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Snatch · Jan 15th, 2007, 08:46 AM

Ok - quick question, picked up my MCS on Friday (PW) with Black Vipers - noticed there is a hole on the back of one of the roof stripes - looks a bit like a C with a triangle at the bottom. I initially thought it was a tear but it is actually carefully cut out - the dealer tells me this is normal and the signature/initial of who fitted them? Is this dealer guff or true?

I don't have a picture to hand, but it is quite small - about the size of a penny. Unfortunately, having a PW car, it looks a bit like bird poo with the paint showing through!

Hat · Jan 15th, 2007, 08:51 AM

sounds like complete & utter guff to me. if you're not satisfied get them to replace it - i would

DaiB · Jan 15th, 2007, 09:01 AM

I certainly wouldn't be happy about that.

Snowie · Jan 15th, 2007, 09:08 AM

The little cut out in the basic shape of a C with a little piece in the bottom indicates that it is a GENUINE MINI stripe.
In this case the dealer appears to be correct.

Is the cut out located near the roof aerial?

Snowie

Snatch · Jan 15th, 2007, 09:11 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Snowie (original)

The little cut out in the basic shape of a C with a little piece in the bottom indicates that it is a GENUINE MINI stripe.
In this case the dealer appears to be correct.

Is the cut out located near the roof aerial?

Snowie

That is exactly it - so it is meant to be there? That is a relief - I had a sinking feeling the dealer was telling porkies

Snowie · Jan 15th, 2007, 09:14 AM

Glad I could put your mind at rest

Enjoy the car -- Go drive it.

Snowie

DaiB · Jan 15th, 2007, 09:18 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Snatch (original)

That is exactly it - so it is meant to be there? That is a relief - I had a sinking feeling the dealer was telling porkies

I'm glad that it's supposed to be there, now you can stop worrying about it and enjoy the car!

Snatch · Jan 15th, 2007, 09:20 AM

Phew! Thanks guys!

Still got to send it back though as the drivers side door panel isn't fastened - doh! But one thing to fix is better than two!

I love MINI, Laura · Jan 15th, 2007, 09:23 AM

Heard about this before! Its what people say its the offical ones but I still wouldn't be happy with it!

zyo · Jan 15th, 2007, 09:36 AM

I asked about this a couple of years ago when i had mine done because i had heard about it. Oddly i don't have one though. I was a little annoyed that i had paid £240 to have the official stripes but i ended up with what i assume is just the stuff the sub contracted graphics guy uses.The stuff i would have been charged about £75 had i gone after market. At the time,i mentioned to the dealer about the authentification mark and explained what it was, he said "oh..that's what it was, we sent a load back the other week because we thought they were faulty". Do the original MINI stripes come pre cut because mine certainly weren't and were cut with would must have been a bread knife or a spoon they were that rough.On ebay around the same time someone was flogging some genuine MINI viper stripes and they were precut and on a sort of backing. Like i say i was charged for the official ones but don't think i have them. ( for what it's worth i realise that they would be the same thing but , apart from one possibly being pre cut, but it's the thought of being charged for an official item but not being given it that annoyed me at the time.) I hope yours are fitted well cos mine were put on all crooked . When i spoke to the salesman about it he said that "Joe Bloggs wouldn't notice when i drove down the road". Seeing as Joe Bloggs wasn't paying £240 for them i didn't really see his point.

Snatch · Jan 15th, 2007, 10:05 AM

Mine seem pretty straight, although I am getting them to change the bonnet ones as they have scrathed the leading edges applying them - it really shows if you look at them from the side. Poor dealer got a right earful this morning.

They don't seem to be precut either, well not on the front anyway, as they are a not a perfectly smooth finish on close inspection...

Jan 15th, 2007, 08:46 AM	#1
Snatch MINI2 Newbie My Classifieds Join Date: Nov 2006 Local Time: 02:26 AM Posts: 43 Offline	Viper stripe question - hole? Ok - quick question, picked up my MCS on Friday (PW) with Black Vipers - noticed there is a hole on the back of one of the roof stripes - looks a bit like a C with a triangle at the bottom. I initially thought it was a tear but it is actually carefully cut out - the dealer tells me this is normal and the signature/initial of who fitted them? Is this dealer guff or true? I don't have a picture to hand, but it is quite small - about the size of a penny. Unfortunately, having a PW car, it looks a bit like bird poo with the paint showing through!

Jan 15th, 2007, 08:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Hat Change Is Not Good! My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2002 Local Time: 02:26 AM Posts: 15,680 Offline	sounds like complete & utter guff to me. if you're not satisfied get them to replace it - i would Click here to donate £2000 raised & still going..

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Jan 15th, 2007, 09:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
DaiB MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wales Local Time: 01:26 AM Posts: 127 Offline	I certainly wouldn't be happy about that.

Jan 15th, 2007, 09:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Snowie MINI2 Master Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Camberley, Surrey Local Time: 02:26 AM Posts: 1,187 Offline	The little cut out in the basic shape of a C with a little piece in the bottom indicates that it is a GENUINE MINI stripe. In this case the dealer appears to be correct. Is the cut out located near the roof aerial? Snowie

Jan 15th, 2007, 09:11 AM	#5 (permalink)
Snatch MINI2 Newbie My Classifieds Join Date: Nov 2006 Local Time: 02:26 AM Posts: 43 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Snowie (original) The little cut out in the basic shape of a C with a little piece in the bottom indicates that it is a GENUINE MINI stripe. In this case the dealer appears to be correct. Is the cut out located near the roof aerial? Snowie That is exactly it - so it is meant to be there? That is a relief - I had a sinking feeling the dealer was telling porkies

Jan 15th, 2007, 09:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
Snowie MINI2 Master Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Camberley, Surrey Local Time: 02:26 AM Posts: 1,187 Offline	Glad I could put your mind at rest Enjoy the car -- Go drive it. Snowie

Jan 15th, 2007, 09:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
DaiB MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wales Local Time: 01:26 AM Posts: 127 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Snatch (original) That is exactly it - so it is meant to be there? That is a relief - I had a sinking feeling the dealer was telling porkies I'm glad that it's supposed to be there, now you can stop worrying about it and enjoy the car!

Jan 15th, 2007, 09:20 AM	#8 (permalink)
Snatch MINI2 Newbie My Classifieds Join Date: Nov 2006 Local Time: 02:26 AM Posts: 43 Offline	Phew! Thanks guys! Still got to send it back though as the drivers side door panel isn't fastened - doh! But one thing to fix is better than two!

Jan 15th, 2007, 09:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
I love MINI, Laura MINI2 Master Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Portsmouth,Hampshire Local Time: 02:26 AM Posts: 3,260 Offline	Heard about this before! Its what people say its the offical ones but I still wouldn't be happy with it!

Jan 15th, 2007, 09:36 AM	#10 (permalink)
zyo owt else is just traffic Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Edge of Reason Local Time: 02:26 AM Posts: 1,431 Offline	I asked about this a couple of years ago when i had mine done because i had heard about it. Oddly i don't have one though. I was a little annoyed that i had paid £240 to have the official stripes but i ended up with what i assume is just the stuff the sub contracted graphics guy uses.The stuff i would have been charged about £75 had i gone after market. At the time,i mentioned to the dealer about the authentification mark and explained what it was, he said "oh..that's what it was, we sent a load back the other week because we thought they were faulty". Do the original MINI stripes come pre cut because mine certainly weren't and were cut with would must have been a bread knife or a spoon they were that rough.On ebay around the same time someone was flogging some genuine MINI viper stripes and they were precut and on a sort of backing. Like i say i was charged for the official ones but don't think i have them. ( for what it's worth i realise that they would be the same thing but , apart from one possibly being pre cut, but it's the thought of being charged for an official item but not being given it that annoyed me at the time.) I hope yours are fitted well cos mine were put on all crooked . When i spoke to the salesman about it he said that "Joe Bloggs wouldn't notice when i drove down the road". Seeing as Joe Bloggs wasn't paying £240 for them i didn't really see his point.

Jan 15th, 2007, 10:05 AM	#11 (permalink)
Snatch MINI2 Newbie My Classifieds Join Date: Nov 2006 Local Time: 02:26 AM Posts: 43 Offline	Mine seem pretty straight, although I am getting them to change the bonnet ones as they have scrathed the leading edges applying them - it really shows if you look at them from the side. Poor dealer got a right earful this morning. They don't seem to be precut either, well not on the front anyway, as they are a not a perfectly smooth finish on close inspection...

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