New Product: Carbon Fiber Coolant Bottle Cover for F430

As many of you know the Scuderia and 16M came with a carbon fiber cover over their coolant bottle. This has long since been a desirable upgrade for F430 owners until, however, they discovered the price. Not only was the cover necessary at over $1500 but the mounting tabs were on the coolant bottle necessitating a replacement at almost $1000. Add the labor to partially drain the cooling system and install the bits and this modification was near $3K rightfully scaring off most.

Previously it had been impossible to mount a cover to the stock F430 coolant bottle and we have come up with a solution that is every bit as slick as an OEM install. Included in our kit is a set of custom designed and manufactured brackets that use the factory coolant bottle mounting points. These brackets perfectly space the included carbon fiber coolant bottle cover exactly as it would have been fitted on a Scuderia/16M.

The finished install is nothing short of awesome either with the stock airboxes or paired with our high flow carbon fiber airbox lids. With the F430 engine on either the coupe or the spider on display under glass, the visual impact is striking.

Now for the details:

-Kit includes everything needed for install including photographic instructions
-Installs in about 10 minutes requiring no special tools or any modification (100% reversible)
-Carbon fiber is a 100% match to OEM Ferrari carbon
-Fits all F430 coupe and spider models
-Full product support including our Unlimited Mileage Guarantee

Price: $450

More info and online ordering available at:

Carbonio Performance - Ferrari 430 Coolant Bottle Cover

Limited time: F-chat member discounts available via PM including additional rebates when bundled with our carbon fiber airboxes. Free shipping to Continental US and we ship worldwide.
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We will first feel out the market with the F430 guys and offer a 360 variant should the market justify the tooling investment on our end. In the meantime can I interest you in upgrading your car based around our coolant bottle cover

 

I'm glad we have a fan in you. Regarding the prices these are ultra low volume items that are highly labor and capital intensive to produce. We can't just pop these out of a machine by the thousands which explains why carbon parts are nothing like plastic in terms of pricing.

That said we do use the exact same materials and processes as Ferrari does with no shortcuts taken. Unfortunately we do not produce the volumes that they do but the brand loyalty allows them to charge $1500 PER SHIFT PADDLE! (we charge $720 a pair) and over $1500 for the coolant bottle cover while we charge $450 with additional hardware. Personally I think most of that expense comes in printing those yellow boxes that their parts come in so we save the customer the yellow ink and ship ours in white boxes

 

I believe that many of the people asking for a 360 option are aware of the one shown in your photo but are entirely unhappy with the fact that the only way to fix it to the coolant bottle is to use double sided tape.

We embarked on the F430 coolant bottle project with the brackets as we have them because we were told by many different people how unacceptable they thought sticking a cover to their coolant bottle was. There are a few engineering reasons why this is a bad idea but primarily we did not like it because we felt that double sided tape was not an appropriate way of fixing this part in place. Far to low rent for a Civic let alone a Ferrari.

 

Thank you for the positive feedback guys. It is great to hear that some parts have already made it on the cars.

Regarding the washers we like using the included rubber backed washers because they are gentle on the finish of the carbon. These however are only available in silver finish. Given the posted feedback we are going to look into getting high temperature black nylon washers instead that are also easy on the carbon but will give the stealthier look.