Carbonio Extended Paddles

Picked up a set of these while I was in the US last month, finally had a chance to fit them yesterday. Pretty happy so far, if I had one criticism it's that they don't perfectly follow the curve of the steering wheel, with the top of the paddle sitting inside the rim and the bottom just outside. Not sure if there is a practical purpose for that but I can't see any particular reason.

Must also add that Ricambi (who I bought these from) were brilliant to deal with - in particular the first set I received had some quality issues, and realising that I was obviously limited for time arranged for a replacement to be sent out immediately and a return label to send the original back. Will definitely be happy to buy from them again!
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Those don't look right to me. Seems like they should be a little lower.

 

Those definitely do not look right. It appears that apart from the curvature issue the paddle is not parallel with the wheel -- the bottom appears to be further out than the top -- but that may be an optical illusion. I have a set and although the curvature is not exactly the same as the wheel they are no were near as bad as yours.
Alan

 

Here is what mine look like. Same paddles fit the 360 and 575M. They are intentionally closer at the top so you can use them while your hand is wrapped around the steering wheel. Further out at the bottom so you can hit them with a free hand easily. Factory Challenge paddles are the same.
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Great look!!

Ricambi is the best to deal with bar none!!

 

How come your buttons don't look sticky Taz!

 

Graham- No clue, but they have never had a problem. Lowest humidity so far this year was 3%, and that probably helps. We had 2% a couple of days last year, which is hard to duplicate in a laboratory.

 

I think the humidity issue is possibly a very strong link to the sticky's. Didn't have an issue with mine until we moved to Fl. 2 yrs ago from Co.

 

Ah -- the dry heat. Remember it well from my time working in Phoenix where they closed the schools and raided the store shelves for bread and milk when the forecast called for a quarter inch of rain. Same as here in NC when snow flurries are called for.
Alan

 

Thanks for that, so there is a reason why they come in at the top and stick out at the bottom! Hopefully as I use them more that will make more sense.

Yes it's just an optical illusion that it looks like it's not parallel with the wheel, just the angle of the photo. It is actually parallel in reality.

 

Strange as mine are slightly wider at the top than the bottom and I have the 360/CS paddles.
Alan

 

Just a note to F430 owners who are considering Carbonio paddles - they are exactly parallel with the rim and exactly the same curve as the rim. In short they are perfect and a joy to use, I would recommend them 100%. (I will try and upload some photos at the weekend).

 

How much do these go for?

 

Interesting that the 430 ones do follow the rim and the 360 ones don't?

It was about $700 if I recall correctly - interestingly I can't find them on the Ricambi site any more, have they stopped selling them?

 

$720 but an FChat discount of 10% applies.
Alan

 

Thank you for the kind words. Our Challenge paddles are a great addition for any F360 or F430.

 

If you have any questions about where you can find our products you can visit Carbonio Performance - Home to find your local Carbonio dealer.

Additionaly, you can purchase Carbonio products at CarbonioDirect.com

 

Oops, probably should have checked that out beforehand - was a bit of an impulse purchase though, will remember that for next time!