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I personally like ghost stripes for a subtle look.

 

That will look good!

 

Looks good to me!

 

They're usually a clear film that you can only see at certain angles.

 

With an all-black MINI, I think you need all-black stripes.

 

Ever think of buying some of the factory color shift paint that is on your roof and spray the stripes on rather than paste them on?

 

>>It's sold as a black in the UK, but in the sunshine it's a pearlescent dark navy blue.<<

Your hood looked blue to me in your photo, so I was confused about using black stripes. Did not realize you did not have the multi-tone roof. My bad.

(I agree with Mike below, you need the white border.)

 

My wife is so mad that we still don’t have the stripes yet on our Chili Red SE. She even tried talking the dealer into using the 21 stripes but they won’t guarantee the work since our Mini is a 22. Btw, the hood has not changed shape !!!!

I like the black stripes with the white border on your Enigmatic Black SE. Subtle but cool.



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Does your dealer actually install them themselves or take them somewhere else? All tint and stripes at our dealer are done by a local place, so we just go there directly and skip the middle man.

 

Am I the only 22 with bonnet stripes installed? My dealer never said anything about them not being covered under warranty. He just said “I’ll make it happen.” So I’m not certain which kind of stripes I have installed. But I have them.

 

I asked my dealer if they'd install bonnet stripes if I got my own color combination. They said sure but wouldn't warranty the install, which I wouldn't expect. Didn't get a price, and from the looks of YouTube videos and various sites that sell stripes, the DIY option may not be too bad. And then I ran into a site like VinylGraphicsPro and realized I know nothing.

 

I amend my mistake: With an Enigmatic Black MINI, I think you need Enigmatic Black stripes.

Not to be a Debbie Downer--I like MINIs with bonnet stripes, but I think your SE looks great without them. The Enigmatic Black blends well with the black grille, creating an overall Darth Vader statement--a monochrome entity (except for the chrome beltline, which I would replace) of which @Matt Shumaker must be envious. Matt, our fellow forum member and YouTube "Tech Forum" personality, wrote after spending lots of time and money to do away with the grey grille on his Midnight Black 2020 SE that he was going to trade it in for an all-black 2022.

Our Moonlit Forest Green Honda Clarity (see avatar) is like Enigmatic Black in that it looks black in any light shy of sunlight.

 

My dealer told us on numerous occasions that in order for the stripes to be covered under the bumper to bumper warranty they needed to match the production year of the car. They could be full of crap but at this point I’m paying the dealer the 400 bucks so why wouldn’t they just take my money. Sounds like they are trying to make sure if they screwup somehow that MiniUSA will cover it. So annoying.




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I also had my 22 installed with stripes by the dealer. It's the "standard" 2 door stripe that has white outer trims. They never said anything that it's not covered because it's on a 22 car. There should be no differences though, between 21 and 22.

 

I agree with both of you. I’m just reporting back what our dealer was telling us. Just in case others dealers are saying the same bs.



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I can’t make this up. I just got this email from our salesperson.


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