[garysteen]

My 3 week old Cooper S had a bid of vandilism to the boot and I had to have the boot repainted and a new logo put on.

I think the logo that the painshop fitted is slightly too high. I thought they had guide holes for the logo so I'm surprised it's in the wrong place.

What do you think, Am I being a bit too fussy or would you pull them off and apply a new set.

[Sooperlids]

Looks higher than mine so I guess there can't be holes to position it?

Does it look like it's on a bit wonky? or is it just the picture? Looks to me like it's higher on the right than the left....

[GTT 280]

well, on the face of it, the application of the lettering appears to be OK (not having compared it with mine in the garage.)

However, that aside, there are strict "design" rules to adhere to when branding a car - every company has them, and if BMW have ill fitted their branding then that's a big worry.

Sounds so flipant, but it's true.

Ask them what the exact x,y co-ordinates of the lettering should be and ask them to check the x,y of your lettering.

simple really.

[MrV]

I don't believe there are any guide holes. Friend of mine took his off, and replaced them afterwards (he was putting boot stripes on and wanted it to go under the letters).

He said the new letters came on a sheet of paper, with double sided tape adheared to the letters on one side. You just stick them on wherever you need/want to.

[Berthil]

I made an overlay of your picture and a picture of the BMW Press site. I had to tilt your picture a few degrees but ratio is unchanged.

Your letters are not evenly distributed? Also all the letters are much too far to the left looking at the boot door gap (not on my picture). But I doubt if anyone will notice? But I can feel with you, it has to be perfect

There are not guide holes, I had the same as you, a respray of the whole boot door because of a stolen badge

[garysteen]

Thanks for the replies guys.

My wife says leave it as is but I'm tempted to get another set and get it right.

It has cost me just over £160 so far for the respray/repairs so I'd rather pay another £13 for a set of letters to make it perfect.

Two more questions then:

How easy is it to take off the ones that have been fitted. Any tips, things to watch for ?

I have emailed mini.com asking the official positioning but I would appreciate anyone posting any coordinates I should aim for if I go ahead!

Cheers,

Gary

[Sooperlids]

If the $stealer repaired the car I would tell them to put it right! never mind spending another £13.

If you do it yourself, it's easy to remove. Just slide dental floss behind the badge. Comes off easiest when it's warm so leave it in the sun a while. If you can find some sun that is

[Gr8Dain]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sooperlids

If you do it yourself, it's easy to remove. Just slide dental floss behind the badge. Comes off easiest when it's warm so leave it in the sun a while. If you can find some sun that is

Youcan use a hair dryer to heat it up, just wave it around rather than direct heat. Just took mine off this past week.

[Mini_Blake]

On the note of removing them yourself, a common trick is to get a hairdryer to warm the badges up which eases the glue.

[garysteen]

Does anyone have a guide as to the correct position of the badge ?

Thanks,

Gary

[slipped_disc]

This might help - courtesy of Mr BMW

[garysteen]

Cheers Slipped_Disc

Appreciate it..

New Logo will be hear Wednesday so I'll have a go then