3 Interior options to spec that are rare but game changers

IMHO, I would add one more... Leather on the interior headliner. It completes the look and adds a touch of elegance to the overall visual impression. I’m not sure how rare an option it is however...

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I wasn't aware of the headliner until after my order was placed. However, even if it would be a nice option to have, I am not certain if it will be actually noticed. I never look at the headliner. The Alcantara carpet, that is something very refined. I would be afraid to even put a foot on it, let alone a shoe. Just like with white or crema colored leather seats, I would have to be floating while driving it. I selected the back leather shelf and it is indeed a very nice option. Again, as with the leather headliner being an option, I also didn't know about the seats being leather in the back as well. With that said, nobody will be sitting in the back and it is something quite often overlooked, just like the headliner. In my opinion, if they are selected, they are nice to have and will likely be noticed at some point. If not, I don't think they will be missed.

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Alcantara headliner, which is available with contrast stitching, adds a much more finished and luxe look to the interior. The supplied, rough, coarse fabric is extremely cheap looking and out of place. The alcantara headliner is very noticeable since it covers the A pillars.

 

At the thought of upsetting GT2goneF these are my thoughts. Frankly everyone knows that i have said it a million times.

If you love leather like I do I would put as much as i can into the car. Alcantara ? Not natural , not for me but would look good if a LOT of carbon is added.

I gather you are going electric seats as i did.

So i have ROOF leather ( OEM )
I have the leather also on the seat back
And i have leather on the firewall ( rear wall )

I pushed the envelope even more and am one of only a few that has LED steering wheel but all leather.

My car is RCM but i refused to have red stitching and went white. Doing so it really pops the shape of the interior since it is all black.

So minimal carpet. To go to alcantara its your decision but with carpets gee you wont see much. A better option would be the passenger display.

Also you didnt say whether your going with carbon ? IMO its all or none. Doing only a few bits looks like you ran out of money doing none and all leather IMO makes it more a luxury statement. BTW if you dont have any carbon the stripe of carbon that is on the dash that is standard can be painted piano black like it was on the 488 GTB 2.5 YEARS and still has that beautiful leather smell.

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I love the smell of the leather Ferrari uses and I try to order as much of it as I can. Rear shelf and roof are a must!

 

Bravo, hearty claps and Cheers!

You may have said it a million times before, but it’s the first time I have read your opinion on options! Spot on, dead centre in the ten ring!

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That interior is beautiful

 

The LED steering wheel without the carbon fiber is interesting. I looked at a 458 that had a carbon fiber steering wheel without the LED. I had to look at it three or four times to make sure I was seeing things right.

 

Apart from Alcantara carpet, I find those options to be very common. I don't recall when I last saw a 458, 488 or F8 without leather on the rear wall at my dealer. Same goes for the seat backs. I even specced a darker colour seat back on my electric GTS seats to make them "slim". Don't recall when I last saw a car without leather seat backs.

When we're talking rare options that can really change a car, I think it's much more unique. We don't see all the various CF colour options, and how many know you can have the interior trim painted? You can also have dreamlines painted on interior trim, or have the trim rings around buttons in different colours. A leather or Alcantara headliner is also quite common where I am.

Where I am, Alcantara and leather carpets are somewhat rare, as my dealer usually advise against it.

On the outside, you can also look for more unusual options. Different painted calipers, logos and centercaps. There's also the option to have the exterior trim painted rather than either CF or plastic. Then there's of course all the colours people don't know. How many know Arancia Tripolo Strato, Verde Francesca, Nero Piano, or Blu Celeste. I wonder if anyone know how popular a colour like Rosso Chiaro was in the 60's. It's as Ferrari-red as it gets, but we never see it. On top of that, we don't see many cars with deamlines on the outside, despite t being available on regular atelier orders.

I don't think we can call leather seatbacks, headliner etc. rare when there are so many really rare options.

 

I dare say everyone knows you can every option you could ever dream of. Look at all the different combinations with the Pista and the strips colours etc.

What he is talking about are items even though might be common in your country many on this site glaze past without actually knowing about them.

I can assure you MANY have spent 1000's on carbon only to have the OEM roof liner. And then even the seat back and on the fire wall.

Different likes/wants to different people

 

It's also a learning process, both in terms of the options that exist and then how you come to understand exactly what you are creating.

 

It is a fun but stressful process... Especially when you come down to two options which you but can't seem to be able to pull the trigger on either one of them. Another frustrating part is getting to know about certain option that you would have loved to have selected, after the order has been completed, accepted and locked. There always seem to be something you would have liked to have, after the fact.

 

I completely agree!

Did get very lucky though - my spec locked last week, but over the weekend I decided to add 3x options I'd been resisting.

Factory very kindly added them yesterday.

I'm sure its now locked with a big capital L.

 

I believe there is really only one principal to follow. Choose the options you personally feel are important and will enhance the visual and driving experience of ownership. Worry less about resale, since all the dealers will always be able to resell these cars within a relatively small price range.

 

Yeah, I had leather on the headliner of one or two of my cars and it really was a nice touch.

Ray

 

It can be hard but thats why you should take your time and see other cars.

You know i can say if i pull the trigger on the F8 all the options on it will be 100% the same as the 488 GTB but change 2 things only. Paint the carbon trim on the dash the same colour ( as i dont want carbon ) as the grey around the vents or Piano black and paint the chrome trim around the base of the rear view mirror black. If Ferrari wont do it ild buy those 2 parts separately as spare parts and do it myself.

 

Just noticed they are manual seats, never seen them in my life because full electric are standard in Australia.

 

One thing I've never really understood, is the stress part. To me it is fun and exciting, and the complete opposite of stressful. I really enjoy cofiguring at my dealer as it's always entertaining, fun and pleasant. I always bring either wifey or a friend as it is always good to ping pong ideas during the config. The four of us usually do it over lunch and it's a great couple of hours. To get an idea of what I want, I usually stop by a few times and sit by myself with the configurator. I don't know if I'm odd or not, but I just can't wrap my head around getting stressed or anxiety over something as great and fun as building a new car.

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It’s a fun process for me as well. Hard to make a wrong decision for the most part.

 

Alcantara roof is awesome. in a contrast color. I had this on my Speciale. You can see it in the picture below. You definitely see it every time you get in. Tried to spec something similar on the Pista, but they didn't really have a way to do this without at least an Atelier appointment.

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When you are between wo great options for example Bianco Italia vs Fuji... That is a very hard choice to make... That is stressful

 

That's GREAT ! , haven't seen it done this way.

 

Colour without a doubt is the single most difficult thing to spec unless your mind is set.

I really love Grigio Alloy as its so close to my very first car i bought but my dealer convinced me no.

So next was the ever popular RC and i didnt like how it looked dull at certain angles but when my dealer showed me RCM it was a done deal. This decision was over a few weeks and it drove me crazy.