New carbon seats and steering wheel.
04-20-2018, 08:35 PM
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New carbon seats and steering wheel.
UPDATE: After having this wheel on and driving around with it for a week I cannot tell you how much I absolutely LOVE IT!! I can't say anything negative about it at all so far.
For all I know these seats may be the only pair of them in the states. They're Drift Estoril and as I understand were made in New Zealand. Apparently there was no US distributor and the company is no longer in business.
They are a reclining, carbon fiber shell seat with a memory foam type padding. I bought them from a Ferrari owner who purchased them from someone in Spain. The carbon Ferrari seats are crazy expensive so he bought these and then later found a good deal on a pair of Rarri seats before he got around to installing these. Regardless, I ended up with them and am in love!
They're mounted with a discontinued pair of brackets I got from Marrid. I got lucky that he had these laying in his warehouse because they bolted right to this bracket and to the floor of the C5.
The steering wheel is from Elite Carbon Creations. It is exactly what I needed to compliment the seats and other carbon bits I've added to the car. Initially I wasn't sure about the flat top, but now that I have it I'm SO glad its made that way. I tend to steer from the top of the wheel and it feels much more natural and less like I'm reaching. There are finger swells on the back and also on the bottom that help as well.
I almost forgot...I also put red LEDs in everywhere and had blue ones put in the indicator lights in the climate control and red ones in the buttons on it as well.
I also just installed a Lingenfelter battery relocation kit. No pics of it just yet. I still have some of the rear apart waiting for my insulation kit to arrive. Once it does I just need to install my Alpine dd touchscreen with VetteNutts bezel and insulation kit and get some redline leather boots. After that the interior will be done....well, maybe some replacement speakers...
I'll update this thread with more pics as I do the other things.
For the love of God why does this forum keep turning pics sideways?!?!?!?!
For all I know these seats may be the only pair of them in the states. They're Drift Estoril and as I understand were made in New Zealand. Apparently there was no US distributor and the company is no longer in business.
They are a reclining, carbon fiber shell seat with a memory foam type padding. I bought them from a Ferrari owner who purchased them from someone in Spain. The carbon Ferrari seats are crazy expensive so he bought these and then later found a good deal on a pair of Rarri seats before he got around to installing these. Regardless, I ended up with them and am in love!
They're mounted with a discontinued pair of brackets I got from Marrid. I got lucky that he had these laying in his warehouse because they bolted right to this bracket and to the floor of the C5.
The steering wheel is from Elite Carbon Creations. It is exactly what I needed to compliment the seats and other carbon bits I've added to the car. Initially I wasn't sure about the flat top, but now that I have it I'm SO glad its made that way. I tend to steer from the top of the wheel and it feels much more natural and less like I'm reaching. There are finger swells on the back and also on the bottom that help as well.
I almost forgot...I also put red LEDs in everywhere and had blue ones put in the indicator lights in the climate control and red ones in the buttons on it as well.
I also just installed a Lingenfelter battery relocation kit. No pics of it just yet. I still have some of the rear apart waiting for my insulation kit to arrive. Once it does I just need to install my Alpine dd touchscreen with VetteNutts bezel and insulation kit and get some redline leather boots. After that the interior will be done....well, maybe some replacement speakers...
I'll update this thread with more pics as I do the other things.
For the love of God why does this forum keep turning pics sideways?!?!?!?!
Last edited by oneandgone; 04-28-2018 at 12:14 AM.
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04-20-2018, 08:35 PM
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those seats look awesome and comfy
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04-20-2018, 08:55 PM
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Thank you sir. They are. The bottom is a touch higher than the stock seats. At first I thought I'd mod the brackets to get them down another .25-.5", but I think I just needed to get used to it. I'm only 5'10" so for me headroom is a non issue.
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04-20-2018, 09:15 PM
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Looks absolutely fantastic!
If you're taking the pictures with an iPhone, this is a known issue with the portrait pics. Before posting them, edit and rotate 90 degrees, and then rotate them back. Then they will post correctly. Weird but it works.
If you're taking the pictures with an iPhone, this is a known issue with the portrait pics. Before posting them, edit and rotate 90 degrees, and then rotate them back. Then they will post correctly. Weird but it works.
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04-20-2018, 09:34 PM
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It is an iPhone. I'll give that a go, thank you!!!
04-20-2018, 09:37 PM
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The seats do look great as does the steering wheel. Nice to have something so unique in the car. 
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04-21-2018, 05:52 PM
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Love the upgrades but now my neck hurts 
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04-22-2018, 12:02 AM
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Well, now I have a sore neck. 
But that looks FANTASTIC. I especially like that steering wheel. I always wondered what a flat top wheel would look like in a C5....turns out...it's fantastic.
But that looks FANTASTIC. I especially like that steering wheel. I always wondered what a flat top wheel would look like in a C5....turns out...it's fantastic.
04-22-2018, 12:17 AM
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04-22-2018, 06:29 AM
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Looking cool! Congrats
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04-22-2018, 08:20 AM
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Much better with the pics
Looks great man
Looks great man
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04-22-2018, 09:45 AM
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looks good!!!
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