White Uni-Body problem

Okay, I have a white uni-body macbook that I LOVE ! MAC ROCKS ! Anyway, I am out of warranty now, bought the macbook in Feb 2010, and now the rubber pad on the bottom cover is pealing around the edges. I took it off to see if it was over a hot spot (battery, hard drive, ect) and it is not. I am 99.9% sure it will not be covered under warranty as the warranty has run out as stated, so I will have to buy a new bottom plate or repair mine. . . . my question is, can I peal the rubber off and re-glue it down or os it heat sealed on there?
Thanks for any help, I will wait a few days to get a few replys before I try anything.

Even though it is out of warranty, it is not that far out of warranty.
I would make an appointment with Apple, as there is always a chance that they will inspect it, call it a manufacturing defect, and replace it free of charge.
No guarantees, but a pleasant non demanding manner and the odds are in your favour

Okay, I made a appointment and went and saw my local Mac Store Pro about this, it will NOT be covered by warranty BUT they are waving the labor cost, so replacing the lower body AND the bottom rubber pad BOTH will cost me right at $150.00, so will be doing that soon.
I am replacing the lower body because I have a crack that goes from the ESC button to the POWER PORT, nothing real major, but I also do not want it to get worse, you know?

Having a similar issue where the rubber bottom is peeling off on the left side of the computer, though I don't have any cracks, and I haven't taken that bottom panel off.

Seeing as how my MacBook just left the 12 month warranty and I don't have Apple Care right now, I'm a bit in a tight spot and I'll be willing to bed that replacing that bottom cover is going to cost me about $100+.


So…here goes.

the MAC STORE told me that the rubber bottom will cost like $70.00 and the new body was going to be like $85.00 for a total of $155.00 plus labor. . . . Not too bad.

I currently have the exact same problem with the rubber bottom :/

I have made an appointment and was hoping to get it repaired free of charge despite it being out of warranty as it is essentially a manufacturing defect.

I will keep you posted on how my problem is resolved

Yay!

I just ordered mine.

Chris H. said:

Yay!

I just ordered mine.

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Nice one....
Also, keep a copy of the link should it ever happen again.
I usually copy things like this into a doc and save it for future reference should there ever be conflict with a rep you may me dealing with.

6string said:

Nice one....
Also, keep a copy of the link should it ever happen again.
I usually copy things like this into a doc and save it for future reference should there ever be conflict with a rep you may me dealing with.

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I printed out the page after I searched for "MacBook Bottom Case Replacement Program"

Folks: Apple - Support - MacBook Bottom Case Replacement Program


I also printed out my confirmation page. Very wise idea indeed.