Hi, are there 2 types of oew? Because i see mini owners saying their car is oew but most dont look alike. Most of them look plain white.
The oew i have in mind is white/ivory...correct me if im wrong please..
Old English White
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, Feb 09 2013 09:46 AM
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Posted 09 February 2013 - 09:51 AM
there are 2 types but i cant remember the difference off the top of my head.
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Posted 09 February 2013 - 10:02 AM
Not sure if there is a finite description but Old English white does seem to vary from an off white to a very creamy pale yellow. I think most people would expect OEW to be the colour of fine Devonshire clotted cream - delicious!
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Posted 09 February 2013 - 10:07 AM
my mgb is old English white
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Posted 09 February 2013 - 02:25 PM
A lot of the later minis that are often described as being OEW are actually the Austin/Rover colour "White Diamond".
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Posted 09 February 2013 - 02:27 PM
Rover old English white is WT3 which I am using on my mini. 
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Posted 09 February 2013 - 02:37 PM
A lot of the later minis that are often described as being OEW are actually the Austin/Rover colour "White Diamond".
otherwise know as ford transit white haha
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Posted 10 February 2013 - 02:38 PM
MInes OEW. Looks a off white/cream.
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Posted 10 February 2013 - 02:40 PM
Old english white fades into the cream colour if im right as a freshly painted oew car will be white in colour at first.
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Posted 10 February 2013 - 04:08 PM
Hi I'm painting my car oew and was told by the paint makers that there's loads of differences in the colour as over the years the lead was removed from the paint changing the colour slightly so I've just picked the nearest to the oldest oew colour which does look cream but still a gorgeous colour.
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Posted 08 June 2017 - 04:50 PM
OEW WT3 code on Flame Red
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Posted 09 June 2017 - 10:11 PM
Arum white is a good compromise for if you don't want an offwhite that is too creamy.
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Posted 09 June 2017 - 10:32 PM
Custom OEW
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Posted 10 June 2017 - 01:55 AM
For my 60 the original colour was OEW but when mixed the newer paint was nowhere near being right it was just too white, My paintshop guy mixed and sprayed a test panel and had me compare it to a piece of the original paint from under the rear seat and it was almost but not quite perfect, then he told me it was a standard MINI colour........Pepper white...... So that's what it's painted.
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Posted 12 June 2017 - 07:20 AM
mine just finished in the booth
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