I think the coupes styling suits flat colours much better than the metalics (vinci grey the exception obviously) my next coupe will be a flat colour

You'll change your mind on that soon.....

Is it the fuel filler from a Saxo?

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When will it be done .... ?

Got any more taster pics?

Ditto. Vinci Grey, was an alternative consideration when I was deciding on colours, strangely enough.

Yee of little faith. Have patience, all will be revealed in good time....

It'll be complete this weekend. But I won't be able to see or pick it up until next weekend - personal comittments!

I do have a couple of new pics. Just shows the car and removed parts primered up and ready for the Black. But, (and this is for anyone who's considering getting any Motorola phones), the phone I took the pics on has decided to expire. So getting those off the crappy thing, will be a 'mare.

As soon as I get to the car, I'll be posting pics up!

From how youve described your thought process....I reckon its gonna look the bees knees. Anyone who doesnt agree is just....well....wrong

Im in a mischievious mood (cant spell it mind). Apologies

Right, Christmas came a few days early for me today!

I have some pics of the new colour and filler cap. Still to do is a new set of number plates. Comments are welcome, but all I can say is when I turned up at the body shop I was absolutely stunned at the difference in the car. Some how the Black seems to make her appear longer. Don't quite know how that it is... because clearly, she's still the same length.

Anyway, I'm absolutely chuffed to bits with her. She's like a brand new Coupe, just rolled off the production line. I can't begin to describe the deepness of the Black that's been used on the car, the closest would be desribe at as looking at glass, I guess. I also can't fault any of the finish and re-fit of the parts (considering all the doors, bonnet boot and bumper were off her during this process).

Here's the pics:

Rear offside

Rear nearside

Close up nearside

Close up offside

THAT filler cap :-)

Bonnet

Front nearside

That's all the pics I took very quickly for now. Over the next week or so, I have a mate who's a wedding photographer, who's going to take some pics at a local infrequently used airfield.

....must get around to changing by 20vt avatar.....

Looks ace!!

I need a respray so badly

Only negative thing I would say is.... Clear side repeaters perhaps?

I like it, looks fab even the filler cap.

Are they 18 inch wheels ?

That does look really good.

Awesome paint job!

I think the fillercap makes it alot 'cleaner' on the quarter

Looks fantastic, but stangley with the black i think the standard rear lights would look better than teh LED ones. But each to their own

Quality job though, you must be well chuffed.

looks very nice!

one thing that would make it look nicer IMO is LE wing mirrors, but that is obviously because i have an LE

That is gorgeous and you're right, that black is superb!

That is awesome.

I do agree with 13ad13oy about the clear side repeaters, and you could even finish them off with some chrome rings like these:

http://s94153531.einsundeinsshop.de/sess/utn;jsessionid=15476d572ba1ad1/shopdata/index.shopscript

However, at night with those LEDs it'll look awesome. The paint finish & overall effect looks superb. With the plates off it really does look like straight off the production line.

Only thing I dont like is alloys, & thats only because they just look obviously 'after market'. But Im in the minority & thats being really picky.

Overall......ssssuuuuppppeeeerrrbbbb!

lovely looking, the little details make all the difference, first thing i noticed was how smooth it looks around the rear lights and think the leds suit it and the filler look great

Actually, thats a 'next on the list'. When she was silver, somehow you hardly noticed the orange repeaters, now Black, and they do tend to notice more.

Thanks, mate.

Yep, 18's - They're Dare V5's.

Thanks.

Yup, and Thanks. I can only recommend this chaps work, but the pictures speak for themselves really. Like a mirror finish.

Thanks. Y'know, after a couple of people said to me that they thought this was the wrong move, to go from the standard cap, to this aero one. I started to doubt this too. By the point the doubt crept in, the work was already underway, so I thought "eff it", if it looks poor, I'll just have to revert back to original.... suffice to say, I won't be reverting back at all. The finish to the new cap is just what I wanted, the cap is just slightly rececessed (1mm), and I'm stunned by the difference it makes.

Absolutely. Who needs Santa, when you have a good bodyshop sprayer instead?

I know what you mean about the rear lights, they do tend to be less blended. And it was the main reason why I delayed this work a little.

There is a method to my madness with this re-design though. The aero cap comes with the ring with the bolts in around the cap, the LED lights have the same outer ring (with LED's in) and the inner light (mimicking the filler cap itself). Take a look at the pics again and you'll see what I mean.

For the time being I'm sticking with the clear/silver rear lights, as I'll be having clear side repeaters too, so this will match quite well. The alternative is to go for smoked side repeaters, (which will blend with the black quite nicely, and then have the rear LEDS lightly smoked (using the bodyshop to do a good professional job).

Thanks!

I did toy with the idea of going down the LE route - anthracite coloured rings around the rear lamps, same for the wing mirrors and front grill too. But, for me, the re-design was more about bringing the Coupe more up to date, without losing the original drop dead style.

Again, a possibility on the car, is to spray the grill that anthracite type colour, and have the wheels re-sprayed to match.

Thanks, Stan.

BTW love the sig!

Thanks, mate.

Hmmm. Not sure on the chrome rings route - less is more. But, as I mentioned above, the clear (or smoked) repeaters is the next thing to do.

Thanks, mate.

Yep, alloys are a mute point amongst us all, I think. The general ethos is if the standard alloys could be made in 17's or 18's at a reasonable price, most of us aftermarket chaps would have chosen that route. But as this isn't possible, the only way to have larger rims is to go this route. That said, I do like the V5's on the Coupe.