Door Ding Guards (spy shot)

[IBMiniG]

Tried to find the owner of this MINI. (hope you dont mind the pic) Anyone kow where you can find these guards? They are the best I've seen so far...

[Fullupo]

errr, they look awful. ruin the lovely lines of the mini. Id risk it getting dinged, cos at least until it does it looks good, and thats why u brought it in the first place.

[BruceK]

Those strips may be partially functional, but they are U G L Y !!

There are a poor substitute for finding a proper parking space (a.k.a. the one furthest away)

15 months of MINI ownership and NO parking lot dings on my daily driver Cooper S.

[RedUn]

Not for me even though my car did get dinged(parked in a good spot too),
I still prefer the nice smooth luck, tho they could be handy the ODD time though

[MiniMinor]

Sorry but i think they look awfull.

[Shamster]

I don't like them at all. These door protectors rely on the edges of other peoples doors being at the same height as the door protectors which is a rare occurrence.

[stuartkey]

Much better solution: drive a Land Rover to the supermarket.

I've been dying to get a really old LR, just for shopping trips. Park in the middle of two urban tanks (SUV's) and see who has the smoothest doors afterwards.

Great for tailgaters too. Punch the brakes... "what was that noise from behind?"... "Dunno, carry on". Scrape the Escort off the back when you get home

[MINImeat]

Think you'll find most owners on this site love their cars too much to choose something that compromises the lines of the car over staying away from the "dingers".
It's amazing we can love something so much that others can simply dismiss as a little box on wheels...

[Darren S]

Oh... My... God.

[Jeep-2-mini]

Quote: Originally Posted by stuartkey

Much better solution: drive a Land Rover to the supermarket.

I've been dying to get a really old LR, just for shopping trips. Park in the middle of two urban tanks (SUV's) and see who has the smoothest doors afterwards.

Great for tailgaters too. Punch the brakes... "what was that noise from behind?"... "Dunno, carry on". Scrape the Escort off the back when you get home

Stuart - unfortunatly the landys brakes are so poor that even an escort can outbrake them (most Landy owners look for trabants to drag race) - in the old examples the gearbox is much better at retarding the thing than the brakes

I'd agree though that if your parinoid about dings then a Series 2A Landy make sense - the more theyr bashed, the better they look

Mark

[stryder]

Having received a ding or two, those are also useless in protecting the car. My dings happened on the back of the car, not the actual door, probably from the backdoor of a 4 door car. Also, since car doors tend to be pointy, unless your strip lines up exactly with the point of the door, they're just going to bash your MINI above or below the strip.

Its a good thought, but unfortunately doesn't look like it'll do anything besides spoil the looks of your car.

[MGB Boy]

Quote: Originally Posted by IBMiniG

Tried to find the owner of this MINI. (hope you dont mind the pic) Anyone kow where you can find these guards? They are the best I've seen so far...

I saw a car with those (in fact maybe it was that one, the one I saw was silver too) at MINIs On Top (Mt Washington Rally) this past June. Unfortunately, that only narrows it down to 73 MINI owners. Well, 72, I know it's not mine. Maybe someone from the MINIs On Top threads in the "COMMUNITY > SOCIAL AND REGION SPECIFIC - USA REGIONAL > NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND REGION" section might be able to help...

-Ricardo

[teridrag]

Nope. Not me.
Mine was the all silver at MOT with the REALLY UGLY black door guards that I took off as soon as I learned how to. Seems the prior owner had special ordered some BWM door guards and then hand shaped them to shorten them to the door length. YUCK.

BTW even though the silverish ones pictured above on the silver/black are not as obvious as mine were, they still ruin the lines of the car.

Please, take them OFF.

[Michael Caine]

Just be an ****hole like me and straddle 2 spaces leaving plenty of room each side, then you want get any door dings!

[Dark Silver S]

Best way to avoid door dings is (from a previous thread)....



Bubble wrap.