The same happened to my Works Cover. My dealer used BMW Brake cleaner and it came off a treat. No effort required. Now I just clean it every now and again.:smile:

Just make sure you spray it onto a cloth as it's extremely flamable stuff.

 

Brake cleaner is a go as confirmed by JCW in merry old England. However their e-mail did not answer my question reguarding any changes in design to ammend the problem.

Seems silly to spend milions on design and manufacture and still allow a cosmetic problem like that to persist !

 

I still think WD-40 is much easier. One less thing to buy. Spray it on a paper towel, and wipe.

 

I've heard that Simple Green is good to. I'll give the WD a shot in a week or so. I feel better about using that than brake cleaner that might mess up the paint.

I e-mailed my MINI service tech with info on the clean-up. At least they will be better prepared the next time the same problem drives in the front door!

 

I originally used simple green and it took over 15 minutes and some really hard scrubbing.
It removed in a second with WD40.
If anything, follow up with simple green to remove any wd40 if you want.