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Japper · Aug 27th, 2007, 09:06 AM

Due to pick up my car on the 1st and this one has Black bonnet stripes with the white pinstripes. Am i correct in thinking these are printed black over white vinyl and do they have any clearcoat protection. Can light swirls be polished out ?.

TimCS · Aug 27th, 2007, 10:07 AM

I had to go out to look at mine to help!

I've got white stripes with the black pinstripe and it looks as if the white is printed on top of the black so I guess you are right, you would have black on top of white. No there is no clearcoat protection and having helped a mate with black stripes clean his car - the black can show scratches but only slightly. I put wax on top of my stripes when I do the car and it helps to keep them shiny and smooth!

Suggest if you do get any marks on them that you use shoe polish to fix it. You wouldn't want to paint a coat of lacquer over the stripes as that would impinge on the paint on the bonnet. Fairly cheap to replace. Found this guy on the web the other day: Insigniaworks

Enjoy your new ride.

Tim

Aug 27th, 2007, 09:06 AM	#1
Japper MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Oil Country Local Time: 10:35 AM Posts: 911 Offline	Vinyl Bonnet Stripes Due to pick up my car on the 1st and this one has Black bonnet stripes with the white pinstripes. Am i correct in thinking these are printed black over white vinyl and do they have any clearcoat protection. Can light swirls be polished out ?. 06 HB/W MCS Chilli

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Aug 27th, 2007, 10:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
TimCS MINI2 Regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Surrey Local Time: 10:35 AM Posts: 255 Offline	I had to go out to look at mine to help! I've got white stripes with the black pinstripe and it looks as if the white is printed on top of the black so I guess you are right, you would have black on top of white. No there is no clearcoat protection and having helped a mate with black stripes clean his car - the black can show scratches but only slightly. I put wax on top of my stripes when I do the car and it helps to keep them shiny and smooth! Suggest if you do get any marks on them that you use shoe polish to fix it. You wouldn't want to paint a coat of lacquer over the stripes as that would impinge on the paint on the bonnet. Fairly cheap to replace. Found this guy on the web the other day: Insigniaworks Enjoy your new ride. Tim

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