Comments on: Flaking paint

By: howsoonisnow1985 (Felipe)

howsoonisnow1985 (Felipe) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:09:01 +0000

Mine was fixed by MINI of Main Line. They just required a regional person to allow. They removed front then repainted and re-installed.

By: Felipe

Felipe — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:25:19 +0000

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, IN THE SAME EXACT SPOT TO. GP0019

By: Abdul

Abdul — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:09:13 +0000

Hello all,

GP 0731 here in Paris, France. Same exact paint problem at the right bumper intake level. It definitely seems to me to be a fabrication defect. The dealership (BMW MINI Mirabeau) accepted directly to cover the repair. However they will only paint it. I’ll see how it comes out then see about having them replace the bumper.

PS: The paint is referred to as Thunder Blue indeed.

Good luck and tons of driving fun to all.
Abdul.

By: GPMINI

GPMINI — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:16:25 +0000

No, it’s not called Thunder Blue. Not sure of it’s actual name … “A64″ paint code worked fine to identify it as a BMW color at my local body shop.

By: Brent Breon

Brent Breon — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:08:36 +0000

Ian, what is the BMW color called? Thunder Blue?

By: GPMINI

GPMINI — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:49:30 +0000

Thunder Blue paint is the same as a BMW color – here in USA my body shop easily mixed an exact match; the dealership also sells touch-up paint (color code A64)

By: alfaspa

alfaspa — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:05:34 +0000

greetings!

adrian from south africa here – GP1719

so far so good wrt flaking paint (touch wood!). i only hand wash my car and as yet the paintwork seems fine, i would like to know however, what happens in the event of a small area touch up being required? thunder blue is a colour way, exclusive to the GP and as such won’t be ’stocked’ by the dealers/bodyshops… As COOPS says, a repaint is never the same and given the exclusivity of the colour, will even BMW AG be able to guarantee matching paint if and when required?

the reason i ask is because of the road quality in south africa; i get a lot of chips and even armour glazing doesn’t help…

By: jeff in Seattle

jeff in Seattle — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:45:31 +0000

The MINI USA rep that serves the Pacific NW said mine was because I popped out the fake airducts and put in functional ones from John Cooper Motorsports. Claim denied and I was not even allowed to plead my case as he only works from the garage and will not speak with owners.
oh well, track days are bound to chew mine up anyway. I’ll let you collectors fight this one. Maybe I can take another run at it another time.

By: Timmee

Timmee — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:20:02 +0000

ooh boy not good. linking this up to alert south african gp owners.

By: COOPS

COOPS — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:03:23 +0000

No problem Emir, let me know what they say. I would push hard and try to get a new bumper out of it and then back down to getting a repaint paid for by THEM. This way it looks like you’re letting them off the hook because even though I agree with Tony in that a new bumper would be appropriate, realistically, I know they won’t do that.
Good luck.