Had my Mini Cooper for about 7 months now...love it! Noticed the other day a scrape mark on the black hood stripe (possibly a rock ding). Not good! Any suggestions for how to touch it up? Was thinking of using black touch-up paint, but not 100% sure this is the way to go (?). Any sage advise is welcome.

 

I've had a couple of little dings in my stripes and have just used a black sharpie. But I would only recommend that for little bitty dings, not big patches. It's pretty hard to match the finish though, so no matter what you use, you're going to see a different "sheen" on the touched-up part. But it's still better than the chip!

 

It something on the vinyl? or has something tore the vinyl?

 

mcdbrendan, it appears to have scraped the black coloring off, but not through to the paint.

 

We had a very small chip in our stripe, I also used a black sharpie

 

Ive got tons of rock marks in my black stripes where white is showing where they hit... looks horrible and replacement is my only option...

p.s. you should see the paint on my hood too...