[Jakx]

not acceptable . . .

. . . they can superglue it back on as far as I'm concerned, so long as it doesn't drop off again!

Sorry Dogger, but you won`t really accept that will you?

You will be aware that at some time in your MINI`s life various trim items may need removing (and refitted!) for all manner of reasons.

No doubt, perhaps even now, certain trim fixings will be going through on-going tooling improvements and tolerance changes.

Ambient temperature changes can have a big influence on the fit, or otherwise, of many plastic trim parts.

But, wanna bet that the US bound MINI`s will not suffer the same problems?

 

[Jakx]

OK! OK!

Well, anyway, they glue it with the same stuff used to seal the windows, so it's still removable and it does the trick.
There's not much choice anyway, unless you want to wait for a redesigned roof or be a pain to your dealer who can't help it either.

OK! Sorry about the advice.
Point taken - a bodge job it is then.