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355 355 Carbon Sport Seats Picture/Discussion Thread (Worldwide)

Discussion in '348/355' started by ShineKen, Mar 30, 2023.

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  1. 355fiorano

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    Very interesting post. I think these may be in my car. I bought exactly this colour, medium size seats, missing exactly those bits and was told they were the last original seats from the UK Maranello warehouse from Terry on here. I re-upholstered them to crema and installed in my 355 fiorano car as it was the only option it did not have. Still have the car with the seats.

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  2. Closingtime

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    Beautiful car. I don't think I have this one in my Racing Seat database. Can you send me the details via PM or write them here: Year, Exterior Color, and VIN if you would like. Thanks!
     
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  3. ShineKen

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    Wow!! It was probably you then :).

    Who did the upholstery work if you don’t mind?


    I was also considering commissioning those side pieces reproduced as they tend to crack for whatever reason.

    Your car is equipped with FHP correct?
     
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    It’s in my database. I do know it was installed in the car later, but did not realize it was re-upholstered. I would have made my interior work with those red seats :)


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    Here’s mine, Argento with Blue interior. Full OE carbon interior as well.
     

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  8. ShineKen

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    I’ve been waiting for you to chime in :). I’ve saved numerous pics of your interior, but preferred you do the honors of posting. These appear to be new pics! Nice job on the rear subs :).
     
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  9. 355fiorano

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    Yes it those are mine. I went and did a search on Terry's posts and saw the one I responded to with a pm and it had the same pictures.
    The upholstery work was absolutely fabulous. I compared it to some other work I saw on some porsches and others over the years and really this is one of the best I've seen. I don't seem to remember 100% but I think it was the upholster at Siltech engineering at the time. I know they were working on some older ferrari restorations and they came highly recommended. He even had one whole piece of the original period conelly leather as ferrari changed their leather supplier later and the colour match to the rest of the interior was perfect.

    As for the FHP yes it is one of the c. 18 RHD original factory speced FHP cars and I believe one of only 3 manuals. Took me 18months of looking to find one back in 2003. There are a few more that were retro fitted at specialists with some or all of the pack. Also for clarity it is not part of the US serie Fiorano which was a limited run of 100 cars and had similar mods.
     
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    It looks fantastic! Fooled me :). Being able to source period correct leather is half the battle.
     
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    Stunning blue interior. Nice combo overall!
     
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    This color combination is stunning. You're in SoCal? Would love to get the cars together with @OCKlasse and @Matt Andrews.

    I have your car in my database if the VIN ends in 6.
     
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    Thank you! It’s been a while since I posted, too. As you can see, I don’t post much . Yes these are pics I just took the other day, sorry the lighting is not as good. I’ve had the subs for a while now, plus a few more mods since the last pics I sent. I’ve been bored with the car so have been playing with it quite a bit lately. I’ll see about posting in the “other” thread about 355 mods. Love to share them and get input on others.

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    Thanks! I really like the combination. Really unique and anti-establishment . Yes I’m in SoCal, and have actually met @OCKlasse once at a car meet. His car is awesome. Would love to get together sometime.

    And yes, my VIN ends with 6.
     
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    Sweet! We should plan another F355/348 get together at the Marconi Museum. We had a good turnout a few months ago.
     
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    Not gonna lie, if the exchange rate was where it was a year or two ago I would be very tempted. Very.
     
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    Sports seats and roll bars......
    I believe half a dozen LHD ones went to Saudi Arabia and some of those found their way around the world. RHD would be very rare. There is mine and the one Shineken posted earlier. Most of them probably F1

    Is there a Manual, Sport Seat, Roll Bar, FHP in the world or is it truly the unicorn?
     
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