver stripe for experimental accent.
I was happy with the results , and picked up extra stripes for the boot.
Jumping in with this weekends project. I had to have the front end of the 05 painted as my son fell on the bonnet with his bike and put a knee into the lower aero grill. That was a time consuming project (as I am sure those of you that have modified the stock R53 bumper cover to install the areo grill already know ) but now I was given a second chance to perfect that. Ha!
The bonnet was factory striped when I got the auto and so I picked up some replacement OEM stripes from ECS , but ruined them almost instantly. They are very thin. I ordered some stripes from Stripe My Mini, and these were much more cost effective and a bit thicker....and about a 1/2" wider ( even though they claim to be the factory size). These go on smooth but came prepared with black pinstriped edges. I peeled that off so I could insure a good application on the white stripe and then picked up some black pin striping and also a small silver stripe for experimental accent.
I was happy with the results , and picked up extra stripes for the boot.