My New 2014 Spider

Hello,

I finally brought home my Spider this weekend. Many thanks to all who answered my questions and offered insight into my configuration.

-Grigio Silverstone/Iroko/Black Carpets

-Grigio Scuro Stitching & Headrest Cavallinos

-20” Diamond Finish Sport Wheels

-LED leather steering wheel: no carbon, just a standard black wheel with the LED module covered with black grip finish. Since I didn't go for other carbon trim I wanted to keep the metal look of the center of the wheel.

-Black tach [I have trouble reading yellow or red tachs]

-Shields

-Yellow Calipers

-Internal & External Electrochromatic Mirrors & Homelink (the external mirrors electrically fold in)

-Rear Parking Sensors & Camera

-iPod (probably a waste as I don't expect to be listening to the stereo much)

-Cruise Control (I wanted this to help me inadvertently not speed when on longer highway drives)

I've already done a few mods - Hill Engineering footrest from Ricambi and nice black mats from Exoticare. (thanks guys). I also mounted a fire extinguisher in the passenger foot well and had Premier Mobile Group install clear bra over the front and side facing panels and a 9500ci (which saved me on the drive home from the shop by alerting me before I came up on 4 Calif Highway Patrol cars waiting to pull people over).

Next mod will be to add a remote exhaust valve controller.

While I have not pressed the car hard while I get used to it, the acceleration, noise and smell are intoxicating!

Below are some initial pics - apologies in advance for the poor composition on my phone.
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Unique and beautiful. Nicely done and enjoy. Best

 

What a beauty, love the interior color!

 

love the carbonless steering wheel with the led's;
very nice spec: congrats!

 

+1
The steering wheel goes well with your spec.

I really like the interior. You don't see iroko often but I think it looks really good especially with a darker exterior color.

Congrats and enjoy in good health!

 

Really nice

 

Congrats! Similar spec to mine. I like your seats though different.

 

Awesome spec! Grigio silverstone really brings out the lines of the spider.

 

Awesome interior, did you have your 9500ci hard-wired (power) or do you plug it in via cig lighter?

 

Congratulations!! Great colors.

 

Nice!

 

Congrats, enjoy it. Did you order from Ferrari of SF or SV?

 

Really like the no carbon spec. Why didn't you opt for the Iroko upper dash? None the less a very nice spec. Love silverstone in combination with Iroko and the stitched horses.

 

actually one of my favorite specs along with Tommy's (diSCUDsted) and.. mine

 

Congratulation! Very beautiful and tasteful color combination!

 

excellent taste,congratulations!

 

That's one of the nicest colour combinations I've seen. Just stunning.

 

Great Spider spec.
Love Silverstone. Very nice interior.
Congrats and enjoy.

 

Wow...! Congratulations

 

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I still can't believe the car is finally in my garage.

Hard-wired. If you look in the center console, you can see the display and the control module in a custom enclosure. While its easy to read & control while driving, I'm not sure I like having the display be so visible with the Passport branding. After I've driven awhile I'll decide if I want it remounted elsewhere. Premier did a great job.

SV. I've had positive experiences with both shops, but SV is much closer to me.

Thank you. I wanted a black dash to reduce glare, and to tie back to the black carpeting and wheel. However, at some sunlight angles I am getting reflections from the stitching.

 

On an unrelated question - I'd like to update my profile picture. There was a thread awhile ago about how to create one with a wider picture, like jm2's. Does anyone have the instructions saved? Thanks.

 

Congratulations! Nicely done, enjoy in good health!

 

Go into the User Control Panel and select Edit Avatar. From there you can upload your avatar based on the size limitations that are stated.

 

there are instructions on how to do it which were generously posted by jedi some time ago
unfortunately i forgot where he posted them
maybe contact him or try search.....it was relatively easy once he showed the steps

found it!
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/rossa-subscribed-private-forum/312901-rossa-users-only-faq.html

 

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That's the one! Thanks for the link. Now I need to make a nice picture like yours.