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Painting Paddle Shifters Red

Discussion in '458 Italia/488/F8' started by superfluous, Oct 29, 2020.

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  1. superfluous

    superfluous Karting

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    Has anyone here painted their paddle shifters? In particular, red? Would be curious to know how it turned out and any photos.

    Usually I don't like modifying anything, but for some reason I think this could be cool.
     
  2. Il Co-Pilota

    Il Co-Pilota F1 Veteran

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    Hopefully some place nice.
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    Never heard of it. Would REALLY depend on interior
    Generally speaking, I think it would look bad in most cases.

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  3. willrace

    willrace Three Time F1 World Champ
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    Have you considered a couple of dozen Cavallino and "Ferrari" stickers all over the rest of the car, inside and out?
     
  4. Art138

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  5. Regular Guy 01

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    I am not too sure if I would do this to my car but if it makes you happy, why not.
    It is your car and you can do anything you like with it.....
    As my mom used to say "to each their own".

    Looks like an afternoon project and if you don't like it in the end, it is just a coat of paint and you can go back to what it was before.
    Let us know how it turns out in the end and share pictures if you can.

    Regards,
    Gene Greer
     
  6. superfluous

    superfluous Karting

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    You think that's on the same level? :D
     
  7. superfluous

    superfluous Karting

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  8. Baitschev

    Baitschev Formula Junior

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    Only on the side the Italian flag
     
  9. Coincid

    Coincid F1 Rookie

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    Personal opinion- NO
     
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  10. scott61

    scott61 F1 Rookie

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    On my Huracan I put red carbon fiber paddles on and thought looked good since I had other red carbon pieces. If yours are carbon fiber I would not paint over them
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  11. dustman

    dustman F1 Veteran
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    Have them wrapped so you can remove easily.
    Personally I wouldn’t add nor would I go the pista route. Way too much out of character.
     
  12. superfluous

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    Was going to buy a spare on eBay and paint those so that I could revert back to original at anytime.
     
  13. Surfah

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  14. Il Co-Pilota

    Il Co-Pilota F1 Veteran

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    Oh my...
    Don't. It really does look terrible.
     
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  15. superfluous

    superfluous Karting

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    alright, alright, alright, not gonna do it.
     
  16. cole328

    cole328 Formula Junior

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    Good call...if not already, replace with Carbon Fiber ones and call it a day!
     
  17. Il Co-Pilota

    Il Co-Pilota F1 Veteran

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    If only to get the longer paddles from the Pista. If you don't need those, I actually think the alloy paddles feel nicer when you use them.
     
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  18. IloveGT

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    since you ask, no. so tacky. if Lambo owner wouldn't do it unless it's red carbon, I surmise that most Ferrari owner will not like it.
     
  19. scott61

    scott61 F1 Rookie

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    I found the alloy paddles my car came with to short after being use to the longer in my huracan so first mod I did was installing Myricambi extended carbon fiber ones. Huge improvement over stock and love the feel of carbon fiber. Fairly inexpensive upgrade that takes less than 10 minutes to install
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  20. Lagunae92

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  22. Cigarzman

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    You are making the right call.
     
  23. superfluous

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  24. superfluous

    superfluous Karting

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    For what its worth, here's a Pista with it. Albeit much bigger paddles than stock.

    [​IMG]
     
  25. Lagunae92

    Lagunae92 Formula 3
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    obviously the same car I posted above, but a better pic. thanks
     

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