Windscreen rubber infill trim

[mowogg]

Does anyone know if the minor windscreen rubber is the same profile as a mini? The reason I ask is I am looking at changing mine on the van. The current one is all black-I assume this might be the original. It looks more appropriate than a chrome style one. You can get a black one from mini suppliers

[ManyMinors]

I don't believe it is. My own van had a plain rubber originally with no bright trim. You don't say what year your van is but the rubber changed during production. I replaced mine with the early Minor 1000 rubber which should carry a stainless steel moulding, and simply didn't fit the moulding. If you use the later rubber which carries a filler strip, you'd simply have to find a black filler strip which should be easy enough? I agree, the vans look "wrong" with too much glitter on them!

[mowogg]

Thanks for the quick reply. My van is 1965.

[les]

I was going to change my chrome infill for the black type but just as I started to remove the existing one, the chrome film that gives it the finished look started to come away from the infill itself. I therefore carried on pulling and it all peeled off, leaving the desired black finish, with no need to remove or dismantle anything. Worth a try!

[mowogg]

The rubber on mine dates from the 1980s at least. It's black all over with no infill. Sadly it is past its best so I would like to replace with a black only.

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