Some advice please!

[RS Darren]

Took the plastic/ vinyl off the door posts today as they were a bit ragged at the edges (from the previous owner parking beside a wall ).



Would like your advice/ opinions on whether to keep it as it is now (white painted surface) or put on some carbon fibre pillar covers (Real carbon fibre (not stick on imitation stuff).



The old:

As it is at the moment:

And the carbon fibre ones (real carbon fibre- not sticky backed plastic!):

Cheers in advance!

 

[Nicky]

left plain is different..

would look nice if the rub-strips and handles disappered too

failing that, the carbon is class looking, only if ya have other carbon goodies tho

 

[Nordonian]

imo black
both others look tacky

 

[Nordonian]

should have created a poll for this thread

 

[RS Darren]

should have created a poll for this thread

Jus did! use are all to quick for me!

left plain is different..

would look nice if the rub-strips and handles disappered too

failing that, the carbon is class looking, only if ya have other carbon goodies tho

Yea im not planning on keeping her (maby another year) so dont want to have to throw too much money at her! Just got the rub strips and handles colour coded and it dosnt look too bad! so thatl do atm. Would like some other carbon bits n bobs (for the looks) but its very hard to find for my car and very expensive to get bits made up!

 

[Nicky]

only go for the carbon if ya are going for other carbon details, such as spolier, bonnet, those wee things on the corner of the bumpers (forget the name lol )

 

[Neil_M]

As its all white... Keep it as it is, or put a black one on, definately not the carbon.

 

[Smick]

aye keep it white, looks the best of the 3

 

[Graham2]

white. looks nice and clean

 

[Bilal]

White looks nice but if your going for black go plain but wait till ya get ur tints on

 

[ossy2004]

White!!!

 

[RS Darren]

Thanks for the replies guys! Was thinking white myself but it just looks a little odd at the mo as its obviously brand spankin new paintwork underneath the plastic so its slightly lighter than the surrounding paint but im sure a buff and some super resin polish would sort that out!

 

[Rob]

I'd put on some new black vinyl tbh, the other two options are whack looking..

 

[106lad]

imo the black vinyl looks well against the white!!

 

[Neil_M]

I say white as the rest of the car is white. Just to keep things all the same.

 

[Gobsheene]

Black Vynal for me!

 

[BurntCarcus]

Was it hard to get off? mine looks a little worse for wear, was thinking about taking it off, just wasnt sure what was underneath. why do they put it on in the first place?

 

[RS Darren]

Not 100% sure why its on there in the 1st place. Maby to protect the paint work as this is were you usually push to close the door or something like that


I was surprised how easily it came off. With just a little heat from a heat gun, it peeled off easily and left hardly any sticky residue! which was quickly removed with some autoglym tar remover.

 

[ray]

keep it white

 

[aaron_m]

needs to be black. i did the same thing with my Ka, was very effective i thought. the black stuff is available from any decorating shop and is good for making sunstrips as well....

 

[Rob]

I always thought it helped the look of cars is it made the whole side window look "as one"..

 

[aaron_m]

you would be right scrob! most vauxhall GSi models had the black strip, very subtle but makes a car look so much better on the whole

 

[Ruth]

thats a tidy wee ka

I do quite like them black altho white looks ok too

 

[Graham2]

Put up a few better pics. Prehaps a bit further away to get the whole side of the car in.

 

[Twain]

this shouldnt require too much thought, black vinyl is the only option...nice ka there aaron by the way, the black mirrors look well on it too.