Improved GP shirt graphics

Posted on by Ian C.

Last month I ordered a couple of nice GP shirts from MINI Swag; it turns out the front graphics didn’t print as the designer had wished – they contacted me and all the other buyers, and offered to mail out replacement shirts at no cost!
My new shirt arrived last night – and the print is clearly improved on the front, but just as nice in every other way (see the original write-up for more details).

Here’s the original front print (left) with the new print (right):

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(it’s not a crooked print – I just wasn’t very careful setting up the pic this morning!)

I thought the shirt was great (“fabulous”) before – now it’s even better!

GP bling

Posted on by Ian C.

Inspired by George (who owns GP0154, GP1415 and GP1717), I wanted to install the JCW carbon fiber hood scoop on GPMINI – but I didn’t want to lose the “GP” letters.
So working with MINI Swag, I got perfect replacement letters, bought the scoop and installed it today!
First I tried the red “GP” letters that I’d bought:

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But then I decided it would look better with the silver letters, closely matching the original design:
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So here’s a close-up of the original and new carbon fiber hood scoops (ignore the foam, which is protecting the paintwork!):
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While in a carbon fiber mood, I also got the JCW gear shift knob (again inspired by George!):
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It looks fabulous, but it takes some getting used to because you hold the shift knob from the side instead of from the top … not sure if I” stick with it!

Finally, repeating the Chili Red mirror cap highlighting, I changed the white (MCS) door reflectors to red (MC):
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