Autosport7

These just arrived! The CF direction seems a bit off in places, but where it is off will be behind the steering wheel, ehhh lovem!
I can not wait to install these! Easy my fav mod yet!


UPDATE INSTALLED:

Kriston

I say a good 15WHP after you factor in SAE smoothing.

jrcart

Very Nice! Where did you get them? I want a pair for my C BS

Autosport7

From customupholstery11 on eBayMotors.
I don't seem to see any atm, but I am sure of you message him he will hook you up. Came from Australia so took a bit to get here.
The painted area on the backs didn't take so well, so I will strip that and redo it before install. Other than that the cf on the back is really nice!

Autosport7

Here you can see the chips in the paint better.
I will strip all of that paint off and redo them. Not sure if it was transport, or sent that way, easy fix, but shouldn't have to! Grrrr.

LakeShow23

Looks great mate!!

zibby43

Yeah that would frustrate me as well.

Honestly, I'd make the vendor compensate you for that. It's too much hassle for both of you to send them back to Australia but there's no reason you should have to spend time and money fixing a brand new purchase.

Aside from the chips, they look good.

VaclavSV

Do they come bigger?

abcut973

Nice
As for the paint chip once installed you won't even see it as it is behind the wheel. But yeah that would bother me knowing it is there too.
How much did you pay for them?

CarHopper

Looking around, I saw some pretty neat ideas.

I want something that is more... profound... like this:




After looking around for 3 seconds, there are some interesting options... Add on CF shifters using double sided tape.

I'm on the fence really. Would that be tacky? Would it look strange on the silver shifters that exist? Need to sit on it.

Autosport7

Yeah they show different sizes and such but not sure what is for c63 and what is for other models.
I gotta be honest, these pics really do not do them justice. The weave in the pics looks **** from glares and such. Should see them in person, man are they nice!


I won my auction for this set (WAY UNDER BIN!!! ). The BIN pricing for the other ones I saw were like $350-400 I think it was.

Autosport7

Installation seems effortless so I am excited to get these on!
All you gotta do is remove the (2) screws on back of steering wheel and pull the cover off, behind the cover I think each one has (1) screw each and the rest is plug and play.
I love easy diy-ers! lol
Next up may be a strut brace and she should be getting lowered soon.
I bought all the tools to do it (springs) myself, but got my buddy to do it at his garage for $100!
Love having people in the right places. Only better people to have in higher places are lawyers, dentists, and doctors.

johnny--2k

I love these, but find the price to be completely bat-**** crazy!

http://www.macarbon.com/index.php?pa...id=102&lang=en

olszowa12

I don't mean to bust your ***** but the CF weave looks terrible.
And the clear coat has chips?
How much can go wrong in CF paddles?

1. Buy OEM paddles
2. Overlay with CF properly
3. Sand and polish
4. Paint + and -
5. Clear coat and polish.

But as long as you're happy, then there is no problem


This is how they should have looked

Autosport7

I do love your weave! But for the record clear coat isn't chipped anywhere. I see where you are talking, it is in the pic, not the clear.
Email sent btw.

Autosport7

As for the chips in the black paint... Consider that gone already! They will be flawless before they're installed.

Roswell

Looking good bro! How much u paid?

This would complete my interior nicely.. Tempting to call Matt again, but must resist.

Autosport7

Whats good Ros...
Well they are going for $345 a set on eBay, but I got in on mine for a "no reserve" auction and got them for $202.75 shipped. Since then, I was able to get a $50 refund from the company from the black paint chipping on the housing. Soooo $152.75 all said and done.


Butttt, it may behoove anyone interested to get a hold of Mat, his are stellar and if enough interest is shown, I bet you guys could get him to make them as he is out of stock at this time. I will let Mat talk pricing with you, but if paying BIN pricing on eBay for these, Mat's are a far better deal once quality is considered!


I sat in my car last night and put these up and omg what a nice little touch these make!!! And the good news is, where the cf wrap on the (+) shifter kinda goes more downward instead of on an angle like the top half, it is behind the steering wheel and doesn't show! Stoked!

Autosport7

Update:
Took the shifters apart from the housings. Masked them off and am having the bottom of the shifter (that sits inside the housing) sandblasted as we speak (nice having a shop and shop guys at my office ). I installed them last night and to my surprise, the shifter was sticky, when I pulled them in as if I were to shift, they would stick. The manufacturer finished off the bottoms in black as well, looked great, but not functional. I am having that all blasted off as it sits inside the housing and is not seen once installed.


So everyone is aware, the install is simple as can be. Took 10 mins once I figured out what size friggen torx I needed.


I will then take care of the chipped housings.


Easy Peasy! Should be complete this weekend!

Roswell

U sure got a good deal... that is cheap! But I like Matt's shifter cuz it seems everything is in CF.

Post pics once done...

Autosport7

Will do.
Paint has been removed from the underneath and the shifters are no longer sticking.
One problem solved, next up, repair paint chipping. May just use the oem housings that are currently on my car and keep them silver as you will never see them.
I agree, Mat's are def nicer!
But for what I paid in the end, I can live with these once I am done giving them a make-over.

snowmuch

They do they something like that for our cars? I kinda like it

AMG893

Wow from Australia? Cool.

They look awesome. What a nice touch for the interior.

Love it.

CarHopper

Everything I have found so far is for DSG (Audi/VW)... It's sort of pissing me off.

If you look that up it is a cool idea. It comes as a full piece with a spot where the existing paddle shifter attaches with some 3M tape.

VaclavSV

There needs to be a better option!

I want something thin like these...