yeh go for it mate

It is very tempting but i have just been looking on my dealers website and it says it does part and accessories but i cant find anywhere that they fit them. do they have to have rapid fit to be able to fit them for me? here is the addy dealer. what i dont want to happen is to ask them to do it and find that they either cock it u p or have to send it away causing me to get it late. im so indecisive arent i!

benji,
sorry for delay yep the dealer will fit them for you,i just had to wait
nearly 2 week for them as they had to order them from ford,not a stock
item.
iceman.

Cool, someone whos had it fitted by a dealer, im going to probe you now with questions if you dont mind! How much did they charge you in total for them (inc fitting) and are they covered by any sort of warranty, if you dont mind me asking?

Hi Benji,

They are only covered by warranty if they are factory fitted. Also I would get them fitted by a professional as I've just spoken to my mate who works for a Ford dealership and he says they never use a graphics company they just fit them themselves, not always with great results.

I do want them but and i wish i had ordered them from the factory. The only reason i wanted to go with ford is because i thought i would get a warranty with them and it would be really convenient to have them on the car when it arrived. also you would expect them to be fitted properly. i could just leave it and decide later on. i can always order the stripes from fordpartsuk and get them fitted over here in germany by a professional company.

Iceman - what did you think to the quality of the stripes you had fitted by ford?

deff full stripes mines currently in the bodyshop overnight having full stripes put on (werent on the car when i bought it but theyve been ordered from germany n being fitted at fords bodyshop) wots all this about warranty?

Tony

There was a thread a while back about warranty on the stripes and whether they were covered so its a bit of a grey area. so did you take your car into ford and they sort it from there. do ford have lots of bodyshops or is it in the dealers itself. and how much is it all costing? sorry for all the questions i just want lots of info before i decide anything!

benji,
sorry for delay again,firstly when i bought the car it did not have any
stripes on at all,i asked the dealer to fit the side stripes as an extra
whitch he did(£75 fitted).now i am getting the full over the top stripes
done(about£175 fitted).the chap who does it works for himself,a mobile
graphic chap, he is very good.it takes the best part of 4 to 5 hours to
fit as its not easy so i hear.warranty well am not too sure about that
i am afraid i shall ask when i get i done and let you know.
iceman.

benji,
i know it sounds like a lot of money and it is,thinking back i could have
had the full side and up and over stripes factory done for around £200
but what the hec.
iceman.

No probs for the delay and thanks for the info. I presume you have had no dramas with the dealer fitted side stripes and it all went well. I always think the dealer will do a better job than a graphics company, i dont know why and i maybe wrong but oh well! the OTT ones i can imagine being a bit of a bitch to fit especially across the roof and the lining up down the boot. im going to email my sales woman and see if she can give me a quote on them doing it for me. at the end of the day if they go wrong i can always take it back to a ford garage and say they fitted it and theyve gone wrong. they might be a bit annoyed off with me cos i already changed the order half way through production and now im going to ask them to do this but i guess thats what they are there for.

yep the over the top stripes are difficult to fit i gather and i suppose at
least you can go back to the dealer if you have problems with them at any time.
all the best and good luck,i shall keep you posted with how i get on with mine
when i get them done.its at the dealers now as the engine management light is
on. .
iceman.

p.s. but thats another story.

I know, bloody electric nowadays are a pain, they seem to go wrong quite frequently for some reason. i will let you know how i get on and post us some pics up when you have yours fully striped. cheers for the advice and hope your cars better soon

There we are, I have emailed my sales person at the dealer so just have to wait on the reply now, if i get one which i would i hope i did! Im sure from now until the 14th of december is ample time to supply and fit some side stripes.

yep thats more than enough time to get your stripes fitted,14th december the day
after my birthday ho ho,keep us posted to see how you get on,good luck.
iceman