[s-cars] CF vs. Wood + interiors + sports cars?

[Frank Amoroso]

Sorry Keith, you are about 5+ years too late for that claim to fame. I
swapped Peter Blaser my CF for his walnut way back in the day (so that
makes two of us that prefer wood). I am no fan of CF trim, particularly
as it pertains to 4,000 pound lumbering beast streetcars. It just
doesn't fit the Qship profile (I'd accept a reasnable amount of factory
pieces in a 993 tt though: AL / CF shift knob, AL / CF hand brake, and
CF interior door pulls). More importanly, as you have pointed out, it
didn't provide enough contrast on a black interior.

Now, while I prefer the walnut to the CF, what I would really like to
have is anthracite stained maple via our T-5R volvo, or similar to what
you would find in the current crop of Jag R cars (although I would take
the lighter grey found in the S4tt). To this end, I am about getting
ready to pull my trim (the passenger dash piece is a total PITA, and
actually easier on the early cars, that I thought I would NEVER do this
again) and have it re-done in grey.

The understeering pig posing with CF thing notwithstanding, I think the
CF looks great on grey interiors. However, Piano Black would totally be
the shite!

That being said, I have liked the white (very light silverish actually)
CF that I have seen on a local e46 BMW, and on the Kleemann E50K benz
that I drove last Saturday. Although, not sure I'd want to live with it
over the long haul.

Speaking of living with over the long haul, I'm gearing up to redo my
interior a bit. First off, I did get the Supreme Power Parts A pillar
gauge pod mod and it looks really good (have yet to test fit / check the
material match). Second, the aforementioned grey wood kit to go along
with some S6+ anthracite interior door pulls.  Then, also in the works
are Black Recaro front seats (SR back a la 993 sport seats with A8 [no
Audi affiliation] bottom), black PVC backs, perforated leather bolsters,
alcantara seating surface, heating elements. Matching alcantara for the
door panels and the rear seat seating surfaces (maybe for the rear
headrests too, as mine are starting to split). That being said, I think
that the UrS still has one of the nicest interiors out there.

Speaking of, I've been driving around a 350Z Track for the past few
days. It is a really great ride (the interior could use about $1,000
more quality though). It makes me wonder what I have been doing driving
around in a heavy sedan the last 5 years. Time for a sportscar???

Frank "There is a complete '93 Travertine interior sitting in my
basement, soon to be joined by another pair of stock front seats"
Amoroso