The Official Ferrari 812 GTS pictures thread

Would be just perfect with matte CDF…
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That's what's already submitted that I'm second guessing.

So we're all agreed that I should switch from matte black to matte CDF wheels?

If so the only thing left to decide is calipers. I know Uboat said go with black calipers because yellow might be too much with painted shields, but it feels like I should match the clippers to the shields for balance.

 

You seem so unsure. I think you may be gambling.

Why not go through all pics here and on that other site and simply copy what stirs your loins.

Or just do this

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNHsM2Jp0K_/

 

That is amazingly helpful, thank you ... it settles it, matte CDF it is for me.

Does anyone have good photoshop skills that could alter this to dark grey wheels and yellow calipers?

 

Yes wheels got sure, matte black you will lose the design, matte CDF you can still the design but you maintain the aggressive aesthetic. As for brakes I agree with U Boat here. I think the brakes will distract from the paint, and the shield is large enough that it doesn’t necessarily need to be balanced out, I think it stands on its own well. I’m a firm believer in less is more!

 

My GF is great with photoshop lol, let me ask her.

If I’m not active for the next couple weeks, it’s because she killed me for asking her to photoshop Ferrari wheels for internet friends at 6 PM on a Monday night. Lol.

 

This TDF has wheels in matt CDF.

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I still love that Nero over Mandarin spec so much...

 

See I look at that pic and there doesn't seem to be a difference between that and matte black. Ugh.

 

That’s just the lighting, very dark so hard to tell.

 

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@soulsea Here you go pal. She say’s “It’s not perfect but I didn’t want to spend more than two minutes of my life photoshopping wheels onto a car. Also the darker wheels look better, the light silver looks like wheels on a bicycle.”

LOL.

 

Ha, love the drag radials at the front.

Please thank her for me, both for the photoshop and the cruel honesty.

 

I’ll pass that on! I do think that whatever wheel or brake finish you choose, it’ll turn out great. They’re both parts that can easily be sprayed if you ever change your mind.

 

Thanks again everyone for helping me out.

I'll let all of this info marinate and will decide what to do ... more importantly, please go back to posting nice pics of existing cars.

 

I would only do leather steering wheel with the LED’s and no other interior carbon, OR I would do carbon wheel with matching interior carbon. I would not do only the wheel in carbon.

 

Agree. If you're not going to do carbon interior have the LED wheel leather wrapped.

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Or don't skimp and get all the carbon.

 

Steve, i appreciate and value your input because of your experience with Ferrari specs but you need to ease up on the skimping thing.

My spec is at around $530k as it is, I I understand that that’s mid spec for a GTS but it’s more than most people pay for their homes … no one, including anyone who does a ‘stripper’ spec on one of these cars is ‘skimping’ on anything by definition.

I have been observing quite carefully and I have seen folks spec $50k paints and do no exterior CF, I have seen folks CF everything on Avus, I have seen people do all kinds of combinations because of everything that’s possible. None of them are skimping. I’m just trying to find an aesthetic that I both enjoy and that works without going overboard and I’m going about it a bit blindly because I am overwhelmed by all the options … none of my decisions are based on skimping or saving a penny here and there, the same way that just because an Italian chef doesn’t put ghost peppers on arrabiatta doesn’t mean he’s skimping on the hot sauce.

 

LOL, I'm just playing.

But if you're not doing any other carbon inside, then I think you should wrap the wheel. It doesn't make sense to have only one element of the interior in carbon. When I specced my Lusso (as cheaply as possible), I still wanted the LED wheel. So I had it leather wrapped.

 

If you are not sure about the wheel paint, get the CDF painted, because getting some additional TDF rims in black matte is very easy, it's like argento a standard color.
Jake is right, black wheels are like a black spot, you can't see any contours and lines from a few meters away.

I have some GTO rims, also my twisted SF wheels in a dark bronze.
Very dark also, but you can see the contours a few meters away from the car, not with black wheels.

So CDF is the perfect match.

The Instagramm site from 812GTS is a treasure box to get inspirations to spec a car.
Some stunning examples there.

Daniel

One question
Did you sleep the last nights ?

 

Or have all the metallic pieces painted piano black!

 

I just really prefer the way the CF wheel looks and especially feels over a leather one. I asked my dealer about whether it would look weird with nothing else CF inside the car and he assured me that it wouldn’t and that lots of people spec their cars this way, but it is something that I’ve gone back and forth on. If I change anything I am more likely to do the dash and vents and center tunnel in CF rather than do a leather wheel. Now I’ll stress over that one as well for the next few days. :/

 

I like a balanced Carbon interior Steering, Sports Seats and center console all in Carbon and leave it that

 

Nobody dropping $530 on a car is skimping, but the key target is avoiding any regrets. Regret always sucks, but it sucks worse when you drop big money and you feel like you should have dropped a little more. My 812SF is a $471 MSRP and I should have clicked two more options that would have made it a $493 MSRP: painted shields and carbon interior door handles. That would have completed the look. I love the car, but it’s 95% of perfect. To spec and buy these cars makes us complete weirdos by definition. Every detail is sweated, and it’s painful when you don’t stick the landing. I just caution anyone to avoid the risk of hitting 95% of the target when 100% would only require spending another 4.6% more.

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No I get it ... that's why I'm sweating this out and asking you guys for your opinions and what I might have missed. I may not always take the advice but it is appreciated either way.

I'm due to be up in NYC for a Purosangue event next week at the Park Ave store. Maybe I can convince one of the nice folks over there to spend an hour with me one of the days I'm up there, not to spec the car with Taylor Made but just to advise me and help me finalize some of these decisions. But I don't know if they'd be willing to do that.

 

In Europe, many of the SF/GTS which has Carbon inside (Carbon driver zone, bridge, tunnel, sill kicks, air vents) has not the door handles.
The door handles are crazy priced for such a little piece of carbon (i believe the difficult geometry makes them expensive), so i think many buyers did not choose.

I think it's a shame taking all the carbon but not the door handles.

Daniel