Carbonio 458 Extended Carbon Fiber Shift Paddles Are Here!

Carbonio is proud to announce their extended carbon fiber shift paddles for all models of Ferrari 458. Those familiar with the ones we offer for the 360, 430, and 575 models know that they totally transform the driving experience making shifts on both the road and track easier and with greater flexibility and precision. Once you try them you can never go back to stock.

The 458 paddles are the product of our direct technical partnership with the championship winning AIM Autosport racing team and were used at the 24 Hours of Daytona where they scored a front row qualification and podium result. Feedback returned from the drivers refined their shape to the present configuration and endless kilometers road testing have yielded our best paddles ever.

See many more photos and full information at our website with a video showing their advantages:

Carbonio Performance - Ferrari 458 Challenge Shift Paddles

Limited stock available and ready to ship. F-Chat users can PM us for a special discount coupon code for fast online ordering.

Fits ALL models of 458 including Coupe, Spider, Speciale, & Speciale Aperta
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Hey guys here is a quick iPhone photo showing the differences between stock and our extended paddles. As you will see they are a little taller on the top and a LOT longer on the bottom. We just installed a set on a customers car and after a short drive he exclaimed that his car was 'un-drivable' by comparison. Perhaps a little exuberance was in his comment but suffice to say that it makes a BIG positive difference to the shifting experience.
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While we have been a bit of a fixture in other areas of Ferrarichat we are new to the 458 crowd so perhaps an introduction is in order. Carbonio is a specialist carbon fiber manufacturer that primarily services the automotive, sporting goods, aviation, and medical industries as a private-label supplier. We supply directly to several OEM's and employ the processes required by these demanding customers.

The Carbonio consumer product arm, of which the Ferrari parts are central, are the extension of the company principals' interests who are dyed in the wool car enthusiasts. As such we are able to employ manufacturing techniques normally reserved for higher volume production to achieve quality and price levels that are generally unmatched in the industry.

Unlike other vendors who merely re-sell someone else's product (advertising with little more than a single un-installed product photo) we are intimately involved in the design, manufacture, and testing of each of our products before a single item is ever sold. We never rely on our customers to be the first adopters of a product without first having personally fit and tested it. As such we are able to offer professional studio, and installed photos, comprehensive installation instructions, and post sales support manned by people with first hand experience.

I hope this has acted as a suitable introduction and in an effort to keep this thread on subject urge anyone to contact our offices or PM us for any more information.

 

I just wanted to thank everyone for your feedback. We've had quite a bit of interest in our 458 Challenge shift paddles.

At this time I have plenty of paddles sets available.

If you have any questions please post them here or send us a PM and we'll be sure to answer right away.

 

What you are seeing in that photo are the OEM Ferrari die cast aluminum paddles that are fitted to the 360 and 430 Challenge cars and the finish you are referring to is a painted finish rather than the CF paddles that show the carbon cloth. BTW if you can get these from Ferrari they cost $2K just for the aluminum paddles!

Ferrari does not make a extended paddle for the 458 like the ones shown in the photo you referenced and you can be sure that if they did they would cost many times more than the ones we offer

 

We're glad to hear that you like our paddles. Thank you for the great photos. And you're right, you don't need to remove the steering wheel to change the paddles. The installation can be done in under 20 minutes and they look and function incredibly well.

 

Great photo. They look fantastic.
I'm glad to hear that you're happy with our 458 Challenge Shift Paddles.

 

Unfortunately, we do not offer our Challenge Shift Paddles in matte finish.

Our paddles are a match to Ferrari's carbon trim package and the only way to do that is with a polished glossy finish.