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cheap aerostyle fuel caps - any good?
timB - 21/10/24 at 04:07 PM

are the £30 aerostyle fuel caps, offered on ebay, any good?
anyone fitted one? BurtonPower do one for £90 that looks very similar.

Cheers.


jacko - 22/10/24 at 06:17 PM

If it’s for iva it has to be lockable if that helps
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timB - 22/10/24 at 07:25 PM

It's not, but I didn't know that. Thanks


gremlin1234 - 22/10/24 at 08:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jacko
If it’s for iva it has to be lockable if that helps
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I think the have to be 'tethered' or lockable


jester - 22/10/24 at 11:01 PM

Worth a look

https://www.carbuilder.com/products/budget-94mm-locking-aero-fuel-cap-assembly-satin-aluminium?_pos=1&_sid=57992d5c3&_ss=r

https://www.carbuilder.com/products/brass-multi-strand-wire?_pos=60&_sid=783218a71&_ss=r


russbost - 23/10/24 at 08:26 AM

Same cap as the Carbuilder solutions one above £6 cheaper at Furoreproducts

Link

Used these on all the cars I IVA'd, I added a simple tether


ianhurley20 - 23/10/24 at 08:59 AM

They have to be lockable and the key cannot be removed until refitted or tethered. Nearly failed my IVA on this point, mine was lockable but the key could be removed, nice tester allowed me to get my cable ties and a drill to make a small hole and it became tethered


nick205 - 24/10/24 at 07:12 AM

Makes sense for them to be tethered.

Thinking back to having my MK Indy SVA'd (IVA replaced SVA), there was no requirement for tethering or locking. My filler cap simply screwed on/off. Once finished I closed the boot lid and locked it shut, but not the filler cap.