MINIme:)
11th September 2011, 10:28 PM
Hi just wanted to see whether anyone had any input/experience.
I learned yesterday that I could get a roof paint job on a One D for maybe about £300 or 350 (I can't quite remember what they said) - I was happy as I felt I'd found a colour combo I liked (at last!)
But then on doing a little forum reading I got the gist that to spray a roof black with a sunroof would mean removing the sunroof. This made me unhappy :argh: I don't like the sound of that at all - sounds like a real risk of spoiling seals and generally just asking for trouble.
I believe that vinyl is quite possible but the dealer were quick to suggest it can peel and the seals can get damaged putting it on (hmm, such faith!) - and I don't have a decent source of getting a vinyl roof done. I heard of mini pirate but saw a thread on totalmini that suggested he had given up or something - not really sure. His work looked fantastic though and renewed my thought that vinyl wasn't such a bad idea - if I could find a good source.
Do either the paint or the vinyl options have a bad impact on insurance? I could see the word 'respray' having a bad effect.
The other option is to upgrade to a cooper (+60% insurance c £200 more:frown:) as well as + £100 tax - ie £300 a yr more than I'd been planning for and one of the main reasons for going for a One D. or Cooper D - and throw most of the options out the window as well as spend a bit more still.
I am so fed up. Every time I get close, something crops up that puts a spanner in the works. And now I have also just found out that there was a good set of manuf incentives/discounts this current quarter but too late for delivery this quarter now. If dealers had told me of the incentives and the date cut offs I would have made sure I met them. :ragin: ...meanwhile Nia is losing value day by day..... :sad:
I learned yesterday that I could get a roof paint job on a One D for maybe about £300 or 350 (I can't quite remember what they said) - I was happy as I felt I'd found a colour combo I liked (at last!)
But then on doing a little forum reading I got the gist that to spray a roof black with a sunroof would mean removing the sunroof. This made me unhappy :argh: I don't like the sound of that at all - sounds like a real risk of spoiling seals and generally just asking for trouble.
I believe that vinyl is quite possible but the dealer were quick to suggest it can peel and the seals can get damaged putting it on (hmm, such faith!) - and I don't have a decent source of getting a vinyl roof done. I heard of mini pirate but saw a thread on totalmini that suggested he had given up or something - not really sure. His work looked fantastic though and renewed my thought that vinyl wasn't such a bad idea - if I could find a good source.
Do either the paint or the vinyl options have a bad impact on insurance? I could see the word 'respray' having a bad effect.
The other option is to upgrade to a cooper (+60% insurance c £200 more:frown:) as well as + £100 tax - ie £300 a yr more than I'd been planning for and one of the main reasons for going for a One D. or Cooper D - and throw most of the options out the window as well as spend a bit more still.
I am so fed up. Every time I get close, something crops up that puts a spanner in the works. And now I have also just found out that there was a good set of manuf incentives/discounts this current quarter but too late for delivery this quarter now. If dealers had told me of the incentives and the date cut offs I would have made sure I met them. :ragin: ...meanwhile Nia is losing value day by day..... :sad: