Hi guys, I haven't posted on here in quite some time, and I am embarrassed to say its been nearly a year since i worked on my mini (until this past Saturday) I've been spending way to much time on my other projects, but i have promised the girlfriend that I will have it done by end of the year, and have the two parts cars cleared from under the house by June, this meant I need to get my finger out.
I'm nearly finished the body work, the car is so far from straight its a nightmare, so much for this fully restored body I purchased, and im going to piss off a lot of people by saying im just going to throw it back together not so i can drive it, im done trying to redo every sub par repair that was done before me, its been 4 years of having a bare shell under the house its time to drive.
so on Saturday I got the front end finished and now just have the boot fitment and the doors to go, which means I am very close to colour, I entered to have colour on the car second weekend in March, so need to decide on a colour to go with and im after some advice.
I am 100% set on a white roof, I live in Queensland and a car with no Fan or AC. . white roof is a must (will be getting some good insulation also)
my wheels are 12x5 Revolution alloys, the 4 spoke type with black spokes and chrome lip and i have a set of black plastic arches for the wheels.
initially I was thinking of an all white car and blacking out all the bright work, but have since 'grown up' and no longer want the boy racer rattle can black chrome as i think it will look like rubbish in 12 months time.
This leave me with a few colours I like but not sure how they will go with my other bits and things, one is to go for a light bluish grey, or even for a plain outright gloss grey, or perhaps painting the whole car in a cream colour.
I cant seem to get on with dark greens (all the minis near me all seem to be British racing green) and ive always hated red cars, so it wont be red. . . so im a little pigeonholed here, what are peoples thoughts?
additional should I paint the black plastic flares? or keep them black? and i have a 850 grill i wanted to use as i like it, or the cooper grill off my old mini, both are in average condition, and whichever i choose will have 4 spotlights in front of them, im leaning toward the 850 grill just because i like how it looks.
advice and ideas welcome
