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The fit is horrible on these. The loose fabric that is supposed to make up for it and cover the gaps doesn't and gets folded under when you close the factory shade. Their logo has been painted over with a gray color by someone that looks like they have the artistic skills of a toddler, and it shows through when the sun is beating down on it.
Attached are some pics I took this morning. The first 2 are with the shade flush with the back edge of the front sunroof. The 3rd has shade overlapping the rear edge by about an inch. As you can see, in no configuration are the rear corners covered, and there isn't enough fabric to make up for the huge gap.
My wife has been fussing for years about the sun getting through her sunroof. For awhile she even placed a piece of cardboard above the OEM shade. Finding these sunroof shades should make a nice gift.
I found several vendors including ZippeeShade on WWW. The prices were rather similar but shipping charges varied tremendously. MiniMania wanted $16.95 for UPS ground with other shipping choices more expensive. ZippeeShade wanted $7.99 for shipping. ECS Tuning had shades priced two dollars more than other sites but with free shipping. Watch out for the shipping charges!!!
We have them here with free shipping. When we installed them here on one of the R56 MINI Coopers, the fit was good and it was easy to install. You can see the before and after below. Fitment for the models is listed in the link. Took us about 30 secs to install both of them and we were talking out time.
Comes with a cool little storage bag which they fold down into to fit. Then you can store them in your trunk or wherever if you feel like getting some sun.