| Author | Message | ||
| Dino Micalizio (Ingenere)
New member Username: Ingenere Post Number: 31 Registered: 12-2001 |
I think they offer the same kit for a Prelude!! Nah....My serie specialle/Challenge 348 is enough...unless I plan on crusin' the hood! | ||
| Paul Newman (Newman)
Member Username: Newman Post Number: 362 Registered: 12-2001 |
Yeh, its the "hidden hitch" option. Maybe you can get one of those brake lights to go in the reciever opening. | ||
| Paul Newman (Newman)
Member Username: Newman Post Number: 361 Registered: 12-2001 |
I cant see why someone who can afford a 348 would bastardize it like that. Not only does it look like a 355 kit car as mentioned earlier but its value has just gone down the toilet as a 348. I dont like body kits on hondas or ferraris, I dont think its ok. Especially on a ferrari. | ||
| BobD (Bobd)
Member Username: Bobd Post Number: 593 Registered: 3-2001 |
What's the boxed out area under the back bumper below the license plate... optional trailer hitch? :-) | ||
| Jason Biggs (Jason179)
New member Username: Jason179 Post Number: 17 Registered: 8-2002 |
I hate to be the one to say this...but why is it that we tend to turn our noses to people who modify their hondas and people who put body kits on them..yet it is alright when we put body kits on our ferrari's? Jason | ||
| Horsefly (Arlie)
Junior Member Username: Arlie Post Number: 159 Registered: 5-2002 |
Watch out Ed, they are boxing you into a corner. The sixties Corvette Sting Ray was designed by a guy named... Larry Shinoda. | ||
| Racer 001 (Mr_0011)
Junior Member Username: Mr_0011 Post Number: 106 Registered: 3-2002 |
That looks great for a VeilSide. Have you seen their other kits for other cars? They look like garbage and just make the cars look like Transformer toys. | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Junior Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 164 Registered: 10-2001 |
lol..Ferrari 348 Evozione ! | ||
| Martin (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 2632 Registered: 5-2001 |
ED MAKES ME LAUGH ALL THE TIME  | ||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1841 Registered: 2-2001 |
Actually the C-5 Corvette is a design derrived from th 60s Corvettes. | ||
| Ernesto (T88power)
Member Username: T88power Post Number: 615 Registered: 2-2001 |
Ed, are you refering to your Vettes rice looks, given that it is a virtual cloning experiment of an NSX, RX7, and 3000GT? LOL Ernesto | ||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1840 Registered: 2-2001 |
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| Modified348ts (Modman)
Member Username: Modman Post Number: 269 Registered: 11-2001 |
The front look F50ish, the rear bumper is so so but I'm sure much lighter than stock, I like the rear tail lamp set up and would keep all else stock. They forgot to add the curb feelers. | ||
| Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
Member Username: Ernie Post Number: 330 Registered: 11-2001 |
However, though I do like the styling of the kit it is extreamly over priced. At over $17,000.00 for everything shown, I don't think so! As I have said before people will try every chance they have to rip you off just because you have a Ferrari! | ||
| Ernesto (T88power)
Member Username: T88power Post Number: 614 Registered: 2-2001 |
I completely forgot that I had seen this car at last year's Tokyo Auto Salon!   For more pics, the entire album is at http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4292098001 (Warning: mostly Japanese cars) | ||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Junior Member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 126 Registered: 8-2002 |
Looks like a 355 caricature. Both Fred and Bill are right on this one. Either keep your 348 the way it is and love it or get a REAL 355. | ||
| Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
Member Username: Ernie Post Number: 329 Registered: 11-2001 |
