Top carbon cover between the rear seats Mansory for Rolls-Royce Spectre

Top Carbon Cover Between Rear Seats Mansory for Rolls-Royce Spectre

The Top Carbon Cover Between Rear Seats sits at the visual apex of the Spectre's rear cabin — the upper lid of the floating centre console that bridges the two coach-door rear thrones. As the part of the Mansory Carbon Fiber Body kit set for Rolls-Royce Spectre programme that owners interact with every time they reach for a key fob, a flute or a phone, it carries a different brief from external aero pieces: it must read as jewellery in a near-silent cabin. Mansory's solution is an autoclave-cured twill lid trimmed in the same nappa hide as the seat surrounds, with magnetic shim alignment so the upper cover seats against the lower carbon tray with the dead-flat parting line that Rolls-Royce coachbuilding demands. The Spectre is electric and noise-engineered to sub-Wraith levels of cabin quiet — every fastener under this lid was chosen to avoid resonance the OEM trim would never tolerate.

Construction & Materials

The cover is laid up over a milled tooling-board master taken from the OEM upper tray. Twill is hand-shifted ply-by-ply so the weave centreline aligns with the longitudinal axis of the console, and the rear edge is tapered to feather into the bulkhead trim. After autoclave cure, the part is demoulded, edge-trimmed on a 5-axis router, and shipped to the trim shop where the perimeter receives a wrapped nappa lip with saddle-stitched detailing.

• Weave: 3K twill 2x2 across the visible upper face; 200 gsm prepreg (selectable forged-look or matte raw on request)
• Cure: autoclave at 6 bar / 125 C, post-cure 80 C for 8 h to drive secondary crosslink and minimise outgassing in the closed cabin
• Wall thickness: 2.0 mm composite shell with a 6 mm closed-cell PU foam damping pad bonded to the underside (silence-engineered for Spectre's NVH target)
• Weight: 0.62 kg as a finished assembly including hide trim and damping foam
• Mounting: four M5 captive threaded inserts bonded into the underside, plus two neodymium alignment magnets that locate the cover against the lower tray without rattles
• Edge trim: nappa wrap in OEM-matched hide, 8-stitch-per-inch saddle stitch, aniline thread colour pulled from the seat sample you supply
• Finish: clear UV-stable lacquer 2K, low-gloss satin (~30 GU) so the lid does not throw glare into the headliner constellation; matte and gloss available
• Hardware: stainless A4 fasteners, all touch-points dead-soft to prevent micro-tap noise during the regen pulse

Design & Visual Function

The brief on this part is restraint. The Spectre's rear cabin is built around horizontality — long coach doors, a low waistline and a console that floats between the seats like a stretched lozenge. A loud weave or a high-gloss reflection here would shout against the calm. Mansory's twill is therefore set with the diagonal at exactly 45 degrees to the console's longitudinal axis, so when a passenger glances down the lid reads as a quiet pattern rather than an active surface.

The wrapped nappa lip is the second layer of intent. By bringing the seat hide up onto the carbon edge, the lid stitches itself visually into the seat architecture — your eye does not stop at a hard transition between leather and lacquer. This is the same trick Rolls-Royce uses on the Spectre's door card carbon inserts, executed by Mansory at the same standard.

Light reflectivity is tuned by lacquer GU. We default to a low-satin 30 GU because the Spectre's optional starlight-style fibre-optic headliner casts soft pin-points down into the cabin; a high-gloss lid would mirror those points and double them. Owners who specify a daylight-only car (no constellation headliner) often prefer the standard 70 GU gloss for a wetter look. Both lacquers are UV-stabilised against the long, exposed glass roof above the rear seats.

Compatibility & Fitment

Designed for the Rolls-Royce Spectre (MY2024+, all-electric, two-door coach-door super-coupe). Both LHD and RHD cabins. The cover fits the OEM upper tray geometry of the rear-seat centre console — it does not require modification of the lower tray, the armrest hinge or the wireless-charging pocket where fitted. The Architecture of Luxury aluminium spaceframe carries no reinforcement under the rear console floor, so the cover's weight is borne entirely by the OEM console structure; we add no load. The part is a direct upper-cover replacement: lift the OEM lid, transfer any wireless-pad harness, drop the Mansory lid into the same threaded points, and mate to the lower tray via the alignment magnets.

