I just ordered a Clubman with the bonnet stripes but failed to ask the MA and before I called him I figured I would ask you guys. I've seen pictures of stripes that are close together and some are further apart. And also some of them have the stripes on the back doors. Do u have do specify which ones u want? I ordered the "S" with Pepper White/black roof/black stripes.
thanks

 

The "bonnet stripes" are the ones further apart. The "Sports stripes" are the narrow parallel ones. If you asked for the bonnet stripes then that's what you will get.

 

Yup, the bonnet stripes are just on the hood and run on either side of the hood. The sport stripes are two tight stripes in the center and also run on the back doors as well.

 

Also, bonnet stripes are only on the bonnet and are installed at the factory. Sport stripes are on the bonnet and boot doors and are installed at the dealer. They'll be more expensive in most cases.

One other thing: as the son of a school teacher, I feel compelled to ask you to spell the word "you" correctly. Since we aren't texting or "Instant Messaging", time is not of the essence and your posts will look much nicer if you take the time to spell "you" correctly. Sorry to complain, blame my mother.

 

Yes, you have to ask. The ones close together are "sport" strips and include the rear.

Ask the dealer!

 

I agree with Tim.

But, Tim, as the son of a teacher you should realize that your last sentence is a run-on. You should have a semi-colon, not a comma in it.

 

 

Wow, you guys have got to be kidding me.

 

I had considered using a semi-colon, but I felt like being a bad boy.

 

Amen! Someone telling someone to use you instead of u? Give me a freak'n break

Can u say Obama supporter?

 

Q: about bonnet stripes

When waxing the bonnet, should wax be applied on the stripes too?

My 1st vehicle with stripes





pardon my punk-yoo-aye-shun

Phun with Fonix

 

Yes. You should treat the vinyl stripes like the paint.

 

1. It was a request. I'm not telling anyone to do anything. I can't control the way people type any more than you can control what I type.
2. What on Earth do politics have to do with this?

 

Hey. . .Thanks for the info Ofioliti

 

Thanks to all for the clarification on the stripes, about typing "u" instead of "you" actually I was pressed for time, I'm a flight attendant and had about 5 minutes before I had to catch a flight I was working.
Didn't know I would get "flamed" for that, you guys are harsh here.
I'm on two other boards "Classic Z cars" and a Lexus forum and they are a little more relaxed over there.

 

The bonnet stripes come from John Cooper's race cars (and maybe his rally cars, too - I just can't remember). If you look at pictures of works Cooper F1 cars from the 50's and 60's they had similar stripes. I'm certainly no expert on this, but I think that Jack Brabham's championship winning Cooper was black with white stripes....or maybe it was because almost all the pictures were black and white....

 

Seriously, we are relaxed and I didn't mean to sound harsh. Type however you want to type, that was just me being me.

 

Not a problem I'm feeling the love again, 3 months and 2 weeks and 5 days until I take delivery.

 

There was a thread from years ago on this forum where we were discussing who first put stripes on a race car or production car. I've tried searching for it but can't find it anymore.

Anyway, the conclusion was that indeed John Cooper was the first to put stripes on his race cars.

I e-mailed John Cooper Works and asked them to forward my e-mail to Mike Cooper, John Cooper's son. I wanted to know what he knew about his father's putting striped on his cars. His reply (!) :

double bonnet stripes

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 6:14 AM

From:
"Mike Cooper" <jmc@johncooper.co.uk>
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Dear John – thank you for your e mail which has been forwarded to me and with reference to the original bonnet stripes that were on my father’s racing cars in the 50s and 60s, in the 50s the car companies tended to run their cars in their country’s colours, i.e. green for Great Britain, red for Ferrarri, silver for Mercedes. With the British contingency all entries together with Vanwalls and BRMs’ entries were distinguished by the two white stripes running down the front of the cars. I believe the first cars that ran with the white stripes were in 1959 on F1 and F2 cars. The white stripes continued on the Cooper Car Co. cars right through the 60s and of course included the Works Mini Cooper Saloon cars. This was even transferred to the Classic Mini and even adorns new MINI Coopers sold by BMW today. As for the reason as to why my father put two white stripes on I am not absolutely sure but I will endeavour to find out

Regards

Mike Cooper
Chairman
John Cooper Works
North Lane
East Preston
West Sussex BN16 1BN
Tel: 01903 784784

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Sport Stripes . . . Mine were $195 dealer installed.

 

r u friggin kiddin me? im the son of a teacher also, guess im was brought up wrong.. really, u need to take a chill pill, cuz I will never spell "correctly" on a forum, get on read whats new, throw in my comments, then get back to work or doin whatever i wuz doin...

 

He was just in a nitt-picky mood. We all have those moments. No need to get all worked up.

 

I thought it was funny. We have a running joke at my work about graduates from certain colleges being unable to spell.

 

Please note that "Instant Messaging" should not be in quotations. Also, there should be a semi-colon in the last sentence, not a comma. There is also an issue with using "we" and "your" in your second sentence. It should read either "we" and "our", or "you" and "your". C+ work.

 

Please note that your final period should be inside the quotation marks.

Wait, you edited it. I refer to the penultimate period.