Originally Posted by tony gray

For those who are looking for something a little different, I'm posting some pics of the car that we used in our 'Mini Build Up' story. Because the car was pictured by itself initially, with no other reference, only a couple of people noticed that it was slightly different....

In fact, this car had a satin black chassis, not the normal gloss. Check out the second pic to see the difference.
The satin finish is super smooth and flat and makes the car look downright evil compared to a normal black M03.

How'd we do it? Tim took it to work and used a super fine grain sand and sandblasted it.. The people who've seen the car in real life have all said how awesome it looks - trust me.