Valence USA

I have the full Valence carbon fiber console and dash carbon fiber inserts. There stuff is not a veneer but actual carbon fiber. I got it about 6-7 years ago. First the quality is unmatched. Mine was the first they had done. It was expensive, I think the console was $1800. The only problem was time. It took a year and 10 phone calls to get it done when they said it would take a month. Since mine was the first, there was alot of R&D being done when it was made so I don't know if the time frame has changed, but you will not be disappointed with the quality.

 

100% agree with F355Bob. I had a center console made as well - not cheap but is not an overlay either - full carbon fiber. Time was an issue as well - they missed the deadline by about a month. Not a problem if your time schedule isn't pressing. In total I believe it took them 2 months to deliver instead of the month estimate. No fitting problems either, which is very important.

Here is a pic of the unit:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=141063432&postcount=220

Thanks,
Erik

 

Wow...looks amazing.

I think the carbon look works really well with a black interior, not too sure how it would look on lighter color interiors. Any one got pics on a beige or cream interior?

 

I agree with the above... quality is great but lead time horrendous. I waited well over a year for a center console from Valence USA. Afte many e-mail and telephone exchanges, I finally gave up and ordered it from MACarbon, who delivered in about a month.

 

Mine is cream - I'll see if I can get a shot for you.

Erik

 

Thanks

 

I've been waiting since October for engine lateral panels. I have no idea what is up at Valence. I just sent Chris another e-mail asking for updates as the car will start being put back together in a few weeks.

R

 

I had the same issue on timing. My credit card was charged right after I emailed them to order but months and months went by with no email update. I finally got my money back (again, it took 1-2 months chasing them). So I can't comment on their quality

cheers
Peng

 

I ordered a carbon fiber center console piece for my 348 spider years ago. I do not remember how long it took, I think a couple of months. There work is superb, everyone comments on how beautiful it is.

 

Wow, these kind of wait times are the kiss of death for a company. Even if the quality is fantastic there is no way I would wait that long. It immediately changed my mind on who to go to for carbon fiber.

 

Rorie - MACarbon did my engine bay side panels - I imagine that's what you are calling laterals - and they came out beautiful. John at MACarbon also painstakingly transferred all the original panel labels and plaques to the carbon fiber ones to maintain the appearance. Very nice, indeed.

Doug

 

My 360 has a full CF interior by Valence. It is all very stunning and I highly recommend it. Pricey stuff though.

 

What's the weight difference compared to the stock console?

 

I never weighted the parts but if memory serves me it weights half the amount of the stock parts. No comparison in looks. The carbon fiber is much more impressive than the stock parts.

 

I couldn't care less about the looks, more concerned with weight. Something like this that doesn't affect the useability of the car but can reduce weight might be worth doing, but as I don't know what a factory console weighs, it doesn't help much. Are we talking 2lbs of weight saving or 10lbs?

 

It might be a couple pounds. Doesn't really matter if it saved 6 or 7 pounds, would it be worth $1800 to save 6 or 7 lbs in a 3150lb car?

 

At 10lbs, it might be worth building something. At 2lbs, probably not.

 

5 pounds here, ten pounds there, pretty soon you got a car that's faster'n others like it! These cars REALLY respond to weight savings. I'd rather spend money to make it lighter than to make it heavier.

 

My old crew chief always told me it's a whole lot cheaper and easier for the driver to lose 10lbs to 20lbs than to spend the $$$ to get weight out of the car. Just saying.....

 

That's on the agenda. Had to have an achilles re-attached so it's a little slow going. If the leather shrinks on me I'll recover in alcantara to save some weight, but that's one of those 'if' deals. I've got challenge rims, test pipes, will be putting together a 'racing' exhaust at some point (mostly to get rid of the weight of the stock setup) and I really want to find some decent (light) seats as I was sliding all around when I tried an autocross. I was just curious if there was much weight to be gained from doing the center console in CF (or more likely for me since it doesn't carry any load, GRP).