Hi there,
Has anyone experiences with the hood louvers from mina?
How „easy“ is the removing of the oem vents and installation (double face adhesive tape) the mina vents?


https://minagallery.com/jaguar-xkr-x...-hood-louvers/


thx

nic

 

See:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xk-xkr-x150-
33/mina-hood-louvre-replacements-230365/

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...allery-241816/

 

I put his carbon fiber louvers on my XFR as my old ones were badly oxidized, I had my hood repainted and one of them fell apart when the shop removed it. The new louvers fit and look great on my black car.

 

Ridiculously easy. My original ones were getting pretty grody as well. The new ones just stick on with double stick tape.


Still good after more than 5 years.

 

I actually like the style of my vents on my ‘15 XKR, but, have thought about painting the recessed “Supercharged”..lettering. Maybe a chrome type color to blend with the chrome side louvre. Has anyone done that? Pictures?

 

Yep, I painted the lettering on the hood vents of my old XFR.
Pretty much identical vents to those on an XKR.
Car and vent colour was Kyanite Blue and I used left over brake caliper paint in "sparkle silver" which gave a nice contrast and allowed the lettering to really stand out.
IMHO it looked waaaaay better than the OEM unpainted version.
Very easy job, just five simple steps:
1. Prep well i.e. thoroughly clean the vents and lettering, I used meths and a microfibre cloth.
2. Paint the lettering using an ordinary medium size artist's paint brush. Slap it on nice and thick and don't worry about excess around the lettering.
3. Allow about 20 minutes for the paint to dry.
4. Clean up the excess paint with a soft cloth dipped in mild solvent - I used left over "blending solution" fluid from a Chipex repair kit - with the cloth wrapped around a flat piece of rubber. Gently wipe/rub the cloth over the lettering so as to remove only the excess paint above and around the lettering while leaving plenty of paint in the lettering.
5. Repeat steps 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Here's a pic:


Edit - here's another pic: