What's under the roof paint?
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What's under the roof paint?
If you have a MINI with contrasting body/roof colours from the factory, what's underneath the paint on the roof?
For instance, if you have a blue MINI with a white roof, what's under the white paint on the roof? Is there blue paint undeneath, or just primer?
I got to thinking about it because of a post on NAM where the poster's roof paint was flaking off, exposing the body-coloured paint underneath. He swears that it's got the factory paint on it, but it seems wasteful to me for the factory to paint the entire roof in body colour, only to immediately cover it up with the contrasting paint. (Never mind the fact that some colours don't work well when applied over other colours).
For instance, if you have a blue MINI with a white roof, what's under the white paint on the roof? Is there blue paint undeneath, or just primer?
I got to thinking about it because of a post on NAM where the poster's roof paint was flaking off, exposing the body-coloured paint underneath. He swears that it's got the factory paint on it, but it seems wasteful to me for the factory to paint the entire roof in body colour, only to immediately cover it up with the contrasting paint. (Never mind the fact that some colours don't work well when applied over other colours).
#2
I too have wondered about this. As I was watching the making of a MINI video on MINI USA's website, I noticed that the MINI the video follows first had it's roof painted the car color (red) and then the roof was taped off and they painted the roof white. Which, I guess, means the roof is first painted the car's color and then changed. That is, of course, if the video is accurate.
#3
My understanding is that the body color paint will be underneath. If I'm not mistaken, the entire car is first painted in the body color, then (if specced, of course) the rest of the car is covered up and the roof is re-sprayed according to the specification.
It's a lot of extra hassle for them to do, so when you think about it, it's amazing they don't charge more for the option (or, another way to look at it... the cost is already factored in, making body color roof option a rip-off. )
It's a lot of extra hassle for them to do, so when you think about it, it's amazing they don't charge more for the option (or, another way to look at it... the cost is already factored in, making body color roof option a rip-off. )
#4
Are there any contrasting roof colours besides black and white? Both of those would do a pretty good job of covering the colour underneath. It's not as if they're having to cover red paint with yellow paint (a notoriously hard cover-up to do).
Last edited by ScottRiqui; 10-08-2007 at 04:13 PM.
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Despite it seeming wasteful, I'd assume that they go ahead and paint the roof body color before white or black simply to make sure that the roof is smooth before spraying the black or white (or silver), and as a time-saving thing. Of course, a body colored roof is an option, so it makes sense to spray the whole car at once. It wouldn't make sense to mask off the roof, spray the body color, then remove the masking, mask off the body and spray the roof. That's two masking operations, where currently they only do one. You wouldn't really want to have just the body sprayed and have a bunch of overspray on the roof before you painted the roof color.
I haven't watched the build video, but I wouldn't be surprised if they shoot a coat of sealer over the roof before hitting it with the black or white. Red is notorious for bleed-through (even under black), and considering how many CR/W MINIs get churned out, I'm sure they wouldn't want all, or any, of those owners coming back saying that their roofs were turning pink.
Black and white are the two-tone options. Silver was an option in '05 and '06. Pepper White is only available with a PW or Black roof. PW/S would have looked cool, though, especially with a matching silver V-stripe on the bonnet.
I haven't watched the build video, but I wouldn't be surprised if they shoot a coat of sealer over the roof before hitting it with the black or white. Red is notorious for bleed-through (even under black), and considering how many CR/W MINIs get churned out, I'm sure they wouldn't want all, or any, of those owners coming back saying that their roofs were turning pink.
Black and white are the two-tone options. Silver was an option in '05 and '06. Pepper White is only available with a PW or Black roof. PW/S would have looked cool, though, especially with a matching silver V-stripe on the bonnet.
Last edited by 70spop; 10-08-2007 at 04:31 PM.
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My black roof definitely has LY underneath - I discovered this last weekend when my bro-in-law was drilling in my boot hatch to install my new S spoiler! (I know, I couldn't watch) After seeing the yellow under the black around the new holes, he pointed out this in the gap between the boot lid and the roof:
I don't know how I could have missed that after almost of year of religious washing every two weeks! I'll just call it a birth-mark.
I don't know how I could have missed that after almost of year of religious washing every two weeks! I'll just call it a birth-mark.
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