That is a pretty tough looking kit. The front and rear bumpers are fantastic. I wonder how much of the designing went into down force, cause the defuser in the back looks like it is functional. The rear tail lights I'm not too keen on, but I do like the spoiler, if it is functional. The missing strakes is probably better for cooling purposes, as I have seen the cars that ran at LeMans ran without them. Being that it is made of carbon fibber, it has to lighten the car up. I don't like the style of the rims, but bigger rims equal better grip. Over all I think it is a very nice body kit and I would put on my car, but I think I would keep it looking like a 348 and keep the side strakes and rear grill. I give it a big thumbs up, and I think it is high time someone finally came out with something like this. | ||
| S. P. (512tr1994)
New member Username: 512tr1994 Post Number: 23 Registered: 6-2002 |
Amusing to read the thoughts and opinions of F-Chat Members. I also agree with most...the Front and Rear bumpers are nice but all the other pieces are not my taste.. NOBODY guessed the manufacturer correctly.... VEILSIDE is the manufacturer and that's the reason for the "ricer" rims... This body kit is made completely out of "CARBON FIBER" and is pretty reasonably price... Item Price Ferrari 348 Carbon Fiber FB $3,450 Ferrari 348 Carbon Fiber Underside Lip $1,270 Ferrari 348 Carbon Fiber RB $2,900 Ferrari 348 Carbon Fiber RW $2,000 Ferrari 348 Carbon Fiber Front Lip $730 Ferrari 348 Carbon Fiber DP $1,820 Ferrari 348 Carbon Fiber Rear Under Lip $550 Ferrari 348 Carbon Fiber Tail Garnish $1,450 Ferrari 348 Carbon Fiber Tail Light Bracket $550 If anyone is interested...here's a link..I have no affiliation http://www.visionperformance.net/Veilside%20Ferrari.htm | ||
| Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Intermediate Member Username: Parkerfe Post Number: 1227 Registered: 9-2001 |
Hey, I like the wheels but not the rest of it. Different strokes for different folks I suppose. | ||
| Martin (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 2631 Registered: 5-2001 |
The 355 body mods will likely have the cheese graters back in, make the round lights square and put a black grill over the whole assembly  | ||
| Martin (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 2630 Registered: 5-2001 |
Interesting. I do not like the faxt that my cheese graters are gone. I do not like the front spoiler that much, a little over the edge. The rear cover does not look like it will let a lot of air escape to cool down the engine. That is the reason why people put Challenge grills on there in the first place. The diffuser looks great. The wing Ricer. The rims: YO MAN! can't get more attention driving through the hood! | ||
| Warren L. (Warren)
Junior Member Username: Warren Post Number: 69 Registered: 2-2002 |
DON'T DO THIS TO YOUR FERRARI. I third, the 355 comments. EVERYONE WILL THINK THIS IS A FIERO that wants to be a 355. Never will they think it's a 348. Hey S.P. post some 355 body mods. | ||
| Willis Huang (Willis360)
Member Username: Willis360 Post Number: 874 Registered: 8-2001 |
That's what I was thinking when I saw the pictures. Might as well buy a real 355. | ||
| John J Stecher (Jjstecher)
Member Username: Jjstecher Post Number: 266 Registered: 1-2002 |
Ernesto - Ya I have talked to Koenig a lot recently about his kit but he cannot import them to the united states. Thus you have to buy a european 348 with the kit installed then import it according to Walter. I am thinking of fabricating my own system as the price isnt to bad for the turbos and what not if you have the time to do the work youself. Biggest cost is the pistons and engine work. Maybe if the stock market turns around here I will have myself a nice winter project. hehe | ||
| Bill Sawyer (Wsawyer)
Member Username: Wsawyer Post Number: 419 Registered: 2-2002 |
Looks like a 355 to me. If that's what you want, buy one. | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Junior Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 163 Registered: 10-2001 |
Wheels , front bumper and rear wingare too much IMO . The rear diffuser looks nice and a rear 355 grill woul look even better than this one . the 348 looks best when lowered , with challenge wheels . thats all i would do to mine . | ||
