Have things like this ever been seen in the arena of serious motorsports?
Pads sporting a Willans, Sparco, Schroth, Luke or Recaro logo would at least have more credibility, but Ripspeed? This is 'The Gap' of aftermarket accessories, and they're hardly befitting of a premium German sports hatch. Sorry, but these are £8 worth of Barry tat that belong in a shagged out be-spoilered 1.2 litre Corsa. Their principle use being somewhere to hide the owners herbal stash when he's pulled by the fuzz for doing umpteen handbrake turns in a municipal car park (again), or getting ticketed for trying to put his valves through his bonnet on his 18th lap of the local high street, cruising for 'honeyz' who he think might be moistened by his eardrum shattering combination of 3kW of grime music and a poorly fitted spud cannon exhaust.
Of course, that's just my opinion...