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Paint or Polish?
Paint it the original way 50%  50%  [ 14 ]
BLING it 50%  50%  [ 14 ]
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mine is painted original with the body colour on the badge.

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My wifes is polished with some autosol.

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re: the badge, what if the car is a dark colour, does it clash with the MINI on top of the 2 stripes? just curious as i think my colour is quite dark, and would one suggest doing it a contrasting colour?

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i think painting the badge red would look better then body colour on a dark car.

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I like angus's idea..mine's polished, i like....but i really want to get it chromed 8) but i don't think the aluminium takes to well to that :(

For JAM i'd go with black and red 'mini' and the two vertical lines on the badge as well..with the badge polished.

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nah i reckon match the colour. i tried to do thaton mine but i did a shitty job, i will have to strip it and re-do it. but i managed to find one of my old model paints that very closely matched the colour! which was good.

i reckon, say you had a black or navy blue mini, i reckon the dark lines in the badge would look sweet!!!

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with the original style grille, or blinged? (sorry for semi-stealing your post JAM)

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What's the clubby grille made of?
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What's the clubby grille made of?

Aluminium... :wink:

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my grill was black but the paint has wore of and now its pretty much silver :lol: but im going to re-spray it some time when i get around to it
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Suuure you are aussie.

You're so lazy you don't even dress yourself properly in the mornings :wink: :lol:
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way to hijack the post guys :P :P :P

i reckon it looks the best with the badge colour matched, and black with chromed bits.

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Maybe consider getting the grille anodised, in either black or red.
Cost about $50 though.
Good thing there is it would be 100% covered, since it is dipped in the coating,
not sprayed.
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Put some checker plate on instead! Sik! :? :lol:

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Fully sic idea Aaron :?

I know the ULTIMATE solution, take out a hacksaw and weld on a round nose :lol: :wink:

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Paint or Polish?
Paint it the original way - 50% [ 11 ]
BLING it - 50% [ 11 ]

Total Votes : 22


come on guys....this is not helping!! :roll: :lol:
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