| Mitch Alsup (Mitch_alsup)
Junior Member Username: Mitch_alsup Post Number: 108 Registered: 4-2002 |
The extended overhang on the front will exasterbate the ground clearance problems at the nose of the car. The lack of slats on the doors is kinda cool. Chrome wheels are stupid looking--especially on this car. I sorta like the rear wing, but my research on aerodynamics indicates that where it is positioned makes it nore of a apoiler thna a wing. Now if the wing were positioned backwards one chord length, it would be more than 3 times as effective. Unless you want looks over functionality..... If you are going to F355 the rear end, use the F355 rear valence pannel, or the challenge valence pannel. | ||
| Fred (Iluv4res)
New member Username: Iluv4res Post Number: 42 Registered: 8-2002 |
Looks really cool. However, why would anyone do this? IMHO, it looks like someone wanted a 355 and settled for a 348 or a kit car. | ||
| Ron Thomas (Ronsupercar)
Member Username: Ronsupercar Post Number: 262 Registered: 5-2002 |
I like the kit. It really looks good. Like the Rim size but not the style..... Nice find.. Are you thinking of doing this?? I too think it's a Hamann body kit.. | ||
| Manu Sachdeva (Manu)
Member Username: Manu Post Number: 384 Registered: 2-2002 |
I'm fairly sure that's not a Hamann Motorsport bodykit. I think the wheel are too much - chuck the rear wing on the skip too. | ||
| Kevin pang (Xerate)
New member Username: Xerate Post Number: 12 Registered: 5-2002 |
Where is this kit sold at?? I love the front and rear!! Could do better at the rims... | ||
| Jens Haller (Jh280774)
New member Username: Jh280774 Post Number: 49 Registered: 9-2001 |
Looks like a diffusor. Saw that at a modified F40 at a track event in Spa. Will definitely increase downforce (Common problem with a 348) | ||
| George Daina (Oof_n_goof)
Junior Member Username: Oof_n_goof Post Number: 82 Registered: 7-2002 |
Loose the wheels, and the windshield decal, and what is that right below the rear licence plate? | ||
| Ernesto (T88power)
Member Username: T88power Post Number: 606 Registered: 2-2001 |
Lose the rear grill (go to the factory challenge grill), lose the wing, and lose the UGLY chrome wheels, and it looks good. Front and rear bumpers look good, and the best part is probably the elimination of the cheese graters. By the way, John, Koenig offers a twinturbo setup for the 348 if you are interested - 520hp and around $35K installed. www.koenig-specials.com Ernesto | ||
| John J Stecher (Jjstecher)
Member Username: Jjstecher Post Number: 264 Registered: 1-2002 |
Its not bad. I like the nose alot over the stock 348 exspecially if the ducts under the fog lights are functional. The back end looks like the Hamann 360's rear bumper. Where in the hell did my cheese graters go!!! Bottom line lose the wheels and the spoiler (too ricer) and add back in the strakes and I would think about buying the kit....now if only it would come with a twin turbo for my 348 as well at no added cost!! | ||
| Racer 001 (Mr_0011)
Junior Member Username: Mr_0011 Post Number: 103 Registered: 3-2002 |
Looks incredible. | ||
| Lawrence Yee (Ferrariguy)
New member Username: Ferrariguy Post Number: 14 Registered: 8-2002 |
I kinda like it too, especially the venturis below the rear bumper | ||
| Ben Lobenstein 90 TR (Benjet)
Member Username: Benjet Post Number: 706 Registered: 1-2001 |
Looks like Hamann (sp?) design? am I correct? -Ben PS. I like it becuase it's different, but they are close to that edge they don't want to go over. | ||
| Frederick Thomas (Fred)
Member Username: Fred Post Number: 579 Registered: 2-2001 |
I think it looks pretty cool but I could do without the wheels. I bet that is a pretty pricey mod. | ||
| S. P. (512tr1994)
New member Username: 512tr1994 Post Number: 21 Registered: 6-2002 |
I would like to see the opinions of F-chat members about this Body Kit for the 348... This is NOT a KITCAR...it's a real 348 with aftermarket custom body pieces... I kinda like it....what do you think???   |