New 488 Spider - configuration process

Love the wheels, great accents. Great combos

 

Black 'sports sills' will make the body look less 'portly' in the middle. And a red stripe down the middle of the seas will add some interest to the interior. And, I had a chance to poke around the U.K. press car a while back and that has Daytona seats. The middle sections, where the leather is in horizontal strips, were in Alcantara with the narrow strips in red. Looked absolutely fantastic. I'm normally a fan of the Sports seats, but that changed my mind. Daytonas for me now.

 

Hi, I also configure just a 488 spider, I see on your list as additional options "Italian Flag", where is this option placed and do you have a picture of it?

 

Both the regular seats AND the sports seats can be ordered with the Daytona pattern.

 

I also just configure a 488 spider, on your option list I see "additional options Italian Flag" where is this flag placed and have a picture of it?

 

Yeah, like that but with the centre panels in Alcantara.

 

We all have such subjective tastes and budgets but since you specifically asked for opinions, being an owner of a 488 GTB and having spent recent times speccing out a Spider, here are my thoughts on your specs. Unless money is no object and you don't really care, I would eliminate the following options. They don't add much and will do nothing on resale for you.

AFS System - not really needed
Suspension Lifter - i dont have it and have not ever needed it. Unless you have very steep driveways or bumps- you can eliminate it
High Emotion Low Emission - dump it. total waste
Exterior sill in carbon - its a nice touch but not really needed
Front wing in carbon - I would eliminate this as the front part of the wing is body colored- you dont really get to appreciate the carbon. Instead I would apply the funds to the carbon air splitter and add either carbon or matte black to the body panels below the doors. The carbon air splitter looks really nice and splits up the body color and the contrast color below the doors does a nice job "slimming" up the profile of the car.

Rear diffuser in carbon- lot of money for something thats gonna get scraped big time with road debris.


I would add some colored stripes on the seats. Does a nice job of breaking up the dark color. I really like your red carpets with the black seats. Nice way to introduce some red in the interior.

The gold wheels are not my cup of tea but thats a total personal preference.

I would also add some contrasting stitching - not sure if you had it or not.

Overall- great looking spec. Congrats and let us know if you have any questions.

 

HELE? Really...get rid of that.
I'm not a fan of gold wheels...but if you are that is all that matters. IMO red and black go great together...so black wheels with gold calipers and red body is hot...that is the way my Speciale as and it is great (to me).
Agree with others...spice up the interior a little with some red...alcantera Daytona inserts are a nice touch since it varies the shade of red and the visual texture. Thick red stitching for sure.

 

Daytona sport seats are nice!

 

Looks fantastic! Huge Congrats!

 

To me the Tri color stripe looks good with a white car but personal preference.

The black splitters and lower panel will look great with gold wheels if you are set on those. It's a nice contrast.

 

This is my configuration, should I change anything?
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+1

gold wheels FTW

 

With all the CF you have chosen, have you considered CF Instrument Panel and Carbon Fiber Tunnel Bridge?

 

I think you should go with black calipers, that way the wheels really pop and aren’t distracted by the red.

 

HELE might have been made "legally" mandatory in Europe; I got it - and paid for it - in spite of not wanting it (so it may be included in the base price now).
The good news is that you can turn it off once and for all (unlike stop-start on some other cars, which put it back at each restart).

 

go with black carpets, red daytona inserts, red contrast stitching and carbon sills

 

Nice spec by the way.
Another thing you may avoid is the Ferrari fire extinguisher, it's not very expensive but it's ridiculously overpriced for what it is.
If you look at the other thread you'll see that I went for an FIA-approved for a fraction of the price, with a completely reversible installation.

 

considering the total price of the car, get both front and rear parking sensors as well as front and rear parking camera



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