CloseISUK:
IThere are even aftermarket companies here in the UK who can remove the factory belts and refit different coloured ones to the same quality standard so Atelier should be able to do this for you if you wanted yellow.
Considering the passenger-safety (and consequently, product-liability) issues involved in "improvised" seat belts, I would be very surprised if it were to prove to be that easy. 
fritz
ISUK:
I think I'd ask the Atelier service for a price for special order yellow belts. They'll be sourced from an outside supplier anyway so getting yellow won't be a problem. There are even aftermarket companies here in the UK who can remove the factory belts and refit different coloured ones to the same quality standard so Atelier should be able to do this for you if you wanted yellow.
Much better than the red ones and if Ferrari won't do it, you know...
The secret of life is to admire without desiring.
FFaust:
pride355:
nberry:
Dimitri, those wheels reduce the elegance of the car. They may be sporty but they also look very busy.
I think the wheels look AWESOME and fit 458 very nicely.
Doesn't look like after market at all, IMO.
No doubt whatsoever
Not sure if I would order them, but I like these better than the Ferrari sport rims. 
The secret of life is to admire without desiring.
fritz:
ISUK:
IThere are even aftermarket companies here in the UK who can remove the factory belts and refit different coloured ones to the same quality standard so Atelier should be able to do this for you if you wanted yellow.
Considering the passenger-safety (and consequently, product-liability) issues involved in "improvised" seat belts, I would be very surprised if it were to prove to be that easy.
nberry:
After market wheels which usually are glitzy and very prominent are bought because the styling of the car lacks something. As a result, with aftermarket wheels they first thing you notice about the car or your attention is directed at are the wheels thereby deflecting from the styling of the car.
View the two cars again and you will immediately notice that with the aftermarket wheels you immediately see them BEFORE the styling of the car. Just as they were intended to do.
Agreed, but is there such a thing as too much bling?
Is this like saying that a super model should not wear a diamond necklace?
The wheels do look incredible in their own right and I'm not sure anything could detract attention from the 458. Heck, not even sure a "hot babe" sitting on the hood could do that.
I'll have to think about this a bit but point taken 
PS Yellow belts for sure
Slow In, Fast Out
nick, the only thing that bothered me in the 458 are the wheels, dont like the 348 wheels at all, and "bored" with the simple 16M wheels... those HRE will do the job for me, i already contacted them to see if they have them for the 458, waiting for response
ISUK:
fritz:
ISUK:
IThere are even aftermarket companies here in the UK who can remove the factory belts and refit different coloured ones to the same quality standard so Atelier should be able to do this for you if you wanted yellow.
Considering the passenger-safety (and consequently, product-liability) issues involved in "improvised" seat belts, I would be very surprised if it were to prove to be that easy.
The web site does not explain how this company hopes to cover the cost of testing the belt to obtain approval to European Standard R16 from the revenue it would obtain from re-webbing just one set of belts. Very fishy. 
fritz
www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/245998/ferrari_458_supercar_special.html#
evo celebrates the Ferrari 458 Italia supercar "The Ferrari 458 Italia – the best supercar of 2010. Possibly. It’s certainly one of the most exciting, as evo new boy Chris Harris will happily testify after driving it at the press launch last month.
It leads an Italian special in this month’s evo magazine (which should be in all good magazine shops and on the doormats of loyal subscribers by Wednesday December 9), which also features the Alfa 8C Spider, Ferrari 599 HGTE, Abarth 500 Assetto Corse and Maserati GranTurismo MC Corsa.
Today on evo.co.uk it’s all about the Ferrari 458 Italia, though. Peruse a gallery of pictures at the bottom of this page (some of them web exclusives) from Harris’s drive in the Italian hills and at Ferrari’s Fiorano test circuit, click to read Henry Catchpole’s blog or watch Chris reviewing the car (and cocking about a bit) in our video section. Bellissima!"
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Dedi La vita è troppo corta per non guidare italiano.....
AMS gallery
http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/fahrberichte/der-ferrari-458-italia-im-fahrbericht-1494023.html
dhayek:
nick, the only thing that bothered me in the 458 are the wheels, dont like the 348 wheels at all, and "bored" with the simple 16M wheels... those HRE will do the job for me, i already contacted them to see if they have them for the 458, waiting for response
If you are able to get those wheels and the yellow belts your car will certainly look more special than it already is and will stand out from the rest . IMO i say go for it
Dec 10, 2009 10:32:06 AM
ISUK:
I like it on the Scuderia wheels. I may try to get it supplied on these.
I also like the "standard" Scuderia rims much more than the 16M-ones, which were also an option for the Scuderia, if I remember correctly.
AFAIK the Scuderia rims are 19", so do they fit at a 458 (brakes should be the same)?
The secret of life is to admire without desiring.
ISUK:
I appreciate that the Scuderia runs on 19" wheels Dimitri but if you look at Enzo's first pic of the standard wheel there is a large clearance around the brake disc and calliper so it may be possible to run the 19" wheel.
yeah but the visual proportion to the wheel may be off.
ISUK:
I like it on the Scuderia wheels. I may try to get it supplied on these.
Hmm, didn't realize that the 458 had 4-wheel steering Sorry, the rear looks like there's an angle to it. Must have bee P-Shopped from front wheel 
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Slow In, Fast Out
ISUK:
I appreciate that the Scuderia runs on 19" wheels Dimitri but if you look at Enzo's first pic of the standard wheel there is a large clearance around the brake disc and calliper so it may be possible to run the 19" wheel.
i dont think ferrari will install those wheels, all the suspension development and fine tune have been made on 20inch. these things count these days
andrea:
This is like the fifth time i say "that is the best pic yet" so I'm just going to shut up about any new pics and just put a everytime this car continus to awe me in the future 
BTW that special yellow is AMAZING ! its very subtle but makes a huge difference. kudos to ferrari on that one.
This car just gets better looking by the day. Thanks a lot for the pictures
I don't think these have been uploaded by anybody yet (I can't seem to be able to embed them :s)
http://img704.imageshack.us/i/1861405d.jpg/
http://img697.imageshack.us/i/1861405c.jpg/
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