[cooper7]

Hi all,

Was over at Essential Mini today to have a look at Si's brand new Carbon Fibre Petrol cap. He's already done a couple of these but i would be interested to hear your opinions on whether you prefer the CF or the chrome one.

I know this is always said but i really don't think the pictures do it justice, but hey i guess that's for you to decide. So is it Carbon Fibre or Chrome that should be on my car???

[Baker]

The CF doesn't suit your car as your car has too much black, the CF looking grey. If you want to get rid of the chrome, I'd suggest getting the chrome one powdercoated black.

Surprised you colour coded your Aero kit - because you're going with the white/black theme, I thought it would have looked better with the black arches.

[cooper7]

I think that CF can work really well with black. I currently have the boot handle and wing mirrors in CF and it seems to run through pretty nicely to be honest. Think that it's far more striking with the arches being colour coded, not a fan of black rims when the arches are still black plastic, think they can get a little lost.

Cheers for your thoughts even if i don't really agree with any of them

[LMB]

Pics are a bit small but from them the CF seems to suit your styling.

[CooperS3xy]

Jev, have you got any better pics? The 2nd picture looks like the carbon fibre finish is very dull, whether thats just the light or finger marks from fitting it i cant tell.

[OZChris]

Chrome and CF have similar traits, once you start, you just can't stop

[Fabio]

from what i can see(small pics), it suits your car, ties in well with the wheels

[Fabio]

its hard to take a good photo of carbon fibre, you gotta see it in person

[Damo]

Got to agree with Baker, the Carbon Fibre looks "grey" compared to the other Black stuff.

[Crouchy]

no doubt the carbon fibre one looks miles better

[Baker]

Have you thought about getting your chrome one powercoated black so you can see the difference - honestly I think that'd look a lot better.

[JonnyP]

Just in from a night out, a little bit drunk here.... But from what i can see your car looks the muts nutts with CF petrol cap. Would look better with CF door handles as well. Nice car btw.

[insane*mini]

The CF looks the part on your car!

[cooper7]

Baker - The black powder coating is an interesting idea, i'll give that some thought

Cheers for the feedback guys, just spotted the pics are ratehr small. Had to adjust the size as they were way too big seems in the late hours of last night i might have gone a bit far! Will play around with them and see if i can't post them again, only bigger.

Think to a degree the nail has been hit on the head as the CF doesn't photograph all that well. The weave is really good and the gel coating isn't nearly as milky as the JCW cf. There may have been some fingerprints on it though as I just snapped a fewquick pics post fitting to get an idea of the look

[randap]

Jev,

I'm with Si right now.....seen the CF cap, looks ace. Have to admit tho' with the wide weave it's quite grey, and so would look better on my car!!!

[cooper7]

Hi Paul,

Hope you're liking the light change! I know i love mine, transforms the interior

Don't think the weave is that thick tbh, the JCW weave is quite a bit thicker but as i said can look a little milky due to the gel coating they apply. I do think it would look extremely good on your car! Though i already have a few cf bits on and i must admit seeing the cap on yesterday i do think the car looked more complete, ask Si to see what his opinion was on it but the flow of the car just seemed to be enhanced by the cap

[randap]

I'm just enjoying coffee and bourbons........Si's just fitting the rev counter back in, then a couple of LED strips for the footwells........then load up the MTH remap........then I'll have to see what else I can buy.......

P.S. Si mentioned your JCW mirror caps have poor gel coat - you should get them changed IMO.

[cooper7]

Yeah they will be changd as soon as

[cooper7]

Hope these are now a fair bit bigger! If not, then i will change them again

[Baker]

They're a really dodgy resolution - did you take them with a camera phone?

If not, try putting them in your gallery instead