Installation & Reversibility

This is one of the easier interior parts to fit. Plan 30–45 minutes for a careful trim installer. Tools: a T20 Torx, a plastic trim spudger, microfibre, and isopropyl 90% for de-greasing the inserts before torque. Lift the OEM upper cover by releasing the four T20 fasteners under the rear face, disconnect the wireless-charging harness if present, transfer it to the Mansory lid, drop the new lid in, torque to 1.6 Nm. The neodymium alignment magnets pull the lid into a dead-zero position against the lower tray. Because the entire job runs through the same OEM threaded points, the swap is fully reversible — keep the original lid in tissue paper if you may want to return the car to factory trim later. No drilling, no adhesive bonds. We recommend DIY for owners who have removed a console lid before; otherwise an hour with a Mansory-trained trimmer is faster than ordering a touch-up if a clip is over-stressed.

Pairing within the Mansory Spectre programme

This lid is the upper half of a two-piece carbon console assembly. It is designed to be specified together with the bottom carbon cover between rear seats so the lower tray and upper lid share lacquer GU, weave alignment and hide thread colour — the parting line then disappears into a single continuous weave field. Owners who want the rear console to live inside a wider carbon programme typically also specify the Mansory carbon trims set, which carries the same weave onto the door cards, dashboard inlays and bulkhead inserts so the rear console reads as part of one cabin rather than an isolated jewel. The third common pairing is the headrest pillows set, where the rear-headrest pillow stitching is matched to the lid's nappa wrap so the rear cabin's carbon and leather speak the same colour language head-to-knee.

Maintenance & Durability

The lacquered carbon face wants two things: pH-neutral cleaner and a soft microfibre. Avoid ammonia, dishwasher detergent, alkaline interior sprays and any abrasive sponge — these will haze the lacquer and dull the satin GU within a year. A quarterly wipe with a dedicated carbon-friendly interior cleaner is plenty. Owners who run a long-term ceramic coat on the cabin can apply a thin interior-grade SiO2 layer to the lid; it adds a slip layer that resists fingerprint oils. The nappa wrap follows the same care as the seats: pH-neutral leather cleaner, conditioner every 6–12 months, and a habit of not letting metal watch buckles drag across the stitched edge — that is the most common cause of damage we repair. The bonded foam damper underneath has a service life well beyond ten years; if a future owner ever notices a faint click during regen-stop transitions, a 10-minute re-torque of the four T20 fasteners restores the dead-quiet behaviour. Lacquer chips are repairable: send the lid back, it is wet-sanded and re-cleared, returned with original GU. Expect a 12+ year aesthetic life with normal use.

Lead Time & Warranty

Standard build is 4–6 weeks from the moment your hide sample and weave choice arrive at Mansory. Personalised stitch colour, monograms or contrast piping push the lead time toward 6–8 weeks because the trim shop schedules these on the same workbench as the seat-set bespoke runs. The cover ships with a 12-month manufacturing warranty covering delamination, void formation under the lacquer, hide pull-away from the carbon edge and stitching faults. Wear and impact damage are excluded but repairable at workshop rates.

FAQ

Q: Does the cover affect the OEM wireless-charging pocket if my car has one?
A: No. The harness transfers across to the Mansory lid through the same cut-out and the same connector. The pocket and antenna geometry are preserved exactly.

Q: Will it rattle on broken surfaces given the Spectre's near-silent cabin?
A: No. The damping foam and the magnetic alignment to the lower tray were tuned specifically against Spectre's NVH target. Any micro-noise is a sign a fastener wants 1.6 Nm of re-torque, which is a 60-second job.

Q: Can I have the weave running across rather than along the console axis?
A: Yes — specify "transverse weave" at order time. We have also done forged-look and 2K plain on request; allow an extra week for non-standard patterns.

Q: My seats are aniline tan with cream stitching. Will the lip match?
A: That is exactly what the hide-and-thread sample request is for. Send a seat clip or RR build code and the trim shop dyes thread to that hue. We do not match by photograph.

Q: Is this part legal as a passenger-cabin trim swap?
A: Yes. It is a cosmetic upper cover — no airbag, no structural duty, no electrical interlock. The swap is reversible and does not affect the car's homologation or warranty pathways for unrelated systems.

Q: Does the lid work in both LHD and RHD cars?
A: Yes. The rear-seat console centreline is identical across LHD and RHD Spectres; the lid is geometry-symmetric.

Specify it together with its lower twin and the wider carbon trims set for a single-language rear cabin. To order, configure or ask about hide and thread matching, contact us via WhatsApp +44 7488 818 747 or [email protected].