Interior Carbon Fibre bits

[glendog74]

Finally, after ordering from CA Automotive back in July, the missing piece of my CF dash strip set arrived last week...

I found them very easy to fit and the quality of product and weave is great. I did have to file down the centre strip to fit around the stereo but this could be because i've now got an Alpine head unit there instead of the BMW piece of dog doo! :-D

Overall very happy with the bits, but CA Automotive really need to look at their customer service - which i found to be very poor indeed for someone having spent nearly £1000 - when you could ever get hold of them that is... :banghead:






and the other bits that i had already fitted...

[Mark CSL]

Looking good there glendog74

I have found Roy verry good they may have just not had the part you orderd but all is good in the end.

I love my 3 dash parts and the window switches i think it should have come
with these parts from BMW
:banghead:

[a_Y]

looks great!

[glendog74]

Looking good there glendog74

I have found Roy verry good they may have just not had the part you orderd but all is good in the end.

I love my 3 dash parts and the window switches i think it should have come
with these parts from BMW
:banghead:

CA sent me a part that was clearly damaged 6 weeks after ordering. I sent it straight back and have only last week recieved the replacement - some 18 weeks after ordering...!

Don't get me wrong, Roy seems a nice bloke but customer care isn't their strong point. It was always me having to ring up and chase the order every month rather than them advising me of a delay as should be the case. They didn't even offer to pay the postage on the return i sent - minor issue i know, but like i say, lacking customer care and not how things should be! :moan:

Anyway all sorted now, but they've lost a customer for the future...

[Andyk]

Thats a long old wait Glendog......worth it though looking at the pics. I do love the dash inserts.

Agree with you Mark BMW should have fitted these as standard.

[bryce]

Looks very nice, quite expensive though! No wonder you were getting peaved off with the wait.

Really like that head unit too, what model is it? Have you upgraded the speakers?

[glendog74]

Really like that head unit too, what model is it? Have you upgraded the speakers?

It's on the head unit - iDA-X300 :wink:

I have a set of Rainbow 'IQ Line' speakers ready to replace the rear shelf pair just as rs32 has done in a separate thread. Gonna see what that's like before commiting to the trickier front set! :whistle:

[E46ACS]

I've had similar problems with CA. I spent over £3k and still waited months for parts to arrive, and even then it was faulty parts, and then wrong parts....... Oh don't get me started!!! :moan: :moan: :moan:

I have the Rainbow speakers in mine, same as Richard (RS32), and they are a spot on upgrade over the tatt BMW put in their.

[Rags]

WOW, that looks good but a lot of ££££

[E46ACS]

Sorry glendog74, forgot to say looks nice mate. Have often considered this myself.

[Andyk]

I was thinking of the panel inserts but you are beginning to put me off using CA......Not great from what you have both said..Although Mark seems to have had good service from them.

[glendog74]

Sorry glendog74, forgot to say looks nice mate. Have often considered this myself.

Cheers mate :beer: Had i known about the issues with CA beforehand, i would have sourced the parts elsewhere. It wasn't until after i'd ordered that i read of other people's problems on the 'other' forum too... :smt011

[DazBlackCSL]

That pants to hear , especially after spending that much £££ doesnt take that much effort to keep you informed

[Andyk]

Plus as they advertise on here you would think they would want to make an effort to give good service.

[englebert]

Their adverts make me cringe, that their boss is a DJ or something. Website is terrible too!

Undecided on the CF bits, especially for £1k. Personally i think carbon should be used for genuine weight saving measures, the CSL has enough 'pretty bits' already IMO.