Do you also sweat those cool little details?

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

Yep, they say Rays. The others do not. 

Slippery said:

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

Yep, they say Rays. The others do not. 

Yup. 

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

It's aesthetics. I'm usually a strict function > form guy but on occasion, you just have to. The Bentley came with cheap grey plastic caps and that just wouldn't do. 

I'd be embarrassed to tell you what a set of OEM Bentley valve caps costs by the time you air freight them from the UK. Suffice it to say it's a good bit more than $13. 

And a small PS.

Last night I took the Miata–with its fancy, new valve caps–to the Orlando Roadsters meet. Evan, one of the people in charge of the event, always has something nice to say about the car–and totally loves the fact that I have some old TE37s for it. He knows those wheels only come out for special occasions.

When I rolled in last night, I heard him yell: DO I SEE SOME OG TE37S!?

And when I told him to check out the valve caps, he voiced much approval. 

So, yeah, sometimes it’s the little things and the smiles they can bring. 

My e36 with 5.7 LS1

Details like this make a huge difference to me.  They all add up to the sum of the car.    

wawazat said:

Details like this make a huge difference to me.  They all add up to the sum of the car.    

Good way of putting it. I tried to do the same with the 911. The car’s from 1984, the plates are from 1984, etc., etc. 

The Cayman has Porsche Crest valve caps and a color matched Crest leather key fob.

My non autocross setup in the picture below. I have the original SSR Competition Center Caps, but I never liked how they looked, though I still have them along with a few spares and original stickers for the wheels  that I found on craigslist and had the seller ship to me. I also have black SSR valve stems hehe. 

However I never liked the original center caps and was able to get a more modern looking center cap from SSR that fit my wheels (despite the website saying they didn't)

https://more-japan.com/ssr-wheels-aluminum-center-cap-a-type-super-low.html?category_id=3

I autocross with these 15x8 PF01s though...but I do take the center caps off if I go to the FIRM with them.

I'd like to fix a lot of the little things though, the door dings, the paint, etc. Interior wise, stuff like OEM radio (or something period correct) and keeping the confetti 90s era confetti seats. (Glad I don't have leather!)

In reply to aw614 :

The SSRs are such classics. 

preach (dudeist priest) said:

The Cayman has Porsche Crest valve caps and a color matched Crest leather key fob.

Nice. FWIW, I matched Regular Show cast member key fobs to all of ours cars: Hi-Five Ghost for the white Miata, Mordecai for the blue M3, etc., etc.