F430 Carbon Fibre "one stop shop" multi item buy

If you are buying the lot, have you tried asking for an overall price from each, and then bartering?

 

It certainly isn’t cheap! Welcome to ferrari land

 

Completely agree with this sentiment. The 430 is an amazing car and improving/modifying is a great way to invest in the love affair. My goal is a great track car in grey and matt black. So for me it’s improving power delivery, add lightness, and replacing shiny bits with matt. I’ve never loved it more and I’m only half way there.


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Pick ONE supplier, and just move on.

If you multi-source from a variety of suppliers you're extremely likely to have noticeable variation in product quality/weave/clearcoat, etc. Then, when you try to return something to one vendor claiming it doesn't match something from another vendor, you'll inevitably be unhappy.

 

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I'm not in a position to recommend one or another. Unlike a machined aluminum piece which can be cranked out in large quantity with repeatable precision, aftermarket carbon fiber is mostly a manual/craft item and subject to all kinds of variation.

I am simply making an observation that carbon pieces from different suppliers will have a high likelihood of being noticeably different from one another.

 

If you stare at carbon long enough you will see whatever you want to see and eventually drive yourself nuts. To the REALLY trained eye an OEM Ferrari set of engine bay panels will not PERFECTLY match OEM Ferrari interior pieces. You need to be realistic and understand that being hand made products there are variations and no piece of carbon is ever perfect. The industry has acceptable standards of deviation and companies like ourselves that are used to producing for the OEM are normally held to the very tightest end of the spectrum. That said in carbon you will never see the consistency you get with a machined part or plastic molding so some degree of variation needs to be accepted.

In many instances parts from different suppliers do vary slightly in look if laid next to one another on a table but it is normally not noticeable when installed. It is not necessary to insist on getting all of your parts from one supplier but we do recommenced that you deal with established companies that have good reputations. Price shopping on eBay is a guaranteed disaster especially if you ever need post purchase service or technical help.