Re: Frank Parise\'s Comp Coupe delivery
Tony, thank you very much for taking the time to post these photos for me. I need to learn how to do this myself.
This is exactly how my Comp Coupe arrived. It obviously needs to be painted.
The front fascia is the same rubber piece that is used on the SRT-10. It is shiny black.
The front splitter, both side sills, rear wing, and rear diffuser are carbon fiber and look really sweet just as they come. There is really no need to even paint these pieces, although I'll be painting the side sills and rear wing.
The doors, engine hood, roof, rear close-out panel are a mixture of carbon fiber, glass, gel, nomex. kevlar, etc. They are grey in color and require the most amount of work in preparation for paint.
The rear close-out panel looks funky in the picture because the taillight and reverse light lenses are not installed (actually there aren't reverse tail lights, just a place to fit the lens cover). They come loose in a box and are installed with silicon after your paint job is complete.
The entire chassis from top to bottom and inside and out is painted a light/medium gray, similar to a Navy ship.
The interior looks like very serious business and includes nothing other than what is needed to race. It's very impressive.
The center console is carbon fiber and very impressive looking with several extra toggle switches available for power hookups. All toggle switches are labeled.
The steering wheel is a pop-off and the column is adjustable up and down.
The race seat is unique with large lateral head supports and it's fastened to the car better than any I have ever seen. It has a red snakehead on it, as does the gear shift knob and window net latch.
The dead pedal is adjustable as well as the other three pedals.
The roof duct is plumbed into two adjustable HVAC ducts installed on the inside roof of the car so that the airflow coming inside can be regulated in terms of volume and direction.
The fire bottle and car battery are fastened to the passenger footwell inside the car.
The fuel cell area (rear compartment) is entirely sealed and separated from the cockpit with a windowed heavy metal wall.
My hands are tired..will add more details later.